Melbourne link: Hyder and Parsons Brinckerhoff to be design team

Hyder and Parsons Brinckerhoff have been appointed as the design team for the US$5.97 billion East West Link in Melbourne, Australia. The two engineering and management consultancies are in a 50/50 joint venture to provide detailed design and construction support services for the 6.6km Stage 1 work, which is the eastern section, of the project. Together with the proposed western section, the completed East West Link will cost around $7 billion. The toll road will form an 18km cross-city connection ext
October 22, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
Hyder and 2693 Parsons Brinckerhoff have been appointed as the design team for the US$5.97 billion East West Link in Melbourne, Australia.

The two engineering and management consultancies are in a 50/50 joint venture to provide detailed design and construction support services for the 6.6km Stage 1 work, which is the eastern section, of the project.

Together with the proposed western section, the completed %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal East West Link Visit east-west-link false http://www.linkingmelbourne.vic.gov.au/east-west-link false false%> will cost around $7 billion. The toll road will form an 18km cross-city connection extending across Melbourne from the Eastern Freeway to the Western Ring Road.

Stage 1 will be a three-lane road connecting the Eastern Freeway and CityLink, the majority of which will be underground in twin tunnels. The project's winning design incorporates two 4.4km three-lane tunnels between CityLink and Hoddle Street.

“Hyder Parsons Brinckerhoff previously facilitated the successful delivery of iconic projects such as East Link the M80 Ring Road Upgrade and the West Gate Freeway Alliance in Melbourne, and we are enjoying working together again,” said Robert Woodall, project director for the Hyder Parsons Brinckerhoff Joint Venture.

East West Connect consortium, the multinational group responsible for East West Link, made the appointment. East West Connect comprises construction business Lend Lease and includes French construction group 979 Bouygues, Spanish construction giant 976 Acciona and Lend Lease’s financing arm Capella Capital.

In early September, the Victoria state government chose East West Consortium as preferred bidder for Stage 1 of the controversial project. A report in %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal The Age newspaper The Age Newspaper false http://http//www.theage.com.au/victoria/east-west-connect-consortium-wins-contract-to-build-first-stage-of-toll-road-20140909-10ebnw.html#ixzz3GrXqszFr false false%> said people are not convinced about the merits of the road ahead of a November election. Polls have consistently ranked the project behind other transport priorities including a new rail tunnel in the city and level-crossing upgrades.

%$Linker: 2 Internal <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 2 19132 0 oLinkExternal World Highways reported Visit east west connect to deliver australian toll road page false /categories/traffic-focus-highway-management/news/east-west-connect-to-deliver-australian-toll-road/ false false%> earlier this month that the East West Connect consortium, a $4.62 billion partnership, was agreed after the High Court rejected an application for an injunction to defer the deal. The consortium also has spent nearly $35 million on the project to date. The contracts also include a $436 million kill fee to protect it from sovereign risk.
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