PROJECT INFO
Client: Kingston City Council
Project Design:
City of Kingston
Project Design: $1.1M
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Fraser Avenue Stage 3
Kingston City Council are upgrading the drainage infrastructure within its boundaries. The works covered by this contract include Stage 3 of Council’s drainage infrastructure upgrade for the Fraser Avenue Catchment. The major component of Stage 3 is the construction of a large grate pit over the diverted main drain to allow flows from the upstream 70 hectare catchment to surcharge into the Centre Swamp channel to reduce flooding problems within the local street network.
WORKS
- Demolition of exiting drainage
- Excavation earthworks
- construction of a large stormwater drainage pipe and pits;
- Construction of rock beech
KEY ASPECTS
- Working within high public access area / Golf Course
- Tight delivery timeframe
- Stringent environmental controls to protect adjacent internationally recognised wetlands
- Acid sulphate soils
- Poor soil conditions
- Excavation below the water table