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1 Scoe Bypass Work o the $137 millio New Eglad Highway bypass of Scoe is progressig well. More tha 80 per cet of the bulk earthworks have bee completed with a total of 250,000 cubic metres of fill material to be used across the project. All 13 major draiage culverts have bee istalled ad more tha 150 of the 172 bridge girders required for the project s three bridges are ow o site. The girders are up to 27 metres log ad weigh aroud 45 toes, with deliveries cotiuig util the ed of March. All bridge pilig work is ow complete ad the ext stage of work is the costructio of the bridge piers. Work over the ext few moths icludes cotiued truckig of fill material to site, cocrete pourig for the two piers to support the bridge across the Norther Rail Lie, costructio of a U-tur facility at the souther approach, ad liftig girders ito place for the Kelly Street loop ad rail bridge. Backgroud At the time of the project s aoucemet, Deputy Prime Miister ad Miister for Ifrastructure ad Trasport Michael McCormack said costructio of a two-lae highway bypass to the west of Scoe the delivery of which was subsequetly awarded to Daraco Group would remove a large umber of heavy vehicles from the tow cetre ad improve travel times ad safety for all road users. - Aroud 8000 vehicles, icludig aroud 1200 heavy vehicles, use the Kelly Street level crossig i Scoe s cetral busiess district every day. Substatially reducig these volumes of vehicles will provide huge safety ad ameity beefits, Mr McCormack said. New South Wales Miister for Roads, Maritime ad Freight Melida Pavey said the four-kilometre sectio of highway to be bypassed had a poor crash history with 26 crashes recorded i the five years to December The ew bypass will help address risig road ad rail volumes as well as associated safety issues, Mrs Pavey said. Federal Member for New Eglad Baraby Joyce said the bypass will provide a alterative route for road users watig to travel across tow urestricted by rail operatios ad will be particularly importat for emergecy services. This $120 millio project esures we have the road ifrastructure i place to grow our ecoomic future i the New Eglad, Mr Joyce said. The Australia ad NSW govermets are joitly fudig costructio of the bypass. AFFORDABLE FIRST AID SUPPLIES AID KITS WH&S FIRST & SUPPLIES Reliable Service Free Delivery Olie Catalogue Extesive Rage Phoe: Hi-Vis ad Gree Silt Fece All Weather Access Driveways Civil ad House Sites Sadbags ad Gutter Socks Highly experieced, qualified, friedly, professioal. We pride ourselves o gettig the job doe o time, safely & effectively. Specialisig I: Cotact Us: 4 - The Roadbuilder ifo@greeaway.et.au Site Sigage First Aid Courses Cocrete Paels & Beams All Types Of Oversize Loads/Heavy Machiery Costructio & Agricultural Equipmet Structural Steel & Buildig Materials Provisio Of Bulk Freight Bulk Cemet & Flyash Geeral Freight Pilot Vehicles Earthworks Call SERVICING ALL AREAS WE COME TO YOU

2 The bypass will remove aroud 500 heavy vehicles from the tow cetre of Scoe ad will improve traffic flow, travel times, ad safety for all road users. Major costructio started i Jue The New Eglad Highway south of Scoe carries 8400 vehicles a day, peakig i tow at 14,000. Aroud 8000 vehicles use the Kelly Street crossig every day, icludig 1200 heavy vehicles. Followig extesive commuity cosultatio ad evirometal assessmet, the preferred route was assessed ad approved i April A Eviromet Protectio Licece (EPL) was also issued to regulate evirometal impacts durig costructio ad Daraco was awarded the cotract for costructio i March Features Key features of the upgrade iclude: a two lae highway bypass to the west of Scoe passig betwee White Park ad the redeveloped Scoe golf course three bridges providig a grade-separated itersectio at the souther ed, crossig over the rail lie south of Scoe, ad crossig over Kigdo ad Liverpool streets access to ad from the bypass to the orth ad south of tow ad midway at St Aubis Street providig for all turig movemets. The bypass respods to site specific coditios icludig: close ad multiple accesses to ad from tow to ecourage passig trade combiatio of embakmets, bridge structures ad formed draiage chaels will maitai the existig movemet of flood water bridge over the rail lie which provides a alterative route across tow improvig access for emergecy services ad other road users Aborigial ad Europea heritage ivestigatio ad maagemet itegratio with the redeveloped Scoe golf course. Satellite Tracked, Mie spec Vehicles Roud Decorative Stoe Stemmig & Cocrete Aggs Basalt Hard Rock Roadbase Top Soil Sads History May 2018 Expressio of iterest called for local suppliers to assist i costructio Survey work Coditio surveys started. Jue 2018 Site office established at 12 Makybe Diva Street First 27 metre log cocrete bridge beam delivered to site compoud. July 2018 Route aligmet feced Removal of Bill Rose Sports Complex playgroud ad exercise equipmet Evirometal cotrols established Delivery of embakmet fill to site started Access routes to the project area developed Site clearig activities commeced. Fast facts: Five kilometres of two-lae highway Aroud 250,000m3 of imported road fill Three bridges (totallig 740 metres) Three access poits to tow Local costructio jobs Aroud two years from start to completio Costructio Overview Utility ad Asset Protectio Udergroud utility services will be idetified ad protected. Substadard ifrastructure will be replaced. Roads to be used by heavy vehicles durig costructio will be assessed before use ad retured to their pre-existig coditio at project completio. THE RIGHT CALL Tailored solutios for your short term or log term labour hire requiremets Phoe: (02) Husky Demolitio Pty Limited 26 Heather Street Heatherbrae demolitio@huskygroup.com.au DEMOLITION TRUCK HIRE EXCAVATOR HIRE ASBESTOS REMOVAL DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL LICENSED & INSURED Ph: (02) Supplyig staff to all idustries throughout New Eglad ad the broader North West regio Make The Right Call today! Phoe: (02) tamworth@workforcexs.com.au 1/348 Peel St, Tamworth NSW 2340 The Roadbuilder - 5

3 Importatio of fill Costructio cotiues with the importatio of aroud 250,000m3 of fill. This is expected to cotiue util mid2019. Fill will be sourced from various locatios to miimise heavy vehicle traffic i tow. Heavy vehicles will mostly access the project area from: dedicated turig laes off the New Eglad Highway at the orth ad south of tow the golf course via Aberdee Street ad Liverpool Street St Aubis Street via Aberdee Street ad Liverpool Street. Recetly Completed Work the Norther Rail Lie Costructio of U-tur facility at the souther approach Liftig girders ito place for the Kelly Street loop ad rail bridge The Upper Huter Shire Coucil has commeced early plaig work ad commuity cosultatio for the revitalisatio of Kelly Street followig completio of the bypass. For more iformatio o the New Eglad Highway bypass of Scoe, visit Subcotractors ad Suppliers Earthworks Earthworks ad the delivery of fill material started i July ad is progressig well. A total of 250,000m3 is required for the bypass, with aroud 80 per cet of this already delivered to site. Advaced Groud Locatios Pty Ltd Groud service locatio Advace Sweepers Road Sweepig Affordable First Aid Supplies Supply first aid kits Bridge Girder Deliveries Over 150 of the 172 bridge girders required for the project have bee delivered. The girders are up to 27 metres log ad weigh aroud 45 toes. Deliveries will cotiue util March. All Day Cocrete Supply of cocrete Assetisure Pty Ltd Provisio of isurace/ bods Australia Temporary Fecig Pty Ltd Supply of Temporary Fecig Avdata Australia Supply of water Biodiversity Australia Professioal ecologist services Boral Costructio Materials Group Pty Ltd Cocrete Supply Brooks Bros Pty Ltd Supply of Cattle Grids Bridge Pilig Bridge pilig work is ow completed. The ext stage of bridge work is the costructio of the bridge piers. Costructio activities plaed i the ext two moths iclude: Cotiued truckig of fill material to site Cocrete pourig of the two piers for the bridge across List of Equipmet: 8,000 15,000 Litre Water Carts 12 Toe 6 Wheel Tippers 4wd Backhoe Loader M&K Water Carts Specialisig i all aspects of Civil Costructio, Miig, Dust Supressio Plat: Mark Ph: Office: Kylie Ph: Road Base Gravel ad Blue Metal Products Plat Hire - Grader & Roller Phoe: (02) Mob: Road - Bridge - Rail - Dam - Mie With extesive experiece across a rage of sectors, Quitec is o the cuttig edge of Survey idustry techology ad practices. Our Surveyors are equipped with the latest advaced survey equipmet to esure accurate set out for itricate ad detailed buildig works, ad QA for high quality results o your project. Ph: The Roadbuilder

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6 Capor Pilig o the New Eglad Highway Bypass of Scoe The pilig package comprised of 29No. 1050mm ad 50No. 1500mm cast i place permaetly lied reiforced cocrete piles to a excavated depth of 34m. Capor Pilig istalled over 2100 liear metres of pile with two pilig crews ruig two Bauer hydraulic pilig rigs ad three service craes cocurretly over a 3-moth period. Complex geotechical strata through flood plai required istallatio of permaet steel liers up to 27m i legth. Liers were istalled with vibratory hammers to support the collapsig cobbles ad gravel layers throughout the Parsos Gully flood plai ad drilled out with the pilig rigs. Piles are socketed ito low to medium stregth siltstoe bedrock. Capor Pilig was subcotracted to Daraco Group to complete the pilig works as part of the New Eglad Highway Bypass of Scoe. The job cosisted of three bridges supported o permaetly cased bored piles istalled to Roads ad Maritime Services B58 specificatios. All piles were istalled withi required toleraces. Cross Hole Soic loggig was performed as a form of itegrity testig o 18No. (23%) of piles with zero defects oted. For More Iformatio, Cotact Capor Pilig o Ph: (07) Capor Pilig is a leadig Australia, privately owed Pilig Cotractor. Scoe Bypass, Scoe, NSW QLD T: NSW T: W: E: admi@caporpilig.com.au The Roadbuilder - 9

7 Newpave Asphalt Newpave Asphalt curretly holds pael cotracts with all coucils across the Huter Valley ad Cetral Coast Regios, Newpave Asphalt is a pael member uder the NSW Roads ad Maritime Services Asphalt Cotract. Newpave Asphalt has recetly successfully udertake Projects with Daraco at the Begalla Mie ad Karuah i New South Wales. Newpave looks forward to parterig with Daraco o the Scoe Bypass project to deliver a quality, safe ad loglastig asphalt pavemet that serves the eeds of the Upper Huter Regios growig populatio, well ito the future. Newpave Asphalt is third party accredited for Safety (AS/ NZ4801), Evirometal (IOS 14001) ad Quality Systems (ISO 9001). Newpave Asphalt has a NATA accredited laboratory for asphalt ad materials testig for projects to esure that products are the highest possible quality. Newpave Asphalt is proud to be the oly idepedet, Australia, locally owed asphalt producer i the Huter Valley Regio. The philosophy at Newpave is simple. Providig quality people, equipmet ad products with careful plaig ad attetio to detail will traslate to successful outcomes. Newpave Asphalt is accredited with NSW Roads ad Maritime Services ad QLD Departmet of Trasport ad Mai Roads as a Roadwork ad Asphalt cotractor. Newpave Asphalt is also a registered Traffic Cotrol cotractor i New South Wales. Newpave Asphalt has multi-discipliary expertise i several fields, icludig; Sice its iceptio i 2013, Newpave Asphalt has established itself as a market leader withi the wider Huter Valley Regio. Newpave Asphalt curretly employs aroud 90 staff from throughout the local regio. Idustry Leaders Specialisig i Dyamic ad Iovative Asphalt Cotractig 10 - The Roadbuilder Asphalt Maufacturig Asphalt & Civil Costructio Ex Bi Asphalts Sales Haulage Stabilisatio Spray Seal Profilig Services Lie Markig Materials Testig Traffic Cotrol Recyclig Newpave Asphalt offers a myriad of differet services, icludig: Asphalt Maufacturig Spray Seal Ex Bi Asphalt Sales Asphalt & Civil Costructio Haulage Profilig Services Stabilisatio Lie Markig Ph: 1800 NEWPAVE W: E: admi@ewpave.com

8 Advace Sweepers Maitlad Bypass Upgrade Williamtow Airport Upgrade Natioal Highways (M1 /Pacific Highway Upgrade) Newcastle Light Rail Project Operatig out of our Lake Macquarie depot, the fleet are maitaied ad serviced i-house ad always ready to go 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We are specialists i emergecy situatios ad experieced i diverse workplaces from idustrial to commercial, costructio, utilities, road, rail, maritime, aviatio ad miig idustries. With a fleet of 11 sweepers ad still growig, Advace Sweepers are the largest provider of sweeper services i regioal NSW. Fouded i 2009 startig i road costructio projects, the Australia owed ad operated busiess provides iovative ad evirometally soud solutios for the toughest cleaig ad compliace challeges throughout NSW. Advace Sweepers has extesive experiece parterig with atioal ad iteratioal compaies egaged i the costructio ad maiteace of specialised tarmac surfaces. Advace Sweepers has proudly bee part of icoic projects such as: Newcastle Supercars 500 Huter Valley Freeway Newcastle Ier City Bypass We also provide compact sweeper hire services for footpaths, warehouses ad multi-storey car parks. Nearly 140 years combied experiece has taught us may thigs about road sweepig ad road sweepers so we are i tue with our customers eeds with quality advice, solutios ad service. Our road sweeper services are ideal for a wide rage of areas icludig Civil Costructio Road Costructio ad Resurfacig Lie-Markig Preparatio Car Parks Costructio Sites Residetial/Commercial Developmets Quarry Roads Wash Dow/Wheel Wash Bays Forecourts ad Gullies Warehouse/Factory Advace Sweepers are the largest provider of sweeper services i regioal NSW. Providers of iovative ad evirometally soud solutios. Ph: (02) ifo@advacesweepers.com.au Web: The Roadbuilder - 11

9 Lack Group We possess the kowledge ad expertise required to comfortably hadle both large ad small-scale costructio projects. We pride ourselves o our ability to work withi highly regulated eviromets, while also offerig the flexibility to respod to chagig site requiremets o request. Our goal is to meet ad achieve all Cliet expectatios ad esure that Lack Group s values of Professioalism, Commitmet, Commuicatio & Safety are cosistetly met ad achieved. Our visio is to be our cliets umber oe provider (supplier of choice) i the provisio of our services. We are dedicated to providig our cliets with complete, practical ad flexible solutios to ehace their productivity ad operatioal performace. Our experiece gives us kowledge of the real issues facig orgaisatios, allowig us to focus o developig solutios that are relevat, practical ad cost-effective. K&D Traffic Maagemet Fouded i 2006, K&D Traffic Maagemet Pty Ltd has eared a well-established track record of collaboratio with Costructio, Ifrastructure, Miig, Govermet, ad Private customers i high profile public eviromets to successfully deliver our Traffic Maagemet services. Lack Group Persoel Fouded i 2015, Lack Group Persoel Pty Ltd is a specialist provider of Labour Hire recruitmet ad traffic maagemet services. Lack Group Persoel Pty Ltd has a prove track record of workig alogside some of the most well-established compaies withi the ifrastructure, costructio ad miig idustries throughout Australia. Lack Group Persoel Pty Ltd works closely with all our Cliets to achieve positive outcomes while solvig ay short ad log-term staffig requiremets through attractig highly skilled ad competet employees. Our goal is to meet ad achieve all Cliet expectatios ad esure that Lack Group s values of Professioalism, Commitmet, Commuicatio & Safety are cosistetly met ad achieved. Our dedicated Team across Australia is structured to esure the best possible outcomes are delivered; ot oly for ourselves, but for our cliets ad the commuities we are ivolved i. From our Seior Maagemet Team dow to our fieldbased employees, every aspect of our operatios is cotiuously beig reviewed ad stregtheed for our Cliet s eeds. Our Lack Group goal is to meet ad achieve all Cliet expectatios ad esure that Lack Group s values of Professioalism, Commitmet, Commuicatio & Safety are cosistetly met ad achieved. K&D Traffic Maagemet Pty Ltd provide services which iclude traffic cotrol, icidet respose, evet maagemet, plaig ad permits ad equipmet hire with 24-hour services across Australia. Lack Group Costructio Fouded i 2010, Lack Group Costructios Pty Ltd has developed a reputatio for deliverig Labour Hire solutios that set the bar i quality, expertise ad reliability. Led by a strog ad experieced Seior Maagemet Team with over 30 years of experiece withi the costructio idustry, our kowledge ad team work esure the delivery of cost-effective ad highly efficiet solutios for our Cliets. With depots across Australia, we work hard to deliver A-Grade services to all Cliets The Roadbuilder Lack Group Asset Holdig Fouded i 2018, Lack Group Asset Holdigs Pty Ltd has built a reputatio based o performace ad service excellece. With a uwaverig commitmet to customer service, excellece withi the traffic idustry ad presetatio ad the highest stadards i safety, Lack Group Asset Holdigs Pty Ltd has the capability to provide a itegrated service atioally to all the maiteace, miig, costructio ad ifrastructure sectors. With operatios located atioally, a experieced ad professioal Team, ad a fleet of over 200 traffic vehicles, Lack Group Asset Holdigs Pty Ltd has the resources to deliver trusted solutios for our cliets.

10 Specialists i Labour Hire, Recruitmet, Traffic Maagemet & Traiig Lack Group is a 100% Australia family owed ad privately operated compay who provide People, Traffic Plaig, Traffic Maagemet ad Traffic Executio Solutios for our Project Parters i the Civil, Ifrastructure, Buildig, Medium Desity & High Rise Costructio, Commercial Costructio ad Miig Idustries. Our Lack Group goal is to meet ad achieve all Cliet expectatios ad esure that Lack Group s values of Professioalism, Commitmet, Commuicatio & Safety are cosistetly met ad achieved. From our Seior Maagemet Team dow to our field-based employees, every aspect of our operatios is cotiuously beig reviewed ad stregtheed for our Cliet s eeds. Our dedicated Team across Australia is structured to esure the best possible outcomes are delivered; ot oly for ourselves, but for our Cliets ad the commuities we are ivolved i. With a atioal presece, a experieced ad professioal team, ad a large fleet of traffic vehicles, Lack Group has the resources to deliver trusted solutios for our Cliets. Professioalism Commitmet Commuicatio Safety P : The Roadbuilder - 13

11 Tourle Street ad Cormorat Road A ew two-lae bridge over the Huter River i Newcastle is ow ope to traffic. The bridge delivers faster, safer travel for motorists ad freight operators ad brigs the upgraded Tourle Street ad Cormorat Road corridor project at Kooragag to completio. Deputy Prime Miister ad Federal Miister for Ifrastructure ad Trasport Michael McCormack said the Liberal ad Natioals Govermet had committed more tha $75 billio over the ext 10 years to a pipelie of ew ad upgraded trasport ifrastructure projects across Australia. Our ifrastructure pipelie is deliverig vital ivestmets i key corridors across Australia, likig idustry to export markets ad people to vital services, such as i Newcastle where we have better coected the idustrial district of Kooragag to the broader regio, Mr McCormack said. NSW Miister for Roads, Maritime ad Freight Melida Pavey said this project was joitly fuded by Australia ad NSW Govermets to improve traffic flow for the more tha 33,000 motorists, icludig 3,000 heavy vehicle drivers, which travel alog the road each day. With this major upgrade work ow completed, members of the local commuity icludig busiesses, tourists, commuters ad cyclists, ca ow reap the rewards of a safer ad faster jourey to Newcastle City, Port Stephes ad Williamtow Airport, Mrs Pavey said. Seator for New South Wales Jim Mola said the project icluded duplicatig 3.8 kilometres of the road betwee Idustrial Drive ad Egret Street at Kooragag to provide two laes i each directio ad a ew two-lae bridge. Upgrades also icluded providig 2.5-metre-wide shoulders alog Cormorat Road for o-road cyclists, Seator Mola said. NSW Parliametary Secretary for Plaig, the Cetral Coast ad the Huter Scot MacDoald said the commuity would immediately beefit from these works havig completed six moths ahead of schedule ad comig i uder budget. This project improves the vital coectio at Kooragag Islad, which is home to a major idustrial ad employmet cetre ad is part of the world s largest coal port, Mr MacDoald said. The Australia ad NSW govermets are each providig fudig to duplicate Tourle Street ad Cormorat Road at Kooragag Roads ad Maritime Services has upgraded Tourle Street ad Cormorat Road at Kooragag. The upgrade has improved traffic flow ad caters for future traffic growth due to developmet i Port Stephes, the expasio of Newcastle Airport ad the growth of idustrial developmet o Kooragag Islad Office: ifo@besteelfixig.com.au - Noise ad vibratio moitorig ad 3D modellig - Costructio oise ad vibratio maagemet plas - Maagemet ad cotrol of oise ad vibratio - WHS oise assessmets Professioal, experieced ad techically robust The Roadbuilder

12 The upgrade icluded duplicatig 3.8 kilometres of road betwee Idustrial Drive at Mayfield West ad Egret Street at Kooragag to provide two laes i each directio. A secod two-lae bridge was also built o the wester side of the existig Tourle Street bridge. Costructio started i May 2016 ad the upgrade is ow complete. Roads ad Maritime Services egaged WBHO McIlwai Joit Veture to duplicate 3.8 kilometres of Tourle Street ad Cormorat Road betwee Idustrial Drive, Mayfield West ad Egret Street, Kooragag, icludig the costructio of a secod bridge over the Huter River. A project that the Regioal Developmet Authority described as of atioal sigificace ad raked as the umber oe ifrastructure priority for the regio i its 2014 Huter Ecoomic Ifrastructure Pla. WBHO Maagig Director Peter Rya said: With plaed future growth i the surroudig local area, the bridge will be importat i helpig support busiess productivity. The project team has bee committed to deliverig a high quality asset while miimisig impact o local roads, commuities ad the local eviromet. McIlwai Civil Egieerig Geeral Maager Keith McIlwai said: The ew bridge ad two-lae road is good ews for local busiesses ad will free up traffic flow i ad out of Kooragag Islad. We re proud to be creatig this much eeded commuity asset. The ew bridge will be almost idetical to the existig but without the shared walkway ad cycleway. The ew bridge will improve traffic flow for the 33,000 vehicles, icludig over 3000 trucks, which cross the Huter River per day. Kooragag Islad is a major idustrial ad employmet cetre i NSW ad is part of the worlds largest coal export port. Works icluded buildig road embakmets at the souther ed of the Tourle Street Bridge ad i the Log Pod area o the orther side of Cormorat Road. The embakmets allowed the soft soil to settle ad prepare the groud to support the future road pavemet adequately. Evirometal impacts to Log Pod were miimised by maily wideig the road o the souther side of the existig Cormorat Road. Form / REO / Pour Specialist Bridge Builders Precast Structures Custom formwork & cocrete Multi disciplie Builders Mario Praic David Lambert Project Descriptio 340m bridge, 11 spas, 2 laes 35 x 35m legth Super T Girders up to 75t Removal of demolished bridge remat piles 3.8km roadworks. Wideig of Tourle Street ad Cormorat Road from 2 to 4 laes Retaiig Walls Rehabilitate cotamiated lad Pre-load/ surcharge embakmets Precast piles Extesive use of cast-i-place reiforced cocrete elemets 6000 m3 cocrete & 1000t steel Project Backgroud Kooragag Islad is home to a major idustrial ad employmet cetre i NSW ad is part of the world s largest coal export port. Tourle Street ad Cormorat Road form the mai corridor coectig Kooragag Islad to Newcastle ad the souther sectio of the Port of Newcastle. The road is also the mai trasport corridor coectig Newcastle with Newcastle Airport ad Port Stephes. About 33,000 vehicles use the corridor each day, icludig more tha 3000 heavy vehicles. Key Features Key features icluded: Duplicatig 3.8 kilometres of the road betwee Idustrial Drive, Mayfield West ad Egret Street, Kooragag to provide two laes i each directio A ew two lae bridge o the wester side of the existig bridge Specialisig i: Road Trasportable Marie Costructio Equipmet Barge ad Workboat hire Crewed Hire or Dry Hire Available Fully certified ad AMSA survey vessels Ph luke@stokmarie.com.au Web: The Roadbuilder - 15

13 2.5 metre shoulders alog Cormorat Road to cater for o-road cyclists Miimisig impact o the Log Pod by maily wideig the road o the souther side of the existig Cormorat Road Maitaiig access to existig busiesses alog the corridor Caterig for future idustrial developmet o Kooragag Islad ext to the existig road. Subcotractors ad Suppliers Advace Sweepers Pty Ltd A Plus Cotractig Pty Ltd Barlia Pty Ltd Polyfabrics Australasia Pty Ltd Muller Acoustic Cosultig Pty Ltd Atqip Plat Hire Pty Ltd Positio Parters Pty Ltd Bury Cosultig Pty Ltd Moteath & Powys Pty Ltd Urba E-Learig Pty Ltd Mageba (Australia) Pty Ltd Sage Civil (Australia) Pty Ltd Lik Cotractors Prima Skills Aspro Australia Pty Ltd Teite Pty Ltd Starlight Egieerig Pty Ltd Stok Marie Melrose Craes & Riggig Pty Ltd Rex J Adrews Pty Ltd Excel Marie Pty Ltd A & T Brow Pty Ltd Bothar Borig Ad Tuellig Pty Ltd Harwood Slipway Pty Ltd Rig Istallatios (Newcastle) Pty Ltd L G B Marie Ad Cotractig Pty Ltd Complete Staff Solutios Deployus Pty Ltd Protech Persoel (Nsw) Pty Ltd Platium Electricias Newcastle T & D Ivestmets (Aust) Pty Ltd Workforce Road Services Pty Ltd Coffey Testig Pty Ltd Beedict Recyclig Pty Ltd BE Steel Fixig Pty Ltd Hazmat Services Pty Ltd CDA Eastlad Trade Supplies Team Dreega Pty Ltd Aqua Assets Pty Ltd Borger Crae Hire & Rigig Services T & D Earthworks Pty Ltd DJW Civil Pty Ltd J Blackwood & So Pty Ltd Coffey Geotechics Pty Ltd 365 Site Services Pty Ltd Like & Like Surveys Joh Hollad Pty Ltd SMG Excavatios Colemas Group (Aust) Pty Ltd Smec Australia Pty Ltd Keller Foudatios Pty Ltd Safeassure Pty Ltd Specialised Pavemet Services Pty Ltd Marie ad Civil Maiteace Eire Costructios Pty Ltd Global Sythetics Pty Ltd Valbrua Australia Pty Ltd West Takers Pty Ltd Geofabrics Australasia Pty Ltd Hebde Quarries Pty Ltd Primaskillls delivers public ad ihouse traiig for P6, ad ihouse traiig for Microsoft Project ad Asta Powerproject. Specialisig I Microsoft Project Oracle Primavera P6 Asta Powerproject Cosultig ad Traiig Usig Eastwood Harris Books Phoe: Web: ifo@primaskills.com.au 16 - The Roadbuilder

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15 Pacific Highway Upgrade New Pic TBC Roads ad Maritime Services is deliverig the biggest ifrastructure ivestmet i NSW history. I the ext five years $15.9 billio will be ivested o projects across the state. Regioal projects will receive $4.8 billio as part of this sigificat commitmet to coectig commuities, supportig growth ad providig safe joureys to help maage a predicted 15 per cet icrease i regioal populatio growth ad a doublig of freight movemets by The agecy is curretly deliverig 28 major projects i regioal commuities with 27 major projects i developmet ad thousads of mior ad maiteace work projects. A key part of this regioal ivestmet is the Pacific Highway upgrade program. The Pacific Highway upgrade is Australia s largest regioal ifrastructure project. It coects Sydey ad Brisbae, ad is a major cotributor to Australia s ecoomic activity. The Australia ad NSW govermets have bee joitly upgradig the Pacific Highway from Hexham to Queeslad sice 1996, ivestig $11.4 billio i this importat upgrade to date. Whe built, it will complete this program of work ad help to realise the substatial ecoomic ad commuity beefits of the overall upgrade program providig a four lae divided highway betwee Sydey ad Brisbae. Curretly 483 kilometres of the Pacific Highway betwee Hexham ad the Queeslad border are ow four lae divided road (74 per cet) ad about 135 kilometres are beig built (20 per cet). This meas three i every four Adam Rodgers Mechaical Egieer 31 Chittaway Road Ourimbah NSW 2258 kilometres travelled is four lae divided highway. The remaiig sectios are about to start major work. There are five projects worth more tha $3.3 billio either beig built or opeed to traffic i the past year betwee Port Macquarie ad Coffs Harbour. The 26 kilometre Frederickto to Eugai project opeed to traffic i May 2016, the Nambucca Heads to Uruga project opeed i July 2016 ad i September this year the 14 kilometre Kempsey to Kudabug sectio of the upgrade progressively opeed to traffic. The 23 kilometre sectio betwee Oxley Highway ad Kudabug ad 19.5 kilometres betwee Warrell Creek ad Nambucca Heads is ow ope to traffic. Of the remaiig 155 kilometres of highway beig upgraded betwee Woolgoolga ad Ballia, the 12 kilometre Halfway Creek to Gleugie sectio opeed to traffic i August this year. The 14 kilometre sectio betwee Woolgoolga ad Halfway Creek is expected to ope before the ed of the year with the fial sectios betwee Gleugie ad Ballia opeig to traffic by The highway upgrade has created job opportuities for regioal commuities o the orth coast. By workig with idustry ad local educatio istitutios, pathways ito the costructio idustry have opeed up, providig career opportuities beyod the lifetime of the upgrade. Nestbox istallatio Pre-clearace surveys Evirometal compliace Faua spotter catcher services Ecological impact assessmet Water quality moitorig ABN: CONCRETE GRINDING TEXTURING & REPAIRS Ph/Fax: (02) Mobile: The Roadbuilder

16 I 2019 there will be uprecedeted progress o the Pacific Highway upgrade as it speeds towards completio by Work will peak early ext year, with 3700 people expected to be directly workig o the upgrade, resultig i 9900 idirect jobs. Travel time savigs is aother beefit, particularly for the freight idustry. A jourey betwee Newcastle ad the Queeslad border i the mid 1990s oce took ie hours to complete. This same jourey will take less tha seve hours whe the upgrade is complete i Those drivig the legth of the Pacific Highway are already savig more tha a hour ad three quarters i travel time. These upgrades will improve safety ad esure motorists sped more time with their families ad less time travellig. Sice work started o the Pacific Highway, the umber of fatal crashes has halved, reducig to about 20 crashes aually i recet years. The opeig of four lae divided highway betwee Port Macquarie ad Gleugie i the secod half of 2017 ad early 2018 helped cotiue this tred through divided laes ad improved road surfaces. The Pacific Highway upgrade is more tha just a road ad has already trasformed this part of the NSW orth coast cotributig to sigificat regioal growth, icludig direct jobs o the highway but also secodary beefits to local services, tourism ad ecoomic developmet. The highway is used as a local road coectig regioal commuities ad the upgraded highway meas the separatio betwee local slower traffic ad high speed through traffic, icludig safer local access. The Pacific Highway upgrade is ot oly sigificat because of its size ad scale, it traverses some of the most diverse ad evirometally sesitive ladscapes. It crosses several major river systems ad flood plais, coastal rages, travels through forests ad adjois marie parks. The desig ad egieerig has bee created to be sesitive to this eviromet. It is held as a global bechmark i iovatio ad is pushig the boudaries i how roads ca be built, deliverig a legacy for Australia. PROJECT SNAPSHOTS Kudabug to Kempsey Cotractors: McCoell Dowell-OHL Joit Veture Form of cotract: Build oly Workers o site: 179 Pieces of large machiery: 21 Start date of major costructio: November 2014 Completio date: 2017 Project value: $230 millio Australia Govermet cotributio: $115 millio* NSW State Govermet cotributio: $115 millio* Oxley Highway to Kudabug Cotractors: Ledlease Form of cotract: Desig ad build Workers o site: 344 Pieces of large machiery: 66 Start date of major costructio: October 2014 Expected completio date: Late 2017 to Early 2018 Project value: $820 millio Australia Govermet cotributio: $542.4 millio* NSW State Govermet cotributio: $277.6 millio* Warrell Creek to Nambucca Heads Cotractors: Pacifico (Accioa Ferrovial Joit Veture) Form of cotract: Desig ad build Workers o site: 330 Pieces of large machiery: 150 Start date of major costructio: December 2014 Expected completio date: Late 2017 to Early 2018 Project value: $830 millio Australia Govermet cotributio: $415 millio* NSW State Govermet cotributio: $415 millio* admi@viroscope.com.au Mob: Mob: Mobile: Ph: (02) Fax: (02) E: hydraulikmaclea@bigpod.com Web: Specialisig I: Mobile hose repairs Hydraulic cylider reseals, rebuilds & maufacture. Machiery repairs Uder carriage repairs We Stock: Hydraulic hose & fittigs Hi-Tec oils Doaldso filters Bremick bolts Brass fittigs Air fittigs Loctite products Weldig & cuttig cosumables The Roadbuilder - 19