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Philippines signs contracts for commuter rail project
03 May, 2023
The signing ceremony for two packages for the Philippines’ longest commuter rail project has taken place.

Leighton Asia awarded North-South Transportation Corridor contract
11 June, 2018
Singapore – A joint venture of Leighton Asia and Yongnam Engineering and Construction has been awarded the USD 410M tunnel contract N103 for the North-South Transportation Corridor project.

Fragrant Harbour
02 November, 2017
Keren Fallwell speaks with expat engineers living in Hong Kong to get a handle on the market

Tunnelling Down Under
16 May, 2016
Transport infrastructure is providing ample opportunity for Australia’s tunnelling industry. Keren Fallwell reports

Forrestfield-Airport Link preferred bidder announced
01 March, 2016
AUSTRALIA – Perth’s major new rail project has revealed its preferred joint venture. The Salini Impregilo - NRW JV is tipped to fulfill the main design and construct contract for the USD 1.43bn Forrestfield-Airport Link. The other shortlisted groups were a JV of ACCIONA Infrastructure, BAM International and Ferrovial Agroman; and a JV of John Holland and Leighton Contractors.

Spring to action
25 November, 2015
An overview of works required for Thomson Line contract T208 as TBM launch completes. Alex Conacher speaks with the John Holland Leighton Asia JV

New M5 tunnel project awarded
04 September, 2015
AUSTRALIA – A Leighton Contractors, Dragados and Samsung C&T joint venture has been selected as the preferred contractor to design and construct Sydney’s AUD 5bn (USD 3.51bn) New M5 Motorway.

Sydney gets connected
28 July, 2015
Sydney’s ambitious WestConnex project aims to get the traffic owing freely – and two-thirds of it will be underground. Sally Spencer reports on the project, one of the NSW Government’s key infrastructure projects which aims to ease congestion, create jobs and connect communities, said to be the largest integrated transport and urban revitalisation project in Australia.

Shortlist for USD1.5bn perth rail tunnel announced
29 May, 2015
Global - Three consortia have been shortlisted to go to the next stage of the tender process to design and construct the AUD2bn (USD1.5bn) Forrestfield-Airport Link.

HATS 2 team announces substantial completion
23 March, 2015
HONG KONG – The LLNS JV that has been working on the HATS Stage 2 project for over four years, has marked the substantial completion of HATS this month.

Leighton-China State JV awarded MTR contract
11 February, 2015
HONG KONG - A joint venture of Leighton Asia and China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) has been awarded a contract for works on the Shatin to Central Link.

China Decider
29 January, 2015
In December Australia’s multi-industry contracting giant Leighton Holdings announced the impending sale of John Holland to the fourth largest construction company in the world. The buyer, state-owned China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) stressed that it would be “business as usual” for John Holland customers, that it perceived growth opportunities in Australia. Normal commentary during a takeover.

Major Australian contractor acquired by Chinese corporation
07 January, 2015
AUSTRALIA - John Holland is to be acquired by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC). Leighton Holdings announced last month that it had entered into a binding share sale agreement with a CCCC subsidiary, CCCI. CCCI has a market value of AUD 23.5bn.

Five consortia express interest in Australian WestConnex Stage Two project
11 November, 2014
AUSTRALIA - The Australian and New South Wales Governments have announced the WestConnex Stage Two project has entered a new phase with five consortia expressing interest in delivering Sydney¹s M5 East corridor.

NRT consortium reaches contractual close on PPP Australian deal
26 September, 2014
AUSTRALIA - The Northwest Rapid Transit (NRT) consortium, which consists of John Holland, Leighton Contractors, MTR Corporation, UGL Rail Services and Plenary Group, has reached contractual close on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) with the New South Wales Government to deliver the AUD 3.7bn (USD 3.2bn) Operations, Trains and Systems (OTS) package for the North West Rail Link (NWRL) in Sydney.

Operator selected for Sydney¹s NWRL
21 July, 2014
NSW Premier Mike Baird and minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today announced the AUD 8.3bn (USD 7.7bn) North West Rail Link has reached its most important milestone yet, with a preferred operator selected to run the new rapid transit service.

Leighton John Holland awarded Thomson Line contract
19 November, 2013
Leighton Asia, India and Offshore (LAIO), in a JV with John Holland, has been awarded a contract worth AUD 329M (USD 309.1M) from the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) for the Thomson Line project, it was announced today.The contract requires the JV to construct spring leaf station and 2 kilometres of of twin-bored tunnel as part of the 30km Thomson line railway consisting of 22 stations and six interchange stations. When completed, the Thomson Line is expected to provide greater accessibility, significantly reducing travel time for commuters.

Three groups shortlisted for East West link
07 November, 2013
Three consortia have been shortlisted by the Victorian Coalition Government for Melbourne¹s East West Link. East West Connect, Inner Link Group and Momentum Infrastructure have been shortlisted to tender for the tunnel in Victoria, Australia.

Chief executive steps down from Laing O'Rourke amid allegations
16 October, 2013
International engineering and construction group, Laing O'Rourke, has announced that David Stewart has stepped down as chief executive officer of its Australian business, and as a member of the Group Executive Committee, with immediate effect.

Double decked
10 April, 2013
Tim Magub, LCAL blasting manager and Sam Jones, Leighton John Holland project manager for Contract 904 of the Hong Kong South Island Line delve into the new blasting technique developed for the project – double deck blasting.