Downer EDI’s Downer-Soletanche Bachy joint venture had been awarded one of the first construction contracts for the City Rail Link (CRL) project, an underground rail line linking Britomart and Auckland’s city centre with the existing western line near Mt Eden.
Downer’s chief executive Grant Fenn says Downer will use its extensive experience with complex engineering projects to help build a ‘better connected Auckland’.
He adds that the award of the CRL is one of the highlights of a recent series of contract wins in New Zealand totalling around $460 million. Other projects include: the Coastal Otago Network Outcomes Contract (NOC) which covers routine maintenance and operation of more than 770km of the state highway network until July 2023; an alliance between Downer and NZ Transport Agency to manage the Milford Rd network, including maintenance of State Highway 94, the Homer tunnel and avalanche programmes until July 2024; contracts for the maintenance of the urban and rural road networks for Dunedin City Council and Hauraki District Council until June 2019; upgrading a six-kilometre section of the Waikato Expressway, a project within the Roads of National Significance (RONS) programme for the NZ Transport Agency; three projects in Christchurch for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority and several projects for Christchurch City Council as part of the Dudley Creek Flood Remediation scheme; a number of open space management contracts across the North Island; and a project to construct a new wharf and passenger terminal at Half Moon Bay in Auckland as well as a water maintenance contract for Taupo District Council.
“Over $1 billion in revenue has now been secured in New Zealand for the 2017 financial year,” concludes Fenn.
