John Holland Group

John Holland

John Holland headquarters in Melbourne
Industry	Construction
Founded	1949
Founder	John Holland
Headquarters	Melbourne , Australia
Area served	Australia New Zealand South East Asia
Key people	Glenn Palin (acting CEO)
Parent	China Communications Construction
Website	www.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:

• Picnic Bay Jetty, Queensland, completed in 1959^[10]
• Captain Cook Bridge, Sydney, completed in 1965^[11]
• Roseville Bridge, Sydney, completed in 1966^[12]
• Second Como railway bridge, Sydney, completed in 1972^[13]
• William Walter Mason Bridge, Queensland, completed in 1977^[14]
• West Gate Bridge, Melbourne, completed in 1978^[15]
• Splityard Creek Dam, Queensland, completed in 1980^[16]
• AIS Arena, Canberra, completed in 1981^[17]
• Sydney Entertainment Centre, completed in 1983^[18]
• Parliament House, Canberra, completed in 1988^[19]
• Newman to Port Hedland section of the Great Northern Highway, completed in 1990^[20]
• Borallon Correctional Centre, Queensland, completed in 1990^[21]
• Joondalup Health Campus, Perth, completed in 1998^[22]
• Goodwill Bridge, Brisbane, completed in 2001^[23]
• Alice Springs to Darwin railway line, completed in 2004^[24]
• Eleanor Schonell Bridge, Brisbane, completed in 2006^[25]
• Open-pool Australian lightwater reactor, Sydney, completed in 2006^[26]
• Lane Cove Tunnel, Sydney, completed in 2007^[27]
• Mandurah railway line, Western Australia, completed in 2007^[28]
• EastLink, Melbourne, completed in 2008^[29]
• Airport Flyover, Brisbane, completed in 2011^[30]
• Windsor to Kedron section of the Northern Busway, Brisbane, completed in 2012^[31]
• Airport Link, Brisbane, completed in 2012^[32]
• South Road Superway, Adelaide, completed in 2014^[33]
• Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill section of the Inner West Light Rail, Sydney, completed in 2014^[34]
• Stage 2 of the South West Rail Link, Sydney, completed in 2015^[35]
• City to Maribyrnong River, Regional Rail Link, Melbourne, completed in 2015^[36]
• South Island line, Hong Kong, completed in 2016^[37]
• Ravenhall Correctional Centre, Victoria, completed in 2017^[38]
• Sydney Metro Northwest, Sydney, completed in 2019^[39]
• M4 East, Sydney, completed in 2019^[40]
• Canberra Metro, completed in 2019^[41]
• West Gate Tunnel, Melbourne, due to be completed in 2023^[42]
• Calvary Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, due to be completed in 2020^[43]
• Sydney Metro City & Southwest, Sydney, due to be completed in 2024^[44]
• Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, completed in August 2022^[45]
• Sunbury railway line upgrade, Melbourne, due to be completed in 2023^[46]
• Metro Tunnel, Melbourne, due to be completed in 2025^[47]

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

1. "Australia's Honours". 1973. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
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.
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.
10. "Jetty popular with kegs in the drink". Magnetic Bay Community News. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
11. "The Opening of the Captain Cook Bridge (1965)". Sydney Flashbacks. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
12. Johnson, Bob (6 March 1966). "Easter 'egg' for motorists — another bridge". The Sun-Herald. p. 57.
13. "Como (Georges River) Underbridge". Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales Government. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
14. "W W Mason Bridge, 1977". Stratford History. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
15. "Commencement of works". West Gate Bridge Memorial. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
16. "Wivenhoe Power Station: Official Opening" (PDF). Queensland Flood Commission. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
17. "Bruce Stadium & National Indoor Stadium Precinct / National Athletics Stadium & National Indoor Sports & Training Centre" (PDF). Australian Institute of Architects ACT Chapter: Register of Significant Architecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
18. "John Holland: Builder whose works spanned a nation". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
19. "25 Years on: Calling on Parliament House constructors". Indesign Live. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
20. "The Dream Becomes Reality". Western Roads. 15 (1). Perth, Western Australia: Main Roads Department: 1. March 1990.
21. "History of contract management in Queensland Corrections" (PDF). Australian Institute of Criminology. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
22. "Signing of agreement on expanded Joondalup health facility". Government of Western Australia. 24 April 1996. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
23. "Goodwill Pedestrian Bridge". Structurae. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
24. "Australasia Railway Project". AustralAsia Railway Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 November 2002. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
25. "Eleanor Schonell Bridge". Systra IBT. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
26. "OPAL multi-purpose reactor". Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
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.
33. "John Holland to construct $812 million South Road Superway". Construction and Maintenance. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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
37. "Leighton Awarded SIL (E) Contracts". Tunneling Journal. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
38. "Ravenhall Correctional Centre" (PDF). ANCR. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
39. "Getting on with the job: $1.15 billion Tunnelling Contract on North West Rail Link". Transport for News South Wales. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
40. "Leighton team scoops $2.7bn Sydney motorway". Construction Index. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
41. "Financial close reached for Canberra metro rail project". Infra PPP World. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
42. "John Holland and CPB Contractors JV to build Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel Project". Global Construction. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
43. "John Holland to build biggest hospital in South Australia". Construction Global. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
44. "The big dig: New Harbour Metro crossing underway". Sydney Metro. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
45. "Sydney Football Stadium cost blows out by $99 million as government signs new deal". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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.

External links

• Company website