Sydney Metro Airport West, Stations, Systems, Trains, Operations and Maintenance (SSTOM) (Parklife Metro D&C team)

About

Our team were engaged by Webuild, the construction lead for the Parklife Metro consortium, to provide project management and technical documentation support for their quality and construction teams.

The project is set to transform the region by enhancing connectivity, driving economic growth and supporting urban development. This ambitious initiative will create over 14,000 jobs during construction, provide efficient public transport access to the new Western Sydney International Airport and contribute to the growth of the Western Parkland City.

The project’s strategic timing ensures that the metro’s operational launch aligns with the airport’s opening in 2026.

Challenge

Webuild were faced with a large workload as they prepared for the delivery of this major project:

• Documentation: Webuild required assistance in preparing crucial documents, including integration and interface management plans, defect management plans, construction method statements and inspection and test plans.
• Resource constraints: The project team was understaffed, and in the process of building their team to address workload and capacity issues.
• Stakeholder integration: The complex nature of the project demanded seamless integration of multiple stakeholders.
• Time pressure: With a completion target of 2026 aligned with the airport’s opening, we were working within a tight timeline.

Solution

Recognising the project’s challenges, the team promptly identified gaps and assessed the project requirements. Our approach focused on three key areas

1. Comprehensive documentation support  

We developed and refined critical documents, including:

• Integration and interface management plans: These comprehensive documents outlined how various aspects of the project would be managed, ensuring consistency, resource management, schedule coordination, and objective alignment across stakeholders.
• Defect management plan: A crucial document for the quality team to track and resolve issues efficiently.
• Construction method statements and inspection & test plans: Detailed guidelines to ensure construction quality and compliance.

2. Innovative reporting solution

Identifying a need for centralised reporting, our team, led by Jeremey, our senior project manager, created a PowerBI dashboard. This intuitive system provided a single source of truth for the quality team,  to track:

• Audits
• Non-compliance reports and defects
• Approved Inspection Test Plans
• Lot allocations
• Inspections
• Staff training logs
• Construction requests for information (CRFI’s) and requests for information (RFI’s)
• Witness Points (WPs) and Hold Points (HPs)

As a result, the dashboard significantly improved productivity and decision-making processes for the quality and construction teams.

3. Human-centred project management

Employing our Predictably Smooth Projects (PSP) methodology, we focused on:

• Clear communication channels between stakeholders
• Proactive risk identification and mitigation
• Flexible resource allocation to address staffing shortages
• Outcomes

Our involvement in the delivery phase equipped Webuild with the tools and solutions to improve project efficiency and productivity. By introducing smart processes and technologies, particularly the centralised PowerBI dashboard, Jeremey and the team were able to enhance the quality team’s ability to track key performance indicators and make data-driven decisions.

Our comprehensive documentation helped Webuild navigate responsibilities and stakeholder relationships, providing clarity, improved communication and transparency. These improvements contributed to smoother project execution and helped address the resource constraints initially faced by the team.

The Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport project showcases Seed Engineering’s ability to deliver excellence in complex, large-scale infrastructure projects. Our involvement assisted the groundwork for a transformative infrastructure project that’s set to shape the future of Western Sydney.

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