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
Lawrence Hargrave Drive, New South Wales
An innovative transport solution was developed that enabled the 900m stretch of Lawrence Hargrave Drive between Coalcliff and Clifton, just north of Wollongong, to be reopened.
FEATURES:
The transport solution included the construction of two bridges, comprising:
- a curved bridge approximately 445m long and 35m above sea level, which will extend over the southern amphitheatre, about 45m to the east of the existing road on the cliff line and comprising five spans requiring four piers with the first and last spans 70m long, and the central three spans 105m long
- a multiple span 210m long bridge built on a continuous curve to bypass the middle headland
- a concrete casting yard to construct the bridge sections would be located on the existing road at the northern end of the bridge;
- the new road, including the bridges, would have two lanes, 3.5m-wide with a 1m-wide shoulder
- a separate 2.5m-wide shared pedestrian and cycle path would be built next to the traffic lanes on the eastern side
- rock removal, rock bolting and meshing would be undertaken to remove an overhang above the existing road and to stabilise loose rock and weathered seams on the cliff face, and
- a catch ditch, overflow culvert and diversion banks would be constructed to divert rock fall and mudflows away from, and under, the road.
BENEFITS:
- alliance contracting delivery model
- working in an alliance environment enabled the team to generate innovative ideas to address the unique site conditions, and
- excellence in road and bridge construction.
CLIENT: Road and Traffic Authority, NSW
Awards
- 2006 CASE Earth Awards (NSW) Construction Excellence Projects Over $15M Austroads Construction Excellence
- 2006 Master Builders Assoc of Aust National Construction Excellence Award Civil Engineering Div over $50M
- 2006 Alliance Contracting Excellence Award
- 2007 Australian Construction Achievement Award, Finalist
- 2006 Civil Contractors Fed of Aust National CASE Earth Awards Construction Excellence projects over $15M
- 2006 Engineers Australia Construction Excellence (Regional Community)
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