MULTIPLANT has been awarded the rail and civil construction contract for the CBH Group Brookton rail siding extension project.
Brookton is the first of 11 rail siding extension projects at sites across CBH's network, funded in partnership with the Western Australian and Australian Governments under the $200 million first package of the Agricultural Supply Chain Improvements (ASCI) Program.
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Multiplant, a WA-based civil infrastructure provider, will be subcontracting and working with Railtrain Holdings Group, which will provide technical capability in rail construction.
Construction will commence this month, starting with site establishment, fencing, clearing and earthworks.
The project will improve the efficiency of the rail outloading from the CBH Brookton site and will reduce road movements to the Kwinana Grain Terminal from Brookton and several nearby sites.
CBH Group chief executive officer Ben Macnamara said the Brookton contract was a significant step forward in the development of critical supply chain and infrastructure improvements for the WA grains industry.
"We are delighted to start construction on the Brookton rail siding extension, a milestone for the suite of ASCI projects we are working on with the State and Federal Governments," Mr Macnamara said.
"We are very pleased to see the funding commitment by the State and Federal Governments into transport infrastructure which will enable Western Australian agricultural products to reach export markets more efficiently.
"Two record harvests in a row highlights the need to continually improve the network to ensure we can move more tonnes to port to meet market demand."
CBH is investing in new infrastructure at each rail siding extension, maximising the grain outloading capability at key sites in CBH's storage and handling network.
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For the Brookton project, CBH is making significant upgrades to fixed storage facilities and increasing the outloading capacity of the site.
"Improving the outloading capabilities of Western Australia's grain supply chain is a major focus for CBH, and we are proud to invest alongside the government's rail siding projects with rapid rail loading infrastructure to ensure longer trains can be loaded faster and get to port more efficiently," Mr Macnamara said.
