We're pleased to announce the appointment of Nicole Neal to the role of General Manager Health, Safety, Sustainability & Environment for Australia.
Nicole previously worked for McConnell Dowell across a number of senior sustainability and environment roles from 2014 until 2017.
She comes to us from Tonkin+Taylor Pty Ltd, where she was their Chief Executive for Australia and was part of their Group Leadership Team.
Nicole’s strong leadership and management of sustainability and HSE best practice is a welcome addition to our business.
Nicole becomes a member of our Australian Leadership Team, taking the female representation on this key leadership group to over 35%.
We're pleased to welcome Loren Hickey as General Manager Pre-Contracts for our Australian Business.
Loren has a strong track record in new business and pre-contracts, having worked for over a decade in senior roles at John Holland, CPB and BMD.
In addition to her professional background, Loren brings bold vision and advocacy for a better and more diverse construction sector.
She holds multiple qualifications and is a director for National Women in Construction QLD, Infrastructure Association of Queensland, and the National Association of Women in Construction.
Loren replaces Harriet Christopherson, who now leads our national rail business. Both sit on our Australian Leadership Team.
Steven Shortland!
Steven was a supervisor on our Gisborne Water Treatment Plant project in New Zealand when the most destructive tropical cyclone to ever hit the southern hemisphere, Cyclone Gabrielle, ripped through the North Island causing over NZ$13.5 billion worth of damage.
The potable water supply to the Gisborne area failed, while the road networks were significantly affected, disconnecting townships along State Highway 35. Many local roads were also closed due to landslips and flooding.
In response, Steven mobilised a range of foodbanks and charitable organisations throughout the region, helping to get essential supplies through to disconnected communities.
Well done Steven on living our Value of Safety & Care, and on winning the award.
Steven, pictured left.
The recent completion of the Main Access Tunnel at the Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project is an incredible milestone that we just had to share.
So buckle up and stay with us until the end of the video to uncover some exciting fast facts!
Read more about the project here.
The Ferguson Street level crossing removal (delivered by our Western Program Alliance) has taken home the top honour at the 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards.
The project won the landscape architecture award for in the infrastructure category, 2 months after winning at the state awards in September.
As part of a new rail trench built to carry trains below Ferguson Street, we built a brand-new North Williamstown Station inside the trench and a new station precinct at ground level.
The project included new cycling paths and pedestrian connections, thousands of new trees, plants and shrubs, seating, a table tennis table, bike storage facilities, landscaped open space, and public artwork.
The artwork features Heavy Harry, largest locomotive ever built in Australia, which was manufactured in 1941 at the Newport railway yards, only a short walk away from the Ferguson Street level crossing.
Getting around the station has also been made easier. There is a new signalised pedestrian crossing, and secure storage for 40 bikes in a new bike Parkiteer. A 4m wide shared use path has also been installed through the precinct, connecting the station with key areas of Williamstown.
Importantly, the station and landscape design ensured the station’s early 20th century heritage building was restored so it now sits proudly above the lowered platforms inside the rail trench.
The jury citation for the award praised the engaging local space that helped connect people and enhanced the local character of the area.
“The jury commends the collaborative engagement with the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation, which led to the station precinct telling a story of the land – its sheltered green ‘campgrounds’ and gathering places are complemented by inlays and etchings of water journeys and natural resources in the pavement,” it said.
“Its crafted and restrained approach reflects the community’s value of local heritage, as well as the cultural values of the Bunurong.”
More than 40,000 native plants, trees and shrubs have been planted around the station and surrounding areas, including more than 400 mature trees and over 50 different species of plants.
During construction, crews dug out around 50,000 tonnes – enough to fill 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools – of soil, clay and tough basalt rock from under Ferguson Street.