2022-10-24 General Committee Meeting- Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Oyster Ecosystem Restoration Project - Final Report (1)

Construction
Key activities under the construction phase are outlined below:

 Quarry selection

 Boral (Moi Pocket), Sunshine Coast Quarries (Nambour) and
 Caldwell’s Quarry at Kin Kin were inspected and assessed by
 TNC.

 Boral Moy Pocket was eventually selected as the preferred
 quarry to supply the 3250 tonnes of local, igneous rock to
 the Project.



                                                                  Figure 22: Craig Bohm (TNC) – left and Jay Maateenz (M&J)
                                                                  – middle, visit the Boral Moy Pocket Quarry. Photo by C Bohm

 Construction contractor selection

 TNC selected M&J Marine Services as the preferred
 construction contractor. M&J Marine Services was the only
 company that tendered for the work with experience
 restoring intertidal oyster reefs. The company had
 developed specialty equipment (such as a light-weight barge
 and loading systems) for this kind of work.

 The company also offered its services at a competitive price
 and delivered above and beyond the contract costs.

                                                                  Figure 23: M&J Marine Services signage and screens at the
                                                                  load out site. Photo by C Bohm.

 Load Out Site establishment

 TNC and NC selected the unofficial boat ramp at the end of
 Hilton Esplanade, Noosaville, as the Project’s load out site.

 This boat ramp is regularly used by private companies, which
 use the ramp on an ad hoc and unregulated basis to launch
 and retrieve large vessels. Heavy machinery such as low
 loader semi-trailers and large cranes regularly frequent the
 ramp.

                                                                  Figure 24: Load out site looking down river. Photo by C Bohm




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