Project Challenges
Warradarge was delivered in two stages. Stage 1 completed in 2020, and Stage 2 completed in May 2026. Across both, the team faced compounding disruptions that demanded constant re-planning without letting the schedule slip. Here’s a look at the key challenges navigated to get every component safely to site.
Doubling the Complexity
Running Warradarge alongside the Yandin Wind Farm meant doubling almost everything at once: cargo volumes, equipment requirements, storage needs and scheduling pressure. Instead of managing one wind farm delivery program, the team was effectively coordinating two simultaneous 51-turbine campaigns through a single port, all while maintaining the pace and precision each client expected.
Extreme Weather Disruption
Mother Nature made no allowances for the delivery schedule. Major bushfires across Western Australia delayed deliveries to site between December 2019 and January 2020, and just as the project regained momentum, storms and heavy rainfall damaged the Warradarge site entry road, shutting it to all heavy traffic for a full week in February.
A Global Pandemic Mid-Project
In March 2020, COVID-19 arrived in the middle of an already complex delivery program. New health protocols, PPE requirements and permit conditions had to be introduced almost overnight. Transport was fortunately classified as an essential service, which helped keep disruption to deliveries to a minimum, but it still demanded fast adaptation across the whole operation.
Unprecedented Delivery Volumes
At the combined peak of Warradarge and Yandin, the team was moving five complete wind turbines every week, around 45 individual deliveries, or roughly 8 to 9 per day. Sustaining that rate required tight coordination between loading and unloading operations at port, permitting processes and on-site supervision, all running in lockstep to avoid bottlenecks.
