John Holland Group/ David Atkins Enterprises/Melbourne Metro Rail Authority
Co-ordination and collation of communications between stakeholders to establish plans for the White Night event that took place at the development site of Town Hall Station. This included risk evaluation and management as well as facilitation of the event.
February 16 - 18, 2018
During the early work stage of Melbourne’s new train tunnels, an event was scheduled at the development site of Town Hall Station as part of White Night. Now in its sixth year, White Night illuminates many different areas of Melbourne with art installations and various events drawing a crowd of around 600,000. John Holland Group, the team responsible for managing the excavation site, were faced with a dilemma, Town Hall Station was currently a 22-meter hole in the ground. The government wanted said hole handed over to White Night for the weekend with excavation resuming the following Monday. Enter Cuckoo, your friendly neighborhood hole managers.
Due to tight time frames for both companies, handover had to be as smooth as possible, and above all, everything had to be safe. John Holland Group was struggling to understand the requirements of the event organiser, David Atkins Enterprises, who manage the delivery of the White Night event. Cuckoo were enlisted as compliance and safety experts, a role well suited thanks to our event-based knowledge.
Due to the quick turnaround time that was necessary, we dove right into this project.
Our expertise with event related compliance and safety led to a smooth execution of the following:
The biggest issue for everyone involved was the fact that we were dealing with a construction site. We needed to take the safety into consideration, including:
Public safety was, and always is, the most important aspect of projects such as this. With so many things that can go wrong, a team like ours is required to ensure that all bases are covered. With events that have a high attendance number such as this, there is no room for error.