Sydney Ports Corporation awards Leighton Contractors a $115 million contract to construct Enfield's Intermodal Logistics Centre
August 4, 2011
Sydney Ports Corporation has awarded Leighton Contractors a $115 million contract to construct the Enfield Intermodal Logistics Centre (ILC) in South-West Sydney.
Located on a 60 hectare industrial site and connected by a dedicated freight line to Port Botany, the ILC at Enfield is part of a network of planned and existing intermodal facilities in Sydney.
In full operation it will service around a quarter of Sydney’s total intermodal demand.
Major features of the ILC include warehouse and container storage areas, an intermodal terminal and internal rail siding along with northern and southern rail connections.
Leighton Contractors Construction Division Executive General Manager Mike Metcalfe
sees securing the deal
as an opportunity to contribute to a critical piece of Sydney’s freight chain.
“The ILC at Enfield will help achieve a key objective of the NSW Government to move 40 per cent of port-related contained freight by rail,” Metcalfe says.
“Once complete, container trucks will spend less time on the roads and freight logistics will become more reliable, cost efficient and economically sustainable.”
The contract also includes an environmental project to encourage the recovery of the Green and Golden Bell Frog population in the local Greenacre area.
Leighton Contractors has already completed $17 million of early works at the site, comprising the construction of a bridge over the adjacent railway marshalling yards and earthworks for the construction of the frog habitat area.
“We look forward to continuing to work with Sydney Ports and bringing our integrated capabilities in rail, heavy pavements, structures and complex utility relocation,” Metcalfe says.
The contract is scheduled for completion in early 2013.