CLIENT: Main Roads WA
TIMEFRAME: July 2012 – December 2012
VALUE: AUD$18.5 million
Construction of a new dual lane bridge involved the demolition and replacement of the old single lane Big McPhees bridge in the remote Kimberley Region of Western Australia.
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Delivered on time and on budget, highway Construction in partnership with Albem Operations (Highway Construction and Albem Operation Joint Venture) successfully delivered this construct only contract involving the replacement of a bridge over Big McPhees Creek on the Great Northern Highway, 100km south of the remote regional town of Kununurra, Western Australia.
A major challenge of the project included a critical time delivery to avoid the wet season. As a result the project was delivered within a very short timeframe – working around the wet season.
Other features and challenges included creating and maintaining a local camp facility for remote workers; building a remote concrete batching facility; installation of a raked piling system; and use of naturally occurring basecourse.
Precast bridge girders were manufactured and transported from Brisbane with asphalt application to the bridge deck sourced from a ‘local’ Darwin supplier.