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The Company is pleased to announce that the Environment Management Team from Origin/APLNG Pipelines have recently received an Australia Biosecurity Award. The team received the award on Tuesday 5 March at the National Convention Centre, Canberra. The award was in recognition of their cooperation and coordination in assisting the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) manage the exotic Siamese snail detections on the prefabricated buildings from Thailand.   Photo (left to right): Brett O'Donovan MCJV, Warren Twist and David Johnson from APLNG Read more

The company is pleased to announce that the Huntly North Shaft project received an award for safety innovation at the inaugural Site Safe Construction Health and Safety Awards 2012 in Auckland. The Safety Innovation Award is for a Site or Company demonstrating the best new idea or initiative to drive improvements in Health and Safety Systems or behaviours; address or manage a specific hazard; create a design solution to address a problem;, or to improve productivity. The Award recognises the successful implementation of a number of creative solutions developed by the Huntly North Shaft team to address the significant and potentially fatal hazards associated with this technically complex underground project. Read more

McConnell Dowell has cleaned up at this year’s Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA) awards winning in the categories of safety and the inaugural environmental award. Pipelines is working on all four of the major CSG to LNG pipeline projects in Queensland, including: Australia Pacific LNG Export Pipeline; QCLNG Export and Gas Collection Header Pipeline; QCLNG Export Pipeline – Narrows Crossing; and Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) Project. The 2012 annual APIA Safety Award was awarded to McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd for our new and well-defined safety system, Driving Safely – Journey Management and Emergency Preparedness on Mega Pipeline Projects. Using the current major pipeline projects in Queensland as case studies, the journey management centre provides Read more

The Company is pleased to announce McConnell Dowell South East Asia Pte Ltd has been awarded its first environmental award by the Building and Construction Authority on 24 May 2012. The award recognises progressive builders who take the effort to address environmental and public concerns arising from construction works and serves to develop a more positive image of the industry over time in Singapore. The Building and Construction Authority reviewed the following projects as part of the award selection process: Design and Construction of Station at Beauty World and Tunnels for Downtown Line Stage 2 (C916) Upgrading of Underground Link between Orchard MRT and Tang Plaza (ER337) Collyer Quay Underpass Project Key environmental features in the Read more

The company is pleased to announce that Rio Tinto have awarded McConnell Dowell the Tug Harbour Marine works for the Cape Lambert Port B Project, Western Australia. The scope includes marine works associated with the construction of a new tug pen, pontoons and access gangways. The works also include the installation of navigation aids, piping works and various electrical works. Read more

The Company is pleased to announce that Essar has awarded McConnell Dowell an EPC contract for the marine structures and topsides for 3 berths associated with the Jurong Aromatics Complex (JAC) development in Singapore. The scope of work includes the design, procurement and construction of marine works, on-shore civil works and all associated mechanical, piping, and electrical and instrumentation works. Read more

The Company is pleased to announce that New Zealand’s Transmission Grid owner and operator, Transpower NZ Ltd, has awarded Electrix Ltd the renewal of existing term maintenance contracts. The re-issue lengthens the contract by a further 6+3 years demonstrating the successful achievement of repeat business. Key awards include: Station Contracts for Northland, Central North Island, Upper North Island Metering, South Island HVDC and Otago/Southland.Lines Contracts for Auckland/Waikato, Central North Island and Otago/Southland. Read more

The Company is pleased to announce that the Bakewell Underpass Project has won the 2008 Engineers Australia Engineering Excellence Awards, South Australian Division, for Excellence in Infrastructure and Building Projects. The awards were announced on Saturday, August 30, at the South Australian Engineers Australia Branch Dinner. The Excellence Awards recognise the highest level of achievement in the engineering field. They provide peer recognition of outstanding engineering work as well as providing an opportunity to showcase and celebrate the invaluable contribution the engineering profession makes to the community. Each Branch holds State Awards, the winners of Read more

We are pleased to announce that the Southern Regional Water Pipeline Alliance Project (SRWP) was awarded runner-up status in the 2007 Chevron Health and Safety awards announced at the International Pipeline & Offshore Contractors Association (IPLOCA) conference in Athens on 2 October 2008. The awards acknowledge companies who proactively prevent accidents and injuries on their projects and demonstrate outstanding safety results. The selection criteria included demonstration of proactive programmes and/or processes, unique innovations or initiatives to avoid accidents and well-defined systems, procedures or practices which Read more

The New Zealand Contractors Federation has awarded the Hobson’s Bay Sewer Tunnel project the 2009 Environmental Award for Contracts over $10 million.   This achievement recognises the dedication that joint venture partners MacDow and Fletcher have shown to protecting the environment through both design innovation and construction implementation. The use of TBM technology in the delivery of the tunnel allowed a shallow alignment to be selected, reducing pumping requirements and energy demand. This reduction in energy consumption is approximately equivalent to a reduction of 160T of carbon dioxide per annum. On a local level the project was delivered within 100 m of local residents without significant disruption. The provision of a noise proof shed above Read more