The annual awards acknowledge effective partnerships, shared goals and outcomes, innovation through collaboration and positive impact.
The Warringah Freeway Upgrade commenced in 2021 and has upgraded the freeway from its original construction in the 1960s to add extra lane capacity for the new Western Harbour Tunnel entries and exits. Improvements to the freeway will also make it safer and easier to use, more efficient and reliable for the benefit of all road users, including public transport users.
Regarded as the most complex road upgrade in Australia, the construction delivery has optimised available nightly lane closures to reduce the impact of works for the 250,000 daily motorist journeys.
CPB Contractors Project Director, Steven Clark said, “The Warringah Freeway provides vital connection for communities from north to south and east to west, interfacing with major road connections including the Lane Cove Tunnel, the Sydney Harbour Tunnel and WestConnex Tunnels as well as other key projects including the Western Harbour Tunnel.
“Our project works are impacting and interacting with an extraordinary number of stakeholders so collaboration and coordination are key to enabling the rapid decision making required to minimise community disruption and address changing priorities as we deliver the project. This award is a well-deserved testament to the unwavering commitment from everyone who has worked on the project.”
Construction was timed to take advantage of school holidays and to reduce night work closures on the freeway, reducing traffic impacts and night-time noise for the community.
The project also improves active transport with the delivery of three major shared user bridges across the freeway and connections including a lift to the Ridge Street shared user bridge. The new bridges are wider and safer for the hundreds of cyclists and pedestrians using them each day, with better sight lines and wider decks, helping to get Sydneysiders moving and active while giving them a safe passage across the freeway.
The project team provided evidence of strong effective partnerships, including transparent, and trust-based collaboration between the joint venture parent companies and the client throughout the project lifecycle.
The team also demonstrated joint shared goals and outcomes, including defined objectives and the achievement of outcomes that met or exceeded expectations.
The construction delivery was innovative and reduced impacts on the community and motorists by creatively collaborating on solutions, processes and methodology.