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SA ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2014

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SA ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2014

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Contents

Why enter? This is your chance to promote the outstanding work undertaken by your engineering team and market capability!

Engineers add real value to our communities. Small to medium size organisations produce excellent engineering, so be assured that a “small” project can produce engineering excellence as well as the larger projects.

The Engineering Excellence Awards recognise the highest level of achievement in the engineering field. They provide peer recognition of outstanding engineering work, be it a large or small project.

As well as identifying the leaders within the engineering profession, the Awards provide an opportunity to showcase and celebrate the invaluable contribution the engineering profession makes to the community.

RecognitionRecognition is given by the awarding of an Engineering Excellence Award. This is the major award for the category. Projects that have achieved high scores, but not to the degree as above, may be awarded a Commendation.

The best overall project, as determined by the judges, is given recognition by the awarding of the Malcolm Kinnaird Engineering Excellence Award.

Winners of a South Australian Engineering Excellence Award are eligible and encouraged to enter the Australian Engineering Excellence Awards in the same year. We wish the South Australian Excellence Awards winners the best of luck for the Australian Engineering Excellence Awards.

2014 Judges:Chief Judge

Peter Hamilton FIEAust CPEng

Project Management

Jack Atkinson FIEAust CPEng EngExec

Anthony Mew MIEAust

Lachlan Kinnear MIEAust CPEng

Reports, Procedures and Systems

Dr Don Sinnott FIEAust CPEng (Ret)

Bronte Strout FIEAust CPEng

Ralph Belperio FIEAust CPEng

Resource Development


Alex Eadie FIEAust

Stephen Ramsay GradIEAust

Project Infrastructure

Michael de Heus MIEAust CPEng

Prof Mike Miller AO FTSE FIEAust

Jennifer Kelly

Control Systems, Networks, Information Processing and Telecommunications


Andrew Stevens MIEAust CPEng

Christine Haydon TMIEAust

Buildings and Structures

Leo Noicos FIEAust CPEng

Peter Koukourou FIEAust CPEng (Ret)


Innovation/Research and Development



About the Award/ 2014 Judges 5

A Message from the Chief Judge 6–7

About Malcolm Kinnaird 8

Finalists 9–15

Commendations 16–20

Excellence Awards 21–25

Engineering Excellence Award & Malcolm Kinnaird Engineering Excellence Award 26–27

Young Professional Engineer of the Year 28–29

Professional Engineer of the Year 30–31

About The Awards


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The construction of the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and the Life Extension of a valuable copper crude ore bin in Mt Isa were two fine examples of exceptional engineering in the face of a complex and challenging user requirement, and were awarded a Commendation.

I thank all entrants for their efforts in putting together and presenting an entry for the 2014 South Australia Engineering Excellence Awards. It is a great way of bringing their work to the attention of a wider South Australian public.

I also thank those engineers and Government officials who sacrificed their time to sit on category juries and provide their experience in judging entries. Their wisdom was much appreciated. In closing I wish to acknowledge the assistance and professionalism of the General Manager of the Division, Caroline Argent, Events Coordinator Kate Greenshields and the team at the South Australia Division.

Peter Hamilton FIEAust CPEngChief Judge

It is an honour to be invited by the Division Committee to perform the role of Chief Judge of the South Australian Engineering Excellence Awards. Ably assisted by jurors drawn from the ranks of engineering professionals and Government, our task was extremely interesting, invigorating and enlightening on the health of the engineering profession and industry in South Australia.

Entrants ranged across large infrastructure and building works, complex software systems, planning and policy reports, and maritime history. All were worthy candidates making the task of adjudication that much more challenging.

The winner of the Malcolm Kinnaird Engineering Excellence Award for 2014 is the Adelaide Oval Redevelopment, submitted by Arup, Wallbridge & Gilbert, Aurecon and AECOM. The judges assessed this project as having presented an exemplary example of the art of the practice of civil, structural, electrical, mechanical and systems engineering. It encompassed significant structural and environmental issues with an eye on the heritage aspects of the ground, crowd management and comfort, and a tight sporting timetable. The jury also noted the extensive use and praise for local steel and concrete fabrication.

Saab Australia entered an advanced Antiship Missile and Defence System built to protect Australian warships against missile threats of a high level of sophistication and travelling at Mach 3–4. The system is particularly software intensive with a very high degree of originality.

The system provides its effectiveness in destroying attacking missiles in exercises in the Pacific with US and Allied Navies. It is proving attractive to these navies with the potential for overseas sales. As a valuable and innovative project, it was awarded an Excellence Award.

The Goodwood Junction Rail Grade Separation project entered by Thiess and York Civil in the Project Infrastructure category was a complex and imaginative project built in a live rail environment to a tight schedule and with major safety and community concerns. It was also awarded an Engineering Excellence Award.

Four Commendations were awarded. One for particularly imaginative work in the retrieval of the City of Adelaide Clipper ship from Scotland to Adelaide. It was unparalleled as an example of sheer doggedness, perseverance and skilled and imaginative engineering.

A second Commendation to Flinders University, University of South Australia and the Women’s and Children’s Health network who developed a computer based game playing system designed to assist children with limited hand function. This creative and inventive product shows substantial commercial potential not only for children but for the ageing. It was a significant example of engineering on a financial shoe string.

A message fromthe chief judge


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The Malcolm Kinnaird Excellence Award

The overall award, formerly known as the Engineering South Australia Excellence Award, has been named the Malcolm Kinnaird Engineering Excellence Award. This is in recognition of Mr Kinnaird’s strong passion for South Australia, his vision, leadership and drive to deliver many major developments, including the Adelaide–Darwin rail link and the West Lakes Development. Mr Kinnaird epitomised the key function of the engineering profession, to identify and deliver solutions.

The Malcolm Kinnaird Engineering Excellence Award will be given to the most outstanding entry and will be considered from the winners across all categories.

About Malcolm KinnairdMalcolm Kinnaird AC DUniv FTSE HonFIEAust was born in Adelaide and educated at the University of Adelaide where he graduated as a civil engineer in 1958.

Upon graduation Mr Kinnaird was employed as a Research Assistant in the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Adelaide. In 1960 he left the University to found the consulting engineering firm of Kinnaird Hill de Rohan and Young, which became Kinhill Pty Ltd. From the inception of the original practice, Mr Kinnaird was the Executive Chairman of the Board and was at the forefront of Kinhill’s development.

Kinhill was acquired by Brown and Root Inc in July 1997 and changed its name to Brown and Root Services Asia Pacific Pty Ltd in June 2000. Following the acquisition, Mr Kinnaird retired as an executive of the company and held the

positions of non–executive Chairman of Kinhill Pty Ltd and Director of Brown and Root Pty Ltd. He retired from these positions in late 1999.

In 1991, Mr Kinnaird was made an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia for his services to engineering and the community. He was awarded the French decoration of Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur in 1998. Mr Kinnaird was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of the University by the University of South Australia in 2000. In 2002 Mr Kinnaird was awarded the Centenary Medal for Service to Australian Society through Business and in 2003 he was recognised for his contributions to the field of engineering and the development of the State of South Australia by being named as South Australian of the Year.

Malcolm Kinnaird has been a member of the Engineers Australia South Australia Division Hall of Fame since its inaugural year in 2006. Mr Kinnaird has been a Fellow and Chartered Professional Engineer since 1959 and was admitted as an Honorary Fellow of Engineers Australia in 1991, a title awarded to only 150 highly esteemed Engineers Australia current members at any time.

FINALISTS


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Jacobs and McConnell Dowell Constructors

The new Adelaide Showground Station has realised a vision for progressive, fit–for–future, sustainable infrastructure that embraces and engages the community and its surroundings. The $12 million project, located on the south–eastern corner of Anzac Highway and Greenhill Road, has provided a new railway station (Adelaide Showground Station) to replace both the Keswick Station and the temporary Showgrounds station erected each year for the Adelaide Show.

The station brings unique and striking elements up and out of the rail cutting, creating a visual and physical link between the station and surrounding areas. Extensive stakeholder engagement, from concept to commission, refined the objectives of this major project and delivered a signature public facility in a series of compressed delivery programs.

With a team of leading South Australian architectural, design, engineering and construction companies, a striking station was created, in fast tracked and compressed timeframe, which showcases a number of features of excellence which embody South Australian Design, Engineering and Construction.

Buildings andStructures

Reports, Proceduresand Systems

Adelaide Showground Station

Parsons Brinckerhoff, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Ernst and Young, SGS Economics and Planning

A Visionary and Practical 30 Year Plan

The Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) engaged Parsons Brinckerhoff, Ernst and Young and SGS to assist with preparing an Integrated Transport and Land Use Plan (the Plan). The Plan is designed to guide private, federal, state and local government

investment into the transport system in South Australia for the next 30 years. In conjunction with the volumes of the Planning Strategy (including The 30 Year Plan for Greater Adelaide) and the Strategic Infrastructure Plan, the Plan plays a key role in ensuring land–use planning, strategic infrastructure planning and transport investment are fully integrated in accordance with South Australia’s Strategic Plan and Seven Strategic Priorities.

The draft plan focuses on connecting people between places of residence, work and recreation, and connecting business to markets to support economic growth. It covers all modes

Integrated Transport and Land Use Plan

of transport for both urban and regional areas of South Australia.

The draft Plan identifies the funding required to deliver the solutions, and the role that all levels of government and the private sector need to play in its delivery. It provides a menu of projects that can be delivered in accordance with government priorities and availability of funding.

The development of the draft Plan involved extensive engagement with key industry groups, state government agencies, local government and the public. The data was collated and analysed in light of the latest research, providing a strong evidence–based foundation for the Plan.

FINALIST

FINALIST


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Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Laing O’Rourke, John Holland, Thiess Pty Ltd, York Civil, McConnell Dowell, Siemens, Bardavcol, Bombardier

The Rail Revitalisation Program is undoubtedly the largest and most complex upgrade of Adelaide’s rail network since the major overhauls of the 1920s. With an ageing and inadequate public rail system and continued population growth, revitalisation of the passenger rail network was essential for a prosperous future for Greater Adelaide. This ambitious renewal of southern Adelaide’s rail network delivered a state of the art, environmentally friendly and efficient train service, and has modernised Greater Adelaide’s mass rail transit system.

For the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI), the level of complexity of the Rail Revitalisation Program is unprecedented, particularly in relation to management at the interface of eleven sub–projects, eight lead contractors and more than 100 sub–contractors.

The successful management of safety, and environmental and stakeholder impacts, was accomplished in the context of significant vegetation clearance, drainage upgrades, a long and restricted work site and a national freight service which had to remain operational through the worksite from Adelaide to Millswood during the construction period.

The rail corridor included a multitude of stakeholders, including, residents, businesses, multiple contractors, public transport providers, ARTC (freight), local councils, service providers and more. All stakeholders had diverging priorities, different access and environmental needs and budget constraints. The only way in which this program was able to be delivered was via the implementation of a comprehensive interface management plan, the utilisation of purpose built machinery, engineering solutions which were based on a sound understanding of existing geotechnical conditions and the successful working relationship between hundreds of technically experienced design engineers, project managers and contractors.

Nova Systems and SA Water

The $17 million Port Wakefield Water Supply Project is a great example of how all levels of government can work together to facilitate growth and regional development. It involved the construction of a 43–kilometre pipeline starting west of the existing upper Wakefield storage tank near Auburn to Port Wakefield via Balaklava and Bowmans along the Port Wakefield–Auburn Road.

To make the project a reality, Wakefield Regional Council partnered with SA Water to secure a grant of up to $10 million through the Regional Development Australia Fund. The remaining funding came from the South Australian Government and SA Water. The new pipeline can provide an additional 11.4 million litres of drinking water per day to the Wakefield region.

It will help deliver a more secure local water supply, support expanding industries in the Balaklava and Port Wakefield area, support mining development and cater for future residential development. It was completed on time and within its approved budget.

SA Water was able to upsize the pipeline through a co–investment from Rex Minerals to make available up to 2,000 million litres per annum of water to meet their water demands for its proposed Hillside mining operation on Yorke Peninsula. Rex is in the process of negotiating terms with SA Water to construct and fund an extension of the pipeline from Port Wakefield to its proposed mine.

The region’s upgraded water supply will play an important role in helping it continue to grow and attract new industries – highlighting Adelaide’s north is open for business.

Project Management

Project Management

Rail Revitalisation Project

Port Wakefield Water Supply Upgrade

FINALIST

FINALIST


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MWH and SA Water

South Australian Water Corporation (SA Water) has recently completed a $400 million investment in the Adelaide metropolitan water distribution network. This investment future proofs Adelaide’s water supply through to 2050 and beyond by improving flexibility and reliability of supply and increasing water security during periods of prolonged drought.

To manage this new highly flexible and complex network, the project team designed and implemented a suite of decision support tools that underpin the optimal operation of the network in terms of cost and customer service. This innovative project is a world first for a water utility.

Four decisions support tools were developed; a Demand Forecast Tool, a Distribution Optimisation Tool, a Network Operations Model and a Network Status Display. These tools enable Predictive and Operational Analytics across the Adelaide water distribution network to be calculated and presented to a wide range of business users. The ability to predict the performance of a network, forecast conditions (such as demands), view current and historic performance and optimise operations into the future are essential to planning and delivering operational efficiency.

The success of the project can be attributed to comprehensive stakeholder engagement, the utilisation of state of the art technology, and a single integrated project team to deliver a solution that exceeded stakeholder expectations on time and within budget. This solution has set a global benchmark for operational and predictive analytics in a water utility.

Innovation/Research andDevelopment

Predictive and Operational Analytics Tools for the Adelaide Metropolitan Water Distribution Network

FMG Engineering

The Oaklands Wetland Stormwater Reuse Scheme entry in the SA Engineering Excellence Awards 2014 is a $9M project to enable water security by harvesting stormwater to provide an alternative water supply for non–potable uses. The City of Marion, together with their co project sponsor DEWNR Natural Resources Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, engaged FMG Engineering through a competitive tender process to lead a consultant team to deliver the diverse requirements of this project.

For more than 15 years, various scenarios for a wetland and water quality project have been suggested at the former Driver Development Centre site, bounded by Oaklands Estate Reserve to the south, Sturt River Drain to the west and Oaklands Road to the north in the City of Marion. This project, funded in equal part through Federal, State and Local Government funding came to fruition as a stormwater harvesting and reuse project. Consultation, master planning and design took place from late 2011 and concluded in August 2012. Tenders were called with successful contracts let in November 2012. Construction commenced in earnest in January 2013 with works substantially completed in December 2013.

The project has created a managed aquifer recharge (MAR) capable of capturing, cleaning and storing up to 450 million litres (450ML) of stormwater each year, and has the capacity to distribute over 172ML of water for the irrigation of council parks. The project is scalable with the distribution system design to be easily retrofitted to deliver twice this volume of water if future demand is secured. This will enable the City of Marion to reduce demand on potable or bore water for irrigation to their existing parks and reserves.

From project inception community and stakeholder engagement, through a rigorous and robust consultation process, has underpinned a successful outcome for the City of Marion and the community. This award winning process (2013 IPWEA Award for Excellence in Community Engagement) resulted in a site Master Plan that has set the framework not only for the wetland development on the site, but setting a framework for future uses on the site.

In addition, urban amenity will be improved from the constructed wetland, through the supply of recycled stormwater for irrigation to Council open spaces and sporting fields. This will result in greener reserves, encouraging community use of open spaces, and promoting healthier lifestyles through the greater Council area whilst reducing reliance on traditional water resources such as the River Murray and Mount Lofty Ranges catchments.


Oaklands Wetland Stormwater Reuse Scheme

FINALIST

FINALIST

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Commendations

Aztec Analysis

The recovery of the world’s oldest composite Clipper City ‘The City of Adelaide’ is a decade–long story of a group of volunteers working to raise the cash and in–kind support to bring this unique 500 tonne heritage treasure from a derelict slipway in Scotland to its present location in Port Adelaide.

The entity formed to save the ship, City of Adelaide Clipper Ship Ltd (CSCOAL), is a not–for–profit organisation and plans to make the ship available for public access and see it as a catalyst for the regeneration of Port Adelaide.

The project, conservatively valued at $4M, presented a wide range of enormous engineering challenges to the designers, Aztec Analysis, a specialist subsidiary of Adelaide-based consulting engineers Wallbridge & Gilbert.

This fragile artefact was supported for the duration of its journey on a 100 tonne cradle which they fabricated in small pieces and bolted in place under the ship. It was then brought home by utilising a combination of techniques which included jacking, weighing, loading onto a barge with hydraulic transporters, towing to Rotterdam (via Cornwall) and a 600 tonne lift.


The City of Adelaide Clipper Ship Retrieval ProjectCOMMENDATION


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Aurecon Australasia Pty Ltd, Norman Disney & Young

Collaborative space set to inspire a brighter, healthier future for all. Designed to cultivate and inspire new ideas and thinking, the $200M South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) is the state’s preeminent world class health and medical research institute.

Engaged as a key member of the Integrated Design Team, Aurecon successfully collaborated with the Client Group (DPTI and SAHMRI) as well as Norman Disney & Young (NDY) and Woods Bagot to think, plan, design, and construct the 26,000m² landmark building worthy of Adelaide’s international reputation as a global city of innovation and ingenuity. The flagship’s ambitious design includes a distinctive, 13,000m2 integrated structural façade system featuring a complex web of steel, sunshades, glass and woven mesh and some 15,000 triangular panels.

The façade features two magnificent glass atriums, supported by a steel diagrid spanning 40m horizontally and standing 40m tall with small rectangular hollow steel members, just 150mm in depth. The Integrated Building System (IBS) includes the integration and monitoring of the heating and cooling, hydraulics, lifts, fire, electrical, lighting, security systems and lab controls. This ‘intelligence’ provides real–time measurement of energy and water consumption and give SAHMRI the data to improve energy efficiency and operational costs throughout the facility’s life cycle.

Fostering the spirit of scientific discovery and enterprise, the institute will house to up to 675 of the world’s foremost scientists looking at ways to cultivate fresh thinking and improvements in health services, leading to improved health outcomes for the wider community.


South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute

Jacobs and MCA Engineering Group

The Jacobs / MCA Engineering team was engaged by Mt Isa Mines to refurbish the 60,000 tonne bin. The bin was built in 1972 and over the years it has suffered significant damage through regular operation. In particular, the interior of the bin had been rendered inaccessible and had been partially filled with consolidated ore that had built up over many years. The bin did not operate at nameplate capacity and spillages occurred.

An integrated, multidisciplinary project team, based in Adelaide, led the project. Consisting of representatives from Jacobs, MCA Group and Mt Isa Mines the team collaborated effectively to deliver a successful outcome, with engineering and project management undertaken in Adelaide, fabrication performed in Parkes, New South Wales and construction undertaken at Mt Isa Mines in Queensland.

Safety was a major focus of the project team, with not a single Lost Time Incident (LTI) being recorded during the life of the project.

Other highlights of the project included:

• An innovative approach to the engineering challenges and ability to integrate effort of all participants and stakeholders

• Installation of 3,100m2 of steel wear liner

• Replacement of 36 rock boxes and feed chutes, plus 18 ‘Y’ chutes

• Overhaul of 36 vibrating feeders

The project has delivered significant improvements to the operational safety and efficiency of the bin. Its lifespan has been increased by at least 10 years, while operational ore transfer capacity has been increased by 300 per cent.

Resource Development

Copper Crude Ore Bin Life Extension Project

COMMENDATION

COMMENDATION


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Flinders University, University of South Australia and Women’s & Children’s Health Network

The OrbIT is a collaborative project between Flinders University, the University of South Australia, and the Women’s & Children’s Health Network. The aim of the project was to design and develop an accessible and haptic computer gaming system for children with limited hand function, such as children with cerebral palsy (CP). Most children with CP cannot play commercial gaming systems due to their disability, meaning they are excluded from the social participation of a very popular and enjoyable pastime.

Our system, a combination of software and hardware, was underpinned by accessibility and the principles of Universal Design to develop an engaging system that promotes social inclusion.

The system features an interactive main menu, fifteen engaging custom–made 2– and 3–D games, and a novel ‘orb’ shaped controller (nicknamed ‘Orby’) that children use to control their game character. Most games within the system use procedural generation to randomise game events, meaning each time a game is played a new game is encountered. The software also tracks all game activity and records and posts ‘high scores’ for all games.

Focus group sessions with teenagers with CP described the games as “exciting and mostly creative”, while Orby was described as “creative”, “natural” and “intuitive”. All games and the main menu provide contextually relevant and variable haptic vibration to the under–surface of the child’s fingers and palms via the controller. Proximity sensors detect if Orby is being used correctly with two hands, and the system pauses game play if incorrect hand use is detected.

Innovation/Research andDevelopment

An Accessible Gaming System for Children with Limited Hand Function

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Engineering Excellence

Awards

COMMENDATION


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Saab Australia Pty Ltd

Saab Australia’s 9LV Combat Management System is at the heart of the highly successful project to update the Royal Australian Navy ANZAC Class Frigates to provide a major warfighting capability enhancement: the Anti Ship Missile Defence (ASMD) upgrade. The upgraded and enhanced 9LV Combat Management System is the core control system, network and information processing and communication system that delivers the enhanced situational awareness and command and control capability to fully exploit the entire suite of new advanced sensors and weapons.

The outstanding success of this project has exceeded the expectations of the customer.

“The ASMD upgrade provides the ANZAC class with a significantly enhanced level of self and local area defence against modern anti ship missiles. The complexity of the firing scenarios is unsurpassed in the RAN’s history, particularly the successful firings against supersonic targets. The results from this activity are a ringing endorsement of the capability flowing from the ASMD program” said Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Ray Griggs RAN. Specific aspects of the project that contributed to its engineering excellence include:

Control Systems,Networks, Information Processingand Telecommunications

ANZAC ASMD – Australia’s World Leading Naval Combat Management System

• Demanding trials demonstrated the system worked exactly as designed;

• World–leading innovation – in many aspects of the project;

• Exemplifies close cooperation and successful integration of specialist skills from a diverse range of Australian companies;

• Exceptional stakeholder engagement throughout including development of requirements, design and delivery of the project;

• Exceptional planning and project management – in the face of demanding timeframes;

• Significant real (and potential) economic contribution to the South Australian and national economies;

• An important contribution to the Defence capability of Australia both now and into the future.

The Judges think that Saab’s system is a leading edge development, embodying new principles for multi–threat scenarios, that is a benchmark in its category for Australian engineering. In internationally observed live–fire tests against supersonic missiles it performed exactly as designed. It automatically evaluated the threats, assigned weapon channels and controlled multiple missile firings against simultaneous threats, including advanced Mach 2.5 “sea skimmers”. In November 2013 HMAS PERTH –the lead ASMD ANZAC frigate, achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC).

Saab applied best–practice engineering in a disciplined approach that avoided any schedule and cost overruns in the notoriously challenging area of military software–intensive developments. The outcome is an Australian development unique in its field, carrying ringing endorsements from the RAN client and Minister for Defence and with potential for further Australian ship fits and export.

ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARD


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Thiess and York Civil

The Goodwood Junction Rail Grade Separation has set new benchmarks for engineering excellence in South Australia, delivering world–class outcomes for the community, commuters and freight users.

The Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) worked with joint venture partners Thiess and York Civil (TYJV), to deliver the project in a highly–congested, brownfield

rail corridor within an eight–month schedule – almost halving the expected timeframe for a rail project of this scale.

The works involved a 550–metre grade separation of the existing interstate freight and passenger lines from the Seaford line, removing the need for trains on either track to stop and give way.

The project team’s solution reflected a number of ground breaking innovations that were endorsed by world–leading experts.


Goodwood Junction Rail Grade Separation These included:

• Advanced technologies including the rail track slab system – a form of railway track construction offering proven, higher performance and a significantly longer life than traditional ballasted track

• New design and construction strategies, such as the ‘top down’ construction method, that allowed the freight and Belair lines to open far earlier than a typical ‘bottom up’ construction method

• Utilising propping rather than cantilevering of the piles for the overpass to dramatically reduce the overall cost of the overpass

• A new observational method to build the important revetment wall providing significant cost and time savings

The completed Goodwood Junction Upgrade improves customer transit times and accommodates the use of longer 1,800m trains which delivers significant operational efficiencies and improved revenue for South Australia.

The judging panel was impressed with the innovative design which commenced pre tender through to completion of the project, with the selection of materials and with the sound engineering practices throughout the project.

A project made more challenging by the tight time frames, constrained site and live freight lines, delivery to program and budget was a key success.

The project as a whole will provide benefits to the economy through improved freight network with reduced delays and the opportunity to lengthen the freight trains. In addition, there will be reduced delays for road users at Victoria Street and Cross Road as a result of the grade separation works. A significant proportion of the materials supplied and work was undertaken by South Australian companies.

ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARD

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Arup, Wallbridge & Gilbert, Aurecon and AECOM

The Adelaide Oval Redevelopment is one of the most important buildings and pieces of social infrastructure in South Australia. The project has transformed the previously aging venue into a state of the art 53,500 seat stadium, uniting the people of South Australia and creating vibrancy in the city of Adelaide.

Arup, Aurecon, AECOM and Wallbridge & Gilbert collaborated closely on the project with Cox Architects, Hames Sharley and Walterbrooke, together with main contractor Lend Lease to ensure world leading engineering solutions for this iconic building. The redevelopment included the design and construction of:

• Two new grandstands (south and east), with light weight roof structures

• Upgrade of “northern grass mound”, including new timber deck and amenities building

• Interfaced with the existing structures

• New indoor training facility

• New field of play; and

• Upgrades to the existing western grandstand.

Maintaining the heritage and culture of the Adelaide Oval was at the centre of the design. This was achieved by supporting the vision of “a series of pavilions within a parkland setting”, including the retention of the Northern Mound and Moreton Bay Fig Trees, interfacing with the existing heritage scoreboard and maintaining views to the city cathedral.

The judges assessed this project as having presented an exemplary example of the art of the practice of Civil, Structural, Electrical, Mechanical and Systems Engineering.

In detail, the civil engineering design addressed the difficulties of dealing with a site that had inherent problems relating to low to medium levels of environmental constraints ranging from contamination to mixed fill types resulting from earlier development projects.

Within these structures the attention to detail for services and operation of the facilities has been assiduously addressed to achieve a facility that ticks all the boxes for the comfortable and efficient use by patrons. This is achieved with an eye on environmental sensitivity.


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Engineering Excellence Award & Malcolm Kinnaird

Engineering Excellence Award

Adelaide Oval Redevelopment

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Aurecon

Justin graduated from the University of Adelaide in 2002 with a First Class Honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Immediately following his graduation he commenced employment with Aurecon (then Connell

Wagner) in early 2003 as a building services electrical engineer and has remained with Aurecon ever since.

Justin achieved Chartered status with Engineers Australia in late 2005 and was promoted to Senior Engineer in 2006. Aurecon is a privately owned consultancy business by invitation

only through demonstration of engineering competence, leadership and alignment to core values and behaviours. Justin was promoted to Executive and shareholder in 2011.

Justin’s core area of technical expertise is building services electrical, however over the years has provided a focus on telecommunications and security to the Adelaide office. The telecommunications and security industry has seen a step change to IP platforms over the past 10 years which has been exciting to follow and for Justin to be a part of. He is constantly researching and applying the latest proven technology in these areas.

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young professional

Engineer of the year

Justin Goodman MIEAust CPEng

This award is proudly sponsored by GHD Pty Ltd

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Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure

Building on his overwhelming success as Project Director for the widely acclaimed Northern Expressway, Luigi Rossi was appointed as Project Director for the $842 million South

Road Superway, the most complex engineering and road construction project ever undertaken in South Australia. This project represents the biggest single investment in a South Australian road project, and Luigi was selected with the confidence that his project leadership skills would see South Australia’s first ever elevated roadway be successfully constructed.

In the heart of Adelaide’s prime industrial precinct of Wingfield and Regency Park, delivery of the engineering and contractual elements of the project were successfully balanced with the need to maintain access to around 25 per cent of the state’s industry. Luigi Rossi was pivotal in convincing the state and federal governments that an elevated roadway was the best design and engineering solution for South Road businesses, local access and through traffic. The project also included first improving the local road network by expanding new A & B–Double freight routes, building a new link connecting Regency Road to Grand Junction Road, offering businesses enhanced connectivity and providing a legacy of long term enhanced accessibility throughout the precinct.

Luigi Rossi MIEAust

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professional Engineer

of the year

During the tender process, Luigi Rossi led the project management team to engage with tenderers to produce the best design and engineering solution for South Australia and not just the contractors, maximising the features and the benefits provided by the ultimate final design. With extensive engagement with local businesses, the design was modified and improved during the planning phase to ensure the final solution was the best possible outcome achievable within budget.

After a record budget write–down saw him appointed to the position of Executive Director, Public Transport Strategic Projects and Deputy Rail Commissioner in 2012, Luigi has led eleven interfacing project teams to deliver the Rail Revitalisation Program. This included the design, procurement, civil engineering, adapting to changing project scope, construction and delivery – exemplifying Luigi’s technical, construction, project management and social engineering excellence.

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