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The Pacific Highway Story Major Road Projects Conference 2014
12 March 2014, Sydney
Presentation by:
Robert (Bob) Higgins
GM, Pacific Highway
Roads and Maritime Services
Ballina Bypass (2012)
Banora Point Upgrade
(2012)
Presentation Outline
• Upgrading program: • Overview
• Outcomes to date
• Current Projects
• Key challenges: • Natural Environment
• Human Environment
• Delivering Major Projects: • Procurement Models
• Woolgoolga to Ballina
• More information ?
Kempsey bypass (March 2013)
Overview: Program aims
» Improve traffic safety
» Reduce travel times and freight costs
» Engage the community and consider
their issues
» Support economic development
» Support ESD principles
» Provide a safe workplace
» Achieve value for money
Example of fauna underpass
Scrapers in use south of the Kalang River,
February 2014
Overview (cont’d): Role of Corridor
0 300 600 900
Kilometers
Map layersAusLink Network
HV_AADT
5000 2500 1250
Key link in the
National Land Transport Network
Services growing population centres along the East Coast of Australia
Achievements to date: Length of dual carriageway?
Open to four lane divided highway
375 km (57%)
Under construction 87 km (13%)
Main construction contracts:
- awarded/ preferred tenderer
- procurement commenced
23 km (3%)
34 km (5%)
Being prepared for construction 155 km (22%)
State and Federal Governments are currently providing
around $1billion/year to further upgrade the highway.
Achievements to date (cont’d): Travel time saving trends?
Achievements to date (cont’d): Crash saving trends?
Upgrading Program: Priority for Upgrading
Current Status of Priority 1: Hexham to Port Macquarie, Raleigh to
Woolgoolga, Ballina to Border
334 km open to traffic
32 km to go:
Sapphire to Woolgoolga… opens
second half of 2014
Tintenbar to Ewingsdale… opens mid
2015
Woolgoolga
bypass (December 2013)
Tintenbar to Ewingsdale (February 2014)
Current Status of Priority 2: Port Macquarie to Raleigh
25 km open to traffic
105 km to go:
• 47 km under construction
Frederickton to Eungai
Nambucca Heads to Urunga
• 23 km preferred tenderer
identified
Oxley Highway to Kundabung
• 34 km tenders closed
Kundabung to Kempsey
Warrell Creek to Urunga
Frederickton to Eungai - clearing work (December 2013)
Kempsey bypass - open to traffic (March 2013)
Current Status of Priority 3: Woolgoolga to Ballina
• 15 km open to traffic
• 10 km under construction: Devils Pulpit section (7 km)
Stage 2 Pimlico to Teven (2.5 km)
• 155 km to go….. being readied for construction
Route and concept design……………………... finalised
Project approval…………………....…. awaiting approval
Acquisitions………………………………..well advanced
Baseline technical studies………………… well advanced
Detailed design ………………………… … well advanced in sections ( soft soils, Woolgoolga to Glenugie)
Key Challenges:
“A balancing act’
• Functional
• Human Environment
• Natural Environment
• Engineering $
Community & Stakeholder Engagement
“Pipeline of projects” provides a framework for
continuous learning
Challenges over last 3 years (cont’d):
Major Engineering & Environmental
Ground Treatment Measures
(Ballina bypass) Environmental issues (Bulahdelah bypass)
3.2 km Macleay River
crossing
(Kempsey bypass)
Constrained urban corridor
(Banora Point)
Overhead rope bridge, Karuah bypass
Fauna overpass, Yelgun to
Chinderah Key issues:
• High biodiversity areas of the &
North & mid North Coast
• Quality stream systems
• Most projects State and Federal
environmental approval
Extra care being taken to:
- avoid
- minimise
- mitigate
- offset residual impacts
Key Challenge: Natural Environment
Nest Boxes
Key Challenge:
Natural Environment (cont’d)
Mitigation Measures
• Biodiversity offsets
• Erosion and sediment control
• Fauna underpasses/overpasses
• Barrier fencing
• Translocation
• Nest boxes
• Landscaping/revegetation/
rehabilitation
Designated animal passage
Key Challenge:
Natural Environment (cont’d)
Management Measures during Construction
• Comprehensive management plans for:
– Flora and fauna
– Soil and water erosion control
– Waste management
– post construction monitoring
• Extensive monitoring and auditing by contractor, RMS and regulatory agencies
• Incident reporting systems
• Performance indicators
• Learnings culture
Temporary fauna fencing on the existing
Pacific Highway, February 2014.
Key Challenge: Human environment
Key issues:
• Through traffic/local traffic mix.
• Noise/ air amenity for local communities.
• Effect of bypasses on businesses
• Human versus natural environment.
Noise amenity to residences:
• RTA uses a range of treatments to mitigate highway noise:
- Low noise pavement surface
- Noise mounds/ walls
- House treatments
• Need to treat compression break truck noise at its source
Bypass of Karuah
Low noise pavement surface at Bonville
Key Challenge: Human environment
• There are business impacts who rely
on highway trade when a town is
bypass
• Mitigation measures include:
– working with business chambers /
council on opportunities during the
construction phase
– assist with street planning post
opening
– signage (permanent and
temporary)
– rest stop strategy
– working with Destination NSW
Key Challenge:
Human environment
New Rest Stop, Nambucca Heads
Delivering Highway Projects: Procurement models
› Traditional – GC21 (Design then
Construct)
› Design and Construct (D&C)
› Design, Construct and Maintain
(DCM)
› Alliance
› Other
Kempsey
Bypass
(hybrid –
Alliance + D&C)
Frederickton to
Eungai Upgrade
(D&C)
Bulahdelah
(Design &
then
Construct)
Delivering Highway Projects: Delivery Strategy Kempsey Bypass
Bridge Extension
Hard Ground Treatment Soft Ground Treatment
$
Performance
(RMS/ funders)
D&C
Contract
Alliance D&C contractor
Delivering Highway Projects: Selecting a delivery strategy for a project
KEY INPUTS Program Level: - funding & priorities - objectives - desired outcomes Project Level: - objectives - characteristics - risks Resource Capacity &
Capability: - internal - external
PREFERRED
DELIVERY
STRATEGY
Project Packaging
&
Procurement Model
PROCUREMENT MODELS
Design, Construct & Maintain
Design and Construct
Alliance
Traditional contract
Other
Woolgoolga to Ballina: Delivery Options for Main Construction
• Being developed as one project
• Governments have provided some $600 million to fully prepare the
155 km for construction.
• Key inputs for packaging and procurement strategy:
- Availability and timing of funding for the main construction
- Package and procure works which drive efficiencies, optimises
preconstruction / design and utilisation of construction materials /
resources
- Scope flexibility
- Competitive and effective procurement framework
- Harnessing skills and experience of private sector and RMS
- Optimises project risks/ innovations
Woolgoolga to Ballina: Normal packaging & procurement strategy for main construction
• Series of discrete packages:
- 20 to 30 km in length
- $500 million to $1 billion in value
- likely procurement models:
- design & construct
- design contract & then a construct
contract
• Adapt model based on recent learnings
• Separate RMS project/ contract management
teams for each package
• Staggered procurement process to encourage
market appetite/ better value
Delivery Options for Main Construction:
Delivery Partner Model
Key features: • Government retains key control in setting and managing key
delivery parameters
• Delivery partner engaged to deliver to those parameters
• Board established to provide overall governance
Delivery Partner: • Competitively procured
• Drives a ‘whole of project’ strategy
• Incentivised accountability for scope, time, cost and quality outcomes
• Manages procurement for design and construction packages
Contract and Supplier Packages: • Packaged to encourage market appetite and competition
• Risk sharing / allocation
• Range of procurement models
Adapted from the London Olympics model
Woolgoolga to Ballina:
Next steps
• RMS will /continue to prepare the
project to be fully ready for
construction
• Decision on delivery model
• Further consultation with industry
More information?
Pacific Highway Upgrade Program
• Website:
www.rms.nsw.gov.au/pacific
- Project updates
- Monthly achievement report
- Six monthly “report card”
• Pacific Highway Office
21 Prince Street, Grafton
Ph 6640100