Shoalwater Bay Defence contract
05 June 2018
Downer: Downer
announced today that, along with its joint venture partner
FKG Group, it
had been appointed by the
Department of Defence as Managing Contractor
to deliver the
Shoalwater Bay Training Area Remediation Project.
The scope of work includes:
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Improvements to support increased large-scale joint and multinational training activities, including airfield and beach landing site upgrades; and
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Improvement of key training facilities to support significantly increased usage, including camp, access road and creek crossing upgrades, and the construction of a new Urban Operations Training Facility.
This will be delivered within a
highly sensitive environmental and cultural area, parts of which lie
within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park World Heritage Area.
The contract award follows a 12-month
procurement process which included
the undertaking of several initiatives in Central and North
Queensland
to ensure strong local industry participation was achieved in both the
preparation of the tender and ultimate delivery of the project.
Downer’s Executive General Manager Defence, Brett Sangster, said:
“Downer is proud to be selected with FKG to deliver this important
project which will play a critical role in boosting the existing and
future training capacity for the Shoalwater Bay military training
precinct. We are looking forward to bringing Downer’s multi-disciplinary
strength and FKG’s experience to deliver a world-class training facility
for our Armed Forces.”
Mark Mackay, Executive General Manager of Downer’s Infrastructure
Projects business said: “The appointment as Managing Contractor for the
Department of Defence’s Shoalwater Bay Training Area Remediation Project
was a competitive and comprehensive process that recognised the value we
bring in delivering critical Defence infrastructure. This is a key
growth sector for Downer and we’re pleased to be able to demonstrate our
capability.”
Nick Gardner, Managing Director of FKG Group, said the FKG Group was
honoured to build on its track record of delivering projects to support
the capability of Australia’s
Defence forces, this time in partnership
with Downer.
Design will commence immediately with site works expected to start on
site in mid-2019 with final completion scheduled for mid-2022.
The contract complements Downer’s recent appointment as a Major Service
Provider for the Department of Defence’s Capabilities Acquisition and
Sustainment Group (CASG) and Downer’s acquisition of
Envista.
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