John Holland has been announced as the Managing Contractor to deliver the $43 million Robertson Barracks Electrical Reticulation System Upgrade Project for the Department of Defence in the Northern Territory.

 

As part of the project, John Holland will upgrade incoming Power and Water Corporation feeders, construct a new power station building to house a central emergency power station, provide a new intake station, upgrade 68 substations as well as install 22 kilometres of new high voltage cabling and 39 kilometres of fibre optic power control and monitoring cabling.

 

This will provide a reliable electrical distribution system to the Barracks, meeting current and future supply demands for approximately 15 years.

 

Chris Evans, Executive General Manager, Infrastructure, said the contract award will continue John Holland’s strong relationship with the Department of Defence.

 

"John Holland’s relationship with Defence goes back more than 60 years and our work at the Robertson Barracks in the Northern Territory extends back to the early 1990s," Mr Evans said.

 

He continued, "This experience enables John Holland to undertake complex and challenging building works on live, fully operational Army bases, on-time and on-budget, without disrupting critical Army activities and services."

 

John Holland’s Northern Region General Manager, Gavin Stubbs, said the contract win is the culmination of two and a half years work, in which John Holland was engaged to manage the planning phase of the project.

 

"During this phase John Holland was instrumental in assisting Defence through the Parliamentary Works Committee to obtain the necessary approvals, which enabled this essential project to progress to the delivery phase," Mr Stubbs said.

 

The project has a 20 month delivery program, commencing in January 2012. Site works are expected to commence in late May 2012 and completion is expected in mid-September 2013. At the peak of site works the project workforce is expected to reach 100 people.