Laing O’Rourke (Defence) · Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area, QLD
ASMTI Western
Wash Facility
Project overview
Construction of the Western Wash Facility (work package WP10003) for the Australia–Singapore Military Training Initiative at Shoalwater Bay: a greenfield site taken from bulk earthworks and rock excavation to 4 m through to roads, hardstand and a full suite of in-ground electrical, communications, water, compressed air, drainage, sewerage and trade waste services.
Completed ahead of the date for practical completion, with no liquidated damages applied.
- road
- 1.9 km
- hardstand
- 25,000 m²
- in-ground services
- 1.4 km
- cut and fill
- 5 m+
Scope of works
- Grubbing, topsoil strip and ground surface treatment over 55,670 m²
- Bulk earthworks with excavator and scraper fleet, including about 2,000 m³ of confined rock excavation up to 4 m deep
- 12,000 m³ of imported Class A1 fill and 38,814 m³ of imported pavement material
- Precast RCBC, 1,013 m of vegetated channel and a 525 mm RCP drainage line in rock
- Electrical, security, communications, sewer, water, trade waste and compressed-air services
- 19,813 m² of turf reinforced matting and topsoil revegetation
- Compliance with Defence environmental clearance conditions for koala and glider habitat
Project gallery
Overall, the works delivered by Bellequip at the Western Wash were done so in a professional manner to a high quality with all completion documentation provided in a timely manner to allow handover to occur in line with our programme.
