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About The Project

Client

Bulahdelah Bypass, Roads and Maritime Services (RMS)

Location

Bulahdelah Bypass

Length of project

December 2012 - June 2013

Bulahdelah Bypass, Roads and Maritime Services (RMS), December 2012 – June 2013, $170 m, Project Engineer (Bridgeworks)

The Bulahdelah upgrade includes the construction of an 8.6 kms of four lane divided carriageway on the lower north coast of NSW (Great Lakes district). Carriageways are mainly concrete pavements, both unreinforced and continuous reinforced (CRCP). The project includes 11 new bridges, mostly Super T pre-stressed beams, 3 post tensioned curved voided decks and 1 steel truss. One large cut which exposed acid sulphate rock, shotcreting and rock anchors were installed to stabilise slopes and isolate the acid rock.

Duties & Process
  • Rodney’s duties included Bridgeworks and Earthworks.
  • Bridgework duties included construction aspects, repairs of construction damage, paint coatings and anti-graffiti treatments.
  • Earthworks duties included administering Hold Points associated with foundation inspections, directing treatments according to RMS specifications R44 and stabilisation of the slopes in the Cut 2 area. Part of the stabilisation work was ensuring that rock anchors were tested as per specification, reviewing and approving results, reviewing test results on permeability of shotcrete, directing rectification of batter drains.
  • Rodney also had to agree and write up pay items as per RMS system for bitumen seals and aggregates, rock anchors, shotcrete, filter drains, electrical lighting, quicklime stabilisation, haulage to spoil site. He had to manage quality issues which included continuing the resolution of installed non RMS approved lighting column and managing the issue of damaged drainage pipe NCRs
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