RDA facilitates and advocates for sustainable economic development by collaborating with regional stakeholders

December 2020

Townsville and North West Queensland

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY PIPELINE REPORT

Building Jobs in Northern Queensland Project Funded by Regional Employment Trials Program (RETP)In 2018, recognising that some regions faced challenges in terms of employment opportunities and growth, the Australian Government introduced the Regional Employment Trials Program (RETP) in 10 disadvantaged regions. Regional Development Australia Townsville and North West Queensland (RDA) has been a facilitator in the support and promotion of the RETP in its region. On 3 March 2020, RDA was also successful in securing funding to deliver the Building Jobs in Northern Queensland project.

DisclaimerThis information has been gathered by Regional Development Australia Townsville and North West Queensland (RDA) based on information sourced from a variety of organisations’ publications including the 2019 Queensland Major Projects Pipeline Report, 2020 Queensland Major Projects Pipeline Report, Construction Skills Queensland Knowledge Centre and Townsville Enterprise: Opportunity Townsville North Queensland – Edition 04 . We note that project information is frequently changing and the following is only a guide to the civil and commercial construction projects in our region.

NOTE: This report has been prepared by Regional Development Australia Townsville and North West Queensland (RDA) to promote the pipeline of civil and commercial construction projects in the Townsville and North West Queensland region (and in some cases surrounds). RDA accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever for or in respect of any use of or reliance upon this report.

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About This Report ................................................................................................................................ 2

Underway ..................................................................................................................................................... 3

Committed .................................................................................................................................................. 5

Approved ...................................................................................................................................................... 6

Proposed ....................................................................................................................................................... 7

Economic Modelling .......................................................................................................................... 10

Table of Contents

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About This Report

This report is the guide to the civil and commercial construction projects in Northern Queensland. Businesses can utilise the report to keep up to date with current and upcoming projects.

The report was originally created to provide an ease of access to current and future construction project information at one location. This allows businesses to prepare themselves to take advantage of opportunities well before they become available.

How can businesses utilise this report? To maximise the opportunities presented in the report a business may like to monitor projects that they may be able to tender for work packages or even supply goods to. A business may look to undergo pre-registration or pre-qualification with major projects where appropriate, or even just sign up to a proponent’s tender systems so they do not miss any opportunities as they become available.

For those projects still in the proposed phase, a business could sign up for the project owner’s newsletter, monitor their webpages or relevant social media.

By knowing in advance about upcoming projects, it allows local SMEs the time to discuss joint opportunities to work together for tender submissions well in advance of tenders going to market to have themselves best prepared for potential projects.

CategoriesThe report is broken up into different categories which include proposed, approved, committed and underway. Projects that are proposed are still pending finance or approvals. Projects classed as approved have established approvals for their plans while projects that are classed as committed are yet to begin construction and may be undergoing their sub-contractor tender processes or seeking supply contracts. These are both types of projects that present opportunities for businesses in Northern Queensland to get involved. Projects that are underway have already begun but depending on the project you may find there are still opportunities available to tender or supply.

Get the latest informationAs the construction and civil projects industry is forever changing, we would encourage you to check our website for new additions, changes to status or information and any major updates to the projects listed within the document. Once you’ve located a project that is of interest to you, we would encourage you to get in touch or follow that project individually to ensure you have the latest information.

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Underway

Project Name Project Owner/Sponsor Project Value $M LGA Project stage

Black Rock Cave Glencore $400 Mount Isa Underway

Bruce Highway Sarina to Cairns Haughton River & Pink Lily Lagoon Upgrade

Qld Government & Federal Government

$258* Townsville Underway

Carlyle Gardens Carlyle Gardens $85 Townsville Underway

Century Mine Project New Century Resources $113 Mount Isa/Burke Underway

CH2 Warehouse Mount Lousia $4.50 Townsville Underway

Cosgrove Master Proposed Community Parkside Developments $250 Mount Louisa Underway

Elliot Springs - Masterplan Lendlease $4,700 Townsville Underway

Eva Copper Project Copper Mountain Mining Corporation

$320 Cloncurry Underway

Garbutt Convenience Outlet and Petrol Station Lancini Property Group Townsville Underway

Gardens Hills Units - Belgian Gardens Ash Agaibey $10 Townsville Underway

Gorge Weir to Byerwen Coal Project Pipeline project (110km) QCoal $120* Townsville Underway

Greater Ascot Residential Development Parkside Developments $210 Townsville Underway

Hughenden Showgrounds and Aquatic Centre Masterplan Flinders Shire Council $2 Flinders Underway

James Cook University Townsville - Masterplan James Cook University $1,000 Townsville Underway

Joint Health Command Centre Department of Defence $11 Townsville Underway

Land 4502 Additional Chinook Facilities Federal Government $50 Townsville Underway

Little Street Units - Belgian Gardens Cable Property Developments

$24 Townsville Underway

Marina Residences Maidment Group $50 Townsville Underway

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Underway (Cont.)

Project Name Project Owner/Sponsor Project Value $M LGA Project stage

North Queensland Bio Energy Ethanol Plant

North Queensland Bio Energy

$640 Townsville Underway

North Queensland Cowboys Centre of Excellence

North Queensland Toyota Cowboys

$50 Townsville Underway

Oasis Hub Department of Defence $11.10 Townsville Underway

RAAF Health Care Facility Department of Defence $11 Townsville Underway

Riverway Plaza Geon Property $33 Townsville Underway

Sanctum Residential Development Maidment Development Group

$200 Townsville Underway

Sea View Hotel Paul Irvin Hotel Group $8 Townsville Underway

Southern Suburbs New Sewer Townsville City Council $23 Townsville Underway

Summerset Estate Mendi Group Townsville Underway

Sun metals Zinc Refinery Expansion Sun Metals $400 Townsville Underway

Tec-NQ Student Accommodation $7 Townsville Underway

The Village Enviro Development Queensland

$163 Townsville Underway

Townsville Flood Recovery $1,500 Townsville Underway

Townsville Port Expansion Project Channel Capacity Upgrade Qld Government $193 Townsville Underway

Townsville Port Truck Staging Area QLD Government $4.50 Townsville Underway

Townsville Port upgrades Qld Government Townsville Underway

Victoria Mill 80 tonne Evaporator Wilmar Sugar Australia $10 Hinchinbrook Underway

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Committed

Project Name Project Owner/Sponsor Project Value $M LGA Project stage

Anelay The Strand (70 The Strand) Lachlan Bell $3 Townsville Committed

Armoured Vehicle Simulation Centre - Lavarack Barracks

Department of Defence $40 Townsville Committed

Australia - Singapore Military Training Initiative

Department of Defence $1,150* Townsville Committed

Bruce Highway (Townsville to Ingham) Hecths Road-Easter Creek

Qld Government $15 Hinchinbrook Committed

Burdekin Solar Farm Cleangen $220 Burdekin Committed

Calvary Christian College $1 Townsville Committed

Castletown Expansion McConaghy Properties $34 Townsville Committed

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Townsville Focus Pacific $40 Townsville Committed

DriveIt NQ DriveIt NQ $18.50 Townsville Committed

Glencore Office Refurbishment Glencore $2.50 Mount Isa Committed

Haughton Pipeline Duplication Stage 2 QLD Government $250 Townsville Committed

Herveys Range Development RoadTownsville City Council/

Qld Gov$8.90 Townsville Committed

Hinchinbrook Shire Council DFRA Program Hinchinbrook Shire Council $2 Hinchinbrook Committed

James Cook University Townsville - ongoing campus renewal

James Cook University $73 Townsville Committed

James Cook University Townsville - Student Accommodation

James Cook University $54 Townsville Committed

James Cook University Townsville - Technology Innovation Complex

James Cook University $96 Townsville Committed

Mount Isa Family Fun Park Upgrade Mount Isa City Council $51 Mount Isa Committed

Pentland BioenergyRenewable Developments

Australia$564 Charters Towers Committed

St Francis School Catholic Education $2 Burdekin Committed

Townsville Marine Tourism PrecinctHoneycomb Property

Group & Sealink$72 Townsville Committed

Townsville Mater Hospital CarparkMater Private Hospital

Townsville Townsville Committed

Townsville Port Expansion Project Qld Government $1,600 Townsville Committed

Townsville Port Freight Terminal Qld Government $48 Townsville Committed

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Approved

Project Name Project Owner/Sponsor Project Value $M LGA Project stage

Calcium Cattle Holding FacilityWoodstock Pastoral

Services Townsville Approved

Irrigated Agricultural Development Project Flinders Shire Council $47 Flinders Approved

South Beach $5 Townsville Approved

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Proposed

Project Name Project Owner/Sponsor Project Value $M LGA Project stage

Agripower Rail Project Agripower Australia Ltd $663 Charters Towers Proposed

Ardmore Phosphate Rock Project Centrex Metals $58 Cloncurry Proposed

Australian Taxation Office Federal Government $12.50 Townsville Proposed

Ayr Industrial Land Burdekin Shire Council $5.20 Burdekin Proposed

Ayr Showgrounds $5 Townsville Proposed

Battery Processing Facility Imperium3 Consortium/Magnis

$2,500 Townsville Proposed

Big Rocks Weir QLD Government $60 Charters Towers Proposed

Blackview Avenue Subdivision Townsville Earthmoving $2 Townsville Proposed

Bruce Highway Ingham to Cardwell Range Deviation

Qld Government & Federal Government

$460 Townsville Proposed

Bruce Highway Townsville Northern Access Intersections Upgrade

Qld Government & Federal Government

$107 Townsville Proposed

Burdekin Falls Dam Saddle Dam and Monolith Improvement Sunwater $330 Burdekin Proposed

Burdekin Falls hydro-electric power station (50MW) Stanwell $200 Burdekin Proposed

Cannington Expansion BHP Billiton $400 McKinlay Shire Proposed

Castle Hill Café Townsville City Council $1.90 Townsville Proposed

Charters Towers Gold Citigold Corporation $246 Charters Towers Proposed

Charters Towers Stock Feed Processing Facility $60 Charters Towers Proposed

City Lane Expansion Lancini Property Group $7 Townsville Proposed

Cloncurry Rail Loading Facility Grand Central Industries Holdings

$31 Cloncurry Proposed

Clyde Park Project $750 Townsville Proposed

CopperString 2.0 Transmission Line CopperString $1,800 Mount Isa Proposed

Dispatchable Power Project Vast Solar $600 Mount Isa Proposed

Equestrian Centre and Resort Rimbunan Hijau Group $100 Townsville Proposed

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Proposed (Cont.)

Project Name Project Owner/Sponsor Project Value $M LGA Project stage

Export Distribution Centre Proposed

Great Barrier Reef House Reef House Investment Group

$30 Townsville Proposed

Haughton Channel Capacity Upgrade QLD Government $90 Townsville Proposed

Hells Gate Dam $5,400 Charters Towers Proposed

Hematite Refinery Pure Minerals $554 Townsville Proposed

John Flynn Place Museum and Art Gallery Cloncurry Shire Council $15 Cloncurry Proposed

Lansdown Eco-Industrial Precinct Townsville City Council $50 Townsville Proposed

Majors Creek Solar Project 400MW Edify Energy $500 Townsville Proposed

Mount Isa to Rockhampton Corridor Upgrade (incl. Yeppoon Road Duplication)

Qld Government & Federal Government

$159* Mount Isa Proposed

Mount Isa to Townsville Rail Upgrade Queensland Rail $380 Mount Isa Proposed

Mt Elliot - Swan Project Chinova $1,800 Cloncurry Proposed

North Australia Cultural Precinct $292 Townsville Proposed

North Queensland Country Club Resort and Equestrian Centre Landmark Projects $1,000 Townsville Proposed

North Queensland Hydrogen Hub QLD Government $28.30 Townsville Proposed

North Rail Yards (Townsville Technology Precinct) Townsville City Council $50 Townsville Proposed

Palm Island Retail and Commercial Precinct - Stage 2 & 3

Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council

$30 Palm Island Proposed

Paluma to Wallaman Falls Trail Townsville City Council $6 Townsville Proposed

Pinnacles Satellite City Development - Masterplan EJ Cooper & Son $2,000 Townsville Proposed

Port Carpentaria Railway Carpentaria Rail $1,500 Mount Isa/ Cloncurry

Proposed

Ravenswood Gold Extension Project Resolute Mining $200 Charters Towers Proposed

Reef HQ Aquarium Refurbishment Federal Government $26.90 Townsville Proposed

Rollingstone Solar Farm ESCO Pacific $210 Townsville Proposed

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Proposed (Cont.)

Project Name Project Owner/Sponsor Project Value $M LGA Project stage

Royal Flying Doctor Service Townsville SuperBase/Support Hub RFDS $45 Townsville Proposed

Saint Elmo Vanadium Project Multicom Resources $30 McKinlay Shire Proposed

Sarsfield Resolute Mining $250 Charters Towers Proposed

Saxby Project Strategic Energy Resources

$30 Cloncurry Proposed

SCONI (Norinco) Scandium Project Metallica Minerals $1,300 Townsville Proposed

Stadium Redevelopment Queensland Govt Townsville Proposed

Strand Lagoon Townsville City Council $85 Townsville Proposed

The Hive Gleeson Group $450 Townsville Proposed

Townsville Airport Redevelopment Qld Airport Ltd $80 Townsville Proposed

Townsville Eastern Access Rail Corridor TMR $700 Townsville Proposed

Townsville Energy Chemicals Hub (TECH) Pure Minerals $416 Townsville Proposed

Townsville Mater NQ Specialist Centre PDS Qld $19 Townsville Proposed

Townsville Port Expansion Project Outer Harbour Expansion (berths 14+15) Qld Government $200 Townsville Proposed

Townsville Ring Road Stage 5 Qld Government & Federal Government

$230 Townsville Proposed

Townsville to Roma Corridor Upgrade Qld Government & Federal Government

$38* Townsville Proposed

Tropical Marine and Aquaculture Research Centre

Qld Government & Federal Government

$100 Townsville Proposed

Ville Casino Expansion Morris Group $7 Townsville Proposed

Walford Creek Base Metals Project Aeon Metals $785 Doomadgee Proposed

Westmoreland Project Laramide $411 Burke Shire Proposed

Yeppoon to Mount Isa Roadwork $95* Mount Isa Proposed

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Economic ModellingEconomic impacts associated with Townsville and North West Queensland’s construction pipeline are presented in Table 1, including proposed, approved, committed and underway valued at $43 billion with the potential to generate:

• $54.1 billion in output ($32.2 billion directly).

• $23.0 billion contribution to Gross Regional Product (GRP) ($11.9 billion direct contribution).

• $11.1 billion in wages and salaries paid to local workers ($5.5 billion directly).

• 125,826 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) jobs (56,336 direct FTE).

Impact Output ($M) GRP ($M) Incomes ($M) Employment (FTE)

Proposed Projects

Direct $20,805 $8,201 $3,478 34,390

Production Induced $6,964 $3,103 $1,804 19,785

Consumption Induced $6,863 $3,984 $1,738 24,329

Total Impact $34,632 $15,289 $7,020 78,504

Approved Projects

Direct $39 $16 $7 62

Production Induced $13 $6 $3 37

Consumption Induced $13 $7 $3 46

Total Impact $65 $29 $13 144

Committed Projects

Direct $3,255 $1,313 $550 5,119

Production Induced $1,053 $471 $274 2,988

Consumption Induced $1,081 $627 $274 3,831

Total Impact $5,389 $2,411 $1,098 11,939

Underway Projects

Direct $8,145 $2,400 $1,462 16,765

Production Induced $3,568 $1,544 $880 10,183

Consumption Induced $2,339 $1,358 $592 8,291

Total Impact $14,052 $5,302 $2,934 35,239

Total Project Pipeline

Direct $32,244 $11,930 $5,497 56,336

Production Induced $11,598 $5,124 $2,961 32,993

Consumption Induced $10,296 $5,976 $2,607 36,497

Total Impact $54,138 $23,030 $11,065 125,826

Latest Information

For the latest information, visit our website for new additions, changes in status and more detail information about the construction projects in our region.

https://www.rdanwq.org.au/civil-and-commercial-construction-projects/

P 07 4410 3655E info@rdanwq.org.auW www.rdanwq.org.auA PO Box 1669 Townsville Qld 4810