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.
