The Company is pleased to advise that Christchurch City Council has awarded McConnell Dowell Constructors Ltd and participant partners, an interim alliance agreement to rebuild vital Christchurch infrastructure, following February's devastating earthquake.

The alliance reconstruction members include McConnell Dowell, Fulton Hogan, Fletcher, Downer and City Care and together they will be responsible for rebuilding the city's infrastructure, including its water, sewerage and road systems.

The Company is delighted to be part of the reconstruction team that will rebuild Christchurch’s vital infrastructure.

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About McConnell Dowell Corporation Limited:

McConnell Dowell is a major engineering, construction, building and maintenance contractor delivering infrastructure to the building, mining, oil & gas, power, petrochemical, social & public infrastructure, transport and water sectors.

The Group has a broad construction offering with complete multi-discipline capability in building, civil, fabrication, electrical and mechanical works and are engineering and construction specialists in pipeline, tunnelling, marine and rail construction.