Contract Award Extension – Asset Inspection and Maintenance Services, Electrix, Victoria The Company is pleased to announce that Powercor Australia has awarded Electrix Pty Ltd a further extension to the existing contract for provision of Asset Inspection and Maintenance Services on the Powercor and CitiPower electricity networks in Melbourne and Western Victoria. The contract includes a cyclical inspection program for network assets in high bushfire risk areas. Electrix has successfully provided a similar range of services for Powercor since 1997 when the original Asset Inspection contract was signed. The contract has been retained continuously over this period with regular benchmarking by Powercor against the market under a competitive tender process. Read more

INFRASTRUCTURE: POWER - McConnell Dowell understands the power sector: from civil works to control systems, plants to pipelines, our team is switched on to deliver certainty and success. The Group has delivered turnkey and discrete package solutions across every power generation type including coal, gas, hydroelectric, geothermal and wind. Partnerships and repeat business with industry leaders such asAlstom, Siemens, Origin and AGL, reinforce our strength and standing. McConnell Dowell’s Electrix enhances the Group’s power capability. This ranges from traditional and renewable generation to the ‘poles and wires’ that deliver electricity to homes and businesses. As a genuine fullservice provider, Electrix also deliver and maintain electrical, gas, data and communications services to the Read more

The Bogong Power Development Project, awarded to McConnell Dowell as a design and construct (D&C) contract by AGL Southern Hydro, is the largest hydro power project constructed in Australia in 25 years. It consists of a network of tunnels and shafts and the construction of a new underground hydro electric power station in a picturesque national park near the Victorian ski fields at Falls Creek. The power station forms part of AGL Southern Hydro’s strategic energy framework for the supply of green peak demand power. It will harness the Rocky Valley and Pretty Valley branches of the East Kiewa River and existing water resources released from the Mackay Creek Power Read more

McConnell Dowell, SNC-Lavalin and Parsons Brinckerhoff consortium prove winning formula for Contact Energy. Contact Energy has awarded the contract to develop its 166 megawatt Te Mihi geothermal project in New Zealand to a consortium of partners including McConnell Dowell, SNC-Lavalin and Parsons Brinckerhoff New Zealand. McConnell Dowell has been a long time participant in the energy sector, which commenced with the development of the Huntly Power Station in New Zealand in 1977.  The company’s energy sector experience includes coal, gas, hydro, geothermal and wind farms. McConnell Dowell’s general manager, Roger McRae, said that Contact Energy’s commitment to the development of new and sustainable power generation solutions was what made it one of New Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that Alstom Power Singapore Pte Ltd has awarded McConnell Dowell South East Asia Pte Ltd the civil contract for phase A of the Keppel Merlimau Cogen II Power Station Project. The scope of work includes: all underground services for the 400MW combined cycle unit; civil foundation works for the gas and steam turbine; turbine hall; Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG); feedwater rack; approx 20,000 m3 of concrete and 2,000 t of reinforcing steel in the foundations; transformer area and miscellaneous structures; and building works for the warehouse, electrical control building and GIS Station. The contract duration is 12 months commencing March 2011.    ENDS About McConnell Dowell Corporation Limited: McConnell Dowell is a major engineering, construction, building and Read more

The Company is pleased to announce that the team at the Ambuklao and Binga Hydropower Plants Rehabilitation project in the Philippines have achieved 1,000,000 man hours LTI free. Works began on site in September 2008 and include new intakes, drop shafts and head race tunnels to both of the power stations along with dam rehabilitation works. ENDS Read more

The Company is pleased to announce the official opening of the Bogong Hydro Electric Scheme by Victorian Premier John Brumby on Friday 20 November. “The Bogong Hydro Power Station is a great example of how climate change can provide a climate of opportunity – with new investment, more jobs and a cleaner environment.” Premier Brumby said. The Bogong Power Development Project, awarded to McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd by AGL Southern Hydro in September 2006 and commissioned in October 2009, is the largest hydro power project constructed in Australia for 25 years. The design and construct scope consisted of 6.5 km of 5 m diameter hardrock tunnel constructed using a 5 m Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that Electrix has been awarded a contract by Western Power for its Asset Inspection Services. The contract scope will include asset inspection services across 50% of Western Power's electricity network in the South Western corner of Western Australia. The contract period is for an initial two year term with an option for a further one year extension. The mobilisation period for the works has commenced with field works to commence early July. The contract will see the opening of a new regional office and depot, firmly establishing Electrix in Western Australia. This contract award comes off the back of a strategic decision by Electrix Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that the Bogong Hydro Electric Scheme project received a finalist award in the 2010 Australian Constructors Association Awards (ACAA) at the gala dinner recently held in Brisbane and attended by 400 industry leaders. The Award reflects the development of a culture within the construction industry which strives for world’s best practice and also recognises outstanding construction achievements. The Chair of the 2010 ACAA judging panel, Professor Michael Dureau, said, “All seven finalists have created benchmarks for future projects to emulate, and all project teams understood and were committed to delivering excellent outcomes for the client, stakeholders and the environment.” David Logan, accepting the finalist certificate at Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that Electrix Australia has been awarded a further Asset Inspection Contract for Ergon Energy’s Central Queensland region for a period of 3+1+1 years. The Project Office has been established in Rockhampton for 8 years, and securing this new Contract is a result of hard work and continuous improvement by the Electrix team. The Contract will have more than 50 employees and contractors, spread across Central Queensland from Bowen to Bundaberg, and as far outback as Birdsville.   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 Read more