John Holland Annual Review, 2010 - Leighton Holdings

General Manager
Rob Monaci
JOHN HOLLAND
Revenue
$290 million
Key Projects
Bulkwater Alliance; Hunter8 Alliance;
Energy Australia Stadium Stage 3
Project; Sydney Desalination Plant;
National Portrait Gallery; Priority
Sewage Program; Sydney Opera
House; Cronulla Line Upgrading and
Duplication Project; Keepit Dam; Mardi
to Mangrove Pipeline; Kapooka ELF.
NSW/ACT
Region
Left:
Cotter Dam,
Australian Capital
Territory
Middle:
julian pavey, site
engineer,
energy australia
stadium,
Newcastle
Right:
Premier of
NSW, Kristina
Keneally, at the
commissioning
of the Sydney
Desalination
Plant, Kurnell
Milestones
Completion of the Sydney Desalination
Plant Separable Portion 1 (125ML/day)
in January 2010 and Separable Portion
2 (250ML/day) in May 2010; completion
of the Cronulla Line Upgrading and
Duplication Project in April 2010;
receipt of TOC approval for Bulkwater
Cotter Dam, receipt of TOC approval
for Hunter8 Stage 2.
NSW Professional Excellence in
Building Award by the Australian
Institute of Building for the Sydney
Opera House Accessibility & Western
Foyers Project.
(AIB), while awards won for
the National Portrait Gallery
in Canberra include the
Master Builders Association
National Award for Public
Buildings over $12 million
and the Concrete Institute’s
Excellence in Concrete
Award.
Other works
John Holland’s Newcastle
office secured the third
stage of the Energy Australia
Stadium for Hunter Venues,
and NSW/ACT Region was
also one of three companies
short-listed for construction
of the Sydney Metro Project
before its withdrawal by the
NSW Government.
Focus on safety
The Safety, Quality
and Environment Risk
Management Program rollout
in the NSW/ACT Region
has been well accepted
and is now an integral part
of the business, with staff
acknowledging the program
as ‘the way we do things
around here’. The program
also delivers the added
benefit of risk identification
and increased involvement
of staff and subcontractors
in identifying risks prior to
works commencement.
Facing a challenging
future
The industry has entered
a very competitive phase,
with tightening margins and
decreased opportunities
in building and civil
engineering, requiring John
Holland to be able to tender,
secure and deliver smaller
projects.
In the civil infrastructure
market, tier one contractors
are increasingly tendering
directly against smaller
contractors in order to
secure work.
Building projects in NSW/
ACT have slowed with
the cessation of private
funds and a push toward
a managing contract
delivery method, resulting in
reduced turnover, however
John Holland’s business
development activities and
strong focus on customer
relationships has seen
the Region nominated as
‘preferred contractor’ with
a number of key projects
due to be awarded in early
2010-2011.
Strength through
collaboration
Collaboration has continued
to be a driving factor in
tendering and undertaking
business in the Region, with
strong working relationships
existing between NSW/ACT
and specialist businesses
such as John Holland’s
Rail and Water businesses.
New opportunities are
also close to fruition with
John Holland’s Energy
& Resources and Power
businesses, and the Region
continues to form strategic
joint ventures with external
parties that will enable us
to offer clients the best and
most economical solutions
for project delivery, in both
civil and building areas.
Looking to the
future
In recent years, the business
has enjoyed involvement in
large projects such as the
Sydney Desalination Plant
and the City of Dreams
Project in Macau. The future
highlights a move to smaller
projects, aside from rail
projects such as the South
West Rail Line, for which
the Region is tendering in
conjunction with our Rail
business.
This move toward smaller
projects requires a different
focus and structure, and
NSW/ACT Region has
implemented appropriate
measures to respond to
this change. Diversity will
remain a key strength of the
business, with the immediate
future promising a small
number of projects in a large
number of market sectors.
With the new market
dynamic, the business
imperative for the NSW/ACT
Region is to remain agile,
with a mix of road, rail, water
and resources infrastructure
and both government and
private sector clients, as
opposed to relying on a
particular market sector,
to deliver a consistent
flow of work.
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