John Holland Group
The John Holland Group is a construction, tunnelling, rail, building and services provider with operations in Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia and the Middle East. Headquartered in Melbourne, it is a subsidiary of China Communications Construction.
Industry | Construction |
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Founded | 1949 |
Founder | John Holland |
Headquarters | , Australia |
Area served | Australia New Zealand South East Asia |
Key people | Joe Barr (CEO) |
Revenue | $4.2 billion (2018) |
$88 million (2018) | |
Parent | China Communications Construction |
Website | www |
History
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
Major projects include:
- Picnic Bay Jetty, Queensland, completed in 1959[10]
- Captain Cook Bridge, Sydney, completed in 1965[11]
- Second Como railway bridge, Sydney, completed in 1972[12]
- William Walter Mason Bridge, Queensland, completed in 1977[13]
- West Gate Bridge, Melbourne, completed in 1978[14]
- Splityard Creek Dam, Queensland, completed in 1980[15]
- AIS Arena, Canberra, completed in 1981[16]
- Sydney Entertainment Centre, completed in 1983[17]
- Parliament House, Canberra, completed in 1988[18]
- Newman to Port Hedland section of the Great Northern Highway, completed in 1990[19]
- Borallon Correctional Centre, Queensland, completed in 1990[20]
- Joondalup Health Campus, Perth, completed in 1998[21]
- Goodwill Bridge, Brisbane, completed in 2001[22]
- Alice Springs to Darwin railway line, completed in 2004[23]
- Eleanor Schonell Bridge, Brisbane, completed in 2006[24]
- Open-pool Australian lightwater reactor, Sydney, completed in 2006[25]
- Lane Cove Tunnel, Sydney, completed in 2007[26]
- Mandurah railway line, Western Australia, completed in 2007[27]
- EastLink, Melbourne, completed in 2008[28]
- Airport Flyover, Brisbane, completed in 2011[29]
- Windsor to Kedron section of the Northern Busway, Brisbane, completed in 2012[30]
- Airport Link, Brisbane, completed in 2012[31]
- South Road Superway, Adelaide, completed in 2014[32]
- Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill section of the Dulwich Hill Line, Sydney, completed in 2014[33]
- Stage 2 of the South West Rail Link, Sydney, completed in 2015[34]
- City to Maribyrnong River, Regional Rail Link, Melbourne, completed in 2015[35]
- South Island line, Hong Kong, completed in 2016[36]
- Ravenhall Correctional Centre, Victoria, completed in 2017[37]
- Sydney Metro Northwest, Sydney, completed in 2019[38]
- M4 East, Sydney, completed in 2019[39]
- Canberra Metro, completed in 2019[40]
- West Gate Tunnel, Melbourne, due to be completed in 2023[41]
- Calvary Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, due to be completed in 2020[42]
- Sydney Metro City & Southwest, Sydney, due to be completed in 2024[43]
- Sydney Football Stadium (2022), Sydney, due to be completed in 2022[44]
- Sunbury railway line upgrade, Melbourne, due to be completed in 2023[45]
- Metro Tunnel, Melbourne, due to be completed in 2026[46]
Rail
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.[47] John Holland has interests in Metro Trains Melbourne and Metro Trains Sydney that operate the Melbourne suburban train network and Sydney Metro respectively.[48][49]
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.[50][51]
In April 2019, John Holland commenced the operation and maintenance of the Canberra Light Rail through its Canberra Metro Operations (CMET) joint venture.[52][53]
In July 2020, John Holland became responsible for maintenance of the Glenelg tram line in Adelaide as part of the Torrens Connect consortium.[54][55]
References
- "Australia's Honours". 1973. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- "Australia's Leighton acquires 70% in John Holland". Asia Times. 25 January 2000. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- 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". 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.
- "The Opening of the Captain Cook Bridge (1965)". Sydney Flashbacks. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- "Como (Georges River) Underbridge". Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales Government. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- "W W Mason Bridge, 1977". Stratford History. 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. 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: Official Journal of the Main Roads Department, Western Australia. Perth, Western Australia: Main Roads Department. 15 (1): 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. 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.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
- "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