Northern Water Supply (SA)

Developing a single integrated reporting solution

The Northern Water (NW) project will provide a new, climate independent water source for the Far North, Upper Spencer Gulf and Eastern Eyre Peninsula regions of South Australia, to enable the growth of industries crucial to achieving net-zero goals, including emerging green energy and hydrogen.

The project has undergone a Machinery of Government change, with delivery ownership transferring from Infrastructure South Australia to the Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DiT). As part of the transition, DiT is conducting an independent review to gain a full view of the current state of all aspects of the project and assess the appropriateness of management artefacts in place, progress, industry perceptions, and key risks and issues.

Our role

MMB is supporting DiT as the transaction and commercial advisor and was engaged to support the strategic review of the Northern Water Supply project.

MBB is also engaged within the Project Management Office (PMO) to provide project management support during the Planning and Assessment stage.

Our services

Our advisory role includes:

• Leading client engagement
• Development of the delivery strategy
• Reviewing extensive project documentation across multiple domains including transaction and procurement processes, governance, project controls, technical and engineering aspects, quality management, third-party agreements, early works plans, operations and maintenance strategies, and land, planning and approvals process
• Engaging with Expression of Interest (EOI) proponents to gain insights into industry perspectives on field investigations, proposed commercial model and program achievability
• Analysing the adequacy and robustness of existing project management artefacts and processes, identifying gaps and areas of improvements
• Developing a comprehensive report detailing findings and recommended actions to optimise the project’s delivery strategy and transaction process, including an improvement roadmap
• *Presenting the strategic review outcomes to the DIT Chief Executive and the State’s Minister for Infrastructure and Transport.Risk allocation
• Tender documentation.