Ipswich Motorway Upgrade

Since 2005, Australia has enjoyed a remarkable boom in infrastructure investment, despite the global financial crisis (GFC) in late 2008/2009. Currently, the Queensland Government is undertaking the most ambitious infrastructure programme of any state in Australia. For 2010-11, Queensland is investing $17.1 billlion in infrastructure - double the average of other states. The South-East Queensland Infrastructue Plan for 2010-31 identifies $134 billion of infrastructure projects in this fast-growing corner of Queensland alone. This is in addition to further considerable investment in the Central Queensland Coal Fields, as well as four no-LNG (coal seam gas) plants and interconnecting pipeline networks at Gladstone (500 km north of Brisbane), amounting to a further $69 billion investment by 2014-16, when these plants are planned to be exporting gas overseas. With this high level of investment, there will be constant demand from all client organisations for all participants to practice proficient project control processes in the successful completion of these infrastructure projects. This presentation illustrates some 'best-practice' systems that are currently in use on a major infrastructure project in Australia.