PWCS Coal Loader Expansion
Client Information
Port Waratah Coal Services
- Duration: 4 years
- Value: $29 million
- Location: Kooragang Island
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Project Details
Scope of Work
- Earthworks
- Concrete structures
- Coal dump station
- Reclaimer tunnel
- Conveyor systems
- Rail overbridge
- Rail and track construction
- Roads & associated works ie kerb and gutter
- Materials transportation
- Stormwater drainage
- Landscaping and maintenance
Significant Achievements
- Detailed concrete works for coal loading facilities required 5000m3 of concrete with individual pours up to 250m3.
- Special techniques were designed to enable large concrete pours at height and in confined spaces.
- Prefabricated steel reinforcement was transported through the tunnel and placed using a purpose built roller mechanism.
- Kooragang Island had a number of very sensitive environmental aspects that required careful management. Before construction began Daracon’s personnel were involved in the careful adjustment of wetland habitat and the relocation of fauna that was threatened by the proposed work. This included snakes, frogs and birds that inhabited the site.
- The site extended for 1.5 km but was only narrow and required complex traffic control to ensure that the convoy of incoming material was neither interrupted nor caused undue hazards.
- PWCS and Bechtel made safety of personnel their highest priority, believing that safe sites are the most productive. Daracon was chosen in part because of its similar commitment and performance.