Case Studies
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Hunter Expressway,
Hunter Valley, NSW
Type: VSol System
Thiess, in alliance with Parsons Brinkerhoff (PB) and Hyder Consulting, has been awarded the eastern section of the $1.7 billion Hunter Expressway Project...more info.
Mangoola Coal Stockpile Reclaim Tunnel, Muswellbrook NSW
Type: Atlantic Civil Products MSE System
Mangoola Coal is an open cut coal operation in the Wybong area, 20 kilometres west of Muswellbrook and approximately 10 kilometres north of the township of...more info.
Westlink M7, Sydney NSW
Type: KeySteel® System
WestLink M7 is a 40km motorway through Western Sydney (Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Fairfield & Liverpool), linking the M2, M4 and M5 motorways, saving motorists significant amounts of travel time...more info.
Glenfield Junction Upgrade, Glenfield NSW
Type: RECO TerraPlus® System
The Glenfield Junction Alliance is undertaking the Glenfield Transport Interchange Works, including the construction of the northern...more info.
South Coogee Estate,
South Coogee NSW
Type: Austral Heron Block System
The site, originally known as Endeavour house, was a department of defence housing facility for the Royal Australian Navy. The Mirvac Group...more info.
Sefton Triangle Access Bridge,
Sefton NSW
Type: KeySteel® System
Arenco (NSW) Pty Ltd was contracted by ARTC to construct a bridge and associated approach ramps to provide access from Wellington Road to RailCorp...more info.
Mangoola Coal Mine,
Muswellbrook, NSW
Type: VSoL Retained Earth™ Panel System
Mangoola Coal is an open cut coal operation in the Wybong area, 20 kilometres west of Muswellbrook and approximately 10 kilometres north of the township of...more info.
Elizabeth St, Tighes Hill,
Newcastle NSW
Type: Concrib® System
The Elizabeth St Tighes Hill road cutting was formed 100 years ago. The sandstone face is substantially stable but rock has fallen onto the road below... more info.
Macarthur Gardens Development,
Campbelltown NSW
Type: Keystone Compac & Geogrid System
The proposed Macarthur Gardens Retirement Village development, located off Gilchrist Drive in Campbelltown, consisted of approximately 235 single storey... more info.
Liverpool Hospital Bridge Approaches, Liverpool NSW
Type: KeySteel®, Keystone & Geogrid Systems
Daracon were contracted by ARTC to construct pedestrian and vehicular bridge widenings as part of the Southern Sydney Freight Line project. The job... more info.
H9 Halcombe Hill Re-alignment,
North of Aberdeen, NSW
Type: RECO TerraPlus® System
This segment of highway has been bypassed by the Halcombe Hill deviation, and has been the scene of several crashes over the years and in recent times... more info.
Berowra Commuter Park,
Berowra, NSW
Type: Anchor Landmark & Geogrid System
A new commuter car park was required to be constructed to provide approximately 130 car park spaces including additional disabled parking spaces, located... more info.
Idemitsu Boggabri Coal
Boggabri, NSW
Type: RECO Terramet® System
Boggabri Coal mine is located approximately 17km northeast of Boggabri in the Gunnedah Basin, New South Wales. The Daracon Group was awarded the contract... more info.
Princes HighWay Re-alignment
Conjola Mountain, NSW
Type: Type: RECO & VSoL Systems
Located 46km south of Nowra, the realignment of Conjola Mountain involved the upgrading the section of the Pacific Highway between Bendalong Road... more info.
Lisarow Aged Care Facility
Central Coast, NSW
Type: Humecrib® System
Astoria projects are constructing a new Aged Care Facility at Lisarow, as part of a staged development in the area. The current stage consisted of demolition... more info.
Central Coast Highway Upgrade
Erina Heights, NSW
Type: RECO TerraPlus® System
The Carlton to Matcham Road project involved the widening of the Central Coast Highway (HW30) at the Serpentine Road intersection. Located in Erina Heights the aim... more info.
Bridge over Cattai Creek
Glenhaven, NSW
Type: RECO TerraPlus® System
The project involved the construction of 52.1m long & 16.1m wide super-T girder bridge, approach roadworks, Reinforced Earth™ wall abutments taking full loads applied... more info.
Potts Hill Eastern Precinct Infrastructure Works, NSW
Type: RECO TerraClass® System
The Potts Hill reservoirs site has been used by Sydney Water for more than 100 years and plays a role in supplying water to Sydney. Sydney Water no longer requires... more info.
Clermont Coal Mine,
Near Emerald, Central QLD
Type: RECO TerraClass® System
RIO TINTO COAL AUSTRLIA is currently constructing the Clermont Mine, located 12 km northwest of the township of Clermont in Central Queensland. When the mine... more info.
Canley Vale Overbridge - NSW
Type: Allanblock & Miragrid XT System
This project involved the re-construction of the T-intersection at Bareena St & Railway Parade and a roundabout on the western side of the railway lines at Canley Vale Rail Overbridge. Since the roundabout... more info.
Leura To Katoomba Stage 2,
Blue Mountains NSW
Type: RECO TerraClass™ System
The project involved the widening and realignment of the Great Western Highway between Leura and Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. The... more info.
Wambo Coal Mine CHPP Upgrade,
Hunter Valley NSW
Type: RECO TerraClass™ System
Kinmont Engineers were engaged for the design and development for the structural and civil design and detail of a major upgrade to the Coal Handling... more info.
Wilpinjong Coal Mine,
Mudgee NSW
Type: VSoL Panel System
Wilpinjong Coal Project is the design, development and operation of an open cut coal project about forty-five minutes north of Mudgee in the Central... more info.
Elouera Gardens Retirement Village, Cherrybrook NSW
Type: Keystone Pyrmont® & No-Fines Concrete
The Elouera Gardens Christian Retirement Village is located in the leafy suburb of Cherrybrook. Award-winning gardens provide a lovely setting for the more than... more info.
Rix's Creek Upgrade,
Singleton NSW
Type: RECO TerraClass™ System
Bloomfield Collieries decided in December 2005 to upgrade their existing dump structure. The upgrade required that the existing Reinforced Earth™ retaining wall be pulled... more info.
Alpha Road Playing Fields Upgrade - Willoughby NSW
Type: Keystone & Miragrid XT Geogrid System
Upgrading of the Shore School playing fields to cater for a new rugby & cricket field required a fill embankment 5.2m high to the northern end of the school... more info.
New Acland Coal Expansion - Darling Downs Region QLD
Type: RECO TerraPlus™ System
The New Acland open cut coal mine is located approximately 150km west of Brisbane in the Darling Downs region of South-east Queensland. In 2002 a 533m², 14m... more info.
Lower Molonglo WQCC - ACT
Type: Concrib® MACRO, MAXI & MIDI system
The Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Plant involved the upgrade of secondary treatment facilities including the construction of three secondary clarifiers, RAS pumping stations, anoxic tanks, level control structure... more info.
Weakleys Drive Interchange,
Beresfield NSW
Type: RECO TerraPlus® System
The Weakleys Drive Interchange project involved the elevation of the New England Highway over the intersection with Weakleys Drive and the extension.... more info.
Butu Wargun Drive – Greystanes
Type: KeySteel® & Keystone/Geogrid
6.8m high reinforced soil wall, 325m long retaining proposed factory approx 3m from TOW. Due to heavy vertical loadings & influence of building close to wall active wedge with dead & live loads in excess of 25kPa, KeySteel® was used.... more info.
Sparks Road - Warnervale
Type: Concrete Crib Wall
2.2m high, 100mlong cribwall was constructed adjacent to a fire access road retaining insitu cuttings at Lakes Grammer School. This design & constuct solution was an alternative to traditional reinforced concrete blockwork.... more info.
The Landings - Turramurra
Type: Geogrid Wall
6m high reinforced soil wall creating down
ramp into residential development. Majority of other walls were designed & constructed using Allan Block & No fines concrete. Wall heights varied from 0.6m up to.... more info.
Newton Road - Wetherill Park
Type: Steel Reinforced Wall
Retaining Solutions is able to provide a range of options to the designer, developer or contractor to effectively increase useable land area and minimise fill requirements by steepening design batter slopes, retaining... more info.