Rockhampton and Livingstone tenders: Browne Park, Zoo playground, Ring Road, Riverbank boardwalk replacement, Stanage Bay Road upgrades, Mount Morgan water security
See which companies have been awarded the tenders for Mount Morgan water security and Browne Park redevelopment projects, along with plans for a new playground at the Botanic Gardens and the Ring Road plus more.
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There has been a lot of movement in terms of tenders for project in the Rockhampton and Livingstone regions, on all levels of government.
TMR released tenders on November 16 for the construction of the $1b Rockhampton Ring Road project, while a tender of more than $200,000 was awarded to the project manager for the Browne Park Stadium redevelopment.
The Mount Morgan water supply security business case was awarded last month for almost $700,000 while tenders also opened for the design of a new playground at the Botanic Gardens and Zoo and the replacement of the riverbank boardwalk.
Rockhampton Regional Council also awarded AECOM a $299,570 tender in October for the hydrogeological assessment and facility study of the Rockhampton Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Back in August, BT Builders was awarded a $800,000 tender for the Gracemere Cemetery upgrade.
Mount Morgan Promotion and Development Inc was awarded the operation of the Mount Morgan Rail Museum for $18, 561 per quarter and the Friends of Archer Park Stations and Steam Tram Museum Inc was awarded the operation of the Archer Park Rail Museum for $25, 724 per quarter.
Livingstone Shire Council last month awarded a $1,382,525 tender to NQ Civil Contractors for the design and construct replacement of Werribee and Doonside Bridges, $340,654.54 for a CAT single drum roller from Hastings Deering and $230,000 to McCullough Robertson Lawyers for legal advice.
Queensland Government tenders
Browne Park Stadium redevelopment
A Brisbane firm was awarded a $215,579.10 tender for the project management of Browne Park Stadium redevelopment.
Turner and Townsend Thinc, an international company with 10 offices in Australia, accepted the tender on October 25 and will plan and design the 10,000 seat stadium.
The company has worked on projects including Snowy Hydro, Inland Rail, Sydney Metro Northwest, Sydney Fish Market, The Jewel at the Gold Coast and Rum Jungle mine rehabilitation in the Northern Territory.
Work is expected to begin on site at the stadium next year and is to be completed by early 2024.
Rockhampton Ring Road construction
Expressions of interest by pre-qualified contractors for the construction of the $1.065 billion Rockhampton Ring Road project opened this month.
The project features 17.4km of new road, including 6km of bridges on the Fitzroy River flood plain.
The ring road will extend from the Capricorn Highway (Nelson Street) to Rockhampton-Yeppoon Road/Bruce Highway intersection with a new crossing of the Fitzroy River at Pink Lily.
The project will improve the flood resilience and capacity of the Bruce Highway and will connect with the Yeppen North and Yeppen South projects, Capricorn Highway Rockhampton to Gracemere Duplication and the Rockhampton Northern Access Upgrade.
The existing Bruce Highway through Rockhampton has 19 sets of traffic signals to navigate with 2,640 just in heavy vehicles per day.
The tenders were released by the Queensland Government’s Department of Transport and Main Roads and will close on December 16.
Successful contractors will be appointed in mid to late 2022.
The project is expected to support 783 long-term jobs in the area.
Rockhampton Regional Council tenders
Mount Morgan water supply security business case
AECOM Australia was granted the business case tender by council in October for $691,900.
The case is to look at five options to increase the long term water supply security for Mount Morgan, so the township can remain sustainable during extended droughts.
The options are:
- Building a new dam on Nine Mile Creek
- Increasing the capacity of Mount Morgan’s No. 7 Dam
- Increasing the capacity of the Fletcher Creek Weir
- Building a treated water pipeline from Gracemere to Mount Morgan
- Building a raw water pipeline from the Stanwell Water Supply Dam to Mount Morgan
The fourth and fifth options are the preferred possibilities.
A final copy of the business is to be presented in April 2022.
Council has allocated $1.2 million towards the project in its budget, with $509,000 remaining in the budget.
Up to 40 trucks have been transporting water from Gracemere to Mount Morgan each day since March, costing $9,000 per day. It has cost council more than $2.5 million so far.
Botanic Gardens and Zoo Playground
Tenders have opened for a qualified and experienced playground provider to design and construct a new play experience as part of the $9 million Rockhampton Botanic Gardens and Zoo Redevelopment.
The current area was first established as a playground around 1905 and it had redevelopments in 1930s and in the 1960s, and other changes over the decades.
The council documents state the playground is well-beyond the end of its serviceable life and in need of a renewal to meet current standards and community expectations.
Council has secured $1.4 million from the Queensland Government for the project.
Applicants are to submit three proposal concepts that are within the $1.4 million budget, and another three above the budget if council gains more funding.
The primary target audience for the playground is children aged six to 12 years, and the secondary target audience is children three to six years of age, and considered attention to play and access for all abilities, including child minders and elderly.
The key play experiences are to be fun and engaging and to “include adventure, terrain and treehouse play with elements of sensory, educational and inclusive play incorporated throughout”.
The playground should have a strong nature theme that blends in with the natural surrounding environment, with some animal themed elements, and elements of timber, sand and synthetic soft fall treatments incorporated.
Ibis’ are known to be a pest in the area and the tender documents state the design must also have “considered maintenance and ongoing operational cost and resource implications; including high level of vandal resistance and resistance to fauna (ibis, scrub turkeys, snakes, etc).”
All of the existing playground equipment and facilities infrastructure will be removed.
New shading, seating and water bubblers will be installed.
Tenders close on December 8 and work is to begin in February 2022.
Construction is to be completed by mid-December and the playground to be commissioned in late February 2023.
Riverbank Boardwalk replacement
The current boardwalk does not meet standards and needs to redesigned and replaced.
The Rockhampton Riverbank boardwalk, located adjacent and parallel with the Fitzroy River, was originally built at 1998.
Structural modifications were made at the northern end in 2017 when Boathouse Restaurant was built.
In April 2020, a council worker was carrying out regular cleaning and maintenance and a section of decking broke. No personal injury was reported.
Works include the removal of the existing infrastructure, temporary works, a new boardwalk and the removal and reinstallation of bins, stools, bench seats, tables, light posts, handrails, balustrades, posts and other fixtures.
The project has gained $1.6 million in state funding.
Tenders closed this month and works are to be done from April to August 2022.
Livingstone Shire Council tenders
Stanage Bay Road upgrades
The $21.6 million Stanage Bay Road upgrade project is progressing, with Livingstone Shire Council closing tenders for the construction of the second and third stages.
The project, funded by the Federal Government, is for the sealing of the dirt roads, to make them appropriate for the growing number of military and heavy transport vehicles on the council maintained road.
The project began in January 2019 and was expected to take three years, to be completed by July 2023 for the commencement of the Talisman Sabre Exercise.
The first stage was for the sealing of 39.7km of Stanage Bay Road, along with floodways, drainage and culverts.
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