Subcontractors’ Forum Opportunities for Local Business Participation

December 2019 Agenda

• Welcome to the Subcontractors’ Forum • Acknowledgement of Country

• (PLR) video • The PLR Project

• Parramatta Connect • Great River City Light Rail (GRCLR) • Infrastructure Skills Legacy Program (ISLP) • Industry Capability Network (ICN)

Parramatta Light Rail 2 Welcome to the PLR Subcontractors’ Forum

The purpose of this morning’s event is to:

• introduce current subcontracting and supply opportunities on the Parramatta Light Rail (PLR) project

• advise how local businesses can access these opportunities through the Industry Capability Network (ICN)

There will be a short Q&A at the end of the presentations.

Parramatta Light Rail 3 Acknowledgement of Country

Parramatta Light Rail 4 PLR Video

• Play Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1 (Updated March 2019) video available http://www.parramattalightrail.nsw.gov.au/gallery

Parramatta Light Rail 5 What is the PLR project? The $2.4 billion Parramatta Light Rail project will construct:

• 12 kilometres of new two-way light rail track between Westmead and Carlingford via the Parramatta CBD • 16 new stops with platforms, canopies and seating • New and modified bridges • New wiring, signalling, traction works and technology systems • A stabling and maintenance facility (SaMF) at Camellia.

Parramatta Light Rail 6 Customer benefits • 16 accessible stops located within existing and new precincts • Special services for events at Bankwest Stadium and Rosehill Gardens Racecourse • tap on/off facilities • Interchanges with heavy rail, bus and ferry, and future Metro West • Services 7 days a week from 5am until 1am the following morning • Services around every 7.5 minutes in peak (7am-7pm) • 45m long air-conditioned vehicles, capacity for 300 passengers • Improvements to road, active transport and bus network

Parramatta Light Rail 7 Connecting great places

Parramatta Light Rail 8 Parramatta CBD

Parramatta Light Rail Major Contracts

• Parramatta Connect (CPB and Downer)

• Great River City Light Rail (CAF Rail Australia and )

Parramatta Light Rail 10 Parramatta Connect

Mac Harvey, Construction Manager

Parramatta Light Rail 11 Parramatta Connect (CPB and Downer)

• $840 million

• Construct the light rail track, roadworks, new and modified bridges, stop platforms to slab, transport interchanges at Westmead, Parramatta CBD and Carlingford.

• We will continue to engage and inform residents and businesses along the alignment to ensure impacts from construction works are identified and minimised.

Parramatta Light Rail 12 Work packages • Drainage and Combined Services Route installation • Form reinforce pour • Paving • Haulage and Disposal • Crane hire • Signage • Soft Landscaping • Traffic Signals

Parramatta Light Rail 13 Requirements for workers

The following experienced workers will be required: • Trades assistants • Labourers • Steel fixers • Pipelayers • Track builders • Concreters

To be eligible to work on the project, all individuals will be required to complete White Card Construction Induction and Rail Industry Worker Training.

Parramatta Light Rail 14 Requirements for Business

Businesses will be required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire as part of the Expression of Interest registration.

Parramatta Light Rail 15 Great River City Light Rail (GRCLR)

Peter Matthews, Project Director

Parramatta Light Rail 16 GRCLR (CAF Rail Australia and Transdev)

• $536 million

• Construct a major Stabling and Maintenance Facility (SaMF) at Camellia; 16 light rail stops above platform; signalling, wiring, traction works and technology systems.

• Supply 13 new light rail vehicles (LRVs)

• Conduct comprehensive testing and commissioning

• Operate and maintain the network from 2023 for an initial 8 years.

Parramatta Light Rail 17 Our contractors

• CAF Rail Australia

• Laing O’Rourke

• Thales Australia

• GE (G Energy Power Conversion)

Parramatta Light Rail 18 Stabling and Maintenance Facility SPACE PROVISION FOR THE REMEDIATION CONTRACTOR BERM

CLEANER’S STORE GWTP LAYDOWN AREA STABLING YARD SAND SILO STAGE 1 WASH FACILITY

SANDING FACILITY FIRE PUMP MAIN ROOM MAINTENANCE BUILDING PARKING (91 SPACES)

TPS 8 BACKUP OCC ROOM GENERATOR LOCATION SaMF • Stabling for current and future light rail vehicles (LRVs)

• Track inspection, maintenance and repair workshops

• LRV wash and sand plants

• Operations Control Centre (OCC)

• Lift, office and staff facilities, parking

• Perimeter fencing and security

Parramatta Light Rail 20 Work packages 2020+

• Civil works • In ground services – drainage, stormwater harvesting, fire detection • Hydraulic services • Landscaping and screening • Fencing and gates • Electrical services • Surveying • Environmental monitoring

Parramatta Light Rail 21 Operational and maintenance work packages 2022+

• Security • Cleaning • Infrastructure maintenance • Landscaping • Special event services (including signage) • Emergency transport

Parramatta Light Rail 22 Requirements

• Individuals will be required to complete White Card Construction Induction and Rail Industry Worker training, to be eligible to work on the project.

• Skills requirements will be posted on the ICN website.

• Businesses will be required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire as part of the Expression of Interest registration.

Parramatta Light Rail 23 Infrastructure Skills Legacy Program Gail Silman, Glen Gallagher Training Services NSW

Parramatta Light Rail 24 Infrastructure Skills Legacy Program

• Parramatta Connect has partnered with Training Services NSW to deliver an Infrastructure Skills Legacy Program (ISLP), with a commitment to boost the number of skilled construction workers and create fresh pathways to employment across the state.

• We have minimum training targets to meet and request all our subcontractors to support us in driving the achievement of these targets.

Parramatta Light Rail 25 Infrastructure Skills Legacy Program

• ISLP is a skills development program, led by Training Services NSW. • The program supports the Premier’s priorities to grow skills and jobs, capitalising on the $93 billion infrastructure investment in NSW.

Parramatta Light Rail 26 Infrastructure Skills Legacy Program

• The ISLP aims to address current and emerging skills shortages by:

Setting minimum training and employment targets

Building capability

Embedding into procurement

Parramatta Light Rail 27 Minimum training and employment targets

20% Learning Workers

20% of Trades Positions are Apprenticeships

2% Women in Non-Traditional Trades

1.5% of Contract Value for Aboriginal Participation

8% People under the age of 25

Local People

Parramatta Light Rail 28 Parramatta Light Rail 29 Parramatta Light Rail 30 Parramatta Light Rail 31 Examples of workforce development and social procurement targets

• 20% of the total labour force to be made up of ‘learning workers’ (defined as trainees and workers who need to update their qualifications to meet the needs of the infrastructure project). • 20% of all trades positions comprised of apprentices. • 1.5% of the total contract value to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation. • 8% of the total project workforce aged less than 25 years. • Strategies to ensure we employ and train people from the local region. • 1.5% of contract value spent supporting Aboriginal participation.

Parramatta Light Rail 32 Industry Capability Network

Thuy Ho

Parramatta Light Rail 33 Industry Capability Network (ICN)

• NSW government funded not-for-profit company

• Aim: To make it easier for buyers to find suppliers & vice versa

• “Business match-making service”

• Avenue for suppliers to access opportunities on major projects in NSW (and Australia wide) and broadcast networking events to assist industry

• Offices in and regional NSW (Hunter, Dubbo, Nowra and Riverina)

• Part of national network

Parramatta Light Rail 34 ICN Gateway • https://gateway.icn.org.au • Web portal for buyers and suppliers • In collaboration with buyers, ICN posts new opportunities • Suppliers create a company profile (CV) • Suppliers can register for expressions of interest (EOI) • For each EOI, ICN provides an extract of the company’s profile plus answers to questions asked during the EOI process • Free to use (Govt. funded in NSW)

Parramatta Light Rail 35 Subcontractor and supplier opportunities

• Parramatta Connect - Infrastructure Works https://parramattalightrail_infra.icn.org.au

• Great River City Light Rail - Supply, Operate and Maintain Contract https://parramattalightrail_som.icn.org.au

Parramatta Light Rail 36 https://parramattalightrail_infra.icn.org.au

Parramatta Light Rail 37 Infrastructure Works - Packages

Parramatta Light Rail 38 https://parramattalightrail_som.icn.org.au

Parramatta Light Rail 39 Supply, Operate and Maintain - Packages

Parramatta Light Rail 40 Supply, Operate and Maintain - Packages

Parramatta Light Rail 41 Subcontractor and supplier opportunities

• Parramatta Connect - Infrastructure Works https://parramattalightrail_infra.icn.org.au

• Great River City Light Rail - Supply, Operate and Maintain Contract https://parramattalightrail_som.icn.org.au

Parramatta Light Rail 42 Further information

• Vist www.parramattalightrail.nsw.gov.au

• Call 24 hour hotline 1800 139 389

Parramatta Light Rail 43 Questions

Parramatta Light Rail 44