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The final stage of a long-awaited seamless North South Corridor has reached a major milestone, with a preferred alliance partner being selected for the nation-shaping project. The project will be completed by deadline, but it’s likely South Australians will be able to enjoy the full benefits of the River Torrens to Darlington Project (T2D Project) even sooner than expected – with 3Tunnel Boring Machines to be operating at the same time, instead of the expected 2. Once finished, the T2D project will allow motorists to avoid 21 existing sets of traffic lights between the River Torrens and Darlington and will complete the non-stop 78 kilometre North-South Corridor between Gawler and Old Noarlunga. Following an exhaustive procurement process which commenced in January 2023, the consortium, comprising John Holland, Bouygues Construction, Arcadis Australia, Jacobs and Ventia, has been selected as the preferred alliance partner to deliver South Australia’s biggest-ever infrastructure project. https://lnkd.in/gdH8Bm5K https://lnkd.in/g6ZWjHAY

Euston Station Modernisation Project a Success A huge programme of enabling works at Euston Station has been completed by the supply chain and Skanska, for customer Network Rail. These works have transformed the station, preparing it for the arrival of the ˚#HS2 rail line, which will connect #London to #Birmingham. The contract has been running for seven years and at its peak employed over 200 people. Significant changes to Euston station were needed to prepare for a future HS2 terminus located next to the existing station where the planned HS2 route overlaps existing rail infrastructure. The enabling works have prepared the station so it can remain operational throughout the HS2 construction works. An immense amount of planning and coordination across multiple teams, including the supply chain was required to achieve the successful completion and handover of this project. The programme of works was significant with 43 different multi-disciplinary projects taking place around Euston station to facilitate construction of a future HS2 station. These design and build projects included strengthening and cladding the station building, demolishing two platforms (30m x 300m), constructing a new maintenance delivery unit (MDU) on the parcel deck, constructing a building to house new waste compactors, a new 11kv network including four high voltage substations to power the whole station, extensive works in the basement and other significant works. Working together the team achieved over 3.25m hours RIDDOR free, exceeded their target of 15% carbon reduction on the project with some packages achieving more than an 80% reduction. Rail social value targets were exceeded and the team worked closely with their customer and stakeholders throughout building a great working relationship. The team achieved a Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) ‘excellent’ score for the standard of the construction activities at the station. This score was given for the team’s hard work to become a great neighbour, supporting the Euston community, meeting ambitious environmental targets and creating a team culture that promoted safety and wellbeing throughout the supply chain. James Ralph, Project Director, said: “I am enormously proud of everyone involved in this project. “The Skanska project team, along with our supply chain partners and customer Network Rail, have faced many complex challenges but have always fostered a collaborative, people-first culture. “ Neil Soden ChPP RPP MAPM, Programme Manager at Network Rail said: “Working with Skanska over the last seven years we have delivered a fantastic amount of work to support the future vision of the Euston campus.” https://lnkd.in/eyxtfXpK

Son Hai Corporation and the Highways that Make Transportation Construction Miracles Sơn Hải Group Company Limited, formerly known as Sơn Hải Company Limited, was established in 1998, headquartered at 117 Hữu Nghị Street, Nam Lý Ward, Dong Hoi City, Quang Binh Province. The main business line of the group is building various types of housing, railway and road projects, real estate business, land reclamation. It is a renowned construction company in Vietnam. As of May 2023, Sơn Hải’s charter capital was recorded at 2,366 billion VND. Mr. Nguyen Viet Hai – Chairman of the Board of Members holds 99.912% of the charter capital, while Mr. Le Thanh Huong – Director holds 0.088% of the charter capital. Up to now, Sơn Hải is the only infrastructure contractor in Vietnam that guarantees a 5 to 10-year quality warranty for construction projects, road construction, and hydropower projects. One of the recent remarkable projects in the transportation construction sector undertaken by the group is the Nha Trang – Cam Lam Expressway. Photo: VPG Nhat Bac The Nha Trang – Cam Lam Expressway has a total length of 49.1km, starting from Dien Khanh District, passing through Cam Lam District and Cam Ranh City, Khanh Hoa Province, with a total investment capital of 7,600 billion VND, including about 2,967 billion VND of state capital. The project is invested by Sơn Hải Group under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) method – Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contract. The project was commenced in September 2021, implemented in stages with a 4-lane scale, a road foundation width of 17m and no emergency stopping lane. Cars are allowed to drive at a maximum speed of 80km/h and a minimum speed of 60km/h. The project’s full operational duration is 16 years 4 months. The expressway is expected to be completed and put into operation in September 2023. Sơn Hải Group has achieved a remarkable milestone by putting the expressway into operation since May 19, 2023, exceeding the schedule by 3 months. The entire route has 4 toll plazas located at the junctions of Dien Khanh, Suoi Dau, Cam Lam, and Cam Ranh City. Among them, there is a CMO expressway management center located at Suoi Dau. The toll collection is done automatically without stopping, using the ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) system. The toll plaza scale includes 4 toll lanes (2 lanes per direction), with one multi-lane toll lane (ETC) per direction, and one mixed toll lane (ETC+MTC); the system can handle at a maximum speed of 120 km/h when vehicles pass through the multi-lane ETC and at 40 km/h on the mixed toll lane. The center lane (one lane per direction) applies the ETC toll collection method without barriers, with the maximum speed of vehicles passing through the lane being 120 km/h, while the outer lanes are mixed toll lanes (ETC+MTC) with barriers, with the maximum speed of vehicles passing through the lane being 40 km/h. Elcom Company is the unit deploying the non-stop toll collectio...

🏆 Top Government Civil Engineering Suppliers 🏆 This insightful NCE article below on key rail engineering providers might also interest those, who like me (notably in defence), take a general interest in who supplies HM Government and its agencies as a whole. In highways terms, there is https://lnkd.in/eqtSD6Jm to take in - though that may prove difficult to open. Nor can I find the original sources for either story. #civilengineering #publicprocurement #newcivilengineer #constructionnews #governmentdata

With e-toll saga closed, infrastructure projects gain momentum... #SANRAL #infrastructure #GFIP #expenditureprojects #etolls #roadusers #construction #upgrades

🤔🔥What are your thoughts? Are major #infrastructure projects impossible to price correctly? Do you agree with #CRL's Dr Sweeney's thoughts on the current state of project delivery in #NewZealand? "We've lost what I'd call the tier-one construction industry in New Zealand in the last 20 years. It doesn't exist anymore. "We don't have the capacity internally to do major projects, and that's because the pipeline isn't there for firms to staff and plan and work towards." He added: "Nearly all my tunnelling guys have gone - they have to, they want to work." Source: https://lnkd.in/gF94Hd_f #consultanz #newzealand #nzinfrastructure #nzjobs #civilengineering

Queensland’s Deputy Premier Cameron Dick has revealed the Government’s $107 billion Big Build capital program, which will deliver a range of projects including transport infrastructure. This investment reflects the ramping up of construction on the Miles Labor Government’s Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan, rail and road upgrades and hospital infrastructure program. Of the record $107 billion Big Build, more than $27 billion in capital works will be delivered next financial year alone.

Tunnelling for Rail - "The Spine" Project at Neom Construction work on the infrastructure corridor at Neom, known as "The Spine", is well underway. An ambitious project for the kingdom, NEOM is located in Saudi Arabia’s northwest, on the coast of the Red Sea. It will be home to 'The Line,' billed as a car-free, zero-carbon city with 1 million inhabitants and no roads. The city is laid out as a 170km-long belt with services and transport infrastructure built underground. The high-speed connector railway will link The Line development with Oxagon, NEOM's industrial centre. In May 2023, a joint venture of Italy-based Webuild and Riyadh-headquartered Shibh al-Jazira Contracting (Sajco) secured a $1.5bn contract to build the Connector South. The contract involves the construction of a 75-kilometre railway line, including earthworks, 14 viaducts, seven roads, nine rail underpasses, 152 culverts (pipe and box culverts), a freight line, infrastructure maintenance depots and associated facilities. The infrastructure corridor will run south from The Line to Neom City Station through Neom Bay Mansions, Neom Bay Airport, and Oxagon. The joint venture agreement for the railway line is split 70/30 between Webuild through its local branch and its unit, Salini Saudi Arabia, and Sajco. The partnership includes civil works for the two high-speed and two freight railway tracks, with Webuild leading the execution of work. The contract also covers viaducts, road bridges, and road and rail underpasses to facilitate train speeds of up to 230 kilometres per hour. NEOM awarded contracts to two joint venture groups for the project in 2022, separated by lower and upper geographies. The first one was the FCC consortium, and the second was the Samsung C&T Corporation consortium with Hyundai Engineering and Construction and Saudi Archirodon Company. In April last year, Neom invited selected contractors to submit bids to complete tunnels for the railway junction connecting The Spine with the Neom Connector, known as the Delta Junction. The project involves 26.5km of tunnelling work that will be split into two lots, one for the north and the other for the south. The work will be completed in five sections, each involving about 5km of tunnels excavated through hard rock using drill-and-blast and cut-and-cover techniques. A spokesperson for Neom said: "The Line is a long-term endeavour, and along with The Spine, is being delivered in phases. To ensure the network's resilience, Neom engages leading rail suppliers to execute the detailed design and delivery phase one for the high-speed passenger and freight rail systems." .MORE..... Join our ACTIVE RAIL GROUPS here on LinkedIn: On Track- Railway Construction, Bridges, Viaducts & Tunnels 🚉 https://lnkd.in/dhkSJd-w 🚈 Middle East & Africa RAIL https://lnkd.in/eqt6ZekM www.railmea.com ✅ If you find value, Like, Re-post and Follow me for more

Company sued by Metro Vancouver a preferred bidder for Surrey Langley SkyTrain project! One of the companies awarded a contract to build the new Surrey SkyTrain stations is a division of the same company being sued for huge cost overruns on another major Metro Vancouver infrastructure project, the North Shore wastewater treatment plant. As Julia Foy reports, these are not the only local civic projects ACCIONA is involved in. The province has selected a preferred bidder to build the stations for the Surrey Langley SkyTrain extension and it includes a company being sued by Metro Vancouver for hundreds of millions of dollars. Major construction of the 16-kilometre line is expected to start this year. The preferred bidder is a group of companies including ACCIONA Infrastructure Canada. This company and Metro Vancouver are in court over the troubled North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant, accusing each other of major failures leading to the project being billions over budget and years behind schedule. The new $3.86-billion price tag is up from the last estimate of $1 billion as of 2022 and nearly eight times the initial projection of $500 million. The regional district is forecasting the plant will be “substantially complete” by 2030 with “minor connecting works” in the following years. The partially completed plant at 1311 West 1st St. in North Vancouver will eventually serve communities on the North Shore and replace the aging 1961 plant located beneath the Lions Gate Bridge. In 2021, Metro Vancouver terminated the construction contract with Acciona Wastewater Solutions LP, claiming the company appeared to have “abandoned” the project and citing delays and skyrocketing costs. Under the original terms of a public-private partnership, the company was to design, build, and partially finance the plant at a cost of $500 million and with a completion date of 2021. ACCIONA sued the regional district for nearly $300 million in 2022, claiming Metro Vancouver had provided an unsuitable site and “conflicting and error-ridden” construction specifications resulting in necessary mid-build changes. Metro Vancouver later took court action of its own, alleging a confidential report — which included legal advice about the decision to cancel the contract and future litigation — was leaked to the company. None of the claims have been proven in court.

Construction of New Zealand’s Largest-ever Transport Infrastructure Project The City Rail Link (CRL) is New Zealand's largest transport infrastructure project ever. The CRL is a 3.45km twin-tunnel underground rail link up to 42m below the city centre, transforming the downtown Waitematā Station (Britomart) into a 2-way through-station that better connects the city's rail network. Its total cost is estimated at $5.493 billion. Auckland’s population has been growing rapidly over the last few years and public transport usage has increased by 63% between 2003 and 2017. The city is the home of New Zealand’s biggest companies and accounts for over 34% of all jobs. More than 110,00 jobs are located in the city centre which is also becoming a residential location. Currently, Auckland’s rail network is at maximum capacity. CRL will take the pressure off the bus network and roads and will allow the rail network to double its capacity. Design - 2 new underground stations will be added: one midtown at Wellesley and Victoria Streets named Aotea and one named Karangahape. Mount Eden Station, where the CRL connects with the North Auckland Western Line, will be redeveloped with 4 platforms added and serve as an interchange. Britomart will be converted from a dead-end station into a through station. Construction- 2 construction consortia were awarded the contracts to start the first construction phase of the CRL. The Downer JV, consisting of Downer NZ and Soletanche Bachy, was chosen to design the rail link work through and under Britomart Station and Queen Street to Downtown. The cut and cover tunnels under and along Albert Street from Customs Street to Wyndham Street were awarded to the Connectus consortium (McConnell Dowell and Hawkins JV). Benefits- 1. Britomart Train Station will be turned from a dead-end station into a through station, allowing more than twice the existing train capacity. 2. 2 new train stations will be added in the CBD. 3. Travel times on the Western Line will be significantly reduced. 4. Lines on opposite sides of the city will be through-routed via the tunnel, providing direct crosstown rail connections. 5. There will be capacity to add new lines. 6. The number of Aucklanders with 30-minute rail access to the CBD will double. Project Milestones- Preliminary stages of construction began in 2016. In September 2018 more than 90% of the Albert St trench excavation was completed. In December 2018 a major milestone was achieved with the breakthrough from the Albert Street tunnels to CRL tunnels across the Commercial Bay site. The project is due to be completed in late 2025. MORE..... Join our ACTIVE GROUPS here on LinkedIn: On Track- Railway Construction, Bridges, Viaducts & Tunnels 🚉 https://lnkd.in/dhkSJd-w 🚈 Middle East & Africa RAIL https://lnkd.in/eqt6ZekM Baltic Build - Northern European Construction Projects 🏗 https://lnkd.in/dwpuSn7M . image credit: City Rail Link