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A ground-breaking approach to protecting the local environment, and the establishment of new benchmarks for efficiency and energy savings were essential to McConnell Dowell’s success in winning the Adelaide Desalination Plant project.   In February of 2009, South Australia Water awarded the design, build, maintain and operate contract for the project to the Adelaide Aqua consortia involving McConnell Dowell. The 100GL per annum reverse osmosis plant brought McConnell Dowell’s multidiscipline capability to the fore with earthworks, civil structures, marine tunnelling, mechanical, electrical and building works all part of this $1 billion development.  Adelaide Aqua was determined to exceed the expectations of its client and the local community and introduced a range of Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that Built Environs has been selected by the Government of South Australia's Department for Families and Communities as the preferred contractor for the 102 Waymouth Street Urban Development project. The Waymouth Street Urban Development project is a 16-storey commercial residential building in the Adelaide CBD. When completed, the building will have a gross floor area of 13,300m2 and provide 138 units for a mix of rental, affordable sale and commercial sale housing. The ground floor will include an administrative and retail area, while parking will be provided for 36 cars in a triple-stack car-lift. Some of the challenges expected with this project include: Construction methodology for structure, Read more

AdelaideAqua D&C Consortium confirmed today that the Lonsdale based Adelaide Desalination Plant has produced the first desalinated water from the plant. AdelaideAqua D&C Management Committee representative, Mr Neil Cain, said that the AdelaideAqua team have done a great job achieving this milestone on this technically complex project. “The team here onsite have delivered the first desalinated water from the Adelaide desalination plant which is a critical piece of cutting edge infrastructure for South Australia’s future,” Mr Cain said. “This is a remarkable achievement for our dedicated workforce and the South Australian subcontractors who have worked hard together on this project,” he said. Project Director Duncan Whitfield said that with the completion of this activity, Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that The Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (DTEI) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) have awarded McConnell Dowell Constructors Aust Pty Ltd the design and construct, and the operate and maintain contracts for the Adelaide Living Beaches Sand Transfer Infrastructure project in Adelaide SA. The scope of work includes the design and construction of: 9km of DN315 HDPE slurry delivery pipework; Five slurry pumping stations; 3.7km of DN400 seawater supply pipework; and Two sea water supply pump platforms. The operate and maintain contract involves winning beach sand from two locations and pumping through the system for discharge at 16 locations along the metropolitan coast line over Read more