Infrastructure Program Management within the Department of Infrastructure and Planning is responsible for managing delivery of the infrastructure program in South East Queensland. Working across state agencies and with industry, we ensure the region’s long term infrastructure program delivers the best value for money.

Infrastructure planning in South East Queensland

First launched in 2005, the South East Queensland (SEQ) Infrastructure Plan and Program, outlines infrastructure priorities for SEQ to 2026. It supports the SEQ Regional Plan - a framework to manage growth in one of the fastest growing regions in Australia.

The 2009 edition of the plan identifies $124 billion in estimated infrastructure investment (inclusive of federal government contributions and other revenue sources), which is expected to create up to 900 000 jobs through to 2026:

• $94.6 billion in road, rail and public transport
• $4.6 billion in water
• $5.8 billion in health
• $3.3 billion in energy networks
• $6.8 billion in social and community infrastructure
• $9.1 billion in completed projects.

Linking government and industry

Infrastructure Program Management works across industry and government to support innovation in procurement models for infrastructure projects. This includes:

• streamlining the procurement processes
• supporting early contractor involvement and the multi-staging of projects
• encouraging different delivery models (ranging from design/construct and maintained through to Public Private Partnerships and alliances)
• enhancing workforce capability to deliver the current infrastructure program.

A key mechanism for the government to link with industry is the SEQ Infrastructure Industry Taskforce.

Mapping the market

To assist industry in delivering the SEQ infrastructure program, Infrastructure Program Management monitors implementation of the program and tracks project milestones. This helps sequence the program of infrastructure work to ensure there is a continuous flow of projects to the market. This not only assists in making better use of the skilled labour force, but also helps manage the impacts on industry and the community, while also ensuring the value for money.

Aside from the yearly update of the SEQ Infrastructure Plan and Program, we produce two pipelines which indicate when projects are coming to procurement and to construction. The current version pipelines were released in late 2008 and will be updated later this year.

We also produce SEQuence – a community newsletter that outlines key progress on the SEQ Infrastructure Plan and Program.

For further information contact Infrastructure Program Management.