Case Study

Cross River Rail

Client

Cross River Rail Delivery Authority

Year

2017 – ongoing

Project Value

$5.4B

Key Services

Setting up megaprojects for success

Transforming travel across the whole of South East Queensland

The $5.4 billion Cross River Rail is a new 10-kilometre rail link through the heart of Brisbane, that will unlock a bottleneck at the core of the SEQ rail network and that will transform the way people across the whole of the region travel to, from and through Brisbane in the future. It supports the Queensland Government’s economic growth and liveability objectives and is the key to increasing train services as Queensland’s population grows, with a 6-kilometre tunnel providing an additional river crossing and four new underground stations in the CBD and surrounds.

After more than a decade in the planning pipeline, E3 Advisory was engaged to support the newly formed Cross River Rail Delivery Authority in making the project a reality. The early challenges included meeting ambitious timelines for procurement of the major works, to provide certainty for industry, overcome market sensitivity and build confidence for the tendering process.

Building confidence through leadership and engagement

We fulfilled key early leadership roles, provided strategic and commercial advice to the executives and Board during formation of the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority and set up the integrated project team. In doing this, we adopted lessons learned from contemporary mega-projects, established key stakeholder governance forums, engaged and integrated the operator of the rail network, implemented the Gateway Review assurance framework and adopted new government policy priorities.

At the same time, the E3 Advisory team was involved in the development of tender documentation, management of interactive tendering processes, evaluation of competitive proposals and alignment of multiple transactions. The major work packages included a tunnel, stations and over station development Public Private Partnership, a complex rail systems and integration alliance and a train control technology system.

With our involvement, the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority achieved a key shift in market perception and improved industry confidence. This has led to a strong response from industry to tender invitations at a time of high market demand, resulted in comprehensive and competitive bids from capable and experienced internationally recognised consortia and achieved successful contract formation.

Our deep experience at all stages of the infrastructure lifecycle has been at the heart of our engagement on Cross River Rail. We know what is required at each stage of a project’s evolution and we work with our clients to set them up for success.

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Peter Wood Principal

Peter is well known in the Australian infrastructure industry with extensive experience providing strategic infrastructure related advice to the Departmental Secretaries of Governments’ Line and Central Agencies, Boards and CEOs of Government Owned Corporations as well as numerous private sector CEO’s and Boards. He was the lead advisor to COAG (Council of Australian Governments) in the development of various Australian National Infrastructure Guidelines.

Peter brings a combination of international infrastructure experience and academic qualifications together with deep insights into infrastructure projects from the multiple perspectives of investors, owners, international contractors, and advisors. He is Principal and Co-Chair of E3 Advisory and is a former Board Member of Infrastructure Australia.

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-Doctor of Business Administration
-Master of Business Administration
-Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours)
-Advanced Diploma Corporate Governance
-Certified Gateway Reviewer
-Alumnus of QUT, Monash University, Harvard Business School
-Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia
-Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors
-Past Board Member, Infrastructure Australia
-Past Chairman, Infrastructure Association of Queensland
-Past President, Queensland Major Contractors Associations

Peter is well known in the Australian infrastructure industry with extensive experience providing strategic infrastructure related advice to the Departmental Secretaries of Governments’ Line and Central Agencies, Boards and CEOs of Government Owned Corporations as well as numerous private sector CEO’s and Boards. He was the lead advisor to COAG (Council of Australian Governments) in the development of various Australian National Guidelines in the use of alliancing and traditional contracting for project delivery.

Peter brings a combination of international infrastructure experience and academic qualifications together with deep insights into infrastructure projects from the multiple perspectives of investors, owners, international contractors, and advisors. He is Principal and Co-Chair of E3 Advisory and is a former Board Member of Infrastructure Australia.

Prior to establishing E3 Advisory with his other business partners, Peter worked for over 25 years with major international construction contractors at Regional General Manager and Exco level followed by 10 years with the international infrastructure advisory firm Advisian (formerly Evans & Peck) where he was Global Managing Director responsible for operations in Australia, UK, China, New Zealand, India and Middle East.