Bruce Highway: Caboolture-Bribie Island Road to Steve Irwin Way (CBIR2SIW)
Client:
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Project location:
Caboolture, Queensland, Australia
Type of contract:
Construct Only
Project value in AUD:
$662 Million
Start and completion date (of the commission):
2020 – 2025
Role:
Administrator (Contract Administration Services)
Project overview:
The project provided upgrades the existing highway to a six-lane motorway cross-section to improve the capacity, safety, and flood immunity of the Highway. The project widened an 11-kilometre stretch of the Bruce Highway from four to six lanes between Caboolture-Bribie Island Road and Steve Irwin Way. This included upgrading creek crossings to improve flood immunity at Lagoon, King Johns, Six Mile, Unnamed and Beerburrum Creeks, a total of ten bridges.
The project is split into two significant construction contracts using TMR’s TIC-Co form of construct-only contract. The project had significant traffic and environmental risks which were managed to a high standard to deliver a quality product for the community with minimal disruptions throughout construction. Major flood events and latent conditions also challenged the construction teams whose collaboration seen a successful project delivery.
Role on project:
The Driftwood Consulting team members were subcontracted to Aurecon who was appointed as the Contract Administrator for both concurrently run projects. The CA Team managed all aspects of the projects including assessment and negotiation of time and cost claims, progress claims, management of commercial issues, quality inspections and auditing, safety and environmental auditing and had a full time Community Liaison Officer managing all comms for the project. The CA Team worked closely and collaboratively with both Contractors and the TMR team to deliver a very successful project when all other projects in the region had major issues.
