Winslow Constructors’ West Region team has been busy working with YourLand Developments to transform a former quarry located on the Maribyrnong River, into a residential estate.
The team has been onsite at River Valley Estate in Sunshine North for the past five years completing stages 7A through to 7C and is now working on 7D.
The estate lies on a steep embankment requiring complex earthworks, retaining walls and interface with the river.
More than 250,000m3 of cut has been completed, with some areas requiring a cut of up to 12m.
There has also been about 230,000m3 of fill placed to a depth of up to 13m, particularly in the 7D park at the interface with the existing quarry wall.
Working alongside developer YourLand, and its design team CJ Arms and Douglas Partners, our team has been able to repurpose site-generated materials to construct rock-faced, earth-reinforced retaining walls, which have significant environmental benefits when compared to conventional concrete retaining walls.