Thiess John Holland has won the coveted 2009 Australian Construction Achievement Award for the delivery of the EastLink project in Melbourne. Project Director Gordon Ralph accepted the award on behalf of the Thiess John Holland joint venture at a function held in Sydney earlier this month.
Considered Australia’s most prestigious construction honour, this is the third time in five years that John Holland has won the award. In 2004, John Holland won the award for the delivery of the Darwin to Alice Springs Railway project. In 2006, John Holland received the award for work on the Runway Main Construction Works project at Melbourne Airport.
"This award acknowledges the outstanding quality of work that went into the delivery of EastLink," said David Stewart, John Holland’s Group Managing Director. "Over 13,000 people worked on the project from tender to completion, developing innovative construction solutions to overcome many challenges. I congratulate all of the Thiess John Holland joint venture staff involved over the 48 months it took to complete."
The Chair of the 2009 ACAA judging panel, Professor Archie Johnston, said that while all five finalists were outstanding, the EastLink project was exceptional across all of the evaluation criteria.
"The successful delivery of the EastLink mega project demonstrates that our construction industry is amongst the best in the world, and stands willing and able to successfully complete many more major infrastructure projects and resource projects in the future, both in Australia and overseas."
Opened almost six months ahead of schedule, the $2.5 billion EastLink project was developed to provide much needed traffic congestion relief for commuters in Melbourne’s growing eastern suburbs. The project was delivered in partnership with Thiess Pty Ltd as Joint Venture Partner, in close collaboration with the ConnectEast consortium, the Victorian Government’s Southern Eastern Integrated Transport Authority (SEITA) and multiple other stakeholders.
The Australian Construction Achievement Award is jointly organized by the Australian Constructors Association and Engineers Australia. |
