John Holland has been awarded a $220 million contract for the construction of stage 1 stockyard works for the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal (WICET) project at Golding Point in Gladstone Harbour, Queensland.

 

The contract package includes the supply and construction of structural, mechanical, piping, electrical and instrumentation associated with the in-loading, stacking, reclaiming and out-loading systems. It also includes the installation of 13 pre-fabricated substations, and the project’s main electrical, control, communication and piping reticulation.

 

John Holland’s Group Managing Director, Glenn Palin, said: "Today’s announcement builds on our extensive experience and specialist skills in the development of large-scale materials handling infrastructure. We are proud to be selected to deliver this important piece of infrastructure which will play a critical role in boosting the existing and future coal export capacity for Queensland’s coal producers."

 

David Balmer, General Manager of John Holland’s Minerals & Industrial business, said: "John Holland has a long history in the minerals sector and a record of success in the delivery of complex structural, mechanical, piping, electrical and instrumentation works. This contract adds to our portfolio of recent work in the coal sector, including the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group stage 2 inbound and outbound works, along with expansion works at the Abbot Point Coal Terminal in Bowen and the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal in Mackay."

 

The WICET project is owned and being developed by existing and potential coal exporters in Queensland to provide increased long term coal export capacity. Stage 1 of the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal has a contracted annual coal export capacity of 27 million tonnes. Once fully developed, the terminal is expected to provide more than 80 million tonnes per annum of additional coal export capacity through the Port of Gladstone.

 

Construction installation works will begin late in 2012 with completion expected in early 2014.