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Civil Development Project

Cairns - Moores Gully Flood Mitigation Works Bluewater

Client - Brookfield Multiplex Pty Ltd

Project Achievements -

 

        Development of alternate flood mitigation treatment

 

        Briefing and managing Hydraulic &

          Revegetation Consultants

 

        Project Management of the approval process

          through various Government Agencies

 

        Construction services / contract administration

          of works site

 

        Engineers Australia Cairns Local Project

          of the Year 2010

 

 

Flanagan Consulting Group proposed an alternative approach to the existing treatment of Moores Gully through the Bluewater development at Trinity Beach, Cairns.  The redesign provided an alternative solution to the flood mitigation, and involved improved conveyance of flood waters through the development rather than a lake retention solution which had been proposed by the original Project Consultants.  The alternative design provided the project with improved commercial and environmental outcomes.

 

 

Hydraulic modeling demonstrated the proposed subdivision could be achieved with adequate immunity from peak flooding events and without adverse impacts on surrounding properties.  The concept required modification of the Moores Gully alignment and profile (in particular overbank works) to provide improved conveyance capacity of the waterway in order to achieve the objectives of acceptable flood immunity to the development and improved flood immunity to surrounding land owners (at Trinity Beach and Trinity Park) with acceptable/tolerable impacts.