Civil Construction
Projects
The Bend Motorsport Park - Peregrine - SA
As part of the Lucas TCS contract with The Bend Motorsport Park, work has recently focused on the 54 metre long emergency underpass, which also includes the installation of a number of 3.6 metre tall pre-cast concrete box culverts. The underpass allows for emergency and maintenance services to access the inside of the track in the fastest and most safe way.
McNamara Road Upgrade - Glencore - QLD
Lucas TCS upgraded McNamara Road, a 52km road from Barkly Highway to Mount Clark in Central Queensland. The upgrade involved the reconstruction, realignment and sealing of existing road and the processing of 400,000 tonnes of crushed pavement material.
Project works included clear and grub, topsoil strip, survey and set-out, establishment of borrow pits, borrow pit extraction, material haulage, stockpiling, blending and conditioning of stockpile materials, crushing & screening, earthworks, subgrade preparation, trimming & compaction, road reconstruction, traffic management and diversion tracks, dust suppression, installation of culverts, shotcrete head walls and installation of road furniture.
The New Royal Adelaide Hospital Project
Being involved with South Australia's largest infrastructure project has been a highlight for the Lucas TCS Civil team. The New Royal Adelaide Hospital Project is currently under construction and is set to be completed in 2016. Lucas TCS were engaged by HYLC Joint Venture to undertake the Ground Works Excavation and Back Fill Zones Stage 1, for this project which was successfully completed in November 2014. In addition to the Stage 1 Project, Lucas TCS was successful in an additional contract and is currently engaged with HYLC for Stage 2 of the project for External Works.
Jacinth Ambrosia Mine
The Jacinth Ambrosia mine is one of the world’s largest mineral sands mines located 270km west of Ceduna. Construction included a permanent village for 300 personnel, 2000m airstrip, over 92km of major road works, bulk earthworks, process water dams, environmental dams, 5,500m3 of site batched concrete, 4000 hold down bolts, 14km of underground services for the process facility including fire and process water, communication lines and other utilities.
Despite the strict environmental conditions due to its location within a national park the project was completed in just over 12 months with no LTI’s or environmental breaches 6 months ahead of schedule. Lucas TCS workforce entailed 180 personnel working across 7 contracts to complete all civil works and trial mining and Lucas TCS were instrumental in the project achieving multiple awards from industry bodies.
Solomon Rail Spur Project
In 2012, Lucas TCS constructed 22 km of rail embankment for the Solomon Spur Rail project for the in the Pilbara, 300 km south of Port Headland, Western Australia.
The work involved the sourcing, hauling, compacting and trimming of 500,000 m3 of earth fill and suballast capping and pavement fill as well as over 6 km of steel culvert structures, rehabilitation and access roads.
The project works were also undertaken as a 24-hour operation to meet the stringent project schedule & tight deadlines for our client. Lucas TCS mobilised and operated our own 170-man camp on site, as well as FIFO operations using Lucas TCS company aircraft
Peculiar Knob Haul Road
Between August 2011 and September 2012, Lucas TCS was contracted by Arrium Mining to construct 97km of heavy haul road to service the new Peculiar Knob Iron Ore mine site.
Contracted works included the construction of a heavy haul road for heavy axle loads and extreme wheel loading from truck movements transporting 4 MTPA. The pavements in areas exceed 700 mm in depth and all materials were selectively sourced, won, processed and crushed where applicable to obtain DTEI specification products for the construction. Also constructed were rail embankments and turnouts, culverts, turkey's nests, various hard stands for crushing and ROM stockpiles and an underpass/bridge structure on the Stuart Highway. This is the third Stuart Highway underpass that Lucas has constructed for various clients within a 30km radius within the last 5 years.
Prominent Hill - Copper-Gold Mine
From 2006 to 2008 Lucas TCS worked extensively for Oz Minerals then Oxiana and completed the majority of the civil earthworks and civil infrastructure projects for the Prominent Hill mine site. In line with our community development commitment, we met and exceeded Oz Mineral’s corporate objective of local and indigenous employment, with approximately 15% local indigenous personnel on site.
Works included Topsoil stripping for the mine footprint, 2000M airstrip, bulk earthworks, 140km of mine site access and concentrate haul roads, tailings storage facility and process plant civil works for the copper-gold mine, 650 km north-west of Adelaide.
No LTI’s were recorded on the project.
Osborne Haul Road
In 2012, Lucas TCS completed the construction of a 47 km Haul Road for Ivanhoe Australia Limited. The road stretched from Mt Dore to Osborne, as part of the Osborne Mine.
The scope included clearing and grubbing, topsoil stripping, the cut and filling of approximately 500,000m3 of site won material, pavement construction, and close to 50 culvert crossings and the Mort River crossing, the rehabilitation of areas impacted by construction activities.
The project involved a significant re-design and optimisation through construction to facilitate redefined project objectives. The project was completed both ahead of schedule and under budget.
AngloGold Ashanti Australia - Tropicana Gold Project
Lucas TCS was awarded the first contract on the Tropicana Gold Project in Western Australia to construct 223km of heavy haul road to service the new Tropicana Gold mine site located 300km North East of Kalgoorlie.
The project included the construction of turkey's nests, hardstands and the construction of a precast 66m long bridge over the Ponton Creek. Lucas TCS also provided camp accommodation and all facilities for the contract onsite and prior to construction designed and built a 250mm—24km buried bore field delivery pipeline to service the project with water.
The Project encompassed 2 accommodation camps and multiple work fronts to complete the project in the 12 month time frame including mobilisation and establishment.
Cape Jaffa Anchorage
Breakwater construction, dredging, harbour excavation, harbour wharf and retaining walls, boat ramps, pipelines, landscaping, concrete construction, roads and services for a residential and commercial marina development.
Jenkins Avenue Roundabout
In 2014, Lucas TCS completed a road works contract for the City of Whyalla involving the duplication of Jenkins Avenue, and construction of a new roundabout to facilitate future increased traffic flows associated with the next two stages of the Ocean Eyre Residential Estate.
Works were undertaken whilst the current single lane of traffic remained operational to the public.
The scope of works included traffic management, stripping of topsoil, cut and fill, trim and compaction of subgrade and base courses, construction of a median island and pedestrian refugees, relocaiton of services, kerb and gutter, footpaths and pram ramps, house drains, installtion of new stormwater and connection to the existing stormwater system, asphalt, line marking, electrical works, road signage and holding rails.
Dugald River Mine Access Roads
In 2013, Lucas TCS was engaged to complete two access road construction contracts at the Dugald River Mine for MMG Limited. The first conract was for the main access road constructio of approximately 10 km in length, with the secong being the village access road approximately 2 km in length. Both projects were successfully run concurrently.
The main access road included 11 culvert and river crossings, and a large bridge structure 80m in lengh. An emergency airstrip was in-built to the access road for use by the Royal Flying Doctor Services.
These works were undertaken with an accelerated program and time frame due to the site's geographical location, ensuring the project works were completed prior to the onset of the wet season.
Termite Resources
Magnetite project near Coober Pedy. Services included overburden stripping, drill and blast, load and haul, crushing of iron ore and construction of an underpass on Stuart Highway.
Holcim
Lucas TCS at the Holcim Quarry doing Load and haul, overburden stripping, plant hire and crushing.
Bluestone Estate Stage 2a and 2c - Mount Barker
Lucas TCS completed a major contract for the construction of stages 2A and 2C of the Mt Barker Bluestone Estate Subdivision located on Hurling Drive at Mount Barker. The works included bulk earthworks, local road network upgrades, over 10km of underground services, retaining walls, creek diversions, road construction and landscaping activities to facilitate the development of approx. 120 new allotments.
Zig Zag Pilot Pond
Lucas TCS has completed works on the Zig Zag Pilot Pond for Origin Energy. The project was located 40km from Toowoomba in southern Queensland. The works included cut and fill earthworks and pavement construction for a new pond.
State Aquatic Centre & GP Plus - Marion
Lucas TCS was involved with the constructing of the State Aquatic Centre and GP Plus Building for Candetti Constructions. Works included Bulk excavation and removal of approximately 30,000m3 of material, detailed excavation and backfilling to footings, columns and retaining walls and construction of roads and pavements.
Sulphur Storage Facility - Port Adelaide
Lucas TCS we involved in the project for Candetti Constructions which involved approximately 10,000m3 of material was imported to construct the Sulphur Storage Shed and approximately another 10,000m3 will be required to build the roadway to subgrade. Once this has been achieved the roadway will need to be pre-loaded with another 13,000m3 of material being a combination of site won and imported material.
Common User Facility - Disposal of Dredged Material
Works included construction of all-weather haul roads; stripping and preparation of stockpile areas; unloading of hopper barges, haul and dump to stockpile for testing approx. 400,000m3 of upper and lower layer materials; validating and testing of stockpiled materials; place and compact approx. 150,000m3 material from stockpile in designated areas; excavate, haul and dump to stockpile approx. 47,000m3 for shiplift (up to 20 metres below existing ground level); maintain records of material movements on-site including testing, analysis and reporting of soils for contamination.
Adelaide Mushrooms - Monarto
Works included clearing and stockpiling vegetative topsoil; cut and fill to design subgrade; excavate, moisture condition and re-compact existing subgrade; excavate and trim retention dam and swale drains; rock-breaking; construct base courses for approx. 25,000m2 growing rooms pads and concrete pavements and approx. 10,000m2 of AC pavements including kerbing and line marking.
Tapley’s South Precinct - Harbour Town, Adelaide Airport
Works involved conditioning and compacting of existing subgrade and the supply of approximately 30,000 tonnes of material from Southern Waste Depot at Maslins. Lucas TCS provided the bulk fill and earthworks portion of the contract. Works completed under tight programming on time.
Southern Expressway Stage 2
Lucas TCS operated as a contractor to the Joint Venture consortium undertook bulk earthworks, blasting, screening mound construction, environmental earthworks, wetland construction, shared path construction and pavement preparation. Cut to fill of 2 million tonnes of material. Preliminary earthworks commenced February 2000; Lucas TCS' portion of the works was in excess of $10 Million. The project covered over 12kms through built up areas.
Harbour Town - Adelaide Airport
Including the supply of approximately 150,000 tonnes of material from Southern Waste Depot at Maslins. Lucas TCS provided the bulk fill and earthworks portion of the contract along with fire mains and common service trenches. All earthworks were undertaken under increased security conditions due to the airside nature of the works. We have undertaken numerous construction contracts for AAL.
Big W - Monarto
Contracted to construct approximately 60,000 m2 of building platform, car parks and access roads including rock excavation and stormwater contracts, concrete works, base courses and pavements. All works were performed within a very intensive construction program.
Tailings Dams HWE Iron Duke
Construction of a clay lined tailings dam of approximately 4500 ML. Work was undertaken utilizing graders, dozers, water carts, compactors and scrapers and involved bulk cut and fill work.
Burbridge Business Park Early Works
Works including roadway construction, large culvert crossings, stormwater drainage and approximately 1km of drainage channel and detention basin construction at Adelaide Airport to provide infrastructure for the newly constructed Burbridge Business Park. Works were undertaken in severe weather conditions by using articulated dump trucks and swamp dozers to complete the works on time.
The Marina Hindmarsh Island
Contracted to construct Stages 7 and 8a of the Marina Hindmarsh Island, Lucas TCS provided bulk excavation, lagoon edging and roadway construction for the next stage of sale at the Marina Hindmarsh Island. Currently constructing Stage 8b.
In 2012, Lucas TCS completed the construction of a 47km Haul Road for Ivanhoe Australia Limited. The road stretched from Mt Dore to Osborne, as part of the Osborne Mine.
The scope included clearing and grubbing, topsoil stripping, the cut and filling of approximately 500,000m3 of site won material, pavement construction, and close to 50 culvert crossings and the Mort River crossing, the rehabilitation of areas impacted by construction activities.
The project involved a significant re-design and optimisation through construction to facilitate redefined project objectives. The project was completed both ahead of schedule and under budget.