Stack MEL01 & MEL02 Campus

Challenge

Launch and expansion of Melbourne's largest hyperscale data-centre campus — 72 MW at Stages A & B, growing to 180 MW with Stages C & D, plus a further 108 MW at MEL02 Stage B — $1B+ of combined value across an aggressive operator programme with parallel construction, commissioning, and live-site handover spanning successive stages.

Approach

1. 01Built an in-house planning capability inside Erilyan — coached and operated through successive Stack MEL01 stages into MEL02B, scaling with the campus and workbook.
2. 02End-to-end scheduling and controls integrating construction, MEP, and commissioning into a single defensible master programme across the campus and MEL02B.
3. 03LLE/OFCI tracked from purchase order through FAT, shipping, and site receipt so long-lead items drove logic instead of surprising it.
4. 04Weekly and monthly reporting tuned for both the delivery team and the operator's programme forums — same data, resolution shifted to fit each audience.
5. 05Pragmatic delay management — early risk flagging, quantified mitigation, and active end-client engagement so issues became joint problems, not adversarial positions.

Outcome

Successive stages delivered against operator commitments. MEL01 expanded to 180 MW total; MEL02 Stage B added a further 108 MW. Erilyan emerged with a planning capability calibrated to Stack's operator standard — translating into follow-on stages, a protected relationship, and $1B+ of preserved programme value.