McConnell Dowell is pleased to announce the award of another gas pipeline EPC project in Thailand. PTT Public Company Limited, Thailand’s state-owned oil and gas company has awarded McConnell Dowell Constructors Thai Ltd the contract for design, procurement, construction and commissioning of a 48 km, 28-inch diameter gas pipeline linking the Provincial Gas Transmission Pipeline Project to Nakhon Ratchasima Extension Phase. The works include procurement of all line pipe, valves and permanent materials, construction of four block valve stations and tie-in facilities, SCADA and communications systems. Our team brought a proactive approach to minimising stakeholder impact through an innovative construction methodology utilising trenchless technology.
This award extends McConnell Dowell’s successful relationship with PTT over three decades and follows on from the successful completion of the Fourth Transmission Pipeline EPC2 Contract in 2014/2015, which included 60 km of 42-inch diameter pipeline, 18 block valve stations, 2 major end facilities and approx. 20 km of pipe installation by horizontal directional drilling or Direct Pipe processes. This project involved over four million workhours, was delivered Lost Time Injury Free and was an effective demonstration of collaborative stakeholder engagement.
Design works on the pipeline to Nakhon Ratchasima will commence in August 2016. The construction phase will be from mid-2017 to mid-2018.
Img: Team members at the project 'kick off' meeting
“As home to New Zealand’s second largest airport and second busiest export port, Christchurch plays a critical role in the economic development of the whole South Island,” says Transport Minister Mr Simon Bridges. “It is the transport gateway for tourism and business, making access to the city, its freight hubs and export markets critical for the economic success of the whole country.”
CSM2 includes 8km of new 4 lane motorway, 5km of existing SH1 duplication, 5km of local roads and adaptions, 7 bridges over the new highway and 1 local road culverted beneath it.
Construction will begin in October and is expected to be completed by late 2019.
“We are looking forward to continuing the tried and tested partnership that is already in play on the Russley Rd Upgrade project in Christchurch,” said CSM2 Project Manager Marc Papke. “A project of this nature helps to ensure Christchurch remains an integral hub for the South Island into the future.”
The collaboration between the two companies, which will be led by a joint management team, will combine Downer’s strength in road works and McConnell Dowell’s expertise in bridges and structures. Both companies also bring the innovations and experience developed as part of their involvement in SCIRT over the past five years.
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The McConnell Dowell Mastermyne Joint Venture (MDMJV) won at the prestigious Queensland 2016 Mining Contractor Awards last week for their technology-led innovation at Anglo American’s flagship Grosvenor mine.
Supporting Anglo’s industry-leading Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) development program, (a first in the Queensland coal industry), the MDMJV successfully applied high-productivity civil construction methods to the heavily regulated mining environment to reduce the program from 46 to 26 weeks and deliver outstanding safety and cost benefits.
The MDMJV’s broad scope of work included:
- Excavation and shotcreting of man refuges.
- Installation of drift floor using precast elements
- Pit bottom works
- Construct, install and commission of automated Blast doors
- Completion of GAG pipe (mine fire suppression apparatus) installation and concrete works
- Completion of man refuge outlet concrete works
- TBM drift fit-out including droppers and services
- Completion of CV portal works including entry ramp, surface sump and conveyor slab
- Installation of drift LED lighting
With the project delivered on a fast-track program, to budget and with zero safety incidents or interventions, Anglo America were full of praise for MDMJV’s project leadership and technical capability. And for an industry facing unpreceded challenges, these are outcomes that should be valued by all mine owners and operators.
Commenting on the award, McConnell Dowell’s Group Manager Tunnel & Underground, Russell Rooney, said…
“MDMJV have set the standard at Grosvenor Coal Mine and our experienced and capable team is ready to deliver similar results at any mine across Australia. Congratulations to all involved.”
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highlights MDMJV’s expertise in the mining industry
Pictured below with the award from left to right are: Tony Caruso (CEO Mastermyne); Harry Hartman (McConnell Dowell Queensland State Manager); Tony Zahra (Project Manager); Mike Goodall (GM Greyhound Australia, Sponsor of the Award); Minister Anthony Lytham MP (Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and Mines).
McConnell Dowell, with URS (now AECOM) as designer, partnered with Meridian on the NZ$40M, four-year refurbishment project to repair the gradual erosion of embankments and do seismic and flood protection work around the site. Working within a brief to deliver a safe, low-risk and long-term remediation solution that did not impact on operational productivity during construction, the team took an innovative approach to the particular challenges the site presented, and provided Meridian with a long lasting design solution while mitigating numerous safety and environmental risks, and saving the client half the original budget.
Meridian was delighted with the proposed solutions, health and safety management, contract management, and technical work, saying “the work was executed to a very high standard and the finished products are excellent.”
At the same awards event, McConnell Dowell Operations Manager Joe Edwards was recognised with a CCNZ Life Membership for his services to what is now Civil Contractors New Zealand (CCNZ). Joe served on the National Executive of CCNZ for 13 years including two years as President. He played a major part in bringing Roading New Zealand and the former NZ Contractors Federation together to create a much more united and effective contracting industry body as well as leading the CCNZ input into the drafting and review of the new Health and Safety legislation.
The Company is pleased to announce that PETRONAS, through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, PRPC Utilities and Facilities Sdn, Bhd., has awarded the Joint Venture “SYS-MCD (SPJ) JV” between See Yong & Son Construction Sdn Bhd and McConnell Dowell (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd the EPCC contract for Package 12B – Provision of Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Commissioning (EPCC) of Solid Product Jetty and associated Handling Facilities (SPJ) at Tanjung Setapa, as part of the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project for PETRONAS’ Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) in Pengerang, Johor.
The Package 12B SPJ Facility consists of:
- A Solid Handling Jetty comprising a 1,337m trestle, 700m jetty head, 2 container berths and a sulphur loading berth.
- Onshore Civil Works comprising a container stacking yard, truck and trailer parks, a workshop area along with distributor roads and utilities.
- Industrial Buildings comprising a 280m long Sulphur stockpile, a terminal operation and administration building, workshop, substations and other ancillary buildings.
- Topside and landside material handling system for Sulphur with loaders and unloaders including all mechanical and electrical works
The project commences immediately with a 30 month duration including an extensive 6 month Engineering design phase.
This project presents an opportunity for the SYS McConnell Dowell Joint Venture to consolidate further it’s excellence in Malaysia’s marine construction industry as well as bringing to the fore our multi discipline capabilities in material handling, industrial buildings and civil infrastructure.
We are honoured to have been selected by PRPC Utilities and Facilities Sdn. Bhd. to be part of the delivery team of the development of PIC.
