McConnell Dowell is pleased to announced the award of the contract for civil works on the Thai Oil Clean Fuel Project in Sriracha, Thailand by UJV, the joint venture between Petrofac, Saipem and Samsung Engineering.
The overall project being delivered by UJV will transform the existing oil refinery in Sriracha, into an environmental-friendly facility, that will produce higher quality transportation fuels. The project will also increase the refinery’s production capacity from 275,000 barrels per day to 400,000 barrels per day.
McConnell Dowell’s scope includes earthworks and civil works in both greenfield and brownfield areas to support the overall project of improvement and expansion to the existing facility including the addition of new complex processing units, all required utilities and supporting facilities.
McConnell Dowell Managing Director for South East Asia Tom Dockray said this project will allow us to further develop and grow our existing relationship with not only Thai Oil but also the Joint Venture Partners (Petrofac, Saipem and Samsung Engineering). “This project represents an excellent opportunity for McConnell Dowell to build and enhance our specialist capability in Thailand and strengthen our presence in Sriracha with the recent securing of the Pump Station package for Thai Oil.”
Works have commenced on site and are scheduled to be completed in 2021.
McConnell Dowell is pleased to announce the signing of a Design and Construct Contract with Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) for the delivery of a Waste Line Replacement at the Parsons Point Alumina Refinery in Gladstone.
This marks the start of what is hoped to be a longstanding partnership with QAL and continues our successful relationship with major shareholder Rio Tinto.
McConnell Dowell’s market leading pipeline construction capability, our expertise in working in marine environments, and our commitment to maximising local participation, provides a strong foundation for project success.
The Waste line Replacement Project encompasses the broad scope of:
- Design of the new Waste Line and the augmentation design of the support structure
- Removal of the existing pipeline
- Augmentation of the support structures, including approximately 1400 piles within tidal and marine zones
- Installation of the new Waste Line- 8.8 km of DN 350 SCH 60 above ground Steel Pipeline
Works have commenced on the project and will be delivered through 2020 and 2021.
McConnell Dowell is pleased to announce the McConnell Dowell and Diona Joint Venture is one of the successful proponents for the major framework agreements for SA Water that will see $1.6 billion worth of capital works delivered in South Australia over the next four years.
In a press release, SA Water Chief Executive David Ryan said the major partners will begin delivering projects from early July 2020.
“Each of our new major framework delivery partners brings skills and experience they will share with our people as they co-manage programs of works, to ensure our customers benefit from improved service reliability and quality.”
“Investing in water networks has wide reaching and long-term benefits, from the jobs created during construction, to the sustainable prosperity of a business able to access fit for purpose water, and the ongoing health and social outcomes that clean water and reliable sanitation services embed across generations,” said Mr Ryan.
Agreeing with Mr Ryan’s statement, Paul Mathews State Manager for Diona says that securing the SA Water framework with JV partners McConnell Dowell is a significant milestone for Diona in South Australia.
“This framework will provide continuity of work for our local delivery teams, open up new opportunities for South Australians and build confidence back into the construction industry.
As we embark on this new partnership our focus will be on delivering safe, sustainable and high-quality outcomes for SA Water’s customers, our teams and the environment,” said Mr Mathews.
Mario Russo, McConnell Dowell’s General Manager SA & WA says, “We are thrilled to partner with Diona for this new joint venture. I look forward to our teams working together to deliver this new major framework partnership model, bringing McConnell Dowell’s industry-leading expertise in project delivery and collaborative governance.”
Partners will begin delivering a portfolio of projects that includes dam upgrades, water tank refurbishments, water main replacements, sewerage network upgrades and water treatment process changes from early July - the works will be spread across both metropolitan and regional South Australia.
Continuing McConnell Dowell’s legacy of delivering award-winning marine solutions internationally for almost 60 years, the team recently celebrated the installation of the first tubular piles for Port Nelson’s new wharf deck.
The first of the 48, 762mm dia tubular piles have been installed and when complete, these piles will support the new 100m long wharf deck will enable the Port to attract larger 260 to 270 metre vessels and 300 metre cruise vessels. The piles are being driven using an IHC S 200 piling hammer which arrived earlier this month from Singapore.
We are pleased to be helping deliver this important infrastructure for Port Nelson’s Main Wharf North, growing the regional economy and create a legacy that will benefit the local the import and export sectors.
The project is scheduled for completion in late 2020.
Source: https://www.portnelson.co.nz/about-the-port/latest-news/main-wharf-north-continues-to-progress-with-only-minor-delays-from-covid-19/
McConnell Dowell is proud to have set a new pipejacking record on Watercare’s Hunua 4 watermain project in Auckland.
Amiria the tunnel-boring machine (TBM) broke through at Khyber Pass Rd, setting a record of 1216 metres for the longest single drive in the southern hemisphere by a TBM greater than 3 metres diameter.
The previous pipejack record was also set by McConnell Dowell – for the Christchurch Ocean Outfall project in 2007 – by 345 metres.
McConnell Dowell project manager Richard Atkin says: “This record achievement demonstrates the skill and experience we have in our tunnelling teams, as well as our commitment to working through challenges and delivering for our client.”
There is just one more tunnelling drive to go in the final section of the watermain project, which will connect the Redoubt Rd and Khyber Pass reservoirs. At 1296m-long, this drive will break the record again.
Amiria was named by a child in Starship Hospital. It is the te reo Māori version of Amelia, which means hardworking.
“She’s certainly lived up to her name,” Atkin says. “In this tunnelling drive she bored through more than a kilometre of basalt rock, and curves with a radius of 750m, which placed pressure on the interjacking stations.”
Watercare project manager David Moore says: “The beauty of this part of the project is that we’ve built this huge piece of infrastructure and very few people even knew it was happening. We tunnelled from right next to the new Westfield Newmarket mall under New Zealand’s busiest road – the southern motorway – to Khyber Pass Rd without disturbing the public.”
The 60-tonne, closed-faced Herrenknecht machine bored at depths up to 30 metres below ground level.
Most of the 31-kilometre watermain has been laid with open trenching, but tunnelling was chosen for most of the final section between Market Rd and Khyber Pass to minimise disruption to a busy urban area.
The project, which caters for Auckland’s growing population and adds resilience to the water network, has been completed in 11 sections and will be finished next year.
