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Sunbury Road Upgrade Project

Project Details

  • Rating Type: As Built
  • Location: VIC
  • Rating Level: Excellent
  • Rating Score: 68.2
  • IS Project manager: Ben Wade
  • Stakeholders: Major Road Projects Victoria (MRPV) ,GHD,Winslow Constructors & Edge Environment,Department of Transport and Planning

Description

Sunbury Road provides direct access to the Tullamarine Freeway, connecting road users with high capacity links to Melbourne’s CBD, the wider metropolitan area, as well as regional Victoria and interstate. It is also the primary route for trips from within the corridor to key employment hubs in Melbourne’s north including Epping, Somerton and Broadmeadows. Demand along this route is expected to increase, with significant residential growth planned for the corridor. The Project comprises the duplication and widening of Sunbury Road/Melbourne-Lancefield Road from two lanes to four lanes between Powlett Street and Bulla-Diggers Rest Road, including upgrading the existing bridge and construction of a new bridge over Jacksons Creek. 

Rating Highlights 

Category  Credits  Achievements/Risks 
Climate Change Adaptation  Cli-2  The Project achieved a verified level of 3 with a score of 3.96. 

The Project conducted a comprehensive approach to treating all climate change risks through several risk assessment workshops. The following risks and mitigation measures were identified by the Project: 

Climate Change Risk  Adaptation Response and Mitigation Measure 
High intensity rainfall events 
  • Larger drainage pit size to capture excess debris  
  • Routine inspections for evidence of debris impact damage  
  • Design treatments for bridge elements (e.g. piers) 
Increased flood risk 
  • Scour protection at bridge abutments and piers 
  • Swales, rock check dams and bioretention basins adopted for surface water conveyance in lieu of traditional kerbs and channels 
Drought 
  • Pavement design to cater for expansive ground conditions  
  • Bridge foundations designed into rock  

 
Waste  Was-2  The Project achieved a verified level of 3 with a score of 2.77. 

The Project successfully diverted 100% of non-contaminated spoil (276,472.5m3) from landfill by reusing site won spoil for landscaping and the dressing of verges. Spoil that was unsuitable for topsoiling was transported to a local quarry for reuse. Additionally, the Project diverted approx. 96% of inert and non-hazardous waste from landfill (16,169.54m3) by recycling materials such as concrete, timber, steel and asphalt at various facilities and through the on-site reuse of asphalting profiling as subbase across the project.  
Community Health, Well-being, and Safety  Hea-1  The Project achieved a verified level of 3 with a score of 1.98. 

The Project positively contributed to the local priority issues of local jobs and employment and community education. The measures implemented by the Project include: 

  • Committing to a Local Industry Development Plan to provide opportunities to support local business growth and job creation  
  • Requiring at least 3% project spend on either Victorian social enterprises or business employing/training disadvantaged Victorians  
  • Committing to have a minimum 1% project spend with Aboriginal businesses 
  • Engaging with three local primary schools to celebrate National School Planting Day by supplying 750 trees and presenting a local sustainability talk  

 

Verified Innovations 

Name   Verification Date    Innovation Type   Description & Sustainability Benefits 
Lan-4 Pilot  15/04/24  ​​​  Innovation Challenge (IC-9)  The Project received 0.5 points for providing feedback from piloting the revised Lan-4 credit.  
SoilFlo  15/04/24  ​​​  Innovative Technology or Process 

State First 

 The Project received 1 point for this innovation. 

The SoilFlo software has been utilised by the Project to improve management of tracking soil and site-won material movement throughout the site. While the economic benefits of the material tracking software have been realised elsewhere, SoilFlo has also shown to improve on the following environmental and social outcomes: 

  • Reduction of contamination between stockpiled materials by tracking exact locations  
  • Reduction in emissions due to improved truck haulage  
  • Removal of critical risk to workers by reducing manual requirements in high risk areas  
  • Reduction in cost from not having to import fill material and topsoil 
Sustainable Site Facilities  15/04/24  ​​​  Innovation Challenge (IC-4)  The Project received 2 points for piloting the v2.1 Wfs-4 credit and achieving a verified level of 3.  
Eco-1 Pilot  15/04/24  ​​​  Innovation Challenge (IC-1)  The Project received 1 point for piloting v2.1 Eco-1 credit.  
Shared User Path  15/04/24  ​​​  Market Transformation  The Project received 1 point for altering the standard Shared User Path (SUP) design to reduce the bedding layer depth from 150mm to 100mm using reclaimed materials. Discussions with the local council led to the approval of site-won reclaimed asphalt pavement to be used as bedding material which resulted in the following sustainability benefits: 

  • Cost and transport reduction from not procuring a Class 3 material 
  • Lower embodied carbon emissions from effectively using site-won materials  
  • Allowing future projects within council assets to adopt the same design  
ISupply  15/04/24  ​​​  Innovation Challenge (IC-8)  The Project received 0.75 points for using the following services/products from the ISupply Directory: 

  • Edge Impact (sustainability initiative implementation and advisory services) 
  • Boral (lower carbon concrete) 
  • GHD (advisory services) 
NoMoreButts  15/04/24  ​​  Market Transformation  The Project received 1 point for this market transformation initiative. 

No More Butts is an Australian environmental charity with the aim to reduce and recycle cigarette butt waste. The Project has partnered with No More Butts to encourage the recycling of cigarette butts and to educate the workforce about the environmental impact. The Project has also reached out to different Victorian construction companies (e.g. McConnell Dowell and Seymour Whyte) to provide information on the initiative and how they can get involved.  

 

Certification Date

14/6/2024

 

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