Vassallo Constructions were awarded the Mackay City Centre Revitalisation Project. The project required many of Vassallo’s capabilities including roadworks, pipeworks, concrete works and landscaping. The Mackay City Centre Revitalisation Project was a 15 month project that was completed in four stages. It included many works fronts that had to be completed by certain times to […]
Vassallo Constructions were awarded the Mackay City Centre Revitalisation Project. The project required many of Vassallo’s capabilities including roadworks, pipeworks, concrete works and landscaping.
The Mackay City Centre Revitalisation Project was a 15 month project that was completed in four stages. It included many works fronts that had to be completed by certain times to ensure that we were able to move ahead with the next work front and complete the project on time. An integral part of this project was community engagement. Over 150 business and residents were affected throughout this project and each of these stakeholders had to be consulted and informed continually regarding the works.
Forward planning for this project allowed Vassallo’s to carry out works with minimal impact on business and residential access points, pedestrian movements, traffic flow and gas and rubbish services.
The work zone was Victoria Street located between Sydney Street and Gregory Street and Wood Street located between River Street and Gordon Street and the roundabout at Wood and Victoria Street. Each street was approximately 300m in length. The configuration of the work zone was a cross (as per the maps below), we found working in quadrants the best solution to limiting the impact to businesses, pedestrian and traffic.
Each quadrant was enclosed in temporary fencing and closed to traffic; pedestrian access was kept in each section but managed with signage and access ramps through the zone. Each zone included drainage and electrical trenching within the road; footpath removal and reinstatement and additional outside dining areas were completed with a paved finish.
Centre median islands and some vegetation was removed and replaced with 300mm high smooth concrete finished walls. Specifically designed moulds had to be fabricated to create the final effect that the principal wanted on these walls. Mature Fig trees were installed throughout City Centre. These trees were encapsulated within specific Strata Cells designed to contain the root systems for years to come.
New pedestrian crossings were installed using coloured black concrete and bordered with Porphy Stones. Centre medians were filled with new plants and an extremely complicated irrigation system that could be configured in many ways.
The revitalisation project also included a 1200mm diameter trunk stormwater drain that started at one end of Wood Street, continued through the roundabout and joined an existing trunk main in the second block of Wood Street. This work was completed during the wet season. The trunk stormwater works required a large amount of planning to safeguard that this particular milestone was met to ensure the whole project did not run over time.
Once all the above activities were carried out in each stage milling of the existing roadway back to a specific level was completed. Asphalting was laid and finally wheel stops and linemarking was completed. Each zone was handed back to the public with traffic and work zones them switched into the next zone for construction.
