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McConnell Dowell’s national building brand, Built Environs, excels in the design management and construction of award-winning commercial, industrial and institutional buildings, with the ability to deliver significant projects anywhere in Australia. You don’t become the five time winner of the Master Builders Association’s South Australian Commercial Builder of the Year award without good reason. Built Environs brings a strong heritage of excellence in the design management and construction of challenging commercial, industrial and institutional buildings. Employing a skilled and diverse workforce Australia-wide, Built Environs provides a range of quality building services for clients in the accommodation, education, leisure, health, and defence sectors. This capability extends to the delivery of large-scale industrial buildings for Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that the AdelaideAqua consortium, which includes McConnell Dowell, has been named by South Australian Premier Mike Rann as the preferred bidder for construction of Adelaide’s new 50-gigalitre desalination plant to be built at Port Stanvac. The AdelaideAqua consortium companies comprise Australian-based McConnell Dowell, Spanish firm Acciona Agua, Abigroup and United Utilities. Together they will design, build, operate and maintain the plant for 20 years for South Australia Water. The AdelaideAqua consortium has extensive desalination experience, construction, operational, environmental and social capability which was pivotal to being selected as preferred bidder. When completed, the Adelaide Desalination Project will deliver up to 50 billion litres of water each Read more

South Australian-based building and engineering company Built Environs has today announced acquisition of a 100% interest in the Western Australian-based Perth Building Company (PBC). This acquisition builds on the success of the very close relationship that’s developed between the two companies while working together in the Built Environs Perth Building Company joint venture (BEPBC JV). BEPBC JV projects in WA include the award-winning Burswood Office redevelopment and the Ellenbrook Shopping Centre redevelopment, currently under construction. Under the terms of the deal, all of the current PBC Directors and staff are remaining with the company, with PBC Director Adrian Ridderhof joining the Built Environs Senior Management Group as Building Manager for PBC, reporting to Read more

McConnell Dowell, as part of the Adelaide Aqua consortium (including Abigroup, Acciona Agua & United Utilities) are designing and constructing the Adelaide reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant to deliver 100 GL of desalinated water per annum, about half of Adelaide’s water needs. The Adelaide Aqua solution encompasses a range of initiatives aimed at minimising operating costs, environmental impacts and energy use including: A pre-treatment process that provides high levels of reliability, uses less energy and reduces chemical dosing requirements; A highly efficient reverse osmosis design, which sets an Australian benchmark for efficiency, energy savings and physical footprint; An innovative diffuser for the saline concentrate that will ensure adequate mixing back Read more

The Company is pleased to advise of a number of recent industry awards won by Built Environs. At the Master Builders Association (MBA) SA Building Excellence Awards ceremony on Friday night, Built Environs had great success, with two projects receiving an award in their category.  These awards were for: Excellence in a Commercial / Industrial Building over $50m for a landmark project for the Adelaide Oval Western Grandstand Redevelopment team; and Excellence in a Commercial / Industrial Building in the $10m - $20 m commercial building category for the GP Plus Health Care Centre Elizabeth project. WA has also seen recent success with the Wesley College Transition Building project team picking up an Australian Institute Read more