BP Baldivis Freeway Travel Centres
Transport
- Proposed alternative flexible unbound granular pavement in lieu of MRWA specified full depth asphalt pavement for the freeway component of the works.
- Increasing the slope of the earthen embankments by using geofabric stabilisation, removing the need for stone pitched embankments and limestone retaining walls and resulting in reduced earthworks and infrastructure in the freeway road reserve.
- 2016 Master Builders WA - Winner, Best Retail Building (Awarded to Perkins Builders)
A first for Western Australia, BP opened two state of the art travel centres at Baldivis South and North and are expected to service approximately 9,000 customers daily.
The 10 hectare greenfield sites located on each side of the Kwinana Freeway between Mundijong and Safety Bay roads are each equipped with 39 fuelling stations and host McDonald’s, Red Rooster and BP’s Wild Bean Café with seating for 150. The sites offer a children’s play area, garden area with a BBQ, ATM facilities and a lounge for truck drivers. The sites provide parking for 10 b-double truck bays, three coach bays, three caravan bays and more than 100 car bays, BP Baldivis North also caters for cyclists providing access to the freeway dual use path and bicyclist facilities.
In another first for Western Australia, design and construction of the freeway on and off ramps were undertaken by a private developer under agreement with Main Roads Western Australia (MRWA).
Pritchard Francis acted as lead consultant for all the civil engineering aspects of the north bound and south bound freeway entry and exit ramps to MRWA requirements. In addition, Pritchard Francis undertook the civil and structural engineering works for the two travel centres.
The freeway entry and exit ramps included geometric design of the ramps, earthworks, pavement design, drainage, line marking and signage, relocation of the Principal Shared Path, lighting, road barriers and relocation of MRWA infrastructure. The works required submission of designs at the 15%, 85% and 100% design stages for Main Roads review and comment including road safety audits for the 15% and 100% design stages.
Civil works for the Travel Centre fuel stations included coordination with the freeway entry and exit ramps, earthworks, car parking pavements, storm water drainage, line marking & signage and service coordination.
Close liaison with MRWA and Perkins on the design aspects of the works enabled key items to be identified and resolved early in the design process. Items that were resolved included consideration of alternative design options to reduce construction time and cost.
The project including both sites and freeway works were completed within 12 months and opened simultaneously to the public on the December 9, 2015.