Queensland Train Manufacturing Program

The QTMP tender required coordinated civil infrastructure design across two major facilities: a new rollingstock manufacturing site at Torbanlea and a 20-bay train stabling and maintenance depot at Ormeau. The scope included traffic, water, drainage, pavements, intersections, car parks, earthworks, utilities, buildings, flood mitigation, landscaping, vehicle turning paths and cost trade-offs.

A key challenge was delivering tender-level design for infrastructure valued in the order of $0.5B within a five-month programme. The design needed to be sufficiently developed to enable accurate pricing while avoiding unnecessary detail that would not influence cost.

Delivery also required coordination across three international time zones, necessitating structured communication and collaboration with Hatch, the principal and offshore design teams to maintain programme alignment and consistency of outputs.

Phronis undertook civil engineering and design leadership for the maintenance yards and stabling facility, progressing tender-level designs for earthworks, roads, drainage and intersections. We were responsible for the civil layout and positioning of infrastructure within both sites.

Key deliverables included design of a 20-bay stabling facility and maintenance depot at Ormeau, and civil infrastructure for the Torbanlea manufacturing facility intended to support production of 65 six-car electric train sets. Designs included access roads and pathways, intersection upgrades, level crossings, car parks, drainage systems, public and site utilities, fencing and gates.

We prepared a tender-level Bill of Quantities in accordance with TMR measurement standards and produced a comprehensive tender design report. Coordination across multiple time zones was managed through structured communication and focused delivery planning.

The project delivered complete civil tender design documentation for earthworks, roads, drainage and intersections across both major facilities. Infrastructure designed under the tender was in the order of $0.5B, with Phronis contributing both civil engineering and detailed design expertise.

The designs enabled pricing of key infrastructure elements including sealed pavement access roads, a four-leg single-lane roundabout, signalised level crossings, rail maintenance access roads and security fencing systems. The preparation of a structured Bill of Quantities and tender design report provided clarity and commercial confidence.

Despite a compressed five-month programme and multi-time-zone coordination requirements, the civil infrastructure scope was delivered to support a competitive and well-defined tender submission for the Queensland Train Manufacturing Program.