Timetanium supported the ActivUS Alliance on the Logan to Gold Coast Faster Rail project, a major upgrade of a live passenger rail corridor in South East Queensland between Kuraby and Beenleigh. Delivered under an alliance model for the client TMR, the program includes two additional tracks and upgrades to eight stations while maintaining ongoing rail operations. With complex staging and assurance demands, Timetanium embedded as Planning Manager to stabilise the integrated program, strengthen governance and assurance processes, and support timely decision-making across design and delivery interfaces.
Delivering brownfield works within an operational rail corridor created significant staging, possession and interface pressures. Multiple subcontractors and work packages were operating with differing levels of schedule maturity, increasing integration complexity and reducing forecast confidence. Ongoing design development and scope change continued to shift the planning baseline, while high governance and assurance expectations required a transparent, auditable Alliance Program. The Alliance needed a senior planning function that could maintain logical integrity across the master program and support confident forecasting and decision-making amid changing conditions.
As Planning Manager, Timetanium took ownership of the integrated Alliance Program and reset it as a practical tool for delivery and governance. We reestablished an appropriate baseline with clear logic, staging and milestone traceability, then implemented consistent planning standards across WBS structure, activity coding and float management. We integrated subcontractor schedules while protecting overall logic integrity and aligned detailed Aphex work plans with the approved baseline. We also structured the program around design and construction work packages and supported monthly reporting, scenario analysis and recovery planning.
Timetanium delivered a stable and transparent planning environment that improved confidence in schedule forecasts and strengthened critical path visibility. The Alliance Program supported internal governance and external assurance requirements while enabling proactive identification and management of schedule risk. With clearer interfaces, consistent standards and decision-focused reporting, leadership teams had greater confidence in the program position and recovery options as conditions evolved. By restoring structure and discipline to the planning function, Timetanium helped strengthen delivery confidence across the Alliance and supported more timely, informed decision-making throughout the delivery phase.
