Location:
Rocklea to Darra, Brisbane
Client:
and Main Roads (TMR)
Sector:
Roads, Bridges & Structures
Expertise:
Transport
Contract Type:
Collaborative Partnership Agreement (CPA) – Design & Construction (D&C)
Project Duration
2017 – 2021
Project value
$271 million (AUD)
Status
Completed
TMR appointed JF Hull as part of the BHA Joint Venture (Bielby Holdings, JF Hull Holdings, Albem Operations), a Queensland-owned joint venture, as contractor for the Stage 1 works.
The Ipswich Motorway Upgrade – Stage 1 Rocklea to Darra involved 3.3 km of Motorway widening and raising, by up to 3 metres, to alleviate regular flooding during wet weather. The scope included new bridges over sensitive environmental creeks / waterways, retrofitting of Managed Motorways and ITS west of the project to the Centenary Highway, challenging traffic management, staging to minimise impacts with heavy traffic and regular interfacing with local residents, Brisbane City Council and adjacent businesses.
Scope of Work
The Ipswich Motorway is one of the Queensland’s busiest arterials linking Brisbane city southern suburbs to Ipswich, carrying approximately 90,000 vehicles per day.
The project was the first TMR project to be designed and constructed using BIM. The project was also the first TMR project to trial LEAN construction processes.
Finalist and “Highly commended” at the 2020 CCF Earth Awards in Category 6 (Project Value > $75M)
Key Features
- Design and construction of the works
- Widening of 3.3km of Ipswich motorway from 2 lanes to 3
lanes to suit planning “skinny 4” - Rationalisation of existing on and off ramps to meet motorway standards
- Construction of 2 new service roads through the Oxley Creek Floodplain
- Four intersection Upgrades
- Granard Road / Ipswich Road Service Road
- Suscatand / Ipswich Road Service Road
- Boundary Road / Blunder Road
- 11 new bridges for motorway or service roads
- Significant drainage works including a multicell RCBC crossing of the Ipswich Motorway
- Various ground improvement works including Load Transfer Platforms, remove and replace and preload / surcharging
- Design and relocation / protection works for PUP
- Managed Motorways & ITS within new physical works and additionally retrofitted west of site on Ipswich Motorway to the Centenary Highway
- Boundary Connection Road from Southern Service Road to Boundary Road including removal of the previous Factory Road connection
