Projects

SYNC Advisory provide our clients with industry leading, hands-on experience in the successful planning and delivery of infrastructure projects across all key sectors and throughout the project lifecycle. This experience extends to transformative and nationally signiﬁcant infrastructure projects and across economic and social infrastructure.

Through the expertise, insights and leadership demonstrated by our team we ensure that our client’s objectives and needs align with successful project outcomes.

Inland Rail

Inland Rail is Australia’s largest ever freight rail project, connecting Melbourne and Brisbane through regional Australia. It comprises 13 individual projects: seven in NSW, five in Queensland and one in Victoria.

Key services provided by SYNC Advisory’s senior industry leader included:

Transaction leadership of seven separate transactions
Team formation and integration
Contracting models
Stakeholder management
Commercial advice
Interface management
Evaluation of tenders
Data room establishment and management

Cross River Rail

Cross River Rail will unlock a bottleneck in South-East Queensland’s transport network by creating a new 10km high-capacity railway line.

The project is being delivered through two major contracts with the private sector. The Rail, Integration and Systems Alliance is managing the design, supply and installation of all supporting rail systems and is integrating Cross River Rail into Queensland Rail’s existing network. Key services provided by SYNC Advisory’s senior industry leader included:

Transaction management
Input into delivery model
Team formation and integration
Stakeholder management
Commercial advice
Data room establishment and management.

Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 2

Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 2 was the 7.3km light rail extension that connects Gold Coast University Hospital to Helensvale heavy rail station.

The project was fast-tracked to be operational prior to the 2018 Commonwealth Games to improve mobility across the Gold Coast.
Key services provided by SYNC Advisory’s senior industry leader included:

Transaction management of accelerated program
Developing the procurement strategy
Team formation and integration
Stakeholder management
Commercial advice and negotiations
Evaluation of tenders

WestConnex Stage 2

Stage 2 of Westconnex delivered the new M5 Motorway including twin 9km tunnels from Kingsgrove to St Peters interchange and widening of the existing M5 East Motorway.

The project was delivered under a PPP model and opened to trafﬁc in 2020.
Key services provided by SYNC Advisory’s senior industry leader included:

Due Diligence study management of technical, environmental and
commercial components
Presentation to ﬁnanciers.

M1 Upgrades

Working in partnership with the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads business cases were completed for key components of the M1 motorway linking Brisbane to the Gold Coast and NSW border.

Our senior industry leader worked collaboratively across key stakeholders to ensure that detailed business cases for the Eight Mile Plains to Daisy Hill and Varsity Lakes to Tugun projects were completed in compliance with national and state frameworks, with both projects conﬁrmed as national infrastructure priorities by Infrastructure Australia. This provided the basis for funding and delivery, which will enhance national productivity through improved travel time for passenger and freight transport.

Bruce Highway Upgrades

Developed in partnership with the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads detailed business cases were completed for the Cairns Southern Access Corridor and Caboolture Bribie Island Road to Steve Irwin Way sections of the Bruce Highway linking Brisbane to Cairns.

Our senior industry leader worked collaboratively across key stakeholders to allow for the practical application of national and state frameworks. This resulted in positive assessments of the detailed business cases by Infrastructure Australia and joint Commonwealth and State funding, allowing the projects to proceed to procurement and delivery providing economic and social beneﬁts and improving national freight productivity and safety.

Toowoomba Second Range Crossing

Our senior industry leader provided key advisory services and project team leadership for the Queensland Government transaction team for the PPP procurement.

This was the ﬁrst application of the availability PPP model to a national highway project and on time transaction management was achieved with a high level of interaction with bidders driving efﬁciency and value for money outcomes. Advisory services also extended to leading negotiations with the Commonwealth for a signiﬁcant funding contribution and incorporating this within the PPP commercial and funding arrangements.

Urannah Water Scheme

Addressing the opportunity for new bulk water supply, integrated renewable energy and agricultural development in North Queensland, our senior industry leader completed a readiness for market review of the detailed business case for the Urannah Water Scheme incorporating an assessment against national and state-based frameworks and review of supporting analysis, delivery model assessment and implementation planning.

The review incorporated ﬁndings and recommendations for Bowen River Utilities to position the Urannah Water Scheme for successful transition to market engagement and procurement.

Lower Fitzroy River Infrastructure Project/Rookwood Weir

Addressed the opportunity for new water infrastructure in the lower Fitzroy River to enhance supply for agricultural producers in the region and provide a secondary source of bulk water supply for domestic and industrial customers in the Gladstone region.

In partnership with Sunwater and the Gladstone Area Water Board our senior industry leader provided strategic direction in completing the detailed business case providing support for investment decisions at a national and state level.

Toowoomba Hospital Redevelopment

The detailed business case developed in partnership with the Darling Downs Health and Hospital Service addressed the long-term health service requirements for the broader Darling Downs region incorporating a masterplan for a health precinct at the historic Bailey Henderson hospital site.

Our senior industry leader worked collaboratively across all project stakeholders to ensure the detailed business case addressed digitally enabled models of care and included a delivery model assessment and implementation plans addressing tradition delivery and public private partnership models.

Caboolture and Logan Hospital Expansions

Detailed business cases were developed in partnership with the Metro North and Metro South Health and Hospital Services to document service need associated with high demand for health services and population growth.

Our senior industry leader worked collaboratively across all project stakeholders to ensure the detailed business cases addressed the staged redevelopment of both hospitals facilitating increased capacity incorporating enhanced models of care to manage long-term demand for health services.