Award of Non-Exclusive Framework Contract for Engineering Services to The Coal Authority

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The Coal Authority awarded a non-exclusive framework contract, valued at AUD 6,000,000, to AECOM Limited, Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure UK Limited, Atkins Limited, Bridgeway Consulting Limited, CDM Smith Ireland Ltd, Golder Associates (UK) Ltd, and Hargreaves Industrial Services Li for the provision of professional engineering services on an as-required basis.

The services predominantly address the impacts of past mining activities and other responsibilities of the Coal Authority, including public safety and subsidence work (investigation of failure causes, condition assessment, damage quantification, and solution design for roads, bridges, buildings, drainage, and land) and environmental remediation (investigating minewater discharges, developing remediation options, designs, and specifications, managing site constraints such as ecological and archaeological designations, specifying minewater treatment technologies, advising on waste management, undertaking hydrogeological studies, and conducting cost-benefit analysis).

The contract is divided into 14 lots covering civil and structural engineering, hydrogeology, archaeological services, ecology and environmental, planning services, mine water treatment schemes, land drainage, safety, health and environment, cost benefit analysis, treatability, waste characterisation and waste services, supervisory services, and surveying (topographical and surface hazards, and tilt analysis).