John Holland Group
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 John Holland headquarters in Melbourne | |
| Industry | Construction |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founder | John Holland |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
Area served | Australia New Zealand South East Asia |
Key people | Joe Barr (CEO) |
| Parent | China Communications Construction |
| Website | www |
The John Holland Group is an infrastructure, building, rail and transport business operating in Australia and New Zealand. Headquartered in Melbourne, it is a subsidiary of China Communications Construction.
History
[edit]The company was founded in 1949 by John Holland.[1] In 1991 the business was purchased by Janet Holmes à Court's Heytesbury Pty Ltd. In 2000, Leighton Holdings bought a 70% stake in the company, this was increased to 99% in 2004 and 100% in December 2007.[2] In December 2002, the construction assets of Transfield Holdings were acquired.[3][4]
In November 2012, John Holland Tunnelling was awarded the International Tunnelling Contractor of the Year, for the Northern Sewerage Project in Melbourne.[5]
In December 2014, Leighton Holdings agreed terms with China Communications Construction to sell John Holland.[6][7][8] The transaction was completed in April 2015 after the Federal Government approved the sale.[9]
Major projects
[edit]Major projects include:
- Picnic Bay Jetty, Queensland, completed in 1959[10]
- Captain Cook Bridge, Sydney, completed in 1965[11]
- Roseville Bridge, Sydney, completed in 1966[12]
- Second Como railway bridge, Sydney, completed in 1972[13]
- William Walter Mason Bridge, Queensland, completed in 1977[14]
- West Gate Bridge, Melbourne, completed in 1978[15]
- Splityard Creek Dam, Queensland, completed in 1980[16]
- AIS Arena, Canberra, completed in 1981[17]
- Sydney Entertainment Centre, completed in 1983[18]
- Parliament House, Canberra, completed in 1988[19]
- Newman to Port Hedland section of the Great Northern Highway, completed in 1990[20]
- Borallon Correctional Centre, Queensland, completed in 1990[21]
- Joondalup Health Campus, Perth, completed in 1998[22]
- Goodwill Bridge, Brisbane, completed in 2001[23]
- Alice Springs to Darwin railway line, completed in 2004[24]
- Eleanor Schonell Bridge, Brisbane, completed in 2006[25]
- Open-pool Australian lightwater reactor, Sydney, completed in 2006[26]
- Lane Cove Tunnel, Sydney, completed in 2007[27]
- Mandurah railway line, Western Australia, completed in 2007[28]
- EastLink, Melbourne, completed in 2008[29]
- Airport Flyover, Brisbane, completed in 2011[30]
- Windsor to Kedron section of the Northern Busway, Brisbane, completed in 2012[31]
- Airport Link, Brisbane, completed in 2012[32]
- South Road Superway, Adelaide, completed in 2014[33]
- Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill section of the Inner West Light Rail, Sydney, completed in 2014[34]
- Stage 2 of the South West Rail Link, Sydney, completed in 2015[35]
- City to Maribyrnong River, Regional Rail Link, Melbourne, completed in 2015[36]
- South Island line, Hong Kong, completed in 2016[37]
- Ravenhall Correctional Centre, Victoria, completed in 2017[38]
- Sydney Metro Northwest, Sydney, completed in 2019[39]
- M4 East, Sydney, completed in 2019[40]
- Canberra Metro, completed in 2019[41]
- West Gate Tunnel, Melbourne, due to be completed in 2023[42]
- Calvary Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, due to be completed in 2020[43]
- Sydney Metro City & Southwest, Sydney, due to be completed in 2024[44]
- Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, completed in August 2022[45]
- Sunbury railway line upgrade, Melbourne, due to be completed in 2023[46]
- Metro Tunnel, Melbourne, due to be completed in 2025[47]
Transport
[edit]As part of the consortium selected to build the Alice Springs to Darwin railway line, John Holland took a 7.5% shareholding in the Asia Pacific Transport Consortium in 2000.[48] John Holland has interests in Metro Trains Melbourne and Metro Trains Sydney that operate the Melbourne suburban train network and Sydney Metro respectively.[49][50]
In January 2012, John Holland commenced the operation and maintenance of the New South Wales Regional Network under a ten-year contract with Transport for NSW, comprising 2,400 route kilometres of operational passenger and freight rail lines and 3,100 route kilometres of non-operational lines.[51][52] This ceased at the end of 2021 with the contract passing to UGL Rail.[53]
In April 2019, John Holland commenced the operation and maintenance of the Canberra Light Rail through its Canberra Metro Operations (CMET) joint venture.[54][55]
In July 2020, John Holland became responsible for maintenance of the Glenelg tram line in Adelaide as part of the Torrens Connect consortium.[56][57] In April 2022, Transdev John Holland commenced operating Sydney Bus Region 9 in the Eastern Suburbs under contract to Transport for NSW.[58][59]
References
[edit]- ^ "Australia's Honours". 1973. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Australia's Leighton acquires 70% in John Holland". Asia Times. 25 January 2000. Archived from the original on 25 September 2000. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ John Holland acquires TRansfield's construction business Leighton Holdings 12 December 2002
- ^ Leighton to buy Transfield Constructions Australian Financial Review 13 December 2002
- ^ "John Holland Tunnelling wins International Award". 17 January 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ John Holland to be acquired by Chinese Communications Construction Company Archived 19 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine John Holland 12 September 2014
- ^ John Holland Purchase Brings First Large Chinese Construction Company To Oz Business Review Australia
- ^ Leighton to Sell John Holland Unit to Chinese Construction Company Wall Street Journal 11 December 2014
- ^ "Australia approves sale of construction firm John Holland to China". BBC News. 8 April 2015.
- ^ "Jetty popular with kegs in the drink". Magnetic Bay Community News. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The Opening of the Captain Cook Bridge (1965)". Sydney Flashbacks. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ Johnson, Bob (6 March 1966). "Easter 'egg' for motorists — another bridge". The Sun-Herald. p. 57.
- ^ "Como (Georges River) Underbridge". Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales Government. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "W W Mason Bridge, 1977". Stratford History. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Commencement of works". West Gate Bridge Memorial. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Wivenhoe Power Station: Official Opening" (PDF). Queensland Flood Commission. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Bruce Stadium & National Indoor Stadium Precinct / National Athletics Stadium & National Indoor Sports & Training Centre" (PDF). Australian Institute of Architects ACT Chapter: Register of Significant Architecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "John Holland: Builder whose works spanned a nation". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "25 Years on: Calling on Parliament House constructors". Indesign Live. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "The Dream Becomes Reality". Western Roads. 15 (1). Perth, Western Australia: Main Roads Department: 1. March 1990.
- ^ "History of contract management in Queensland Corrections" (PDF). Australian Institute of Criminology. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Signing of agreement on expanded Joondalup health facility". Government of Western Australia. 24 April 1996. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ "Goodwill Pedestrian Bridge". Structurae. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Australasia Railway Project". AustralAsia Railway Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 November 2002. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Eleanor Schonell Bridge". Systra IBT. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "OPAL multi-purpose reactor". Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Workcover blames construction bungles for tunnel collapse". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 March 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Contract signed for rail project's 70 km 'backbone'". Public Transport Authority, Government of Western Australia. 23 May 2004. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Who's involved?". Southern and Eastern Integrated Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 1 June 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
- ^ "Airport flyover to finish early". Brisbane Times. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Airport link and Northern Busway" (PDF). ANCR. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ CityNorth Infrastructure, Delivering the Projects Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "John Holland to construct $812 million South Road Superway". Construction and Maintenance. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "John Holland awarded Sydney light rail extension contract". Railway Gazette International. 7 June 2012.
- ^ "$550 million South West Sydney Rail Link contract awarded". Archived from the original on 2 March 2011.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ City - Maribyrnong River Regional Rail Link, Retrieved 4 January 2020
- ^ "Leighton Awarded SIL (E) Contracts". Tunneling Journal. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Ravenhall Correctional Centre" (PDF). ANCR. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Getting on with the job: $1.15 billion Tunnelling Contract on North West Rail Link". Transport for News South Wales. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Leighton team scoops $2.7bn Sydney motorway". Construction Index. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Financial close reached for Canberra metro rail project". Infra PPP World. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "John Holland and CPB Contractors JV to build Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel Project". Global Construction. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "John Holland to build biggest hospital in South Australia". Construction Global. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "The big dig: New Harbour Metro crossing underway". Sydney Metro. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Sydney Football Stadium cost blows out by $99 million as government signs new deal". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Cimic Group wins rail and road contracts in Melbourne worth more than $600m". Global Construction Review. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Metro Tunnel PPP Project Summary" (PDF). Government of Victoria. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ John Holland set to share in $1.2bn Alice Springs-Darwin Rail Project Leighton Holdings 18 October 2000
- ^ John Holland Joint Venture Awarded New 7-Year Contract To Operate And Maintain Melbourne’s Metro Trains John Holland 12 September 2017
- ^ Sydney Metro Trains Facility Engineers Australia
- ^ "Country Rail Contracts". NSW Government. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ John Holland takes over NSW country regional rail network Track & Signal issue 16/2 May 2012 page 8
- ^ New deal underpins strong future for Country Regional Network Transport for NSW 12 February 2021
- ^ "Capital Metro Contract Summary" (PDF). Transport Canberra and City Services. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ Preparing Canberra light rail Tramways & Urban Transit issue 979 July 2019
- ^ Adelaide Bus and Public Transport Contracts Announced Australasian Bus & Coach 10 March 2020
- ^ UGL and John Holland to operate Adelaide trams Metro Report International 12 March 2020
- ^ Transdev John Holland JV Sets Pathway To Greener Connections In Sydney's Eastern Suburbs Transdev 26 November 2021
- ^ Sydney Region 9 bus contract secured: John Holland-Transdev Australasian Bus & Coach 26 November 2021
External links
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Categories:
- Companies based in Melbourne
- Construction and civil engineering companies of Australia
- Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1949
- Railway infrastructure companies of Australia
- Australian companies established in 1949
- 2015 mergers and acquisitions
- Australian subsidiaries of foreign companies