The company is pleased to announce that the Pinkenba Malting Project in Queensland has reached 200,000 man hours with no lost time injuries. The malting facility is being constructed on a complex mechanical project site utilising numerous subcontractors where effective communication is pivotal to good safety outcomes. The site team are successfully doing this and ensuring safe work practices at all times for all employees and subcontractors. The whole project team is congratulated for achieving this 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 Read more

The company is pleased to announce that the team working on the IRPC Natural Gas Pipeline Project has achieved 500,000 man-hours without an LTI. Safe work practices implemented on the project have been focused on the key risks which include overhead power cables, buried services and traffic control. Sheet piling has been used extensively to support trenches in soft ground and provide stability for the buried parallel water mains. Directional drilling has been used extensively where the proximity of existing water pipelines would not permit the safe excavation of trenches. The recent introduction of Notevault, a telephone based reporting system has provided further improvements to the safety reporting system and the reporting Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that PT McConnell Dowell Services has been awarded the Koniambo Bag House Assembly works for Koniambo Nickel SAS (KNS). The scope of work includes load in of free issued client equipment, fabrication of temporary transportation steelwork, and the assembly of the coal bag filters at our Batam facility. The three main items; raw bag house (150 t), bag house filter (25 t), and silo bag filter (10 t) will then be loaded out to barge for transportation to New Caledonia with the necessary sea fastening. Assembly works commence immediately with overall completion by December 2010. This award follows on from our recent construction contract win by our New Read more

The Company is very pleased to announce that the PARs project in Singapore has achieved 3 million man hours without a Lost Time Injury. The scope of works includes the erection of 7,000 Ton of structural steel and installation of 156,000m of pipe work. 130 pipe rack modules manufactured in our Batam yard have also been installed on site. Working in and adjacent to the existing live plant, under a stringent multiple permit-to-work system, and interfacing with numerous other contractors are the challenges faced on a daily basis which the project team has successfully managed. There have been many safety initiatives and training programmes on this project including Safety for Eyes, Hands, Working Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that the McMahon Leighton joint venture has awarded McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd a flashbutt welding subcontract on their BHP Billiton Rapid Growth Project 5 (RGP5) Rail Infrastructure Project at Port Hedland, Western Australia. RGP5 rail is a project to duplicate 220km of existing heavy haul line between Port Hedland and shaw Siding on the Newman/Yandi Line in the Pilbara region. MacDow will supply a 2 man crew and our specialist flashbutt welder to assist in the final stages of the project. Mobilisation to site begins shortly with a two month project schedule.       ENDS About McConnell Dowell Corporation Limited: Formed in 1960, McConnell Dowell is a world-class engineering, Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that the Techport Australia Common User Facility (CUF) won the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) Project Management Achievement Award for an engineering / construction project in excess of $100 million on Friday, September 3. The Project Management Achievement Awards recognise excellence in all aspects of project management across Australia. The strict submission criteria focus on the discipline of project management, rather than construction or engineering expertise, with an emphasis on planning and problem solving. Trevor Lambert, Jim Frith and Jim Miller accepted the award on behalf of the McConnell Dowell Built Environs joint venture team. This is the 3rd industry award for this project and follows Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that ASL Marine Holdings has awarded PT McConnell Dowell Services a contract for the design and construction of a 150 m jetty, a layby berth and associated dolphins at their Batam shipyard. Construction works commence this month with project completion scheduled for August 2011. This is the 2nd marine project the Company has secured from our valuable Client ASL Marine. In 2009 we extended their shipyard jetty at Batam.     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 Read more

The Company is pleased to announce that JTC Corporation has awarded McConnell Dowell South East Asia Pte Ltd the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the diversion of the existing 48” submarine oil pipeline at Ayer Chawan Basin, Jurong Island. Due to land reclamation works within the Ayer Chawan basin, the existing submarine 48” pipeline, which was installed by McConnell Dowell in 1980 needs to be replaced by a new approx 1km land 50” pipeline. Once the new 50” pipeline has been fully constructed and tested the hot tapping works will commence to divert the oil into the new pipeline, thereby ensuring no stoppage of oil delivery to the refinery. Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that the Dutco McConnell Dowell Middle East team working on the Dubai Supply Authority DUSUP Project has achieved one million man-hours without an LTI. The site team has worked diligently to raise safety awareness and safe work behaviours on the project and consistently achieved all the targets set. The current Near Miss Incident Frequency Rate also sits at 74 and the project has had 20,557 HSE observation cards.     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 Read more

The Company is pleased to announce that VicRoads has awarded McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd the construction contract for the Breakwater Road Redevelopment project. Breakwater Road is an essential crossing of the Barwon River, carrying around 20,000 vehicles each day. The existing bridge is in a flood plain and when it rains heavily it has to be closed down, forcing traffic through the centre of Geelong and causing delays for drivers. There is also a height restriction with the current intersection which means trucks bigger than 3.7 metres can’t fit under the Melbourne-Warrnambool rail bridge. The new bridge will be built 12 metres higher than the existing bridge, meaning Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort (MBSIR) Project in Singapore achieved 1,250,000 man-hours LTI free on Saturday, 21 August. This new safety milestone was achieved just under three months after achieving one million man-hours LTI Free and culminates with the completion of the technically difficult and accelerated Crystal Pavilions RC Work on site. With the completion of this major portion of the works, the Project enters the final stages of completion with the current accelerated program aiming for completion of all follow-on works by mid-November 2010. The project team has been operating this congested and logistically challenging marine site 24 hours 6 days a week for Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that the North Melbourne Station Upgrade has won the Category 4 division (projects valued between $20m and $75m) at the 2010 Victorian CCF Earth Awards for Excellence in Civil Construction. Awards were announced on Friday, August 20 at the Victorian 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. The Department of Infrastructure together with Connex awarded McConnell Dowell the design and construct contract for the North Melbourne Railway Station Upgrade. Construction included the new rail station building to provide improved amenity to commuters; a new concourse extending Read more