30 April: Number: 2041RFC; Request for Capability – Sideling Creek Dam Safety Upgrade Complementary Geotechnical Investigations and Preliminary Design. Seqwater. Queensland.

Seqwater is seeking expressions of capability from suitably experienced and qualified Engineering Consultants to undertake a complementary geotechnical investigations and preliminary design of Sideling Creek Dam.

Alison White, phone: +61(3) 3035 5707, alison.white@seqwater.com.au

13 May: Tender Code: DEWNR027387; Securing Low Flows On-Ground Trials 2015. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. South Australia.

This project is seeking Request for Proposals to procure the detailed design services and installation (works) of low flow solutions on privately owned properties with dams in the Mount Lofty Ranges region. These solutions aim to reinstate more natural flow patterns in South Australia’s Mount Lofty Ranges, particularly during periods of low flow, to keep the region’s catchments healthy.

The Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources in conjunction with the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges and SA Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resource Management Boards are seeking a range of innovative solutions for passing low flows of water to measure the efficacy of such systems, any potential issues arising from their operation, as well as the hydrological and ecological outcomes of their implementation.

A briefing session will be held at 55-68 Hindmarsh Square (initial meeting location only before driving to regional trial sites), Adelaide at 28 April at 9:00 AM.

See above URL for further information.

14 May: RFx ID: 11217157, Ref #: 545; Improving Access to Critical and Authoritative Building Information. Ministry of Business. New Zealand.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is seeking information on possible and innovative solution approaches to a business need in the Building Systems Performance branch of MBIE (the regulator).

Currently, users (being practitioners) of the Building Code System have to navigate a variety of websites, search engines, helplines and forums to find the information they are looking for. Search engines and functionality on providers’ sites is variable – users often get a huge list of results rather than a refined set focussed on their search topic.

The desired future state is to provide a portal (a single point of access) with supporting processes and business rules whereby practitioners involved in the design and/or construction process and will be able to discover and access authoritative and current Building Code System resources, presented in the context of the overall Building Code System.

Connie Zhou, connie.zhou@mbie.govt.nz, +64 (4) 9018503

15 May: RFT ID: RMS.15.3606.0780; M7 to The Northern Road Motorway Strategic Route Options Analysis. Roads and Maritime Services. New South Wales.

Professional services contractors are invited to submit a Registration of Interest (ROI) to undertake strategic route options analysis for the proposed route alignment of the M7 to The Northern Road Motorway between Cecil Park and Luddenham. The motorway forms part of the Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan (WSIP) that supports the proposed Western Sydney Airport, South West Growth Centre and Broader Western Sydney Employment Area.

The key objectives of the study are to:

• Collate and review existing data in the study area to enable determination of a list of possible alignments for the M7 to The Northern Road Motorway between Cecil Park and Luddenham
• Identify any additional information required for the study
• Undertake a documented assessment process to determine a short list of strategic design options to present to the community for consultation
• Undertake a more detailed documented assessment process, including consideration of community feedback, to determine a preferred route for the M7 to The Northern Road Motorway

Deanne Forrest, Phone: +61 (2) 8849 2585, Deanne.Forrest@rms.nsw.gov.au

15 May: Number: Q15-0137; Darwin – Design and Documentation – Barneson Link and McMinn Street. Department of Transport. Northern Territory.

Darwin – Design and Documentation – Barneson Link and McMinn Street

See above URL for further information.

25 May: RFx ID : 11313057; HS46 – HS49: Hydrographic Surveys within the Northland Region. Land Information. New Zealand.

Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is seeking proposals to deliver four hydrographic surveys in the Northland region. Potential Respondents are invited to submit a response for any or all of the specified surveys.

Paul Turkington, PTurkington@linz.govt.nz