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2009 Winner
EastLink Project, Melbourne - Thiess John Holland Joint Venture
Melbourne’s EastLink project, was delivered by Thiess and John Holland for ConnectEast through it’s agency the Victorian Southern and Eastern Integrated Transport Authority.
EastLink is a $2.5 billion, 45 kilometre project that connects Melbourne’s eastern and south-eastern suburbs between the existing Eastern, Monash and Peninsula Freeways. At the time of construction, it was Australia’s largest road infrastructure project, and was completed five months ahead of schedule.
The project included more than 7 million cubic metres of excavation and earthworks, 1.3 million tonnes of asphalt, 2 million square metres of pavement, 88 bridges, 17 interchanges and twin 1.6 km tunnels, as well as the upgrading of four local railway stations and the protection of the environmentally significant Mullum Mullum Valley.
The Chair of the ACAA 09 judging panel, Professor Archie Johnston, said that the successful delivery of the EastLink mega project demonstrated that Australia’s construction industry is amongst the best in the world, and stands willing and able to successfully complete many more major infrastructure projects and resource projects in the future, both in Australia and overseas.
The award was presented to Gordon Ralph, the Thiess and John Holland project director for EastLink, by Sir Rod Eddington and Professor Archie Johnston.
