Services – Constructability Peer Review

NSW Roads and Maritime Services engaged the CJC Management team of Quoc Phuong (expertise here), Craig Stoddart (expertise here), Jonathan Davies (expertise here) and Colin Calder (expertise here) to undertake a peer review of the delivery program and to review the constructability of the significant bridges structures.

The Project

Sydney Airport and Port Botany are critical international gateways helping to move people and goods around New South Wales. They are set to grow significantly over the next 20 years.

Supporting this growth requires efficient connections to the city and Sydney’s other major centres and freight terminals. Part of the solution is Sydney Gateway.

Sydney Gateway will provide a new alternative route to enhance connections and reduce travel times to Sydney’s ports. It will provide improved access to all airport terminals and cater for increased rail freight, which will help take pressure off local roads.

Sydney Gateway will increase capacity and improve connections to the ports to assist with growth in passenger, freight and commuter movements across the region. It will strengthen Sydney’s position as a global city, expanding and improving the existing road and freight rail networks.

Sydney Gateway includes two key components:

Road: A new alternative route to the domestic and international airport terminals from the Sydney motorway network at St Peters Interchange. Sydney Gateway includes a new dedicated flyover from Qantas Drive to the front door of the domestic airport. This route will bypass all traffic lights along major Sydney motorway networks to the domestic terminals. This project will be delivered by Roads and Maritime Services.

Rail: Duplicate a three-kilometre section of the Port Botany freight rail line to increase capacity and improve service reliability. This project will be delivered by Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC).

More information about this project is HERE.

Services – Constructability Advice, Interactive Tender and Tender Assessment

CJC Principal Engineer, Craig Stoddart (expertise here) provided constructability advice for the development of Reference Design and modification of EIS for this project. As a result of this work Craig was also engaged to provide technical expertise for the interactive tender and tender assessment process.

The Project

The Rozelle Interchange and Iron Cove Link is the part of the M4-M5 Link project in Sydney NSW. It will provide a new underground motorway interchange to City West Link and an underground bypass of Victoria Road between Iron Cove Bridge and Anzac Bridge. These underground elements will link to the future Western Harbour Tunnel.  The interchange in Rozelle will be mostly underground at the site of the old Rozelle Rail Yards. By building the interchange mostly underground, the project will deliver new active transport options in Rozelle and up to 10 hectares of new open space.

More information about this project is here HERE.

Services – Construction Feasibility

NSW Roads and Maritime Services engaged the CJC Management team of Quoc Phuong (expertise here) and Craig Stoddart (expertise here) to review construction feasibility of this project. The work included review construction staging and  programming as well as identifying opportunities to be considered in further development of the Project.

The Project

The NSW Government is investigating key intersection improvements to reduce travel time, improve connectivity and support urban renewal on the southern fringe of the CBD.

The Alexandria to Moore Park road corridor currently serves the function of a southern CBD priority bypass route to reduce congestion within the CBD.  Road capacity and access improvements will be required to reduce existing congestion and support substantial nearby urban renewal and transport projects.

The Alexandria to Moore Park connectivity upgrade includes improvements at critical intersections and pinch points in the inner city suburbs of Alexandria, Waterloo and Moore Park. It includes traffic flow and access improvements for pedestrians and cyclists along the corridor at Euston Road, McEvoy St, Lachlan Street, Dacey Avenue, South Dowling Street, Anzac Parade, Alison Road, Dacey Avenue and local road intersections.

More information about this project is HERE.

Services – Constructability, Risk, Cost and Program Advice

NSW Roads and Maritime Services engaged the CJC Management team represented by Craig Stoddart (expertise here) and Dan Taylor (expertise here) to provide constructability, risk, cost and program advice for the development of the project Reference Design.  The role also included representing NSW Roads and Maritime Services at the community informing sessions.

The Project

The F6 Extension Stage 1 will deliver the missing link from Sydney’s south to the wider Sydney motorway network making journeys easier, faster and safer. It will remove more than 2,000 trucks a day from surface roads, and help return local streets to local communities.

What is the F6 Extension Stage 1?

The F6 Extension Stage 1 includes:

• Twin four kilometre tunnels linking the New M5 Motorway at Arncliffe to President Avenue at Kogarah
• Ramps between the main motorway tunnel and the surface intersection at President Avenue
• Tunnel stubs for a future connection south to extend the F6 Extension
• A new intersection at President Avenue including the widening and raising of President Avenue at this location
• Provision of new shared cycle and pedestrian pathways connecting Bestic Street, Brighton-Le-Sands
• Motorway support infrastructure including tunnel ventilation systems and the motorway control centre
• New service utilities including a permanent power supply line
• Minor adjustments to local roads in the project area.

The project is expected to cost between $2.2 and $2.6 billion, and open to traffic late 2024.

More information about this project is HERE.

Sydney Metro NorthWest is one of our showcase projects and CJC’s Director and Founder, Colin Calder, played a key role that has direct relevance to the services sought by the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development.

Colin’s role was to support the Transport for NSW delivery team with expert and ongoing advice on:

• The use of erection gantries and other heavy lifting equipment for the pre-cast segments for the rail viaduct
• Design and construction issues that emerged during the project
• The manufacture, transport, erection and stressing of pre-cast viaduct segments
• Rectification of quality issues identified during construction.

As a result of the value derived from these services provided by Colin, CJC’s role was expanded and three additional personnel were engaged to provide greater rigour and oversight to the construction process, including advising on construction methods and safety.

Personnel engaged with Colin included Jonathan Davies, Ian Barringham and Graham Ryan.

Expert advice provided by the expanded CJC team included:

• Pre-casting operations
• Precast segment transport and erection
• Commissioning and operation of erecting gantry
• Complex post-stressing safe system of works (erection and stressing)
• Fabrication and erection of large steel towers

Key benefits and outcomes of our work included an improvement in construction processes and greater confidence in the delivered product.

The Gateway Upgrade Project is the largest bridge and road project in Queensland’s history. The project included the construction of pre-cast segmental and cast in-situ balance cantilever bridges. It was delivered by an Alliance that included VSL Australia.

CJC personnel, Jonathan Davies, were engaged by VSL for this project. Jonathan was the Project Manager for the erection of deck segments using cranes and launching gantry.

The Hunter Expressway involved the construction of a four lane freeway link between the M1 Pacific motorway, near Seahampton, and the New England Highway, west of Branxton. The project was delivered by an alliance that included VSL Australia and included construction of three large pre-cast segmental bridges.

Colin Calder was engaged as Project Manager and his role included the preparation of the methodology for the erection of pre-cast segments and columns by launching gantry, programming, procurement and budget.

Jonathan Davies was engaged as the Construction Manager for the pre-cast segmental bridges. Jonathan’s role included management of the segmental element pre-casting, erection and stressing for the three large bridges.

The Western Harbour Tunnel will connect to WestConnex at the Rozelle Interchange, cross under Sydney Harbour between the Birchgrove and Waverton areas and connect with the Warringah Freeway at North Sydney.  As part of the project, the Warringah Freeway Upgrade will make the road safer and more efficient.

Beaches Link is a tunnel which will connect to the Warringah Freeway, cross under Middle Harbour connecting with the Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation at Balgowlah and the Wakehurst Parkway. The Wakehurst Parkway will be upgraded to two lanes each way between Seaforth and Frenchs Forest.

CJC Principal Craig Stoddart has been engaged to provide constructability assessment for the development of the Reference Design for surface and structures works.  This involves working closely with the RMS Project Team to develop the design and input into cost estimates, programmes, risk assessments and the environmental impact statement.