How will the works be delivered?

The NDRRA works will be delivered to today's engineering standards and will ensure a safe and efficient local road network engineered and built to last well into the future.

AECOM has been appointed as the Principal Program Consultant to oversee the delivery of the works by mid 2013. In turn, three civil contractors will carry out the on-ground works.

The projects, packaged into groups, will allow streamlined works scheduling and will be categorised under the broad geographic areas of central, southern and northern regions.

The three civil contractors selected from a tender process to carry out the on-ground works are Queensland-based contractors Probuild Civil Pty Ltd (Albion), Civil Mining and Construction Pty Ltd (Eagle Farm) and FK Gardner & Sons Group Pty Ltd (Toowoomba).

From March onwards, these contractors will deliver at least $8 million of works each month (or approx $400,000 per day).

When works are in full swing, the civil contractors will have 30 plus work teams or some 200 plus fulltime staff in the field working.

Council entered into a collaborative project agreement with each of the three preferred tenderers and work packages will be allocated on the basis of value-for-money. 

Council's objectives for the program delivery include:

• to comply with Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) / NDRRA funding requirements,
• to maximise value for money,
• to limit council's program delivery costs to eligible funding amounts,
• to encourage local participation and
• to manage stakeholder and community expectations.