BG&E was engaged to undertake a significant role for the Woomera Redevelopment Joint Venture (WRJV) project, serving as a DSSC to provide Civil and Structural Engineering Services, ensuring coordination and meeting project outcomes.

The aim of the Project is to meet the short term needs of the Woomera Range Complex (WRC) to bring service infrastructure into compliance with Defence standards and to provide infrastructure and facilities sufficient to support the WRC 2030 Projected Personnel and 2040 Operations Tempo.

The WRC is in the north-west of South Australia, 445 kilometres from Adelaide. The predominant landform is a gibber plain or stony desert that dominates arid central Australia.

Project Scope

Base Sector North – Technical Area & Airfield

• Beneficial refurbishment and/or replacement of two hangars. One Hangar to suit a Code 4E aircraft (One airframe at a time) and the second Hangar to suit a smaller airframe (Super Hornet size) with an approximate two hour maximum capacity at a time
• Refurbishment of the aprons that can accommodate up to a Code 4E aircraft
• Taxiway and road upgrades
• Ordnance Loading Aprons (OLAs) and supporting infrastructure that can accommodate one large aircraft and one fighter aircraft
• Headquarters and Operation Command Office for the operating Squadrons
• Refurbishment of the Mechanical Equipment Operations and Maintenance Section (MEOMS) Workshop
• Upgraded infrastructure, including water, power, sewer, firefighting, communications, drainage and lighting
• Demolition of redundant facilities

Base Sector West

• Living in Accommodation (LIA)
• Syndicate Room
• Dining Facility
• Upgraded infrastructure, including water, power, sewer, firefighting, communications, drainage and lighting
• Demolition of redundant facilities

Base Sector South – Woomera Village

• New accommodation, including LIA for short to medium term stay and hotel rooms
• New social and community facilities
• Upgraded infrastructure including, power, wastewater treatment, communications, water, firefighting, drainage, erosion control and irrigation

BG&E’s Role

• Civil Engineering, including Drainage and Traffic
• Flood Modelling
• Structural Engineering including Facade and Durability (Materials)
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Airside Engineering
• Explosive Ordnance including Blast and Ballistic Engineering
• EO Planning