Civil & Civic
Australian construction company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Civil & Civic was an Australian construction company. Founded in 1951, it was acquired in 1961 by Lend Lease Corporation.
 | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Construction |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Founder | Dick Dusseldorp |
| Defunct | 1999 |
| Successor | Bovis Lend Lease |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
Area served | Australia New Zealand |
| Parent | Lendlease |
| Website | Lend Lease Projects |
History
Summarize
Perspective
Civil & Civic was founded by Dick Dusseldorp in 1951 on behalf of Dutch building companies Bredero's Bouwbedrijf and The Royal Dutch Harbour Company as an Australian building contractor.[1] Its first contract was to supply and erect 200 prefabricated houses for the Snowy Mountains Authority which had been established by William Hudson, engineer of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.[2]
Hudson's greatest obstacle in the completion of the scheme was the provision of labour and materials. Without a resolution to these two problems the realisation of the project was doubtful. But 31-year-old Dutch immigrant Dick Dusseldorp conceived a plan to prefabricate frames for worker housing in Finland, plumbing in England, ship materials via Cooma and recruit labour from the Netherlands to erect the homes. Dusseldorp established Civil & Civic to take on and manage the multimillion-dollar contract.[2]
Civil & Civic went on to become Australia's leading provider of project management services in the construction industry, delivering a number of landmark projects including Stage I of the Sydney Opera House,[3] Australia's first all concrete skyscraper (Caltex House),[4] and the world's first high-rise strata title apartment building (Blues Point Tower).[5]
In 1961 Civil & Civic was acquired by Lend Lease Corporation, but the company continued to trade under the Civil & Civic name, also constructing the world's tallest lightweight concrete construction building (Australia Square), and the tallest building in the world outside North America (MLC Centre) at the time of completion.[6]
In July 1999 Civil & Civic was rebranded Lend Lease Projects. After Lend Lease Corporation acquired Bovis from P&O in October 1999, the former Civil & Civic business merged with the former Bovis business to form Bovis Lend Lease.[7][6][8]
Major Projects
Major projects undertaken included:
- Caltex House completed in 1957[4]
- The Shine Dome completed in 1958[9]
- Sydney Opera House Podium completed in 1962[3]
- Blues Point Tower completed in 1962[5]
- Reserve Bank of Australia Building, Sydney completed in 1964[10]
- Reserve Bank of Australia Building, Canberra completed in 1965[11]
- Australia Square completed in 1967[12]
- MLC Centre completed in 1977[13]
- Jolimont Centre completed in 1983[14]
- The Connaught completed in 1984[15]
- Parramatta Stadium completed in 1986[16]
- National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park completed in 1988[17]
- Sydney Football Stadium completed in 1988[18]
- Sydney Olympic Village completed in 1999[19]
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.