John Holland Group

Summary

The John Holland Group is an infrastructure, building, rail and transport business operating in Australia and New Zealand. Headquartered in Melbourne, it is a subsidiary of China Communications Construction.

John Holland
IndustryConstruction
Founded1949
FounderJohn Holland
Headquarters,
Australia
Area served
Australia
New Zealand
South East Asia
Key people
Joe Barr (CEO)
Revenue$4.2 billion (2018)
$88 million (2018)
ParentChina Communications Construction
Websitewww.johnholland.com.au

History edit

The company was founded in 1949 by John Holland.[1] In 1991 the business was purchased by Janet Holmes à Court's Heytesbury Pty Ltd. In 2000, Leighton Holdings bought a 70% stake in the company, this was increased to 99% in 2004 and 100% in December 2007.[2] In December 2002, the construction assets of Transfield Holdings were acquired.[3][4]

In November 2012, John Holland Tunnelling was awarded the International Tunnelling Contractor of the Year, for the Northern Sewerage Project in Melbourne.[5]

In December 2014, Leighton Holdings agreed terms with China Communications Construction to sell John Holland.[6][7][8] The transaction was completed in April 2015 after the Federal Government approved the sale.[9]

Major projects edit

Major projects include:

Transport edit

As part of the consortium selected to build the Alice Springs to Darwin railway line, John Holland took a 7.5% shareholding in the Asia Pacific Transport Consortium in 2000.[48] John Holland has interests in Metro Trains Melbourne and Metro Trains Sydney that operate the Melbourne suburban train network and Sydney Metro respectively.[49][50]

In January 2012, John Holland commenced the operation and maintenance of the New South Wales Regional Network under a ten-year contract with Transport for NSW, comprising 2,400 route kilometres of operational passenger and freight rail lines and 3,100 route kilometres of non-operational lines.[51][52] This ceased at the end of 2021 with the contract passing to UGL Rail.[53]

In April 2019, John Holland commenced the operation and maintenance of the Canberra Light Rail through its Canberra Metro Operations (CMET) joint venture.[54][55]

In July 2020, John Holland became responsible for maintenance of the Glenelg tram line in Adelaide as part of the Torrens Connect consortium.[56][57] In April 2022, Transdev John Holland commenced operating Sydney Bus Region 9 in the Eastern Suburbs under contract to Transport for NSW.[58][59]

References edit

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  2. ^ "Australia's Leighton acquires 70% in John Holland". Asia Times. 25 January 2000. Archived from the original on 25 September 2000. Retrieved 2 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ John Holland acquires TRansfield's construction business Leighton Holdings 12 December 2002
  4. ^ Leighton to buy Transfield Constructions Australian Financial Review 13 December 2002
  5. ^ "John Holland Tunnelling wins International Award". 17 January 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  6. ^ John Holland to be acquired by Chinese Communications Construction Company Archived 19 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine John Holland 12 September 2014
  7. ^ John Holland Purchase Brings First Large Chinese Construction Company To Oz Business Review Australia
  8. ^ Leighton to Sell John Holland Unit to Chinese Construction Company Wall Street Journal 11 December 2014
  9. ^ "Australia approves sale of construction firm John Holland to China". BBC News. 8 April 2015.
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  27. ^ "Workcover blames construction bungles for tunnel collapse". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 March 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
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  29. ^ "Who's involved?". Southern and Eastern Integrated Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 1 June 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
  30. ^ "Airport flyover to finish early". Brisbane Times. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  31. ^ "Airport link and Northern Busway" (PDF). ANCR. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  32. ^ CityNorth Infrastructure, Delivering the Projects Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
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  34. ^ "John Holland awarded Sydney light rail extension contract". Railway Gazette International. 7 June 2012.
  35. ^ "$550 million South West Sydney Rail Link contract awarded". Archived from the original on 2 March 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  36. ^ City - Maribyrnong River Regional Rail Link, Retrieved 4 January 2020
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  47. ^ "Metro Tunnel PPP Project Summary" (PDF). Government of Victoria. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  48. ^ John Holland set to share in $1.2bn Alice Springs-Darwin Rail Project Leighton Holdings 18 October 2000
  49. ^ John Holland Joint Venture Awarded New 7-Year Contract To Operate And Maintain Melbourne’s Metro Trains John Holland 12 September 2017
  50. ^ Sydney Metro Trains Facility Engineers Australia
  51. ^ "Country Rail Contracts". NSW Government. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  52. ^ John Holland takes over NSW country regional rail network Track & Signal issue 16/2 May 2012 page 8
  53. ^ New deal underpins strong future for Country Regional Network Transport for NSW 12 February 2021
  54. ^ "Capital Metro Contract Summary" (PDF). Transport Canberra and City Services. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  55. ^ Preparing Canberra light rail Tramways & Urban Transit issue 979 July 2019
  56. ^ Adelaide Bus and Public Transport Contracts Announced Australasian Bus & Coach 10 March 2020
  57. ^ UGL and John Holland to operate Adelaide trams Metro Report International 12 March 2020
  58. ^ Transdev John Holland JV Sets Pathway To Greener Connections In Sydney's Eastern Suburbs Transdev 26 November 2021
  59. ^ Sydney Region 9 bus contract secured: John Holland-Transdev Australasian Bus & Coach 26 November 2021

External links edit

  • Company website