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The Company is pleased to announce that McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd, as a part of the Northern Network Alliance (NNA), has laid the last pipe of the 48 kilometre Northern Pipeline Interconnector (NPI) – Stage 2 project. In another great milestone, the NNA Pipeline project has also just completed 500,000 man-hours LTI free, an exceptional safety achievement indicative of the dedication, planning and management of the project team to deliver this project safely. NPI Stage 2 is the final component of both the south east Queensland water grid and McConnell Dowell’s six years of dedicated work to secure south east Queensland’s water supply. McConnell Dowell has been at the construction forefront Read more

Completing the longest pipe-jack in the Southern Hemisphere was just one achievement on this latest pipeline project for LinkWater and the Queensland State Government. The project included planning, design, construction and commissioning of approximately 48 km of underground, reverse-flow pipeline connecting the existing Northern Pipeline Interconnector (stage 1) to the Noosa Water Treatment Plant at Cooroy. The scope also included the construction of a balance tank, several pump stations, a water quality facility and growth to existing facilities. A major challenge to construction was the Queensland flooding. At one point construction was halted for a continuous 18 day period. An exceptional safety achievement awarded to McConnell Dowell was the bringing up of Read more

The Company is pleased to advise the McConnell Dowell Constructors Thai Ltd have been awarded the EPC contract for the IRPC Gas Pipeline project in Rayong, Thailand by PTT Public Company Ltd (PTT). The pipeline is required to transport gas from PTT’s Third Transmission Parallel Gas pipeline to downstream customers at the Integrated Refinery and Petrochemical Public Company (IRPC) at Rayong. The project will commence on Read more

The Company is pleased to advise the McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd have been selected by ERM as the preferred ECI contractor for the Braemar 3 gas pipeline in Queensland, Australia.The scope includes the design, engineering, procurement, construction, testing and pre-commissioning of a 16’’ x X70 pipeline and its associated facilities.  The Braemar 3 pipeline will be tied in at the ’Kenya’ facility and will run generally south toward the New South Wales border for 155 km and connect to a new gas fired power plant.ERM intends to work with Macdow in an Early Contractor Involvement process with the aim of forming an EPC Contract by October 1, 2009. Read more

The Company is pleased to advise the McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd as part of the Northern Network Alliance (NNA),  have been awarded the Northern Interconnector Stage 2 Project (NPI) by LinkWater, a Queensland Government owned company.The NPI – Stage 2 is a vital piece of infrastructure designed to help secure the water supply for South East Queensland, including the Sunshine Coast.The works include planning, design, construction and commissioning of approximately 48 km of underground, reverse-flow pipeline which will connect the existing Northern Pipeline Interconnector (stage 1) at Eudlo to the Noosa Water Treatment Plant at Cooroy. The works also include the construction of a balance tank, several pump Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that the HDD team on the IRPC Natural Gas Pipeline Project in Rayong, Thailand, successfully completed a 1,877 m long horizontal directional drill using the intersect technique on Wednesday, 2 June. The drill was completed using McConnell Dowell's American Auger DD625 rig in conjunction with two other HDD rigs supplied by our subcontractor, Strega. The team used the 280 tonne capacity DD625 rig to drill a 121/4" dia. pilot hole at depths of approximately 30 metres over a length of 1,817 metres. Due to the softness of the soil formation at the far end, steering past this point became difficult. This rig was equipped with the 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

The Company is pleased to advise that we were the recipient of multiple Safety and Environmental awards at the recent NZ Contractors’ Federation Awards night in Auckland. The Mechanical business was the Safety winner on the night in the projects under $500,000 category. The Rosedale Outfall project won two safety awards and one environmental award on the night. The project was the joint Safety winner (projects over $10 million) as well as joint winner over all categories. The project was also the joint Environmental winner (projects over $10 million). The awards are hotly contested and confirm our position as a leader in the Safety and Environmental fields in construction in New Zealand.   ENDS About McConnell 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

MCJV, a joint venture between McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd and Consolidated Contracting Company Australia Pty Ltd, today announced it will commence immediate delivery of the Australia Pacific LNG 415 km main export pipeline and associated facilities. The delivery of the 36” and 42” diameter gas pipeline and associated facilities from the coal seam gas (CSG) fields in the Surat and Bowen basins in south western and central Queensland to Curtis Island, off Gladstone, follows MCJV’s completion of the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and early works contract awarded in December 2009 by Australian Pacific LNG. Mark Twycross, General Manager - Pipelines, McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd said the project Read more