4-5 February 2015

1. new Perth Stadium
Community Forum to Burswood & East Perth residents
4 & 5 February 2015

2. Agenda
Welcome and introduction
new Perth Stadium and Sports Precinct – Ronnie Hurst, Project Director
• Project status
• Stadium and Sports Precinct facilities and design
• Construction program
• Management of nPS
Transport overview and status – Kym Hockley, Senior Transport Planner PTA
• Public transport strategy
• Victoria Park Drive
• Stadium Station
• Swan River Pedestrian Bridge
• Nelson Avenue Special Event Bus Stands
Q&As

3. DSR
• ‘Client’ Agency
• functional requirements
• stakeholder liaison
Strategic
Projects
• Stadium Delivery Agency
• planning & delivery
Venues
West
• Governance Agency
PTA &
MRWA
• Transport Infrastructure
• planning & delivery
Project Team
STATE
GOVERNMENT
Pedestrian
Bridge
contractor
TBC
Westadium
(DBFM
contractor)
Stadium
Station
contractor
TBC

4. ENTRY
ENTRY
The Sports Precinct – Transforming the East
REDEVELOPED GOLF CLUBHOUSE
COMMUNITY OVAL
SWAN RIVER PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
AMPHITHEATRE
NETWORK OF
BIKE PATHS
PLAYGROUNDS &
BBQs
EASTERN ENTRY PLAZA
COMMUNITY ARBOUR
STADIUM STATION

5. The Sports Precinct – event and non-event day
VIEWS
A LA CARTE
BUFFET
RESTAURANT
FUNCTION
CENTRE

6. The Sports Precinct – event and non-event day

7. new Perth Stadium
Construction Program

8. 2015 construction program
Early 2015
•Sand surcharge relocation
•Piling
•Dynamic compaction to Bridge landing area on Burswood Peninsula
•Installation of first of eight tower cranes
Mid 2015
•Structural core installation commences
•Structural steel installation commences
End 2015
•Piling complete
•First seating plats installed
•First roof trusses installed
•Landscaping of Precinct area commences

9. 2016 construction program
Early 2016
•First seats installed
•Installation of the façade commences
End 2016
•Pitch work commences
•All roof trusses and the fabric roof in place
Mid 2016
•Last of 16 structural cores completed
•Internal fit-out commences
•All structural steel frames in place

10. 2017 construction program
Early 2017
•Façade completed
•Hard landscaping commences
Mid 2017
•Installation of grass for the pitch completed
•Hard landscaping completed
•Internal fit out completed
End 2017
•All Stadium facilities commissioned
•Site handed over to the Stadium Operator

11. new Perth Stadium construction program
Construction information
• Work hours: Monday to Saturday 7am-6pm
• Sunday works and notifications
• Construction information – perthstadium.com.au
• Contact us: perthstadium@dsr.wa.gov.au or 9428 1961
Potential construction impacts
• Construction Environment Management Plan
• Noise and dust monitoring
• Traffic/parking
• River path access
• Trees and vegetation

12. Management of nPS
Stadium Operator responsibilities
• Day to day management of Stadium and Sports Precinct
• Secure content and manage events and functions
• Perform all of its functions alongside Westadium consortium
• Stakeholder engagement as appropriate (state agencies, local government,
local residents and local community)
Operator procurement process
• February 2015 – Expressions Of Interest (EOI) issued
• January 2016 – Contract award
• 2016/2017 – Transition to operations

13. new Perth Stadium
Transport

14. Transport solution
Public transport will move 83% of a
capacity crowd within one hour of
an event finishing

15. Victoria Park Drive
Concrete bridge deck pour in December 2014

16. Stadium Station
Overview
• 28,000 people
• Train leaves every 2mins
following an event
• Three island platform
• 120 railcars stowed in Burswood
and Victoria Park
Work status
• Design 85% complete
• Associated rail infrastructure 15%
complete
Stadium Station layout

17. Swan River Pedestrian Bridge
Swan River Pedestrian Bridge Working Group
Confirmed functional design elements
Police and Ambulance emergency vehicle access only if required
Access on non-event days
East Perth landing to channel pedestrians south along Nelson Avenue
Location provides best access to parking bays in East Perth and CBD shuttle
Swan River Pedestrian Bridge artist impression

18. Swan River Pedestrian Bridge-East Perth landing

19. Project schedule
December 2014
• Stadium and Sports
Precinct construction
commenced
Late 2015
• Swan River Pedestrian
Bridge construction
commences
• Stadium Station
construction begins
Early 2016
• Operational planning
commences with
Stadium Operator
Late 2016
• Swan River Pedestrian
Bridge and Bus Stands
construction complete
Mid 2017
• Stadium Station
construction complete,
commissioning begins
• Rail operational plans
finalised
Late 2017
• Stadium Station
commissioning
complete
• Stadium and Sports
Precinct construction
complete, transition to
operations
March 2018
Stadium and Sports Precinct opens for start of AFL season and all public
transport facilities are operational

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www.perthstadium.com.au
Email: perthstadium@dsr.wa.gov.au
Phone: 9428 1961

21. Q&As

22. A
R
Public Transport
Authority
Government of Western Australia
Department of Treasury
Strategic Projects
Government of Western Australia
Department of Sport and Recreation