Brisbane

The integration and provision of high quality spatial data relating to fire access is a fundamental requirement for decision makers making plans for wildfire suppression and in the development of fire prevention strategies. 

Redland City Council commissioned GHD to undertake a review of fire access for North Stradbroke Island. The primary intent of  was to determine, on a strategic basis, appropriate standards of fire access for the area.  This was achieved via an assessment of the current extent and standard of fire access, followed by the development of a series of rules to enable prioritisation of future upgrades and new works. 

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GHD provided Durability Assurance as part of design and construction support for the 100 year design life, with review to extend to 150 years. Opened on 17 December 2006, the Eleanor Schonell Bridge is Australia’s first bus, cycle and pedestrian-only bridge. It links Brisbane’s Southern suburbs and the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland. GHD provided structural and civil design for the AUD55M project for Brisbane City Council.

The cable-stayed steel composite structure is only the third of its kind to be built in Australia and is an impressive 520 metres long, with a 185-metre main span. The harp configured support cables are suspended from two reinforced concrete towers rising 70 metres above the river. This landmark infrastructure project features a number of environmentally sustainable design elements, including bio-retention ponds to control the quality of water run-off, minimal use of refill from off-site sources and a bridge alignment that has saved a number of native trees.

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Launched in January 2011, the Australian National Ports Strategy provides a coordinated planning approach for Australian governments to help plan for port infrastructure and the associated road and rail linkages that connect these important gateways to all Australian cities and towns.

Through the provision of five themed background papers, several presentations and support at two stakeholder forums, one in Melbourne and the other in Adelaide, GHD assisted Infrastructure Australia and the National Transport Commission on the development of the draft strategy.

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As part of the Australian Government’s Forest Industries Climate Change Research Fund program, GHD was engaged to examine how plantation fire risk profiles may change under climate change scenarios.

One of the key climate change risks for the plantation forest industry is increasing losses from fire, coupled with rising bushfire risk management costs.

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Brisbane’s Eleanor Schonell Bridge (previously known as the Green Bridge) opened in December 2006. The bridge provides a bus, pedestrian and cycle link across the Brisbane River between Dutton Park and the University of Queensland (UQ), St Lucia.

The cable stay suspended bridge was designed and constructed for Brisbane City Council by GHD and the John Holland Group.

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GHD developed two and three-dimensional hydrodynamic and water quality models for Brisbane Water as part of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) for a proposed upgrade of the Oxley and Wacol wastewater treatment plants (WWTP).

The assessment involved quantifying the impact of the existing wastewater treatment plant configurations as well as determining the relative impacts of two proposed upgrade options on receiving water quality.

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The large distances between major population centres in Queensland pose a challenge to the efficient movement of recyclable materials. These large distances impact on existing recovery facilities or recycling plants and affect the overall viability of this recycling industry, with low incentives for shires to operate such schemes and private recyclers to collect material from these areas.

Transport costs vary as a proportion of all costs associated with the recycling of waste materials. But they are typically 30-60 percent of the overall costs of recycling.

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GHD completed engineering design and survey at more than 2000 sites for Telstra’s WCDMA 850 (Jersey) national rollout.

As part of this project, GHD was engaged by several design and construction clients, including John Holland Telecommunications, Zamro, National Infrastructure Services and AAPCS.

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NEC appointed GHD to perform a conceptual study for the production of approximately 40,000 bpd of liquid transport fuels from their Elimatta coal deposit located in the northern Surat Basin of Queensland.

The conceptual study was prepared in two parts.  The first part was a review of coal to liquids technologies, indirect liquefaction e.g. gasification with fischer tropsch synthesis, direct liquefaction and / or hybrid options, and selection of a preferred option for monetising Elimatta coal resources by production of diesel.  Indirect coal liquefaction was selected for the base case for this concept study. 

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GHD provides a comprehensive range of services to Shenhua's Watermark Project in New South Wales, Australia.

The Shenhua Group, one of China’s leading energy companies, holds an exploration licence near Gunnedah in New South Wales that contains more than one billion tonnes of accumulated coal resources.

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In 2008 we engaged in a Consultancy Arrangement on an Economic Appraisal of Australia’s Shipping Future with the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (the Department) requested for an independent economic appraisal of options available for Australian Government policy and regulatory policy settings for the Australian shipping industry. We assisted The Department in achieving a better transport system.

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GHD was engaged to provide design, documentation and construction phase services for the building services at Brisbane Square, Queensland.

Brisbane Square is one of the largest commercial office developments in Queensland. The building comprises 37 storeys incorporating 55,000sq m of net lettable area. The design needed to provide a 23-level operating environment for the Brisbane City Council and incorporate facilities for the traffic management centre, data centres, library and council business units.

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The Ports Corporation of Queensland (PCQ) will be undertaking capital dredging at Port of Hay Point to increase water depth for ships departing the port.

An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been completed for the project in accordance with approved Terms of Reference (ToR) and the requirements of Commonwealth and state approval agencies. All development approvals have now been obtained for the project and dredging was approved to commence on 1 May 2006.

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GHD was engaged by Redland Shire Council to prepare the design and documentation for the closure and capping of the North Stradbroke Island landfill. The landfill is situated off the main road between Dunwich and Point Lookout in bushland.

The design was not straightforward as North Stradbroke Island is predominantly a sand island. Alternatives had to be found to replace the standard clay cap. In addition the landfill included various pits and mounds around the site.

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GHD has a continuing relationship with the BP Refinery at Bulwer Island, providing process and technical risk management services to assist and support the refinery leadership team.

This support has covered a full range of risk management activities, including, but not limited to conducting Hazop Revalidation and Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) Studies for varied equipment on site from compressors to LPG storage and loadout terminal. Thermal radiation and Vapour Dispersion modeling calculations supported these activities.

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GHD was engaged to create an office space for the Horizon Alliance comprising Queensland Rail (QR), Kellog Brown & Root Pty Ltd, John Holland Pty Ltd, GHD and the Department of Main Roads.

The Horizon Alliance is currently collaborating on a south-east Queensland transport corridor project. The tenancy space has to offer multiple benefits to attract and retain high calibre personnel as it is not located in the CBD or near normal office facilities.

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GHD was engaged by AusAID to manage the second phase of the project to collect and destroy all Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and other intractable chemicals across 13 Pacific Island Countries. GHD has identified, repackaged and transported 140,000kg of waste chemicals to Queensland, Australia for safe destruction using specialised non-incineration processes.

“POPs are man-made chemicals that are toxic, persistent (that is, don’t break down quickly in the environment), accumulate up the food chain, and pose a significant health risk to humans and the environment,” explains Project Director Dr Alison Baker.

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GHD was engaged by Telstra to design macro base station infrastructure for Telstra’s Mobile Network. This panel arrangement commenced in December 2006, and is a multi-year, national panel contract covering ‘greenfield’ and new co-location sites for Telstra across all states of Australia.

The range of services provided includes town planning, site inspection, survey, drafting and engineering design services. To date, GHD has completed design services at over 250 sites across Australia.

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Queensland Transport engaged GHD to undertake a pre-feasibility investigation into the need, scope and likely issues involved with a proposal for the busway in the locality of the Gympie Road corridor. This corridor is a major arterial road that serves as both a regional linkage and a key component in the central northside district road network.

A range of previous studies, including the Corridor Selection Report, identified the need for a northern busway to provide a new public transport line haul (high quality, high frequency) route to support existing and future north side suburban services.

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The AUD$2.5 billion Western Corridor Recycled Water Project is Australia’s largest water recycling scheme and the third-largest advanced water treatment project in the world.

It uses secondary wastewater from Brisbane and Ipswich, to produce 232Ml of purified recycled water a day. The project is the Queensland State Government’s response to unprecedented demand on its water supply due to population growth, climate change and the worst drought in recorded history.

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This centre for excellence located in Queensland offers commercial training to businesses throughout Australasia. The site boasts an education centre, live fire campus, technical rescue cell and training facilities.

GHD provided the hydraulic, engineering, architectural and project management services.

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When Logan City Council purchased a former sand mine adjacent to council land at Browns Plains in 2003, it was run down and neglected. Although re-vegetated, the area was a haven for feral fauna and weeds, and was used as a dump for old cars and rubbish.

Today, the 120ha South West 1 (SW1) Enterprise Park and Berrinba Wetlands is an environmental and enterprise precinct showcase with recreational facilities, and natural bush and wetlands.

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Yatala Brewery wastewater was being pre-treated in a high-rate anaerobic plant and discharged to the sewer for further treatment at Beenleigh Water Reclamation Facility, Queensland.

This system did not have the capacity to support Carlton and United Beverages (CUB) plans to expand the brewery’s operations, where wastewater was expected to double.

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GHD has worked closely with St Patrick's College Gympie to build a new science and languages building including classrooms and landscaping.

St Patrick's College is located in Gympie on the top of Calton Hill. Building on the relationship with the college and their graphics staff, GHD was able to assist with providing support to the school with computers and graphics training, also providing St Patrick's College with a school traineeship program. GHD was involved with the design development, contract documentation, contract administration, architectural design and landscaping projects in relation to the science building. The classrooms were completed in July 2010, in time for Semester Three.

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The X41 Lateral and Meter Station were commissioned in June 2007.

The facilities are comprised of a hot tap connection supplying a DN 150 inlet pipeline, a dry gas filter unit, series water bath heaters, pressure regulation / meter station facilities and a DN 300 outlet pipeline adjacent to the Xstrata X41 Power Station site which supplies fuel gas to the 30 MW Xstrata Power Station.

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El proyecto Western Corridor Recycled Water de AUD$2.500 millones es el sistema de reciclaje más grande de Australia y el tercero en tamaño a nivel mundial en el tema del tratamiento avanzado de las aguas.

Utiliza aguas servidas de las ciudades de Brisbane e Ipswich, para producir 232MI de agua reciclada purificada al día. El proyecto es la respuesta del Gobierno del Estado de Queensland ante la gran demanda de agua debido al crecimiento de la población, el cambio climático y la peor sequía registrada en la historia.

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The extension of the Carlton & United Brewery at Yatala in Queensland has more than doubled its production capacity.

The 3 million-hectalitre expansion of the brewery increased annual capacity to 5.5 million hectalitres. The GHD team provided structural, mechanical, civil, hydraulics, electrical, architectural, water process and chemical services, as well as project management contract administration.

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