Joe Wagner Group was contracted by Fulton Hogan to supply plant-hire, labour and supervision for the replacement of timber bridges at four sites on the North Coast Railway line. This is part of a wider Queensland Rail program to replace timber rail bridges with steel and concrete structures across their network. Works included: Demolition of […]
Category: Rail
Culvert Renewal North Coast Line
Joe Wagner Group successfully tendered for the replacement of culvert systems on two sites along the North Coast Line near Bundaberg. Works included: Site establishment and survey Excavation Site preparation for pipe-jacking rig Pipe-jacking of new culvert system under the railway line The building of cast-in-situ headwalls Spreading of spoil material on site Due to […]
Toowoomba Tunnel Lowering
Joe Wagner Group was engaged to provide plant and operators for the lowering of heritage-listed railway tunnels between Toowoomba and Granchester. Works included: 17,382 hours of machine hire 18,266 man hours Involvement in 13 x 24/7 shutdowns, the longest being 13 days Work on 5 to 6 work-fronts at any one time Detailed excavation, rock […]
Macalister Formation Works
Joe Wagner Group delivered reformation works to 1.2 kilometres of deteriorated track under contract by Queensland Rail. Works included: Dismantling of existing track Boxing out excavation to subgrade Placement of geofabric Placement and compaction of new gravel subgrade Replacement of track Refilling track with new ballast Site clean up This project was completed under tight […]
Western Culverts Replacement
Queensland Rail appointed Joe Wagner Group to replace deteriorated culverts ranging from single-celled to eight-celled culverts over eight sites. Works included: Removal of railway track Demolition of existing, damaged culverts Excavation of site in preparation for new culverts Laying of geofabric where necessary Positioning new prefabricated culverts Placement of concrete headwalls Backfilling and replacing the […]
Railway Timber Bridge Replacements
Joe Wagner Group were engaged by VEC Civil to provide plant, labour and supervision for numerous QR timber bridge replacements. We demolished the old bridges and replaced them with precast concrete structures. Works included: Demolition work Bulk earthworks Very large precast concrete structures Installation of pipes and culverts 1.2km of road construction Concreting Backfilling As […]
