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Industry | Construction |
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Founded | 1949 |
Founder | John Holland |
Headquarters | , Australia |
Area served | Australia New Zealand South East Asia |
Key people | Joe Barr ( CEO) |
Parent | China Communications Construction |
Website |
www |
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.
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 include:
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]
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![]() John Holland headquarters in Melbourne.jpg | |
Industry | Construction |
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Founded | 1949 |
Founder | John Holland |
Headquarters | , Australia |
Area served | Australia New Zealand South East Asia |
Key people | Joe Barr ( CEO) |
Parent | China Communications Construction |
Website |
www |
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.
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 include:
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]
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