The Garden Island Defence Precinct is located between Woolloomooloo Bay and Elizabeth Bay, approximately two kilometres north-east of Sydney’s central business district. The Critial Infrastructure Recovery Project aims to improve the condition of engineering services and wharf structures across the Garden Island Defence Precinct, and is being delivered across two stages.
Stage One has a total estimated cost of $263 million and involves providing a fully functioning and future-proofed wharf at the north-west end of the precinct capable of berthing and facilitating work on all current and future planned RAN ships. This includes:
- the demolition of the existing Cruiser Wharf and Oil Wharf
- construction a new realigned wharf in their place, and
- extending the adjoining East Dock Wall to limit the new realigned wharf’s protrusion into Sydney Harbour.
Stage Two has a total estimated cost of $287 million and will address critical condition, capacity and compliance issues with some Garden Island Defence Precinct wharves, as well as base-wide engineering services, including:
- base electrical supply, fuel supply, sewerage infrastructure, potable water, and compressed air, and
- upgrade works to West Dock Wharf, East Dock Wharf and Fleet Base East.
Key Dates
| Jul 2018 | Contract Award: Stage One |
| Oct 2018 | Construction Commencement: Stage One |
| Mar 2019 | Contract Award: Stage Two |
| 2019 | Construction Commencement: Stage Two |
| Jun 2021 | Construction Completion: Stage One |
| Dec 2023 | Expected Construction Completion |
Funding contributions
| Federal Government |
Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | Department of Defence |
| Successful Tenderer: | Stage One: Garden Island Bayinguwa Delivery Team, comprising Pacific Services Group Holdings and Lendlease Stage Two: Lendlease |
| Related contracts: |
PROJECT HISTORY
| Mar 2017 | Garden Island (East) Stage One, Critical Infrastructure Recovery Program Project referred to the Committee. |
| May 2017 | Report 5/2017 released by the Committee for Garden Island (East) Stage One, Critical Infrastructure Recovery Program Project. |
| Mar 2018 | Garden Island (East) Stage Two, Critical Infrastructure Recovery Program Project referred to the Committee. |
| Jun 2018 | Report 2/2018 released by the Committee for Garden Island (East) Stage Two, Critical Infrastructure Recovery Program Project. |
| Jul 2018 | The Bayinguwa Delivery Team, a joint venture between Pacific Services Group Holdings and Lendlease, awarded $213 million Stage Onw. |
| Oct 2018 | Construction Commencement of Stage One. |
| Mar 2019 | Lendlease awarded $286 million for Stage Two. |
| Jul 2019 | Georgiou Group and Brady Marine and Civil Joint Venture awarded $74 million Stage One subcontractor contract for wharf construction. |
| May 2020 | Demolition of Cruiser Wharf and Oil Wharf complete. |
| May 2021 | Construction of new wharf structure complete (STAGE ONE). |
| Jun 2021 | Stage One complete. |
