Regional industry forum
– Griffith
Roads and Maritime Services
Lindsay Tanner
Director South West Region
Roads and Maritime Services
Welcome to Country
The Hon. Melinda Pavey
Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight
Roy Wakelin-King, AM
Executive Director Regional and Freight
Roads and Maritime Services
Our regional NSW priorities
Connecting communities “We’re delivering the
Government’s
$4.2 billion Supporting economic growth
program in
regional NSW in
2018/19.”
Improving safety on our roads
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Corporate Plan 2018-2021
1 Increase customer value
2 Get more out of the network
3 Keep safety at the heart
4 Respect our community & environment
5 Deliver the Government’s Program
6 Partner to improve services
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Our major project spend has lifted 160% over
4 years $5,000 WestConnex and Rozelle
F6 Extension Stage 1 (Planning) $4,500 Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link (Planning and Preconstruction) $4,000 Sydney Gateway
Pacific Highway $3,500 Roads to Support Western Sydney Airport at Badgerys $3,000 Creek Princes Highway
$2,500 Established Sydney Roads
Easing Sydney's Congestion $2,000 Western Sydney Growth Roads
$1,500 Central Coast Roads
$1,000 Regional NSW Major Road Upgrades
Hunter Roads $500 Newell Highway
$0 New England Highway 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
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Excluding Sydney motorways, NSW roads
regional spend dominates
$2,500
$2,000
Regional
$1,500
$ million$ $1,000
Sydney
$500
$0 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 Financial Year
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Our forward work plan
Major Projects 2023
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Our forward work plan
• NSW roads infrastructure
spend is reaching ‘peak’
• We have 5+ years of sustained activity ahead
• Together we have achieved a lot….however industry
capacity and capability are a challenge
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NSW Government – Construction
sector 10 point plan
Released June 2018
• Early contractor engagement • Collaborative procurement
• Improve skills and training: Work with industry to identify, measure and o report on skills gaps
Mandate application of the Infrastructure Skills o
Legacy Program (ISLP) in all major Government construction contracts
o Reward contractors who exceed performance KPI’s
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Innovation network
Partnering to innovate
• We need to challenge ourselves to
innovate
• Creating a culture where people feel supported to put ideas up
• Continuous and gradual improvement will drive better outcomes and value for our
customers
• We’re trialling five winning innovations in
our 2018/19 regional road maintenance
program
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South West region update
What we have delivered
About $2 billion invested on roads since 2011:
• Around 2000 total projects
delivered
• 5 significant projects under way
• 4151km of roads and 687
bridges and bridge-sized
culverts maintained each year
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South West region
The 18/19 program
• projects Around 300
in planning and
delivery
• 40 contracts over
$100k awarded this
year so far
• $212.8 million maintenance and
minor work program
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South West region road projects
Minor and maintenance projects
• square metres of 3.3 million
resealing
• 141,000 square metres of
rehabilitation
• $10.5 million plant hire per year
• 1 bridge replacement project
• $181 million maintenance
program
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Projects in construction
Gocup Road upgrade – Halfway Hill &
Doctors Hill
Gee Gee Bridge replacement
Barton Highway safety upgrades –
Package Four: Safety work
Echuca-Moama Bridge – Stage Two:
Warren Street upgrade
Bahram Bridge
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Projects in planning
Barton Highway –
Packages One, Two and Three
Echuca Moama Bridge – Stage Four: Moama intersection
treatments
Yoogali intersection treatment
Newell Highway Overtaking Lanes Alliance
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Future Transport Strategy 2056
Regional NSW Services and Infrastructure Plan
• Vision for next 40 years
• Guiding investment, policy, reform
and service provision in regional
NSW including:
Improving connections to key hubs in o Albury, Griffith & Wagga Wagga
• Initiatives to be investigated in the
next 10 years include:
Newell Highway, Sturt Highway and o Kidman Way improvements
Sealing Cobb Highway missing links o o Murray River bridges
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Murray River crossings
Investment priority assessment 2018
• Prioritising future investment for 32 Murray River crossings
• Short term priorities:
1. Swan Hill Bridge
2. Tooleybuc Bridge 3. Abbotsford Bridge
4. John Foord Bridge
5. Gonn Crossing/Murrabit Bridge
6. Towong Bridge
• Medium term priorities:
2. Yarrawonga-Mulwala Bridge
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Safety remains a priority
Working with our industry partners
• Multiple trials underway on new
safety initiatives
• Pacific Highway ‘Separate
yourself’ program
• Successful trials extended across
sites and projects
• Industry leaders committed to share WHS lead indicators
across projects and organisations
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Regional Aboriginal engagement
Working with our industry partners
• Mandatory APiC
targets of 1.5%
• 8.2% of over 200 people in our
maintenance program are Aboriginal or
Torres Strait Islander
• Supporting industry to meet targets - NSW
ICC and Supply Nation
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Working with Roads and Maritime
Understanding our priorities
• Regular industry communication
– pipeline, project specific and
initiatives
• Customer
• Safety
• Innovation
• Employment and training
• Diversity
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Working with Roads and Maritime
Our panels and schemes
• Prequalification Schemes
• Roads and Maritime
Registration Scheme
• Engineering Services Panels
• Regional Maintenance Panels
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Working with Roads and Maritime
Our panels and schemes
• Assessments based on:
past performance o technical capacity o
resources o
o financial capacity
management systems – safety, quality o
• Most panels and schemes valid for three
years
• Opportunities for small and large contractors
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Working with Roads and Maritime
Direct and indirect opportunities
• Be aware of NSW Government policies – APiC, Construction apprenticeships, HVCoR
• Register your business for schemes and panels
• Smaller contractors apply for prequalification up
to $2M and less complex R1 roadwork and B1 bridgework
• Carry out subcontract work for head contractor
• Enter into Joint Venture with larger contractor
• Apply for Roads and Maritime specialist
categories
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Q&As