MEDIA RELEASE
25 August 2009
Abigroup completes the first section of the award winning Karuah
to Bulahdelah Pacific Highway Upgrade ahead of time despite two
years of bad weather.
Abigroup has completed the first of three sections of the Karuah to
Bulahdelah (K2B) Pacific Highway Upgrade in NSW ahead of schedule
despite losing 43 weeks due to rain.
Thirteen kilometres of northbound carriageway were opened to traffic this
morning, Tuesday 25 August south of the town of Nerong. The work forms
part of a $245 million project for the Roads and Traffic Authority to
construct 23km of new two lane dual carriageway between Karuah and
Bulahdelah.
The K2B project is designed to reduce journey times between Sydney and
the NSW North Coast and improve road safety on a section of road which
is renowned for dangerous driving conditions.
Steve Kiddle, Abigroup’s K2B Project Director, said, “To deliver this
section of work ahead of schedule and with a “superior” quality delivery is
a remarkable achievement by the Abigroup K2B team given the amount of
time we’ve lost due to rain.
“We were able to do this because we self perform most of the works with
direct wages and our own plant, giving us the ability to increase resources
quickly to respond to project acceleration needs.”
Construction has been underway on the K2B project since March 2007.
Thirteen kilometres of southbound carriageway was opened in October
2008 and the final two sections of road will be opened later this year.
The project is a Design, Construct and Maintain (DCM) contract for the
RTA and forms part of the Pacific Highway Upgrade program between
Sydney and Brisbane.
In addition to the two lane dual carriageways the project includes:
fourteen bridge structures at seven twin bridge locations
two rest areas for North and South bound traffic
truck lay-bys, and
local road intersections reconstructions
The project recently won an environmental award at the International
Erosion and Sediment Control Awards.
The award was received for the management and implementation of
innovative techniques and best practice in erosion and sediment control
category and was given for a variety of reasons including the sensitive
way the project protected a wetland and minimised land clearing,
resulting in the retention of an additional 40 hectares of habitat.
Abigroup Contractors is a diverse national contractor with almost
50 years experience delivering works in building, roads, rail,
water, mining services, tunnels, bridges and telecommunications.
Abigroup is part of Bilfinger Berger Australia which is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Bilfinger Berger AG, one of the world’s top ten
multi-service construction companies.
Further information:
Peter Scott
Media Relations Manager
Abigroup Limited
Ph: 9499 0756
Mobile: 0404 469 823
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