Experience

Light Rail

Acland Street Tram Terminus

Client: Yarra Trams

Value: $10.1 million AUD

Acland Street terminus upgrade is part of the Victorian Governments Route 96 Project that will see safety improvements, stop optimisation and enhanced DDA compliance along the entire route. The platform upgrade along Route 96 is coupled with the Governments $807.6M low floor tram procurement program that will see 70 new E Class trams in placed in operation. The Acland Street Terminus upgrade project has seen Public Transport Victoria partnering with Yarra Trams, City of Port Phillip and VicRoads to deliver a terminus and streetscape upgrade that will greatly improve amenity within the area.

Touch Projects played an integral part in the entire project lifecycle encompassing project scoping, business case development, design development, procurement and project implementation. This landmark project was delivered whilst delicately dealing with a very sensitive and vocal community landscape.

Public Transport

Multi Depot Bus Redevelopment

Client: Transdev Melbourne

Value: undisclosed

Transdev is a leading Public Transport provider throughout Australia, and in partnership with Public Transport Victoria they identified the need to replace several of their ageing bus depots across Melbourne.

New depot sites were strategically identified in Heatherton, Sunshine West and Thomastown and with the assistance of dedicated team of designers and developers, new and modernised bus depots have been built. Each site comprises of new administration and operations building, driver amenities, maintenance workshops, refuelling & bus wash facilities.

Touch Projects was engaged as the Independent Certifier for these three new bus depots to ensure that construction was as per agreed designs, outstanding variations where swiftly resolved, periodic quality reviews and final quality signoff. All three depots were completed within the tight timeframes and approved budgets.