Cairns Bruce Highway Upgrade
About the project
The objectives of the project were to improve safety, remove two Queensland Rail (QR) open level crossings, ease congestion and queuing, improve pedestrian and cycle facilities, improve connectivity between the Bruce highway, port and local road network, construct two new adjacent service roads and ensure any future works could be completed safely with minimal redundancy.
CairnsConnect offered a better whole of life solution through collaborative contracting, a fully integrated team and collective ownership of risk. This delivered $9 million of additional scope within the project budget.
Scope
Two grade separated interchanges, consisting of five bridges
One by 460 metre composite steel truss pedestrian bridge
Two new service roads running parallel to the Bruce Highway
Pavement widening of the Bruce Highway and Ray Jones Drive to six lanes over the length of the project
Pavement rehabilitation over the length of the Bruce Highway and Ray Jones Drive
Relocation of the Mulgrave Mill cane rail
Upgrades to lighting and ITS infrastructure (including two new VMS signs)
Removal of two QR open level crossings
Noise walls, barriers, drainage, landscaping and other roadside infrastructure
Outcomes
CairnsConnect offered a better whole of life solution through collaborative contracting, a fully integrated team and collective ownership of risk. This delivered $9 million of additional scope within the project budget.
An uncompromising safety culture produced an outcome 8.7 times better than industry average in a region unaccustomed to large scale infrastructure, with over 500,000 hours delivered lost time injury free.
Developed innovative construction methodologies and strategies that managed both weather and geotechnical risk to the project enabling savings to be reinvested into additional infrastructure.
Completed the overall project three months ahead of schedule in a tropical monsoon region, adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Achieved an overall score of “outstanding” in all key result areas (safety, training, environment, stakeholder management, regional development, whole of life, program and commercial)
500,000+ HOURS
LOST TIME INJURY FREE
An uncompromising safety culture produced an outcome 8.7 times better than industry average in a region unaccustomed to large scale infrastructure, with over 500,000 hours delivered lost time injury free.
STRATEGY
INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION METHODOLGY
Developed innovative construction methodologies and strategies that managed both weather and geotechnical risk to the project enabling savings to be reinvested into additional infrastructure.
3 MONTHS AHEAD
PROJECT COMPLETION
Completed the overall project three months ahead of schedule in a tropical monsoon region, adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.