In May 2013, the Western Cape Government’s Department of Transport and Public Works appointed SMEC South Africa to provide the full scope of professional services for the Trunk Road 9/1 (Route N1) Widening – a freeway improvement project aimed at reducing traffic congestion and improving traffic safety over 8 km of freeway between Jip de Jager Avenue and Durban Road in Cape Town.

The 392 km Sukkur to Multan Motorway is a critical element of the Peshawar to Karachi Motorway Route. A lifeline for Pakistan’s economy, it is a high speed (120 km/h), controlled access, six-lane modern motorway that forms part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor. The motorway was opened to traffic in November 2019 and made operational by March 2020.

The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel (or Karnaphuli Tunnel) is a 3.4 km long, twin underwater road tunnel in the port city of Chattogram, Bangladesh. It is the first under-river road tunnel in South Asia. The tunnel has a 10.6 m internal diameter and has a minimal clearance to the Karnaphuli Riverbed of 31m. It was constructed using the slurry shield tunnelling method due to the sandy, silty soils in the region.

Until recently structural complexities and limitations in the traditional data capture methodologies hindered accessing required information on the Wharf of Brisbane. Consequently, SMEC’s Port and Surveyors’ team integrated data and advanced survey techniques to provide the Port of Brisbane with greater survey coverage of the wharf, which allows assets to be mapped out in a more effective way.

The Grove’s naturally stunning landscape draws inspiration from the expansive views and the site’s natural assets to create a scenic waterfront lifestyle. SMEC’s Landscape Architecture team together with our Civil Engineering team are responsible for the concept design through to the delivery of a range of community spaces, swiftly integrated into the 167-hectare community, located 50km from Melbourne’s CBD.

SMEC is working with Development Victoria on the integration of the sustainable infill development in Melbourne’s northwest growth corridor. Taylors Quarter is a 171-lot development in Taylors Lakes, 23 km northwest of Melbourne.

VKE, part of the SMEC group, was appointed in 2011 to carry out the feasibility study, and subsequently, engineering design and contract administration for the upgrade to dual-carriageway freeway of Trunk Road (TR)9/1 between Windhoek and the Hosea Kutako International Airport.

The Nowra Bridge was listed as a key priority in the Australian Infrastructure 2020 Priority List. Working alongside delivery partners Fulton Hogan and Transport of New South Wales (TfNSW), SMEC was appointed to deliver necessary project verification servicers to create long-lasting project value.

SMEC is undertaking the feasibility study and detailed engineering design to upgrade the Salang tunnel and roads. Extensive high altitude geological site investigations including mapping, drilling and laboratory testing have been a crucial part of the feasibility study.

The upgrading of the route between the port city of Walvis Bay and Swakopmund has been considered since at least the late 1990s when a feasibility study for the upgrade of the coastal road, TR2/1, was commissioned. The design by SMEC includes six interchanges of various geometric complexity and seven prestressed interchange bridges.