Cardwell Foreshore Reconstruction

Location - Cardwell, QLD
Completion Date - 2013
Value - $30 Million
Client - Department of Transport and Main Roads

The foreshore of the township of Cardwell, in far north Queensland, was significantly damaged during Tropical cyclone Yasi in 2011.

IN mid 2012, SEE Civil was appointed by the Department of Transport and Main Roads and the Cassowary Coast Regional Council to rebuild the foreshore including reconstruction of about 2 kilometres of the Bruce Highway through the township of Cardwell, construction of a 950 metre long seawall to proctect the rebuilt highway and foreshore from future damage and the construction of soft and hard landscaping along the foreshore including a playground an 4.5 kilometre shared user pathway.

The result of SEE Civil's work in Cardwell is a beautiful and functional foreshore precinct which has become a centralised community building point for the Cardwell community.

In 2014, the Cardwell Foreshore Reconstruction project was a finalist in the Wildcard category of the UDIA Queensland Awards for Excellence and the Civil Construction Federation of Queensland annual Earth Awards.

Cardwell Foreshore Reconstruction - timelapse

Scope of Works

Bruce Highway reconstruction and repair

Reconstruction of a 2 kilometre section of the Bruce Highway through the township of Cardwell including interface with motorists on the Bruce Highway, local shops, residential properties, schools, service stations, the local police station and a tourist information centre.
Reconstruction of five intersections and about 2kilometres of local access road including the construction of a new roundabout.
Significant amount of asphalt pavement construction including using polymer modified binders.

Seawall construction

Construction of a 950 metre of seawell along the foreshore in a tidal environment.
Blasting, sorting and processing of aounrd 180,000 tonnes of rock armour, produced in a council owned, SEE Civil operated borrow site. Haulage of rock to site via public roads.
Excavation of up to 60,000 cubic metres of cut within a tidal marine environment
Off-site treatment of around 19,000 cubic metres of acid sulfate soil material.
Sheet piling within the tidal marine area to create a 'dam' to allow rock placement for the seawall.

Park construction

Design and construction of various structural landscaping features including a concrete ampitheatre, stair structures, boardwalks, an observation platform and playground structures.
Construction of more than 20,000 square metres of decorative concrete shared user pathway.
Construction of a basketball court and amenity blocks.
Design and construction of car parking facilities, irrigation reticulation and park lighting.