Site Analysis of WestConnex Construction Project in Australia

Construction
management
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The main aim of this report was to conduct a site analysis regarding one of the current
construction project sites which is underway in Australia and has been approved by a relevant
governmental and state regulatory body or authority. The major project upon which this report
was is constructed on is WestConnex which is the most ambitious and large scale
transportation construction project in Australian history within which a 33 km long light
highway in the land of Sydney in New South Wales will be built using tunnels and an
underground transitional bridge. This report will discuss the important analytical aspects of this
project such as its standards, legal procedures and the constraints as well as advantages to
determine the overall viability of this project.

Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................. 4
MAIN BODY................................................................................................................................... 4
Standard development required for site analysis.....................................................................4
Site analysis identifying the constraints....................................................................................5
Site analysis identifying the opportunities................................................................................8
Recommendations for consent authority according to development standards......................9
Applicable legislations and policies.........................................................................................11
RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................. 13
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................... 14
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................ 15
APPENDIX.................................................................................................................................... 17

INTRODUCTION
The site analysis is defined as the preliminary phase of the architecture and the urban
design processes which involves the study of the various aspect such as climate, geographical,
historical, legal and infrastructural context (Ashworth and Perera, 2018). This is the main
purpose of the individual or the project executers in order to analyse the different aspect
before constructing any building or any other form of the site. The site analysis also include the
preliminary research before analysing the intellectual aspect of conducting the construction
work. This is an important for the individual in order to measure the various aspect which is
included in site analysis. There it is analysed that measure meant plays a important role in site
analysis in order to work effectively. This is also considered with the number of graphical tools
which will help in developing the site analysis. This report will include various topic such as the
development of a site, legal policies, standard development of site analysis, opportunities and
identifying constraints.
MAIN BODY
Standard development required for site analysis
It is identified that there are different standard development for the site analysis which
need to be taken into consideration for the purpose of the site development. These are the
standards which helps the individual to develop the site in an effective way. As per the
Westconnex which is the site taken into account which is the 33 km underground motorway
scheme in the Australia there are different standards which are discussed below:
• Location- This is the first and the most significant standard of the development of the
site where the individual need to be aware of the location which is taken into account
for the development of the site (Bakchan, Faust and Leite, 2019). It is observed that the
locations which is choose should be within the major streets or landmark which will help
in analysing and in attaining the best outcome of the construction of the building.
• Neighbourhood context- This is defined as the another development standard where
the individual need to focus on the aspect of the neighbourhood context of te site
development. The is important for the development of the site analysis where the

surrounding is taken into considered for the development and the construction of the
building.
• Site and Zoning- This is the standard which is related to the site boundaries which can
be located by the either verifying the various other aspect. This is defined as the various
other requirements which is required in order to take into consideration so that the site
analysis can be taken fully and partially in an effective manner.
• Natural physical features- This is related to the standard development where the
various information will be derived from the topographic features on the site. A control
map of the magnitude can be located from the survey engineers and the other aspect.
• Human made features- There are various types of features located in the site analysis
where this is the most important in order to make the human made features within the
site development (Case, Blackburn and Stylios, 2018) . This is important standard
development for the construction of a building in order to identify the different aspect
of the effective and efficient working.
• Utilities- This is defined as the standard development for the site analysis where the
individual is responsible for the development of the basic utilities in order to construct a
building. The utility is defined as the ability to the construction work need to be done in
the the development of the standards.
Site analysis identifying the constraints
When it comes to exciting and budding construction projects which are being built with
futuristic outlook, one of the most memorable and potentially hit project in Australia is the
WestConnex which is a major construction project wherein if executed by 2023 according to
the plans, the people of Sydney and Australia will get to experience a truly advanced
transportation utility in the form of a 33 kilometre long highway which will be light free
motorway wherein many popular attraction spots in Sydney such as its beaches and tourist
destinations will be connected (Chen and Pan, 2018). The highway project's construction site is
quite unique as it was built and is still being constructed to this day with the point of view in
mind that by using tunnels as a part of the transportation network, the entire project can be
completed underground which will help free up spaces of Sydney.