Another week, another milestone – further preparation works continued within the WestConnex tunnels between Homebush and Haberfield.
This stage of WestConnex is due to open early 2019 and progressing well towards opening date. The CJC Management team continue to play their part in getting this significant infrastructure project towards opening date. Thanks Sydney Motorway Corporation for the opportunity.
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Photo: Sydney Motorway Corporation
The CJC Management team were engaged in the roles of Project Manager and Construction Manager to see the Hunter Expressway to delivery.
Open in 2014 the 40km stretch of regional infrastructure that the team played a key part in the delivery of. Learn more about what the team did here
Photo: Roads and Maritime Services, NSW
The life of an engineer is a busy one, this month we hear from CJC Management’s Senior Project Engineer, Ayman Sayegh shares with us what a day in his life looks like.
1. What is the first thing you do when you arrive at a job
Breakfast of course!! Always start my day with a healthy meal. Say hello to everyone in the office to let everyone know I am at work. I then check my email, diary & calendar, and start to plan out my day. If I am heading to site first thing, as always, safety first. I would speak to the site supervisor to understand the current risks of the site, ensure I have the appropriate PPE and plan out how I am going to carry out my work safely.
2. What does a normal day look like onsite?
I don’t think there is a normal day on site. Every time I visit the risks and hazards change. I mostly attend site to do inspections which involves accessing the site safely, giving way to other work activities and inspecting work in progress or recently completed works to ensure compliance to the relevant specifications of design documentation.
3. When you’re in the middle of a job how much do you collaborate with other contractors to achieve what you need to?
Day in and day out. I am in constant contact with the client, contractor, and certifier via various means such as in meetings, joint site walks, phone, email and electronic document systems.
4. What has been the toughest job you have ever worked on and why?
A Rail link job that involved constructing a 4km concrete viaduct with a cable stay bridge. The project from a technical perspective was quite complex with various engineering challenges. This then was combined with working with contractors who were not familiar with the environment, multiple companies coming together and multiple ways of working. I spent a lot of time and effort building, modifying and implementing a new business system and ensuring every new staff member was given a thorough induction into the system and the procedures I had set up.
5. What has been your proudest moment on the job?
That exact same project, whilst it started with a lot of challenges, really proved that persistence and sticking it out will help make it happen. Performing that inspection of the last aspect of the substructure works was a very proud moment.
6. What is the last thing you do on a job before your day is finished?
I write down some tasks for what I need to do tomorrow, followed by a quick clean of clutter and tidy up of my desk.
From bridges to tunnels to huge buildings the globe is littered with mega infrastructure. Here’s a snapshot of some of the most impressive projects, as deemed by Popular Mechanics.
Look at what makes the list here.
Excited to see this significant NSW infrastructure project, that our team has been involved with, continuing to reach important milestones. Not long now and motorists in Sydney will be connected in a brand new way.
Check out what a drive down this high traffic route will soon look like, right here.
Take an insider’s view into the design and construction of the Sydney Metro cable stayed bridge at Rouse Hill. Various CJC Management staff were involved in the construction of this amazing bridge including CJC’s Florian Wagner, featured in the video.
Check out the video here.
The Sydney Metro Windsor Road Bridge has been awarded, the Global Best Project for the railway sector by US construction magazine, Engineering News-Record.
A major global design and engineering accolade, the award recognises the efforts of all involved in the construction of this amazing Cable Stayed bridge. For more on the award win.
Thank you to Sydney Metro for the opportunity for CJC Management’s team to play a part in this project.
Photo Credit: Sydney Metro
