Five consortia from the 89 alliances that registered “expressions of interest” have been shortlisted in the tender to design the tunnels, the stations and the rail and information systems for Brisbane’s Cross River Rail project. The preferred rail and rail signal consortium would be named in late 2018 and the preferred tunnel and stations contractor would be named in early 2019.
The short-listed tenderers for the tunnels, stations and associated development are:
- Pulse, which includes the CIMIC companies (formerly Leightons); Pacific Partnerships, CPB Contractors, its underground rail engineering company UGL, Ghella, Israeli civil engineering group DIF, which has an Australian arm, and BAM;
- Qonnect, which includes the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), Capella Capital, Lendlease, John Holland and French civil engineers Bouygues, which has an Australian arm;
- CentriQ Partnerships, which includes civil engineers ACCIONA, civil engineering public private partnership group Plenary Group, GS Engineering, Italian infrastructure company Salini Impregilo and the Spotless Group.
The short-listed tenderers for the rail and the rail signalling systems are:
- River City Alliance, which includes Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction, GHD, Aurecon Australasia Pty Ltd and engineering project managers SYSTRA Scott Lister Australia Pty Ltd;
- Unity Alliance, which includes CPB Contractors, UGL Engineering, infrastructure managers Jacobs Group Australia and AECOM Australia.
The underground rail system is expected to be finished in 2024. It will be the first major underground infrastructure built in Brisbane since Brisbane City Council finished the Legacy Way car and bus tunnel in June 2015.
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