Project record

Parks Victoria Bays Maintenance Dredging Program

Dredging plant working in a protected marina for Birdon's Parks Victoria dredging portfolio

Birdon; current Parks Victoria Dredging portfolio image, not evidence of a dated ITS2-00160 campaign, quantity or acceptance

Buying for Victoria identifies Birdon Pty Ltd as supplier on ITS2-00160, Local Ports - Port Phillip and Western Port Maintenance Dredging Tender 2020, with a fixed-value portal total of AUD 31.9 million, a 1 November 2021 start date and current status. Birdon's current project page describes a 2021-2030 term, continuous delivery since 2000 and the use of cutter-suction dredge Ballina with support craft Willie Tell and Bella. Parks Victoria's 2018-2027 Bays Maintenance Dredging Program recorded 16 mobilisations across seven sites and 206,201 m3 removed in 2022-23, with material used for beach renourishment. The fleet and contract-period particulars are company-published, while the programme totals remain owner-wide and do not allocate every mobilisation or cubic metre to Birdon.

Project signal

Delivery in Australia

Current status Buying for Victoria records Birdon Pty Ltd on a current AUD 31.9 million contract starting 1 November 2021; Birdon describes a 2021-2030 term and names dredge Ballina with support craft Willie Tell and Bella, while site-level quantities and owner acceptance remain campaign-specific Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Australia / Asia Pacific

Segment

Maintenance dredging, approach-channel access and beach placement

Status

Buying for Victoria records Birdon Pty Ltd on a current AUD 31.9 million contract starting 1 November 2021; Birdon describes a 2021-2030 term and names dredge Ballina with support craft Willie Tell and Bella, while site-level quantities and owner acceptance remain campaign-specific / Confirmed

Last checked

14 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Maintenance dredging, approach-channel access and beach placement is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

Subject index

Related subjects

These subject pages bring together related projects, technical articles, reports, and evidence methods.

Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
Parks Victoria, local port and waterway manager for Port Phillip and Western Port
Delivery parties
Birdon Pty Ltd - supplier named on Buying for Victoria contract ITS2-00160, Campaign-specific survey, pipeline, support-vessel, environmental and beach-placement lower tiers - not disclosed in the reviewed record
Contract route
Buying for Victoria contract record 193255 identifies ITS2-00160 as Local Ports - Port Phillip and Western Port Maintenance Dredging Tender 2020, names Parks Victoria and Birdon Pty Ltd, records a fixed-value basis and AUD 31.9 million portal total, gives 1 November 2021 as the start date and labels the contract Current. Birdon's project page separately describes the current contract as a 10-year 2021-2030 term. The portal does not expose an executed contract, signature date, end date, extension structure, guaranteed minimum, work-order schedule or final spend.
Execution window
Parks Victoria describes the owner programme as the Bays Maintenance Dredging Program 2018-2027. The procurement portal records a 1 November 2021 contract start and Current status without an end date. Birdon's project page gives 2021-2030 for the current contract and continuous delivery since 2000. These are distinct owner-programme, procurement-record and company-history periods.
Works package
Birdon says it delivers programmed and reactive dredging across Queenscliff, Patterson River, Mordialloc Creek, Werribee River and other Port Phillip and Western Port locations using cutter-suction dredge Ballina and support craft Willie Tell and Bella. It also describes onshore loaders, excavators and discharge-pipeline systems for sediment management and beach profiling. Parks Victoria says work is triggered by monitored water depth and minimum-depth thresholds across channels, ramps, piers, jetties and harbours. Individual campaign dates, measured quantities, sediment routes and accepted outputs depend on site-specific owner records.
Marine interfaces
Operating local ports, recreational and commercial vessel access, naturally recurring sedimentation, shallow channels, harbours and river entrances, floating and submerged pipelines, dredge navigation shapes, support vessels, beach closures, slurry transfer, coastal-process placement and EPA-aligned testing. Parks Victoria's notices preserve vessel access and safety controls during active work; they do not identify the contractor for every campaign.
Commercial evidence boundary
AUD 31.9 million is the fixed-value total displayed by Buying for Victoria, not verified final spend, certified payment, guaranteed minimum or accepted physical production. The 206,201 m3 and 16 mobilisations are Parks Victoria's 2022-23 programme outcomes across seven sites, not a contract bill of quantities or an automatically attributable Birdon production total.

Project timeline

Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

Open this project in the Change Log

Parks Victoria confirmed another depth-triggered Portarlington campaign

The owner update confirms the maintenance programme remained active, describes one-to-two-week dredging, pipelines, support vessels and beach placement, but does not name Birdon as campaign contractor.

Source

Birdon described a 24-year ongoing Parks Victoria relationship

Birdon links its national dredging portfolio to long-running Port Phillip and Western Port work and lists company-wide fleet categories, but does not turn that history into an ITS2-00160 term or campaign allocation.

Source

Owner reported record programme volume in 2022-23

Parks Victoria recorded 16 mobilisations and 206,201 m3 removed across seven sites, with navigation-channel material used for beach renourishment. The annual report does not name Birdon against each movement or quantity.

Source

Buying for Victoria contract start date

The portal records Birdon, reference ITS2-00160, a fixed-value AUD 31.9 million total and Current status. Signature date and contract end remain unpublished.

Source

Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Signed contract date, full contract term, extension options and current end date
  • Call-off, work order or campaign explicitly allocated to Birdon
  • Site, design depth, minimum-depth trigger and pre-dredge survey for each campaign
  • Named cutter-suction dredger, workboat, pipeline and equipment owner
  • Ordered and accepted quantities by Port Phillip and Western Port site
  • Sediment testing, placement area, beach-renourishment quantity and environmental closeout
  • Subcontractors, survey parties, plant suppliers and disposal or placement lower tiers
  • Certified payments, variations, final account and owner acceptance

Related records 3

Reporting status

Delivery, confirmed confidence

Last checked 14 August 2026 across 10 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 14 August 2026 Cited sources 10

Sources and related records

Read featured analysis Methodology Submit a correction Project tracker
Source collections

Project sources 10