Client: City of Newcastle
Duration: 5 years
Location: Stockton Beach, Newcastle, NSW
Critical coastal protection infrastructure delivered on a live, highly visible beachside
site
- $6.4M seawall protecting homes, roads and a high-pressure gas pipeline from coastal erosion at Stockton Beach
- Scope included secant pile wall, ground anchors, capping beam, armoured rock bags and buried protection structures, with additional scope awarded mid-project
- Proactive methodology redesign – Brefni identified that the original piling approach risked a buried Jemena High Pressure Gas Main – proposed and obtained approval to relocate the piling rig to the beachside, derisking delivery, retaining vegetation, and reducing road closures
- Noise-generating works reduced from 14 to 2 days through innovative methodology; tailored Traffic Management Plans for each construction stage and minimised community disruption throughout the active, publicly accessible site
- Coastal Emergency Plan developed with coastal engineers including a three-week weather outlook, daily forecasting, and on-site sedimentation tanks to capture, treat and test water before discharge with zero environmental incidents
- Heritage consultation with Worimi Registered Aboriginal Parties throughout; zero public complaints on a high-profile community site, delivered on time and within budget
- CCF NSW Earth Awards finalist 2025
