Project Site, Cape Preston
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SINO IRON PROJECT MARINE WORKS CONTRACT AWARD

Western Australia

Tags: civil, marine, infrastructure

October 07, 2009

The Company is pleased to advise that Sino Iron Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Hong Kong listed Citic Pacific Ltd, has awarded McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd a contract for the construction of marine facilities associated with their Sino Iron Project. Citic Pacific Mining Management Pty Ltd. is acting as the principal’s representative.

The Sino Iron Project, located at Cape Preston, approximately 1,500 km north of Perth, involves the establishment of an iron ore mine and related facilities, including marine loading and unloading facilities. McConnell Dowell’s works consist of  four separable portions:

  • Installation of caissons for service wharf, construction of a module offload facility and installation of a desalination seawater intake;

  • Construction of a  barge offload facility and dolphins and catwalks;

  • Installation of a desalination interface tank, outfall pipeline and diffuser; and

  • Construction of tug berths.

The project has an extremely tight time schedule and will involve close coordination with the Client’s designers, fabricators and other contractors on the site to finalise the detailed scope and then construct the works. Mobilisation to site has begun and our diving sub-contractor is at work preparing the sea bed for arrival of the service wharf caissons late in October 2009. Works are scheduled for completion in September 2010.

 

 

 

ENDS

About McConnell Dowell Corporation Limited:

Formed in 1960, McConnell Dowell is a world-class engineering, construction, building and maintenance group employing 6,500 people throughout Australia, Asia, New Zealand, the Pacific and the Middle East.  For almost 50 years we have continually delivered the right engineering solutions for our public and private sector clients throughout our operating geographies.

McConnell Dowell’s diverse service offering includes building, civil, electrical, fabrication, marine, maintenance, mechanical, pipeline, rail and tunnelling infrastructure capabilities in the key market sectors of building, mining, oil and gas, petrochemical, power, public infrastructure, transport and water.

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