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Finalists for the 2021 Australian Construction Achievement Award Announced

The Australian Constructors Association (ACA) together with Engineers Australia has announced that four projects have been selected as finalists to compete for the 2021 Australian Construction Achievement Award (ACAA). The combined value of the projects is approximately two billion dollars.

“The finalists have demonstrated world-class expertise in addressing the growing complexity of today’s projects. In delivering these projects, the finalists developed collaborative cultures that helped to overcome challenges, while also providing opportunities for greater training and upskilling. These are critical elements for sustaining the industry,” said ACA CEO Jon Davies.

“We congratulate all the finalists for the 2021 award. To achieve these extraordinary outcomes in a time of such profound difficulty is a testament to the strength and resilience of Australia’s construction and engineering workforce,” said Engineers Australia CEO Dr Bronwyn Evans.

Now in its 24th year, this premier construction industry Award has again been partnered by some of the major businesses connected with the industry including Caterpillar, Cbus, Holcim, Infra Build and Oracle Construction and Engineering.

The ACAA Finalists for 2021 are: -

Australia 108
Melbourne, Victoria, by Multiplex Constructions

The tallest residential development in the Southern Hemisphere, Melbourne’s Australia 108 rises over 100-levels, featuring luxury residential apartments and a distinctive common floor facility known as the Starburst. The development includes multiple pools, gymnasiums, theatres, private dining rooms, lounge areas, Sky Garden, BBQ area, wellness zones and a golf simulator.

Bruce Highway Upgrade
Caloundra Road to Sunshine Motorway, Queensland by Fulton Hogan Seymour Whyte Joint Venture

 

The Bruce Highway Upgrade – Caloundra Road to Sunshine Motorway involved upgrading this nationally-significant highway to six lanes and transforming two major interchanges. Located on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, its unique scale, complexity and scope produced a diamond in the rough - pioneering the design and construction of Australia’s first Diverging Diamond Interchange.

 

Pacific Highway Upgrade
Woolgoolga to Ballina Section 2A - Wells Crossing to Glenugie, NSW by ACCIONA

 

The project involved upgrading an eight km stretch of the Pacific Highway from Wells Crossing to Glenugie, New South Wales, between Grafton and Coffs Harbour as part of Transport for NSW’s (TfNSW) Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway upgrade. ACCIONA created a new road surface, using a wide variety of innovative techniques.

Zero Cost Energy Future
South Australia by Enerven

Enerven engineered, procured, constructed and commissioned over 150MW of solar PV and 16MW/34MWh of energy storage across 33 SA Water brownfield and greenfield sites in metropolitan and regional South Australia in less than 24 months.

 

This infrastructure delivery was part of SA Water’s program to see the energy they generate and export to the market off-set the cost of the electricity they draw from the grid and network charges, to achieve a zero-net outcome. 

Further details about the finalists and the ACAA are available at www.acaa.net.au
Projects images are available for download here.

Media Contacts:

Lisa McKoy                                                                            Megan Anderson
Engineers Australia National Media Manager               Communications and Stakeholder Manager
lmckoy@engineersaustralia.org.au                                 megan.anderson@constructors.com.au
0468 366 691                                                                        0475 978 478

The ACA is the peak industry body in Australia representing the industry’s leading construction and infrastructure contracting companies while Engineers Australia represents the engineering profession that is responsible along with the constructors for the design and delivery of Australia’s infrastructure projects.