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Monthly Archives: December 2014
Galilee Basin Coal Project
Lead Company: Waratah Coal
State: QLD
Summary: China First Project
Project Progress: Awaiting approval
Employment in Construction Phase: 3,500
Employment in Operation Phase: 2,325
Total Planned Investment: $6.4 billion
Waratah Coal
Waratah Coal is an exploration and coal mine development company which focuses on the exploration and development of coal projects within the regional coal basins of Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory. Owned by subsidiary, Mineralogy Pty Ltd, Waratah Coal was founded in 2005 and is based in Brisbane.
Monadelphous acquires Water Infrastructure Group through $6 million deal
Water Infrastructure Group; a subsidiary of US company Pentair plc, is a leader in water infrastructure solutions throughout Australia and New Zealand.
BHP Billiton
BHP Billiton was founded through a merger between BHP and Billiton in 2001, but the company’s operations can be traced back to the launch of Billiton in 1851. The company has since grown to become a worldwide leader in the resources industry.
University of Sydney Grandstand Development
Lead Company: Kane Constructions
State: NSW
Summary: Development of the Grandstand at the University of Sydney
Project Progress: Underway
Total Planned Investment: $12 million
BVN Donovan Hill
From 1997 to 1999 a series of mergers between Bligh Voller Architects, Lawrence Nield and Partners Australia, Grose Bradley and Pels Innes Nielson, and Kosloff BVN formed Bligh Voller Nield, which was renamed as BVN Architecture in 2009. Then, in 2012, BVN Architecture merged with Brian Donovan and Timothy Hill’s Donovan Hill to establish BVN Donovan Hill.
ConocoPhillips
A rich and eventful past precedes the merger that produced ConocoPhillips in 2002, with the oldest ancestor company, Continental Oil and Transport Co., being formed on Nov 25, 1875; this would developed over time to become Conoco. The second parent company was established in 1917, Phillips Petroleum Company, by Frank and L.E. Phillips, brothers who set up shop in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Australia Pacific LNG
Lead Company: Origin Energy
State: QLD
Summary: Largest producer of CSG in Australia
Project Progress: Entering operational phase
Employment in Construction Phase: 10,000
Employment in Operation Phase: 1,000
Total Planned Investment: $24.7 billion
MCJV
MCJV is a joint venture between McConnell Dowell and the Australian section of Consolidated Contracting Company (CCC), these two companies have a combined total of 115 years of experience (McConnell Dowell formed 1961, CCC’s origin is in 1952), the venture itself started sometime in 2009, December the 10th, 2009 being the date MCJV was awarded the Komo Airfield contract in Papua New Guinea.
