Perth Stadium Pre-construction Site Works

Project Overview

The Perth Stadium Project is a new multipurpose stadium with a capacity of 60,000 seats located in a parkland setting on the Burswood Peninsula. The Stadium is designed to host AFL matches and can be configured for all forms of cricket, rugby and soccer matches as well as concerts. The Ertech Keller Joint Venture (EKJV) was formed to prepare key areas of the site in advance for the construction of the new stadium.

The works consisted of earthworks preparation, ground improvement installation, surcharge, and extensive monitoring of the external areas around the proposed stadium. The EKJV was responsible for the design of all the works and the physical construction, engaging several design and environmental consultants to support the project team. This was the first major contract awarded by the State Government in the delivery phase of the Perth Stadium project. Site works commenced in July 2013 and were completed by December 2014.

Fast Facts

ClientDepartment of Treasury- Government of WA
LocationPerth, WA
Year of completion2014

Scope of works

The project scope for the EKJV included:

Site clearance, fencing and onsite access roads
Provision of 6 web cameras to monitor the project through to completion of the stadium
Constructing a new access road to the Burswood Golf Complex
Establish and set up of primary survey network for the site
Undertake dilapidation surveys on adjacent infrastructure and buildings
Monitoring, recording and analysis of noise and vibration during the construction works
Monitoring and recording of movement on adjacent roads, structures, and infrastructure
Installing air quality monitoring systems and weather station
Monitoring and recording of asbestos, dust groundwater, stormwater and ground gases
Filling to existing lakes and construction of earthworks platforms for geotechnical processes
Installing piezometers, inclinometers, settlement monitors and extensometers for the monitoring of the earthworks design
Installing 60,000 wick drains up to 32m in length through uncontrolled landfill with depths up to 10m
Treatment of 100,000m² of uncontrolled fill
Design and install of groundwater abstraction and treatment system for the treatment of contaminated groundwater produced during the consolidation of the treated soils
Placing, conditioning and compaction of 400,000m³ of earthworks materials
Monitoring, recording and analysis of geotechnical parameters and settlement during the consolidation period up to practical completion