CIMIC Group
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Type | Public |
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ASX: CIM | |
Industry | Construction, Civil engineering |
Predecessor | Leighton Holdings |
Founded | 1949 |
Founder | Stanley Leighton |
Headquarters | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Key people | Juan Santamaria, Executive chairman |
Revenue | A $14.670.2 billion (2018)[1] |
A $1.142.6 billion (2018)[1] | |
A $773.8 million (2018)[1] | |
Parent | Hochtief (70%) |
Website | www.cimic.com.au/ |
CIMIC Group Limited (formerly known as Leighton Holdings prior to April 2015) is an Australian multinational contractor. It is active in the telecommunications, engineering and infrastructure, building and property, mining and resources, and environmental services industries. It has operations in Australia, Southeast Asia, New Zealand, and the Middle East. Leighton Holdings was rebranded as the CIMIC Group in 2015.[2][3]
CIMIC stands for Construction, Infrastructure, Mining and Concessions.[2]
History[]
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Founded in 1949 by Stanley Leighton, Leighton Holdings was first listed on the Melbourne Stock Exchange in 1962.[4]
In July 1983 Leighton Holdings, purchased Thiess Contractors, with its major shareholder, Hochtief, becoming a shareholder in Leighton Holdings.[5][6][7] In April 1997 the Welded Mesh structural materials division was sold to Smorgon Steel.[8]
In 2000, Leighton Holdings bought a 70% stake in John Holland; this was increased to 99% in 2004 and 100% in December 2007.[9] Hochtief became a majority shareholder of Leighton Holdings in February 2001.[10]
In October 2013 Fairfax Media alleged that Leighton Holdings had made corrupt payments to Hussain al-Shahristani, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, to secure an oil pipeline contract in Iraq and other contracts.[11] Basil Al Jarah, the Iraq country manager for Unaoil, a Monaco-based company allegedly acting for Leighton Holdings, subsequently pleaded guilty to corruption.[12]
By March 2014, Spanish company ACS Group, through its acquisition of a majority shareholding in Hochtief, was the majority owner of Leighton Holdings.[13] In June 2014, Verdes also became chairman of Leighton's executive board.[14]
In December 2014, Leighton Holdings sold John Holland to China Communications Construction for $1.15 billion.[15]
In April 2015, in the wake of the earlier corruption allegations against Leighton Holdings, ACS changed Leighton’s name to CIMIC Group (abbreviated from Construction, Infrastructure, Mining and Concessions).[16]
In March 2016, CIMIC purchased mining company Sedgman for A$256 million.[17] In December 2016, CIMIC purchased engineering company UGL Limited for A$524 million.[18]
Structure[]
CIMIC Group includes the following businesses:[19]
- CPB Contractors (construction)
- Leighton Asia (construction)
- Broad (construction)
- Thiess (mining)
- Sedgman (mining)
- UGL Limited (services)
- Pacific Partnerships (public private partnerships)
- EIC Activities (consultancy)
- Ventia (services)
Major projects[]
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Major projects undertaken by Leighton Contractors (renamed CPB Contractors in January 2016) include:
- Yarra Glen Road, Canberra, completed in 1967[20]
- Ross River Dam, Queensland, completed in 1971[21]
- Australian Astronomical Observatory, Sydney, completed in 1971[21]
- Tallowa Dam, New South Wales, completed in 1976[22]
- Canberra Stadium, completed in 1977[23]
- Bowen Bridge, Tasmania, completed in 1984[24]
- Burdekin Dam, Queensland, completed in 1987[21]
- Brisbane Airport, completed in 1988[21]
- Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, completed in 1988[25]
- Newman to Port Hedland section of the Great Northern Highway, completed in 1990[26]
- ABC Centre, Ultimo, completed in 1991[21]
- Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, completed in 1995[27]
- Star City Casino, Sydney, completed in 1997[28]
- North Lantau Highway, Hong Kong, completed in 1997[29]
- Olympic Park railway station, Sydney, completed in 1998[30]
- Eastern Distributor tunnel, Sydney, completed in 1999[31]
- Second Narrows Road Bridge, Perth, completed in 2001[32]
- Westlink M7, Sydney, completed in 2005[33]
- Cross City Tunnel, Sydney, completed in 2005[34]
- Westpac Place, Sydney, completed in 2006[35]
- Mandurah railway line, Western Australia, completed in 2007[36]
- North-West T-way, Sydney, completed in 2007[37]
- Eagle's Nest Tunnel and Sha Tin Heights Tunnel, Hong Kong, completed in 2008[38]
- Buranda to Coorparoo sections of the Eastern Busway, Queensland, completed in 2009[39]
- Forrest Highway, Western Australia, competed in 2009[40]
- Clem Jones Tunnel, Brisbane, completed in 2010[41]
- Antilia Building, India, completed in 2010[42]
- Gateway Bridge Duplication, Brisbane, completed in 2011[43]
- ABC Brisbane Centre, completed in 2012[44]
- Deer Park West to West Werribee Junction, Regional Rail Link, Melbourne, completed in 2015[45]
- South Island line, Hong Kong, completed in 2016[46]
- Redevelopment of the Royal Adelaide Hospital, completed in 2017[47]
- Northern Beaches Hospital, Sydney, completed in 2018[48]
- The northern section of the Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station, completed in 2018[49]
- M4 East, Sydney, completed in 2019[50]
- Canberra Metro, completed in 2019[51]
- Sydney Metro Northwest, Sydney, completed in 2019[52]
- West Gate Tunnel, Melbourne, due to be completed in 2022[53]
- Sydney Metro City & Southwest, Sydney, due to be completed in 2021[54]
- Sunbury railway line upgrade, Melbourne, due to be completed in 2023[55]
- Parramatta Light Rail, Sydney, due to be completed in 2023[56]
Ownership[]
About 70% of the shares in CIMIC Group are held by Hochtief which in turn is owned by the ACS Group.[57]
Hong Kong railway project[]
Leighton Asia, a subsidiary of CIMIC Group, was awarded the contract for constructing the Hung Hom station extension of the Sha Tin to Central Link, a high profile railway network extension project in Hong Kong in 2013.[58] In 2018, Leighton Asia was accused of failure to comply with local safety standards and attempting to hide this failure until a whistleblower leaked its evidence to the local press.[59] During a hearing of the commission of inquiry, the Hong Kong Government accused Leighton of corporate arrogance.[60]
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