Combabula Gas Processing Facility (GPF)
Location
Yuleba, Queensland
Client
Laing O’Rourke Australia
Construction Pty Ltd
Commencement Date
May 2014
Completion Date
July 2015
Contract Value
$29 million
Overview
The Combabula site forms part of APLNG’s upstream coal seam gas
processing network in the Surat Basin. BMD Constructions was
engaged through Laing O’Rourke to deliver all civil work for the largest
gas plant in the network comprising of three trains.
Project scope
As part of the scope, BMD Constructions delivered:
 five kilometres of sealed access road leading to the gas plant
facility
 2.5 kilometres of internal roads within the facility
 extensive draining and protective treatment structures
including culverts, shotcrete lined drains, sediment basins and
drainage chutes
 200,000m³ of bulk earthworks
 150,000 tonne of pavement materials
 150,000m2 soil treatment and rehabilitation.
Outcomes
From early in the engagement
process, BMD Constructions
has been able to deliver Value
Engineering (VE) concepts that
have significantly reduced
construction costs whilst
maintaining equally high quality
standards.
Some noteworthy VE
opportunities were realised in
optimising pavement designs
and incorporating local
materials into the design,
reducing import materials by
streamlining vertical geometry
and challenging cheaper
solutions for motor grids and
protective treatments. Savings
have been delivered direct to
the owner and client.