Triple win at Property Council of Australia Awards

🛣️ When it comes to building the roads that connect our communities or help us travel through our growing capital cities, John Holland has the runs on the board - or should we say - the tyres on the bitumen to deliver smart, sustainable solutions.

During the last 75 years we've delivered complex, city-shaping roads and major transport highways servicing regional communities that help the nation get safely to work or home or to visit loved ones.

From underground motorways that minimise disruptions to streetscapes and provide new open public spaces like WestConnex in Sydney's Rozelle, to complex interchanges that reduce congestion and link destinations like EastLink in Melbourne, our road projects carry hundreds of thousands of vehicles every day.

Our Edmonton to Gordonvale road upgrade in Far North Queensland has significantly improved safety and reduced congestion on one of Australia's major transport routes and at the same time, set new benchmarks for sustainability.

Our M7-M12 Integration Project is an integral piece of the future development of Western Sydney which, once complete, will provide direct access to commercial and residential hubs and the new Western Sydney International Airport.

And soon, we'll be starting work on the Torrens to Darlington road and tunnel project in South Australia where we'll deliver twin three-lane tunnels and almost 80km of traffic light-free motorway to increase access to Adelaide's airport, CBD and western suburbs.

We're proud of the legacy we're leaving in connecting communities with accessible, sustainable and safe roads and look forward to helping to keep Australians moving for the next 75 years!

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🏗️ How's this for a progress report on our Sydney Metro West – Eastern Tunnelling Package, where we are making our way under Sydney Harbour to link The Bays Station in Rozelle to the Sydney CBD!

In Pyrmont, three roadheaders are currently excavating the cavern which will become a station on the Sydney Metro West line. The station cavern will be 170 metres long, 24 metres wide and 18 metres high!

We're excited to be boring away, creating one of the next critical pieces of the puzzle for Sydney Metro - Australia's biggest public transport project.

Swipe right to see some progress photos from our other station cavern in Hunter Street.

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😮 As a Tier 1 construction company operating for 75 years, we've got plenty of experience and capability building big bridges, tunnels, roads and railways - but did you know we also built one of the world's biggest crocodiles?

John Holland delivered the 250-metre-long saltwater crocodile shaped hotel in the Northern Territory community of Jabiru in 1988 for the value of $1.4million - becoming one of the world's most distinctive luxury hotels.

🐊 Needless to say, the crocodile hotel in Kakadu National Park is one of the more unusual and complex designs our building teams have worked on.

The building itself curves in three directions, including the outside walls which curve to form the stomach and tail which then curves away from the body. It's this variety of curves that means every hotel room has a slightly different shape and saw us employ a fulltime surveyor to individually set out every wall dividing the 110 bedrooms.

👷🏽‍♂️ Construction of the building was undertaken in three separate areas, with three projects crews simultaneously working on their own section.

🛁 We also fitted out the hotel, with luxury appointments in earthy tones to reflect the surrounding landscape.

Now owned by the local Gaagudju people and operated by Mercure Hotels, the Crocodile Hotel is a proud backdrop for Kakadu tourism, playing a vital part in keeping Indigenous Australian culture and storytelling alive.

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💦 Water: it’s in our blood.


Over our 75-year history, we’ve never been afraid to get our hands dirty - or wet, for that matter.


We’re proud of the role we’ve played in securing Australia’s water future through projects like the 270km-long Wentworth to Broken Hill pipeline in western NSW, the Chaffey Dam and spillway near Tamworth, and the Sydney and Gold Coast desalination plants.


Along the way, we’ve built long-term relationships with some of the country’s largest water authorities, including @melbournewater, @sydneywater, @QueenslandUrbanUtilities and @sawatercorp


Today, as Australia’s premier water and wastewater contractor, we continue to deliver innovative, value-driven solutions for our customers – projects like the Upper South Creek Advanced Water Recycling Centre and the North West Treatment Hub package for Sydney Water; the Western Treatment Plant for Melbourne Water; the Cairns Water Security package for @cairnscouncil; the Lake Macdonald Dam upgrade for @seqwater on the Sunshine Coast; and the Belmont Desalination Plant for @ourhunterwater


🚰 And while it just so happens to be National Water Week, join us in raising a glass to H2O!

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If you're an engineer, this brain teaser has got to beat guessing the number of jellybeans in a jar! 🤔



How many precast concrete segments are being produced for the Sydney Metro West tunnel between The Bays and Hunter Street?


😮 16,536 segments are needed, and we've produced more than 8,000 so far!

Our tunnel boring machine (TBM) Jessie, who started chewing her way towards Pyrmont in June, has completed more than 650 metres of the 2.3-kilometre journey towards Hunter Street in the CBD, so these segments are being installed in the tunnel behind her under Johnston Bay.



We know it's hard to know what's going on underground, but these photos show you how the segments are laid into place to become the tunnel you'll be travelling through one day!

And while you've been counting the segments, we've just laid another piece of the tunnel puzzle.

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Its exhibitions feature images of some of the most iconic Australians, so it's only fitting that the National Portrait Gallery is one of the nation's most iconic buildings!

🏛️ Completed in 2008, the National Portrait Gallery is the most significant building constructed in the Parliamentary Triangle in the past 20 years.

✨ The gallery's striking off-white "bush-hammered" concrete finish was achieved by the John Holland project team using a refined method of shot-blasting, designed to match some of the finishes on neighbouring structures.

👩‍🎤🎨 The gallery features portraits of everyone from actress Deb Mailman to Denmark's Princess Mary and is visited by around half a million people a year! We hope they enjoy the building as much as the art!

We're proud of the work we've done over the past 75 years of delivering cultural institutions and public spaces.

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We’re proud of the way our people help other Aussies in times of need, and Nigel Ferguson is a great example of this.

🌪️ When Cyclone Jasper hit Far North Queensland in December 2023, widespread flooding caused heavy vehicle access to be cut off from the Atherton Tablelands and north to Cape York. Nigel, then based in Cairns as a Senior Supervisor on the Edmonton to Gordonvale project (E2G), called off his annual leave and rallied his John Holland and subcontractor colleagues to help get the Palmerston Highway reopened, allowing vital supplies to get through to some of the worst-hit areas.

🚧 E2G was a complex project which included duplication of 10.5km of the Bruce Highway to four lanes, new service roads, relocating 4.4km of Queensland Rail Line, two new level crossings, and relocating and constructing 8.8km of cane rail. The project was completed on time and under budget in late 2023.

🤵 Nigel was named John Holland employee of the year at our annual awards last week for this act as well as his day-to-day professionalism, kindness, and attention to safety.

🏆 The awards are held to recognise the many John Holland people who go above and beyond every day.

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For 75 years, John Holland has been transforming lives – and it's hard to think of a building more life transforming than a new hospital 🏥.

John Holland's history of building hospitals and critical health infrastructure began in the Top End in 1979, with Darwin's Casuarina Hospital.

Construction was originally planned to begin in 1974 – the year that Darwin was decimated by Cyclone Tracy. After supporting Territorians in the aftermath of Australia's deadliest cyclone, John Holland got to work on the Casuarina Hospital in 1976, ahead of it opening in 1979.

Since then we've built or upgraded hospitals right across the country, including the Perth Children’s Hospital, the Calvary in Adelaide, Australia's first dedicated cardiac facility, the Victorian Heart Hospital, and Stage 1 of Logan Hospital in Queensland.

Today we have more than $3 billion worth of health infrastructure projects underway.

We're proud of the role we're playing in keeping people safe and healthy 🙌😊.

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