Our success is underpinned by innovation, professionalism and a strong client focus. This allows us to introduce complex civil engineering and construction solutions. Laing O'Rourke forms alliances and develops relationships based on mutual trust, open communication and appropriate risk taking.
We are well experienced in remote area and urban civil infrastructure works, utilising excellent strategic management processes for engaging with community and adopting stringent environment management methodologies to ensure total compliance.
Laing O'Rourke has taken a leadership role in relationship contracting. Our naturally cooperative and supportive culture forms the basis of our alliance contracting whereby goals are aligned and all parties work wihtin a best for project framework.
Our major civil works includes:
- major earthworks in both rock and soil
- asphalt and concrete pavement construction
- drainage structures and scour and batter protection
- construction of roller compacted concrete dams, spillway augmentation and upgrade works in dam infrastructure
- deep lift concrete airport pavements
- construction of rail civil works
- civil works for mine infrastructure and industrial facilities
- bridge construction over roads, railways, rivers and ravines
- jacked tunnel underpasses
- installation of road furniture and acoustic treatments and landscaping
The Great Northern Highway Kimberley Project, Western Australia
The Great Northern Highway is part of the Auslink National Road Network. It is the main land transport route between Perth and the Kimberley Region, and the only sealed road connecting Western Australia with the Northern Territory. It is a vital corridor for freight transport, tourism and defence.
‘Team Savannah’, a joint venture between Laing O’Rourke, BGC Contracting and Maunsell Aecom, is involved in a two-stage $80m contract to upgrade portions of the highway in the remote Kimberley region.
FEATURES:
The upgrade project involves improvement works on various sections of the Great Northern Highway with work undertaken at five sites within a 200 kilometre section between Kununurra and Halls Creek. Works will include:
- Elvire to Sandy Creek (approximately 20 kilometres north of the Halls Creek) – reconstruction of 19.7 kilometres in two sections including replacement of all culverts, drainage and floodway improvement and minor improvements to road alignment
- Fletchers Creek (approximately 80 kilometres north of Halls Creek) – construct a new two-lane 80 metre bridge and 1.5 kilometres of approaches
- Big Mabel Creek (approximately 20 kilometres south of Warmun) – demolish the existing 49 metre single lane bridge and construct a new two lane 60 metres bridge and half a kilometre of approaches
- Telegraph Creek (approximately 20 kilometres north of Warmun) - construct a new two-lane 60 metre bridge and one kilometre of approaches
- Bow River area (approximately 20 kilometres north of Warmun) – minor realignment and reconstruction of 18 kilometres including replacement of all culverts, drainage and floodway improvement and crest and curve improvements to improve sight distance and overall safety.
BENEFITS:
Early, collaborative involvement of Team Savannah provides Main Roads with a number of key benefits, including:
- provision of an integrated multi-disciplinary team aligned to project objectives and goals
- reduced tender costs and duplication of resources
- reduced time to commence construction with activities being undertaken concurrently and with flexibility in work scope
- higher involvement of all parties in determining and negotiating risks, design concepts, productivity milestones and final cost
- retention of knowledge and relationships between the key resources which will provide a smooth, timely, and cost efficient transition between the development, design and construct phases.
Key innovations that team has developed under this framework include:
- the development of a sustainability plan that focuses on achieving economic, social and environmental objectives
- a commitment to innovation through the development of a ‘Creative Centre’ which encourages discussion of new ideas and brainstorming to achieve value for money
- the implementation of an ‘Innovation Task Team’ that assesses all ideas, and promotes the team’s policy that ‘any idea is a good idea’.
CLIENT: Main Roads Western Australia
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