McConnell Dowell is pleased to announce that the McConnell Dowell-HEB Joint Venture has been awarded a contract by Watercare to upgrade the Pukekohe WWTP in South Auckland. This award follows the successful completion by the Joint Venture of New Zealand’s largest wastewater upgrade since 2000 at the Mangere wastewater treatment plant.  

Similar to the award-winning Mangere BNR WWTP upgrade, this contract includes construction of three reactors, a chemical dosing facility, pump station, inlet works, and associated interconnecting pipework. This upgrade at Pukekohe will allow Watercare to meet the demands of a growing population by doubling the capacity of the plant. It will also improve water quality into the Parker Lane Stream – a tributary of the Waikato River.

McConnell Dowell is pleased to announce that it has secured a number of contract awards across all operating regions in the first quarter of FY19. The Group continues to progress its market and growth strategy.

McConnell Dowell CEO Scott Cummins said, that the contracts awarded further highlight the Group as a specialist and respected infrastructure contractor that offers engineering and construction solutions to the Infrastructure, Building and Resource sectors across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, South East Asia and the Middle East.

“We continue to be proud of the work we undertake with our teams further cementing our reputation as a reliable and collaborative project delivery partner of choice,” Mr Cummins said.

“The recent awards demonstrate our growth across all core markets, accessing strategic regions and market sectors and strengthening our existing and new customer relationships”.

The continued commitment of collaborative work as a company, steady leadership and the creation and maintenance of valued relationships has resulted in the strengthening of the Group,” he said.

The following key contracts have been awarded in the first quarter of the 2019 financial year:

Webb Dock & Burnie Facilities Upgrade (Australia)
Commencing immediately, McConnell Dowell will showcase its marine expertise with the upgrade of existing wharf facilities at Webb Dock and Burnie for Toll Group. This project will be ready for operational use early 2019.

Swanson Dock Rehabilitation (Australia)
The Port of Melbourne Corporation has awarded the company a contract for further works to rehabilitate the berth at Swanson Dock.

Aviation Road & Wyndham (Australia) 
Under the Western Program Alliance, the company has recently secured the contract to remove the Aviation Road Level Rail Crossing in Laverton and construct the Wyndham Vale Stabling Yard. Both projects are scheduled to commence immediately. 
The program is focused on removing and replacing the existing level rail crossings throughout Melbourne. McConnell Dowell will provide design and construction services for the Victorian State Governments Level Crossing Removal Authority.

Neste Underpass (Singapore)  
McConnell Dowell will strengthen its reputation for underground works when constructing two underpasses for production lines, services lines and facilities at the Neste refinery in Singapore. These underpasses will connect Neste’s new facilities with its existing refinery units on the nearby islands of Tuas in Singapore. 

Clean Fuel Project (Thailand) 
The company is undertaking early works associated with the Clean Fuel Project for Thai Oil. The Project team is  ensuring the works are ready for commissioning during 2019. 

Jane Street & Mulgoa Road (Australia) 
McConnell Dowell has re-entered the NSW transport infrastructure market by securing the infrastructure upgrade contract for Jane Street and Mulgoa Road in Penrith. This project awarded by Roads & Maritime Services NSW reflects the company’s capacity to provide specialist construction solutions. Construction will commence in December and is due for completion in May 2020.

Auckland City Mission (New Zealand) 
The contract has been secured to undertake the Mission HomeGround Development Project in Auckland, as part of the City Mission Charitable Trust. This  is the first project award for Built Environs in New Zealand and signifies the successful strategic entry into the New Zealand vertical building market. The company is excited to be part of this important development, providing exceptional benefits to the community and customer. 

 
The first quarter of 2019 has started strongly, and these awards highlight the strong demand for McConnell Dowell’s value offerings and specialist capabilities in its core market sectors and targeted operating regions.

“We look forward to continued success, securing further projects, building new relationships and strengthening our existing ones,” Mr Cummins said.

McConnell Dowell is pleased to announce the award to upgrade the busy Mulgoa Road corridor between Union Road and Museum Drive including upgrade of Mulgoa Road intersections with Jane Street and High Street in Penrith.  

This Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) project, which is being funded by the Australian and NSW governments, is an important development for the Western Sydney community as on completion it will ease congestion, improve access to public and active transport, and increase road capacity to cater for future growth.   

Key elements of the scope include widening of roads, upgrading signalling, building new pedestrian/cycle paths and realigning existing utility services.  

A key challenge of the project is widening of the existing rail bridge over Castlereagh Road. Our key success factor in winning the contract was an innovative solution focused on minimising disruption to the community.  

By offering a proven, alternative bridge installation method, the company was able to demonstrate clear benefits in program, cost and safety, whilst mitigating risk, reducing rail possessions and increasing confidence in achieving critical project milestones.    

In announcing the award, McConnell Dowell’s Managing Director - Jim Frith said the award was a further demonstration of its abilities as the Creative Construction company. He continued…  

“We are very pleased to continue our relationship with RMS. This project helps us achieve our objectives of increasing our presence in the NSW and Transport markets. We look forward to meeting and exceeding all of RMS’ objectives and improving the lives of those who live in or travel through this area of Sydney.”     

Construction will commence in December 2018 with project completion due in late 2020.

McConnell Dowell is pleased to announce a new contract to upgrade existing wharf facilities at Webb Dock and Burnie on behalf of Toll. The upgrades are required to allow the wharves to receive a new larger class of vessel procured by Toll to better service the Victorian/ Tasmanian shipping route.

The project award comes after an intense and productive 10-week Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) process between the two organisations, focused on developing the best design and delivery solution to ensure the works are completed on-time.

The project will be a complex logistics challenge whereby McConnell Dowell is required to upgrade both terminals concurrently whilst maintaining full operations. 

A summary of the scope of work per location is as follows:

Webb Dock

• Quayside strengthening works including; construction of discrete sheet pile wall, removal of existing pavement, installation of 192 reinforced concrete piles, construction of concrete relieving platform, re-instatement of pavement gravels and asphalt.
• Construction of two mooring dolphins
• Construction of new abutment, removal of existing linkspan and installation of new larger linkspan
• Low/ high voltage electrical upgrades

 Burnie

• Construction of two abutment dolphins, mooring and berthing dolphins
• Construction of new abutment, removal of existing linkspan and installation of new larger linkspan
• Low/ high voltage electrical upgrades 

The delivery program is extremely tight and was a focus of the project team throughout the ECI process. McConnell Dowell worked closely with Toll to procure all long lead items throughout this phase, further demonstrating the advantages of this delivery model for complex accelerated projects.

 The project will commence immediately and will be completed ready for the new vessels at the end of February 2019.