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The Company is pleased to announce that the team on the Beauty World Station Project have achieved 100,000 man hours LTI free. Design and construction of the new underground station began in March this year and the works include design and construction of two MRT tunnels, 1,100 m bored tunnels with an internal diameter of 5.8 m, two cross passages and 135 m of cut and cover tunnels. ENDS Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that final inspection of the waterway at Bogong Hydro Electric Scheme was successfully completed on the 4th September and the tunnel plug door closed. Filling of the main headrace tunnel commenced at 14:00 AEST via the cooling water offtake at McKay Creek (around 200L/s) to provide a buffer of water up against the plug prior to the main fill commencing. Water will be directed into the waterway from the McKay Creek Power Station turbines, from around 06:00 this Sunday, the 6th September. Filling will be controlled such that 20 m head will be added per hour. All going Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that Project Hobson was the joint winner of the Category 4 Section ($20 million dollar projects and above) at the annual NZ Contractors Federation Construction Awards dinner on 6 August 2010.  The NZCF Construction Awards recognise excellence in the construction sector and are regarded as the premier construction awards in New Zealand. Watercare Services awarded McConnell Dowell, in joint venture, the construction of the Hobson Bay Tunnel Project located in Auckland.  The project was to replace a 90 year old sewage pipe that crosses the Bay, on Auckland's waterfront Tamaki Drive. The tunnel offers greater sewerage capacity to cater for projected population growth in the area and Read more

The Company is pleased to announce that construction and commissioning work on the St Marys Water Plant in New South Wales is now complete. The official opening of the plant was conducted by NSW Premier Kristina Keneally, Water Minister Phil Costa and Member for Londonderry Allan Shearan on Tuesday, 5 October. McConnell Dowell, as part of the Deerubbin WaterFutures Consortium, was awarded the design, construct, operate and maintain (DBOM) project in August 2007 as part of the Western Sydney Recycled Water Initiative. The project takes wastewater from three plants at Quakers Hill, St Marys and Penrith and treats it using reverse osmosis, which involves pushing already treated wastewater through extremely Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that Prysmian Powerlink has awarded McConnell Dowell Abu Dhabi LLC the Powerlink 400kV Tunnel contract. The project scope includes the design, manufacture and installation of precast concrete culverts; construction of cable tunnels for water and road crossings; installation of ventilation/access shafts; expansion of existing access roads to accommodate installation of cable troughs; and an extension of drainage culverts to accommodate extra widths of existing and new access roads. Approximate quantities for the work are: 24,000 m Route length (overall 400kV circuit); 470m Box Culvert (3m x 3m ID); 1,300m of 2.8m dia Pipe Jacking in three sections of the route; Road and bridge crossings in Yas Island; 9,000m widening of existing Read more

McConnell Dowell, Fletcher, Obayashi, Beca, Parsons Brinckerhoff and Tonkin & Taylor consortium prove winning formula for NZTA’s significant Waterview link. The New Zealand Transport Agency has today awarded Auckland’s Waterview connection contract to a consortium of partners including constructors, McConnell Dowell, Fletcher Construction and Obayashi Corporation, and designers Beca, Parsons Brinckerhoff and Tonkin & Taylor.  The consortium will work together with NZTA to deliver the project and the partners bring significant expertise to the project, including specific tunnel design, system and construction expertise at both a local and international level.  This is the single largest project ever delivered in New Zealand to date. The Waterview connection is integral to the completion of Read more