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«Via its Group company Thiess, HOCHTIEF’s subsidiary Leighton has been contracted to construct a construction village for some 3,300 offshore project workers off the Australian coast. Within the framework of this assignment, the company in a joint venture with two partners will design and construct the complete infrastructure. The work is expected to commence in the second half of 2009 and represents a total volume of approximately EUR 286 million (AUD 500 million).
The new construction village will be located on Barrow Island, off the west coast of Australia. The clients are the groups Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell who want to develop gas fields located about 130 to 200 kilometers off the north-west coast. As member of the joint venture, Thiess will take on project management and provide construction and commercial services.
HOCHTIEF is one of the leading international providers of construction-related services. With more than 64,000 employees and a sales volume of EUR 19.10 billion in FY 2008, the company is represented in all the world‘s major markets. The Group's service offering in the fields of development, construction, services, concessions and operation covers the entire life cycle of infrastructure projects, real estate and facilities. In the USA, the biggest construction market in the world, HOCHTIEF is the No. 1 general builder via its subsidiary Turner and, with Group company Flatiron, ranks among the most important players in the field of transportation infrastructure construction. With its subsidiary Leighton (HOCHTIEF share around 55 percent), the group is market leader in Australia. Because of its engagement for sustainability, HOCHTIEF has been listed in the DowJones Sustainability Indexes since 2006» (CS della Società).
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