John Holland Quarterly Review, Issue Three, 2007 - Leighton ...

new work> Water• Coffs Harbour Infrastructure Program> SMP• BHP Storage Shed Extensions• Loy Yang Unit 3• Yallourn Conveyor Relocation& Refurbishment• Worsley Alumina Utility Vacuum Pipeline> Western Region• Telstra Pier Street Exchange• Turner River Bridge> Southern Region• Essendon Tram Depot• Glenhuntly Tram Depot• Doncaster Road Tram Tracks> Northern Region• Greenslopes Hospital Carpark• Enoggera Redevelopment Stage 1> NSW/ACT Region• HQO Commercial OfficeDevelopment• Coffs Harbour Infrastructure Programhelping bridge the gapJohn Holland may have completed work on the Eleanor Schonell Bridgein Brisbane, but the project team’s investment in the local communitycontinues to pay dividends.At the start of the Eleanor Schonell Bridge project in 2005, the John Holland team decided that communitycollaboration would be an important facet of the two-year project. “The reason we did this was to ensurethat we participated in and became part of the community,” said Project Manager Dave Balmer.The relationship between John Holland and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Queensland began withproject staff holding team social events to fund minor maintenance works and equipment for MS branchoffices around Brisbane. The relationship culminated in a $60,000 donation raised during the bridge’sopening celebrations.Through John Holland, the MS Society was introduced to another major stakeholder: the Universityof Queensland. This led to the two groups collaborating on a number of important medical researchprojects, including ground-breaking research into possible linkages between MS and the brain, madepossible for the first time by joint funding from the MS Society and the University.The Eleanor Schonell Bridge project created a bricks-and-mortar connection between the Universityof Queensland campus and Dutton Park while shaping new hope and future possibilities for thewider community.onsite: Chairman Janet Holmes à Court at the opening celebrations for the Eleanor Schonell Bridge.