Australian award

Two major awards have been given to the Gateway Upgrade Project in Queensland, Australia. One of these was for engineering excellence while the other was the overall RW Hawken Award. These were given as part of the Engineering Australia Awards (Queensland Division) scheme. Following this, the Gateway Project will now be a contender for the national Australian Engineering Excellence Awards being held in November 2012. The Gateway Upgrade is of note as it is one of the largest road and bridge projects ever ca
November 27, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
Two major awards have been given to the 6627 Gateway Upgrade Project in Queensland, Australia. One of these was for engineering excellence while the other was the overall RW Hawken Award. These were given as part of the Engineering Australia Awards (Queensland Division) scheme. Following this, the Gateway Project will now be a contender for the national Australian Engineering Excellence Awards being held in November 2012. The Gateway Upgrade is of note as it is one of the largest road and bridge projects ever carried out in Queensland and comes with a pricetag of around A$2.12 billion. The project included building a second bridge alongside the existing structure, which was completed in November 2010. This resulted in 12 traffic lanes across the Brisbane River, 7km of new highway north of the bridge and 12km of improved highway to the south of the river. The second extension was announced in March 2010 with work completed in July 2011 and this included widening the Gateway Motorway from four to six lanes between Mt Gravatt-Capalaa Road and Miles Platting Road. It also included resurfacing the link to where it connects with the Pacific Motorway.

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