Award in New South Wales, Australia

January 23, 2013

SICE has been awarded a specialist sub-contract package for the Operation and Management Control System (OMCS) to be delivered for the Tintenbar to Ewingsdale Pacific Highway upgrade. The $862 million project is jointly funded by the NSW State and Federal Governments and will provide approximately 17km of dual carriageway, starting at the northern end of the Ballina bypass at Ross Lane and extending to the Ewingsdale interchange. Construction started in September 2012 and is scheduled to be completed in 2014. The works also include two 434m double bore, dual carriageway tunnels.

Baulderstone, the construction company that was awarded a design and construct contract by RMS as the principal contractor for the works, has appointed SICE Pty Ltd as the preferred supplier for the OMCS after a competitive tendering process. The Scope of Works includes the design, supply, installation, system integration, testing and commissioning of an OMCS for the project, comprising the following subsystems:

Traffic Management and Control System (TMCS)
Plant Management and Control System (PMCS)
Driver Advisory System
Closed Circuit Television System
Motorists’ Emergency Telephone System
Radio Rebroadcasting System
Communication Network

The equipment to be installed includes:

Vehicle Detection based on loops
Variable Message Signs
Lane Usage Signs (cross/arrow signs)
Variable Speed Limit Signs
Tunnel Message Signs
Boom gates for tunnel closures
Moveable Medians
OverHeight Detection
Air quality system
CCTV, both fixed and PTZ
METS
Radio rebroadcasting
Communications network
Control centre

The final solution will be fully integrated with RMS’s existing control centres at Grafton and Sydney, giving them full operational and monitoring capabilities.

This project, together with the recently awarded Waterview Project in Auckland (NZ), positions SICE as a top player in the freeway management, M&E and Tunnel Control sectors in Australasia, consolidating our long-term commitment with projects in Australia.

source: http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com