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John Holland Group

John Holland
IndustryConstruction
Founded1949
FounderJohn Holland
Headquarters
Melbourne
,
Australia
Area served
Australia
New Zealand
South East Asia
Key people
Glenn Palin (acting CEO)
ParentChina Communications Construction
Websitewww.johnholland.com.au

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.

History

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

Major projects include:

Transport

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 (25% owned by John Holland) commenced operating Sydney Bus Region 9 in the Eastern Suburbs under contract to Transport for NSW.[58][59] In December 2024, another Transdev-John Holland joint venture, Yarra Journey Makers, took over the operation of Yarra Trams in Melbourne. John Holland owns 49% of the Yarra Journey Makers joint venture.[60]

References

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  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 Archived 14 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine 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.
  28. ^ "Contract signed for rail project's 70 km 'backbone'". Public Transport Authority, Government of Western Australia. 23 May 2004. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  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. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  35. ^ "$550 million South West Sydney Rail Link contract awarded". Archived from the original on 2 March 2011.
  36. ^ City - Maribyrnong River Regional Rail Link, Retrieved 4 January 2020
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  46. ^ "Cimic Group wins rail and road contracts in Melbourne worth more than $600m". Global Construction Review. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  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
  60. ^ "Transdev and John Holland win contract for world's largest tramway network, in Melbourne (Australia)". Transdev. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
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