Consultants
This page contains information to help our contractors and consultants obtain external approvals for engineering infrastructure capital projects, including developer funded works.
External approvals manual & guidelines
The External Approvals Manual assists Corporation staff, consulting engineers and authorised contractors to comply with relevant legislation eg the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984, the Environmental Protection Act, and other statutory requirements. The manual details our policy for notification of works proposals and approvals from other authorities and decision making organisations.
The manual links to a set of Guidelines for the various approvals.
Because of the varied nature of the our capital projects, there may be types of works and approvals not covered by this manual.
The manual is comprehensive for most projects but does not remove the responsibility from project managers to identify and obtain all approvals necessary for a specific project.
The manual should be used as a checklist and reference from planning through to handover.
It includes the Preliminaries to Works process and replace the Preliminaries to Works Manual.
Our Capital Investment Branch will update the Manual and Guidelines on the Corporation’s Business Management System with input from other Branches. All suggestions for improving the content of the Manual should be sent to the Capital Investment Branch Process Improvement consultant at CIBPA@watercorporation.com.au or by ringing 9420 3059.
Stakeholder contact details
The following contact spreadsheet lists contacts for organisations and agencies and aims to support those involved in obtaining external approvals. It contains contacts for:
organisations and agencies listed on the External Approvals Tracking Spreadsheet;
organisations and agencies to be contacted as part of the Preliminaries to Works process; and
local government authorities.
To ensure this information is kept up to date, users should refer any returned letters or bounced emails to the Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator at Consultation.Manager@watercorporation.com.au
Preliminaries to works letters
If you are an authorised Consulting/Design Engineer and are preparing Preliminaries to Works documents it is recommended that the following Preliminary to Works letter templates be utilised and amended where appropriate.
