Melbourne Metro Rail Project
CBD North Station Design & Documentation Management
My Role
Design Team Member & Project-wide Document Controller.
As a design team member for the CBD North Station my role was to coordinate and produce technical design information to guide construction.
As the Project-wide Document Controller for the full consortium, I implemented structured document management workflows, enabling large-scale coordination between architects, engineers, project managers, and client representatives.
Project Objectives
The Melbourne Metro Rail Project is a $13B infrastructure initiative to deliver five new underground stations and associated rail tunnels across Melbourne. Each of the five underground stations required a cross-disciplinary team and stakeholders that operated within a wider consortium. With multiple disciplines and stakeholders producing vast volumes of technical design content (often exceeding 500+ drawings per milestone for each of the five stations), the project needed a robust process to manage, track, and deliver design documentation. Timelines were tight, project milestones were critical, and accuracy was non-negotiable.
Key Features
Centralised Document Control System – Ensured accessibility, accuracy, and compliance for all design files.
Cross-Disciplinary Coordination – Structured document management workflows, enabling large-scale coordination between architects, engineers, project managers, and client representatives.
Version Control & Compliance – Maintained high data integrity and adherence to contractual procedures.
Milestone Delivery Tracking – Monitored progress to meet deadlines and handover requirements.
Stakeholders
Rail Projects Victoria, Metro Trains Melbourne, John Holland, CPB Contractors, AECOM, Public Transport Victoria, V/Line, VicTrack, The City of Melbourne
Key Outcomes
Delivered design documentation for CBD North Station to construction readiness.
Successfully managed document control across all five stations, coordinating 500+ drawings per milestone.
Established robust processes for accuracy, compliance, and workflow management in one of Australia’s largest infrastructure projects.
What I learnt
Leadership & Cross-discipline collaboration | Stakeholder Management & Communication | Complex Project Planning & Delivery | Systems thinking and integration | User-centered design & human impact | Decision making under constraints | Governance & risk management
Cross-discipline Collaboration
3D coordination of combined design, engineering and construction input for CBD North Station.