Planting complete on reverse osmosis building roof

Planting of the largest green roof of its kind in the southern hemisphere is complete at Victoria’s new desalination plant. The green roof is an important part of the plant’s design, helping to integrate the desalination plant into the landscape and minimising visual impacts...

Thiess Indonesia awarded US$393 million mining contract

Thiess Indonesia has been awarded a US$393 million coal mining contract by PT Tamtama Perkasa, a member of the Barito Pacific Group. Under the five year contract, Thiess Indonesia will provide mining services for the delivery of 7.5 million tonnes of coal at Muara Teweh in...

Thiess Services transforms flood predictability

When major flooding struck northwest Victoria in 2010, flood plain inundation was monitored much the same as it had been for decades with manual markers and visual recording. It was a well tried flood management practice, but one fraught with inaccuracy from...

Thiess supports BUSHkids

The Thiess QCLNG Upstream Works project team is proud to announce its support for the vital child health charity BUSHkids. Established by the Royal Queensland Bush Children’s Health Scheme, BUSHkids has been promoting and enhancing the health and wellbeing of children in...

190 Meandu miners go pink for breast cancer awareness

Miners at Stanwell’s Meandu Mine have held one of the South Burnett’s largest ever breast cancer awareness days, with around 190 employees wearing pink safety shirts to work. 190 Meandu miners go Pink for breast cancer awarenessDay-shift mining and administrative staff, from...

Two decades of training in Balikpapan

Thiess Indonesia’s Balikpapan apprenticeship training program is celebrating 20 years of producing highly skilled graduates for the mining industry. More than a thousand young Indonesians have graduated since the first intake of just eight trainees back in 1992. Now there...

Thiess appeals for engineers

Australia’s leading construction, mining and services contractor Thiess is appealing to school students to consider studying engineering at university as a crucial first step to a lucrative career building the nation. Appearing at The Big Meet careers expo targeting...

Biocell - the environmental breakthrough in waste disposal

Energy from waste and reduced landfill - Thiess Services is proud to announce the unveiling of BIOCELL, a groundbreaking process for the treatment of municipal waste which minimises the release of greenhouse gases, maximises gas capture for electricity generation and reduces...

First Airport Link Test Drive

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh became the first person to officially drive the Airport Link tunnel recently - underground from Bowen Hills to Toombul- marking a major milestone for the project. Australia’s largest and most complex road infrastructure project is now more than...

Thiess JV wins Wheatstone LNG tanks project

A joint venture between Thiess and EV LNG Australia (EVT) has won an approximately $500 million contract to build LNG storage and condensate tanks for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) and domestic gas project in Western...

Roads Minister celebrates M80 milestone

The Tulla Sydney Alliance recently opened the first lane of traffic on the new bridge constructed over Moonee Ponds Creek in Melbourne. The milestone was marked by a visit by Victorian Roads Minister Terry Mulder and four State and Federal MPs. The new bridge forms part of...

Thiess wins earthworks contract

Thiess has been awarded a $180 million contract with BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) for civil earthworks for the development of the Caval Ridge Mine Project in central Queensland. BMA’s Caval Ridge open cut coal mine is expected to produce up to 5.5 million tonnes...

Thiess wins $325 million QGC contract

Thiess has won a $325 million contract from coal seam gas explorer and producer QGC Pty Limited to construct gas processing facilities for one of Australia’s largest infrastructure projects. The six field compression stations and one central processing plant, to be built...

OZ Minerals awards Thiess $1 billion mining contract

Thiess Pty Ltd has been awarded a six-year mining contract to extend mining operations at OZ Minerals’ Prominent Hill Copper and Gold Mine in South Australia. With an expected cumulative value of $1 billion, the contract award ensures that Thiess will undertake the mining...

Airport Link - less than 6 months of construction to go

One of the largest infrastructure projects ever built in Australia is less than six months away from completion. The Airport Link project remains on schedule for completion by 30 June 2012. This complex project is now more than 95 per cent complete with 25 million hours...

ANCR Construction Excellence Award for Lavarack Barracks

Thiess’ Lavarack Barracks project has been chosen as one of the Australian National Construction Major Project Review (ANCR) Construction Excellence 2011 Award winners. The award recognises Thiess’ excellence and achievements in major construction and recognises the Lavarack...

Airport Link technology an award winner

The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) recently announced Airport Link’s jacking box operation as the winner of its annual Fleming Award. The award, which was presented in a ceremony in London, recognises excellence in geotechnical design, construction, innovation and...