Well, Melbourne desal has been awarded to the Thiess-Degremont-Mac Bank consortium. Compared to Veolia-John Holland-ABN, the winning team is coming off a relatively low base of work. Veolia and John Holland are now in an unenviable sitution of coming off a massive 08/09 and facing a very quiet 09/10. This was the outcome that would cause [...]
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Things are a bit grim in the water jobs market in Australia currently. The GFC effect has combined with a significant but unconnected drop-off in the volume of infrastructure projects. With $9b Western Corridor project and Gold Coast Desal wrapping up in Queensland, and design work on Sydney Desal largely complete, the engineering consultancies and construction [...]
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