Construction Magazine September 2014 | Page 278

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Transcity Joint Venture - Legacy Way Project
construction of 4.6 kilometre twin tunnels – two tunnels with two lanes in each direction . One of the tunnels will direct traffic west to the portal at Toowong , the other to the east portal at Kelvin Grove .
Excavation for the tunnel began in August of 2012 and took less than 10 months for both machines to get from one end of the project to the other .
“ It ’ s a four year project , so it is very sensitive to the community ,” said Project Director Jose Antonio Sanchez , a civil engineer with 27 years ’ experience , who ’ s working on the project . “ That has been one of the key items , the key focus from Transcity and the project as a whole during construction , to minimise impacts on the surrounding community and environment .”
Transcity is responsible for all construction activities during the period of the project , including civil works , tunnelling and mechanical and electrical fit out . The company has self performed most of the activities and implemented a mechanical and electrical alliance for the fit out process .
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Strategic Management of Project The project has seen a large workforce – over 7,600 people have participated in the safety inductions for the site . At the peak of construction , the work sites saw around 1,100 workers , but the current workforce is closer to 650 to 700 . The mechanical and electrical workforce number is around 340 just on its own .
There are four distinct sites to the Legacy Way project including – the western worksite , tunnel alignment , eastern worksite and the