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1961 McConnell Dowell is formed by two entrepreneurial New Zealand engineers Malcolm McConnell and Jim Dowell. 1965 A massive step forward when the company wins the contract for the Marsden Point off-shore circulatory water cooling system, then the largest submarine pipeline in New Zealand. The design solution was a world first in marine technology. 1968 New opportunities emerge from New Zealand's natural gas resources. Construction contracts on the Kapuni natural gas pipeline confirm the company's on-shore pipeline capabilities. 1971 The first overseas office is established, with an independent company in Singapore. 1972 Specialist skills in sand slurry pipelines are developed with an innovative system to pump iron sands via twin pipelines into ships moored off the rugged west coast Read more