AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARDS SOUTH ENTRANTS 2018 These awards recognise and promote new and innovative ideas that are brought to life in ways that bring fundamental change to our society. OVERVIEW

Engineers Australia recognises outstanding achievement in engineering and the invaluable contribution engineering makes to the economy, community and the environment. The Australian Engineering Excellence Awards (AEEA) inspire and encourage engineering distinction through teamwork, innovation, and technical excellence. The AEEA is an integrated program resulting in awards at National level once local finalists are determined. To enter the AEEA, entrants are required to submit project nominations at the relevant local level, depending on the project’s location. Excellence, distinction, merit, perfection and quality are the characteristics that winning entries exhibit. View the 2018 entrants.

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Engineering Excellence Awards | 2018 1 SOUTH AUSTRALIA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

I’m excited about this I congratulate all award nominees and recipients on opportunity to recognise your contributions to the engineering profession in and celebrate exemplary South Australia. engineering that contributes to our community in SA. This year our state nominations for the 2018 Australian Engineering Excellence Awards reflect levels of excellence around Infrastructure, Building Projects, Resources, Research and Development, Network Lachlan Kinnear MIEAust CPEng NER Programs, and Manufacturing. Exceptional engineering South Australia President outcomes are on display, and as a profession we can all be proud of the extent of the benefits from the science and practice of engineering. Throughout tonight’s event you will, like me, be extremely impressed with the quality of engineering work being done for the benefit of you, me, the environment and the broader community. There’s no doubt that the thought and creation of solutions continues to achieve excellence. As engineers it’s important this level of productivity and effort be recognised. It’s equally important that our award nominees and recipients have the opportunity to be applauded by the profession and peers for their undertakings, contributions and achievements.

2 Engineering Excellence Awards | South Australia 2018 CHIEF JUDGE’S MESSAGE

It is my great honour to be This Showcase Booklet details each of the uniquely the Chief Judge for the 2018 impressive project entries into the 2018 South Australia South Australia Engineering Engineering Excellence Awards. We thank industry for Excellence Awards and AEEA continuing to support this Awards program and allowing Finalists; awards that allow us the opportunity to highlight engineering excellence in us to recognise and celebrate our great state. the amazing accomplishments of the engineering profession across our state. I am consistently impressed and awed by the phenomenal and vital work that engineers do to help make our world a better place; often without the need or want of any recognition. The AEEA are a way of Michelle Kennedy BE(Hons) MBA MAICD FIEAust taking time to acknowledge these often unacknowledged CPEng EngExec APEC Engineer IntPE(Aus) outstanding achievements in the practice of engineering. Chief Judge This year, South Australia received 16 project entries, judged by a panel of senior industry leaders. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the judges for contributing their time and expertise to this process. All winning entries exemplify outstanding achievements in their respective fields, and can be viewed as sources of inspiration for both current and future generations of engineers.

Engineering Excellence Awards | South Australia 2018 3 JUDGING JUDGES CRITERIA 2018

Actual or potential contribution of the work to Michelle Kennedy the economy BE(Hons) MBA MAICD FIEAust CPEng EngExec APEC Engineer IntPE(Aus) Contributes to the local, regional or national economy Group Manager, Assets and Infrastructure by reducing whole of life costs or adding to the efficient City of Burnside use of existing engineering construction, manufacture, maintenance or application. Katharine Ward BE (Civil & Environmental), FIEAust, CPEng, NER Impact of the work on the quality of life of the Manager Water Projects, Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges relevant communities Department for Environment and Water Contributes positively to the communities using it in Michael de Heus respect of cost, time, environment or general amenity CPEng, FIEAust, NER, Fellow IPWEA of the community. Principal Engineer, (12 years) Significance of work as a benchmark of Tonkin Consulting Australian Engineering Leo Noicos Sets new benchmarks or continues current high BEng FIEAust CPEng NER RPEQ APEC Engineer standards thereby raising the standard and standing of IntPE(Aus) Australian Engineering. Director LN Engineering Extent to which the work represents world best practice Thank you to our panel of judges who generously volunteered their time and effort Can be matched against similar engineering to review all entrants, and select our South achievements to represent world best practice. Australian Winners and AEEA Finalists. Other considerations The environmental impact of the work, the sustainability of the project and the work health and safety consideration. These must outline the effect on those directly or indirectly involved and members of the community in general.

4 Engineering Excellence Awards | South Australia 2018 PROJECT ENTRIES

ACOUSTIC DATA GAUGE HANGER ADELAIDE CONVENTION CENTRE Acoustic Data Limited EAST BUILDING In 2011, Acoustic Data Aurecon Australia developed a unique down The new Adelaide hole acoustic temperature Convention Centre East and pressure gauge (finalist Building replaces the in the 2013 AEEA). original Plenary Building To widen the commercial with a larger, highly application of this product functional and adaptable we needed to develop state-of-the-art facility. a cost effective gauge While the superstructure hanger to fix our acoustic of the original plenary gauge inside the tubing as was demolished, the a retro-fit. substructure incorporating We researched and developed a gauge hanger that works a carpark and part of the on torque, an entirely different principle to anything else in Adelaide Railway Station was retained and significantly the oil industry. Our tool is an order of magnitude cheaper, upgraded, completely avoiding the need for any new piling considerably more compact, simpler and safer than others or rail disruption, to provide structural support to the new in the market, and has been patented in Australia, Canada, building which is almost twice as big as the original. The Europe, and USA. new superstructure supports the flexibility demanded by the project brief, including hinged seating bays and rotating seating drums in the main plenary hall.

Engineering Excellence Awards | South Australia 2018 5 ADELAIDE HEALTH AND MEDICAL ASC’S COLLINS CLASS SUBMARINE SCIENCES BUILDING MAIN MOTOR REFURBISHMENT Arup ASC Pty Ltd Aecom Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec Aurecon Australia ASC is the platform system integrator for Opened in 2017 with Australia’s fleet of Collins support from the Federal Class submarines, as Government, the 12-level part of the Australian Adelaide Health and Submarine Enterprise, Medical Sciences (AHMS) comprising ASC, the building is situated in the Department of Defence, new Adelaide BioMed Royal Australian Navy and City on North Terrace, combat system integrator alongside the Royal Raytheon Australia. Adelaide Hospital, UniSA Cancer Research Institute As part of reforms across and SAHMRI. the Enterprise, ASC implemented a range of significant innovations to its sustainment and maintenance operations It is a technically complex building (both architecturally and in South Australia and , to support due to the services within it), with 13,000m² of state-of- the achievement of international submarine availability the-art laboratory, teaching, research and clinical space benchmarks. for the University’s flagship medical and nursing degrees. The facility brings together more than 1,600 students and To meet this objective, ASC significantly reformed how it over 600 health researchers in a vibrant and innovative refurbished the main motor. ASC and its Technical Support environment, featuring cutting-edge technology, a range network devised multiple ways to reduce the maintenance of lecture theatres, technical training and simulation suites. window while providing the necessary reliability in the It also houses offices, the Adelaide Dental Hospital in the finished product and maintain safety. A key innovation was upper floors, and an animal house in basement levels – a the construction of a dedicated main motor workshop at special facility designed for low-vibration, built within the ASC’s deep maintenance facility in South Australia that existing structure. allowed technicians to safely remove the motor’s 35 tonne armature from the complete stator of the motor, without dis-assembly, using a cantilevered truss. The armature and casing is then refurbished as single units within the workshop.

6 Engineering Excellence Awards | South Australia 2018 COOPERS BREWERY GLENELG WWTP INLET WORKS & MALTINGS PROJECT ANDERSON AVE WWPS UPGRADE Mott MacDonald Fulton Hogan Construction Pty Ltd Coopers Brewery SA Water Ahrens Construction and Engineering The $21M Glenelg Wastewater Treatment Custom-designed and Plant Inlet Works and built by Coopers Brewery, Anderson Ave Wastewater Mott MacDonald and Pump Station Upgrade Ahrens, the Coopers project comprised civil, Malting plant is mechanical, electrical, considered one of the instrumentation controls most technically-advanced and automation scopes as malting facilities globally. follows: Completed in 2017, • SP1 - the design, and with world-leading supply and installation of architectural and Glenelg WWTP Inlet Works functional engineering design, the facility enables Coopers to produce premium • SP2 - the design, supply and installation of works malted barley. This will enhance its position as a world pertaining to Anderson Ave WWPS Upgrade. leader in home brew concentrate, traditional ales and malt It involved two phases; ECI (Dec 2014 to May 2015) and extracts to leading domestic food manufacturers. Coopers D&C (Jun 2015 to Aug 2016) and was delivered under Maltings will export premium-quality malt to Asian markets, a self-performing model whereby >70% of work was lead agricultural innovation, increase local economic undertaken directly by Fulton Hogan, in collaboration with contributions, and accelerate the company’s growth. SA Water. The new infrastructure ensures a reliable and At full capacity, the Coopers Malting plant produces circa secure wastewater network for generations to come. With 54,000t of malt per annum. such close proximity to urban and commercial areas, the Inlet Works and WWPS upgrade have also addressed the key risks of wastewater overflows and odour, removing business risk for SA Water and the State Government.

Engineering Excellence Awards | South Australia 2018 7 HOPE VALLEY WATER STORAGE INNOVATIVE R&D IN CYCLING ROOF UPGRADE PERFORMANCE GHD Pty Ltd The University of Adelaide SA Water This application relates York Civil to innovative R&D in cycling aerodynamics and Originally built in 1955, performance, including the the 136 megalitre (ML) development of two of the Hope Valley Terminal world’s most aerodynamic Storage Tank supplies cycling helmets and the water to 100,000 testing facilities required properties in Adelaide’s to develop these designs. north-east. Spanning a These R&D solutions space larger than a FIFA highlight that Australia is soccer pitch, standing leading the world in this more than three storeys research field. tall, and holding enough water to fill 55 Olympic swimming pools, it is one of SA Water’s largest storage facilities. Following a localised collapse of some roof members, SA Water, GHD, and York Civil worked collaboratively to replace the entire roof structure without a single person entering the storage tank. Faced with a fixed timeframe for demolition and construction, and the need to maintain security of water supply to local residents, the project team also had to overcome the unique challenges presented by this vast, unstable and high-risk environment. Completed in December 2017, the team’s unwavering focus on safety and innovation led to the delivery of a project that sets Australian and international benchmarks in engineering.

8 Engineering Excellence Awards | South Australia 2018 MAYNE PHARMA ORAL SOLID O-BAHN CITY ACCESS PROJECT DOSAGE (OSD) PRODUCTION FACILITY McConnell Dowell EXPANSION KBR Jacobs (Australia) Pty Ltd Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec Jacobs was engaged by Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure Mayne Pharma to offer full design consultancy The O-Bahn City Access and PMCA services for Project builds on the SA the expansion of their Government’s investment OSD manufacturing in a stronger public facility in Salisbury South. transport network. The The project involved a project extends the holistic design approach O-Bahn guided bus coordinating local system from the end of engineering disciplines the busway at Gilberton with international into the cross-city priority Subject Matter Professionals to deliver a contemporary bus lanes on Grenfell manufacturing facility using latest technology to meet Street. It included the the client’s expanding needs. Key design requirements creation of centrally aligned priority bus lanes along included: Hackney Road and a dedicated 670m bus tunnel providing quicker, more reliable access for buses. • Sequential positioning of production rooms and equipment to offer lean, efficient and safe flows; The multi-disciplined project was delivered within a highly trafficked, 2km long corridor within Adelaide’s CBD. The • Clean utilities and spatial integration of specialist project involved complex engineering, traffic and logistics pharmaceutical equipment procured throughout management, and extensive consultation with adjacent Europe and Asia; businesses and residences. • Integrating the expansion within the existing footprint, Twenty-five specialist consultants collaborated to achieve whilst maintain existing operations. architectural, engineering and environmental outcomes, interacting and engaging in a dynamic process that drove innovative thinking, and delivered an exceptional outcome for users and the community.

Engineering Excellence Awards | South Australia 2018 9 SA POWER NETWORKS REDEYE DMS SELF-HEALING POWER SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION, FOR DYNAMIC SA Power Networks ENGINEERING & OPERATIONAL SA Power Networks DELIVERY has developed a world- leading system that can SA Power Networks automatically restore With innovative solutions, power to the majority of SA Power Networks customers after a fault on reimagined the way our high voltage powerlines. engineering construction SA Power Networks has and operational teams deployed over 300 smart could work together using high voltage switches and emerging technology, to integrated them with an lead critical infrastructure advanced control system and engineering, to that automatically locates and isolates a fault, and then support operations restores power to most customers from the surrounding day to day and often in network in less than one minute. The complex project hazardous areas across has demonstrated excellence in systems engineering, South Australia. project management, design and innovation, and is already SA Power Networks created a quick method of accessing improving reliability for 225,000 customers on targeted, the latest engineering data, available anywhere, for design, poorer-performing powerlines. The system is predicted to construction and maintenance changes, enabling dynamic deliver over $100 million of value to the South Australian engineering in real-time, improving engineering outcomes, economy through improved reliability of supply, and has operational safety, delivery and response. The solution potential global application. was implemented with the RedEye DMS platform, across 400 substations with over 100,000 drawings, changing engineering process and how we work and preparing workforce for the future.

10 Engineering Excellence Awards | South Australia 2018 SMART WATER NETWORK SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SA Water EMERGENCY GENERATORS SA Water is setting a SA Power Networks benchmark for the water SA Government industry by integrating smart technology on a The project was initiated broad scale to benefit to safeguard electricity customers by reducing supply to the state of community impacts like South Australia. With traffic delays and water recent examples of service interruptions. demand exceeding available capacity and the Its smart water network need to exercise rotational in the Adelaide CBD uses load shedding to safe acoustic sensors, pressure guard against collapse of and flow data, high speed transient pressure sensors, the grid, the emergency smart meters and water quality sensors. generator project was SA Water is the first water utility in the world to implement implemented to provide rapidly deployable generating this broad range of sensors and the Internet of Things capacity to prevent future load shedding events. The fast on such a scale within a defined geographical area. With track development and implementation of 276MW of information from it’s smart water network, SA Water emergency power generation for South Australia, required is pioneering the science of water data analysis and to cover off projected shortfalls in reserve and prevent changing the way it makes operational decisions. For power outages. The project was delivered from initial example, they can identify anomalies and proactively engagement with the SA Government to completion of repair faults. This reduces service disruptions and improves commissioning, with 276MW available for dispatch into responses to unplanned works, while enhancing available the NEM, in less than 8 months. asset information.

Engineering Excellence Awards | South Australia 2018 11 TORRENS ROAD TO RIVER TORRENS WATERPROOFING EASTERN ADELAIDE PROJECT Guidera O’Connor T2T Alliance Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec Australian Government The Waterproofing SA Department of Planning Transport & Infrastructure Eastern Adelaide Project involved the design CPB Contractors and construction of a York Civil stormwater harvesting scheme to capture, treat, Aurecon Australia store through an Aquifer The Torrens Road to Storage and Recovery River Torrens Project will (ASR) Scheme and then deliver a 4km non-stop distribute recycled roadway (incorporating stormwater for irrigation 3 km lowered motorway) purposes across the through Adelaide’s inner eastern region of Adelaide. western suburbs. The project team has delivered over 40km of distribution The project includes: network across the eastern Adelaide region and designed and constructed one wetland and six biofilters, enhancing • Parallel surface (at- the visual amenity of areas including Felixstow Reserve. grade) roads along the The project has also installed four bores, a disinfection length of the lowered system and four pump stations. The project aims to motorway create an environmentally sustainable source of water • An overpass separating the Outer Harbor rail line from to irrigate approximately 50 parks, reserves, and over 25 vehicle traffic future schools in Adelaide’s eastern region. When fully operational, the project will yield up to 454ML/annum of • Improved cycling and pedestrian facilities treated stormwater. • Landscaping and noise barriers, where required. The project has increased South Australia’s future water This design has taken into consideration the future security and hosts a range of positive environmental transport needs of Adelaide and allows for connection to impacts for the local communities and Councils involved. other parts of the non-stop, North-South corridor when the adjoining sections of South Road are upgraded. The Torrens Road to River Torrens Project is jointly funded by The Australian and South Australian Governments. Total project costs are $801 million

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