Inland Rail

With construction occurring across thousands of kilometres in three states, ensuring Inland Rail’s design teams understand environmental risks and are equipped to mitigate construction issues is vital. Our work has included detailed surveys of bridges and culverts, rail corridors, private properties, overhead utilities and waterways – information that is critical to the on time, on budget delivery of this landmark national project.

Examples of our work include the hydrogeology surveys we’ve completed for the Border to Gowrie section of the Inland Rail project in Queensland that are helping Inland Rail engineers mitigate the impact of flooding along the corridor, and the Survey Accurate Cadastral Model (SACM) our team created for a 300km corridor stretch between Narromine and Narrabri in New South Wales. Following a comprehensive analysis of existing survey plans for the proposed route and the condensing of this information into a Geographic Information System (GIS) format, our specialists have created a schedule of key cadastral monuments to be surveyed. This work will ensure spatially accurate design and delivery of tracks and corridor infrastructure as the Inland Rail project progresses.

With communications, safety and compliance key components in the success of any rail project, RPS teams have also had a key role to play in coordinating permits and corridor access across Council jurisdictions and private land holdings, while providing important advice on heritage, sustainability and resilience.