GYMPIE ASPHALT PLANT
Location: Widgee, QLD
Client: Gympie Regional Council
Principal Contractor: SCC
Engineers: The EPCM Group
Start Date: November 2014
Finish Date: February 2015
Value: $572K
Contract Type: SOR Contract
Scope of Works:
Slip remediation works at locations along Reinke Road and Golden Hills Roads, including:
- Clearing and Grubbing
- Bulk earthworks
- Shotcrete surface protection
- Soil nail stabilisation of batter
- Construction of steel wire gabion protection walls
- Construction of drainage culvert and structures
- Counterfort drainage
- Rock protection to culverts
- Gravel pavement construction
- Road furniture, including signage, fencing and guide posts
Challenges:
- Working with large equipment in a confined work area with steep slopes
- Remote location – poor phone coverage
- Collapsing ground conditions
- Minimising environmental affect