Projects
Aurizon Capital Works
Civil Project Partners supported the Aurizon Capital Works Replacement program, delivering strategic planning and estimating services for a suite of rail infrastructure renewal packages across Central Queensland. Working with the Joe Wagner Group, the team developed robust methodologies, shutdown programs, and cost estimates to enable efficient delivery within constrained rail possession windows. The program encompasses multi-site works including formation, track, and culvert renewals, requiring a high level of coordination, constructability insight, and alignment with operational rail requirements.
Project information
- Project Owner
- Aurizon
- Client
- JWG
- Stage
- Tender
- Location
- Central QLD
- Year
- 2023-2026
- Outcome
- Successful
Scope
The Aurizon Capital Works Replacement program comprises a series of rail infrastructure renewal packages across Central Queensland, delivered under constrained rail possession conditions. The works include formation reconstruction, culvert renewals (including associated headwalls and end structures), ballast renewal, sleeper installation, and rail removal and replacement, followed by commissioning activities.
Projects are distributed across multiple operational sites, requiring careful staging, coordination, and integration with live rail operations. Delivery is heavily dependent on short-duration shutdown windows, demanding detailed planning of sequencing, resourcing, and methodology to maximise productivity within limited access periods.
Key challenges include managing logistics to remote locations, ensuring plant and materials are efficiently mobilised, and developing practical construction approaches that minimise disruption to the network. The program also requires alignment with Aurizon’s safety, operational, and engineering standards, as well as close coordination with stakeholders.
Overall, the scope represents a complex, multi-site rail renewal program requiring high-level planning, robust cost control, and precise execution strategies.
Service Provided
Civil Project Partners delivered comprehensive pre-contract planning and estimating services to support Aurizon Capital Works packages. This included first-principles cost estimating, detailed quantity take-offs, and procurement strategy analysis. The team developed rail shutdown strategies incorporating precise hourly possession programmes to optimise construction windows. Methodologies for temporary works were assessed to ensure safe and efficient delivery during possessions. Logistics planning and plant selection were also undertaken to align with constrained rail access and meet client programme requirements, ensuring constructability and cost certainty across multiple sites.
