The Barwon Heads Road Duplication project will improve safety, connectivity and alleviate congestion along Barwon Heads Road (C121) between Settlement Road (A10 Corio-Waurn Ponds Road) in the north and Precinct Drive in the south.
The project extends a distance of approximately 4.60 km and comprises additional traffic lanes, upgraded intersections, a shared use path, and grade separation at the Geelong-Warrnambool railway line.
The key features of this project are as follows:
The project comprises three work packages:
The Barwon Heads Road Duplication project has four main objectives:
Our Role in the Project
Our T&S Team member led the project for V/Line as Program Director, to achieve best for project and network outcomes while ensuring V/Line’s accreditation and technical standards are met. Their responsibilities include managing all project aspects and interface obligations between V/Line and MRPV / RPV / DOT through the entire project lifecycle.
This includes management of requirements, assurance, risk, accreditation, occupations and disruptions in compliance with V/Line Works Readiness, testing & commissioning, interface & integration, staff, governance & reporting, and project controls (scope, budget, schedule).
Key T&S members was driving lead in developing, negotiating and approving a commercial agreement between MRPV and V/Line, which provided a clear and streamlined approach to delivering the project.
Our T&S members also led scope split discussions and optimisation to ensure that scope is allocated to the entity best placed to deliver it (reducing risk and cost) between RPV Regional Rail Revival, MRPV and V/line.
This includes scope items such as hi-rail pads, access tracks, etc in the rail / road boundary interface Value engineering on the design solution and further refinement to improve cost position for the project, which includes optimising staging and construction methodology, refinements in occupation planning and drive to synergise disruption planning and spread occupation costs across multiple projects sharing the same occupation.
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