John Holland - Chisholm Road Prison Project - Any Opportunities

⁠⁠⁠The Victorian Government is building a new maximum security prison in the vicinity of the existing prison precinct which includes Barwon Prison and Marngoneet Correctional Centre.
Known as the Chisholm Road Prison Project, the delivery of the new maximum security prison is a part of ongoing planning to ensure the prison system is safe, secure and well-equipped to meet demand.

The project is being led by the Community Safety Building Authority (CSBA), with John Holland as the Managing Contractor.

CSBA provide end-to-end project management and delivery of Victoria's new prisons, youth justice centres, court and custody facilities, emergency services facilities and public safety features such as pedestrian walkways bollards and CCTV networks.

As well as delivering new infrastructure, the CSBA also modernises, expands and upgrades existing facilities.

Corrections Victoria will manage the new prison once it is operational.

Providing a new maximum security facility is an essential part of the governments commitment to improving community safety.

Location

The new maximum security prison is being built in the Barwon South West Region in the outer-Geelong suburb of Lara, in the vicinity of the existing prison precinct which includes Barwon Prison and Marngoneet Correctional Centre

The location was identified as a good option due to existing infrastructure such as road and public transport links and the proximity to local courts.

Project Scope

The new prison will: 

• accommodate 1,248 prisoners
• play a key role in planning for increases in the prison population
• create more than 650 ongoing jobs
• support up to 900 direct and indirect jobs across the steel, manufacturing, construction, engineering and other sectors during construction
• deliver an estimated economic benefit of at least $173 million to the Greater Geelong Region during the construction phase.

Timing

Construction is set to start in late 2019 with the facility expected to be operational in 2022.