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McConnell Dowell was selected as a sub-alliance partner for Water Corporation's 45 GL/year Perth seawater desalination plant. The plant is one of the largest desalination plant in the southern hemisphere and provides 17% of Perth's water supply MacDow's responsibility as a sub-alliance partner involved all the mechanical, structural and piping works. This included the installation of mechanical equipment including the reverse osmosis filters and pumps, and the installation of over 23,000 Read more

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 announce that the South Australia Water Corporation (SA Water) has awarded the Adelaide Desalination Transfer Pipeline Project to McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd in joint venture with Built Environs Pty Ltd. This significant award is the culmination of an extensive pre-qualification and early contractor involvement (ECI) process. The project includes the design and construction of the transfer pipeline system which will link Adelaide’s new desalination plant to its existing water supply. The scope of work 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. Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that the Water Delivery Alliance which includes Sydney Water, McConnell Dowell, Bovis Lend Lease, KBR, Worley Parsons and Environmental Resource Management, has successfully reached three significant milestones for the Sydney Desalination Plant Distribution Network project. On 26 August 2009 the team successfully completed pipelaying across Botany Bay which included world first tandem laying of twin 1,422 mm diameter pipes 7,015m across Botany Bay from Kyeemagh to Silver Beach at Kurnell. The pipes were installed from a purpose built laybarge called the Nebula. The 100 m by 30 m wide and 35 m high pipelay vessel Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that on the 18th of November two $15 million 150 t tunnel boring machines (TBMs), ‘Cora the Bora’ and ‘Nessie’, arrived on site at the 100 GL Adelaide Desalination Plant project to begin work on the 1.5 km intake and 1 km outlet tunnels. The TBMs were named by local Hallett Cove Primary School grade 5 students Selena Spink and Ellie Jamieson, who won the “Name the Tunnel Boring Machine Competition” run by SA Water and AdelaideAqua. South Australian Minister for Water Security Karlene Maywald joined Selena, Ellie and other students from Hallet Cove Primary on site to welcome the arrival of the TBMs. “It’s Read more

The Company is pleased to advise the successful completion of pipe laying on the Adelaide Desalination Plant Transfer Pipeline project, two weeks ahead of schedule. The Adelaide Desalination Plant Transfer Pipeline project is being undertaken in joint venture by McConnell Dowell and Built Environs. The scope of works included the design and construction of 9 km of 1,575 mm MSCL rising main, 1.2 km each of 1,575 mm MSCL gravity and overflow mains and four connection points into Adelaide’s drinking water supply. Within the transfer pipeline's alignment there were six tunnelled sections, one aerial crossing free spanning over 45 m and 4 km of rising main in parallel to one of Adelaide's Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that the Water Delivery Alliance (McConnell Dowell, Bovis Lend Lease, Kellogg Brown and Root, Worley Parsons, Environmental Resource Management and Sydney Water) has won the 2010 CCF Earth Awards New South Wales Division for Excellence in Civil Construction. Awards were announced on Friday, June 25 at the NSW CCF Branch Dinner. The CCF Earth Awards are Australia’s premier civil construction industry awards, and recognise contractors who display excellence in construction techniques, environmental management and project management. Each Branch holds State Awards, the winners of which are then in contention for the National Award, announced later this year. The Water Delivery Alliance was the winner in Category Read more

The company is pleased to advise that the McConnell Dowell Built Environs joint venture has achieved 500,000 man-hours LTI free on the Adelaide Desalination Plant Transfer Pipeline project. The close co-operation and good safety communication and practices by all employees and sub-contractors has contributed to this LTI free result.   ENDS About McConnell Dowell Corporation Limited: Formed in 1960, McConnell Dowell is a world-class engineering, construction, building and maintenance group with projects 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, 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