Bruce Highway - Deception Bay Road Interchange Upgrade
About the project
It also involved the widening of the bridge approach and departure roads as well as reconfiguring all ramps.
The project required extensive traffic management, staging, temporary works, collaborative community engagement, earthworks, bridge building, ITS, electrical and roadworks.
A 24-hour roster was implemented, resulting in fast-tracked construction, minimal impact on motorists, and limited disruptions to local residents and businesses.
The team was able to overcome supply constraints, adverse weather and poor ground conditions to open all interchanges and ramps in under three years.
The project was delivered as part of the Bruce Highway Upgrade Program to improve safety, ease congestion, and cater for future traffic growth in the Moreton Bay region.
Scope
Construction of two new, wider parallel bridges on Deception Bay Road, over the Bruce Highway
Upgrading two signalised intersections on Deception Bay Road
Increasing the length and capacity of existing entry and exit ramps by constructing new loop ramp configuration
Providing active transport facilities for pedestrian and cyclists -including a pedestrian bridge and underpass to increase safe connectivity across the Bruce Highway
Construction of a new, three-span bridge over Little Burpengary Creek for the northbound entry ramp to Bruce Highway
Installing intelligent transport systems including ramp monitoring
Construction of a new heavy vehicle interception site closer to the interchange
Major transverse drainage structures and bio-retention basins
Resurfacing and line marking on the Bruce Highway
Outcomes
Creation of two new parallel bridges more than 110 metres long
75,000 tonnes of asphalt laid
82 bridge beams installed
50 kilometres of cabling connected
296 light and traffic signal poles installed
Created 270 jobs throughout construction
Planted 8,176 grasses, sedges, and trees along Little Burpengary Creek
95% local workforce and more than 52,000 training hours, including 31,000 hours by new industry entrants
$122 million of contract works awarded to local subcontractors and suppliers
Innovations
Blindsight AI vision technology trial - BMD installed four Blindsight systems on graders, water trucks, rubber tyred excavators, and posi-track loaders to detect, alert, and inform site teams of high-risk people-plant interactions and provide real-time operator alerts, data for daily reporting, and safety benchmarks. Detections were available in the cloud 24/7, providing regular data to continuously adjust and improve processes. This technology has been rolled out across a number of BMD projects.
Little Burpengary Creek flood mitigation works included a 50-metre creek bank widening, channel excavation, and revegetation works within a Department of Agriculture and Resources mapped waterway. Revegetation works included laying approximately 1,866 square metres of jute matting and planting 8,176 plants (grass, sedges, and trees). Being a waterway, it is also a sensitive cultural heritage area which required monitoring during the works.
Seven progressive erosion and sediment control plans were created, with some revised up to 15 times to adapt to changing traffic and construction staging.
Piling contractor, Keller Group installed a fully solar-powered crib room powered by two 250w solar panels, a 1500kv inverter and two 200amp batteries. Realising the benefits of solar-enabled – IE lower running costs and more reliability for electricity in the semi-rural area.
Real-time Bluetooth monitoring was used to record travel times through the construction works on both the Bruce Highway and local roads.