Civil & Civic
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| 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 |
Civil & Civicwas an Australian construction company. Founded in 1951, it was acquired in 1961 byLend Lease Corporation.
History
[edit]Civil & Civic was founded byDick Dusseldorpin 1951 on behalf ofDutchbuilding 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 byWilliam Hudson,engineer of theSnowy 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 viaCoomaand 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 theSydney Opera House,[3]Australia's first all concreteskyscraper(Caltex House),[4]and the world's first high-rise strata title apartment building (Blues Point Tower).[5]
In 1961 Civil & Civic was acquired byLend 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 fromP&Oin October 1999, the former Civil & Civic business merged with the former Bovis business to formBovis Lend Lease.[7][6][8]
Major Projects
[edit]- Caltex Housecompleted in 1957[4]
- The Shine Domecompleted in 1958[9]
- Sydney Opera House Podiumcompleted in 1962[3]
- Blues Point Towercompleted in 1962[5]
- Reserve Bank of Australia Building, Sydneycompleted in 1964[10]
- Reserve Bank of Australia Building, Canberracompleted in 1965[11]
- Australia Squarecompleted in 1967[12]
- MLC Centrecompleted in 1977[13]
- Jolimont Centrecompleted in 1983[14]
- The Connaughtcompleted in 1984[15]
- Parramatta Stadiumcompleted in 1986[16]
- National Tennis Centre at Flinders Parkcompleted in 1988[17]
- Sydney Football Stadiumcompleted in 1988[18]
- Sydney Olympic Villagecompleted in 1999[19]
References
[edit]- ^The story of LendleaseLendlease
- ^abModern Townships for Snowy Mountains WorkersSydney Morning Herald12 January 1954 page 11
- ^abSydney Opera House GuideNSW State Records & Archives
- ^abCeramic Facing at New Caltex HouseCumberland Argus13 November 1957 page 10
- ^abTowering ambitionSydney Morning Herald27 September 2002
- ^abWho We AreBovis Lend Lease
- ^Ships - but no buildingBBC News4 October 1999
- ^HomeLend Lease Projects
- ^ArchitectureAustralian Academy of Science
- ^Reserve Bank, 65 Martin Place, SydneyDepartment of the Environment & Energy
- ^Reserve Bank of Australia, 20-22 London Circuit, CanberraDepartment of the Environment & Energy
- ^Australia Square: 50 Years in Sydney's SkylineLendlease 9 May 2017
- ^"MLC Centre Complex, including Theatre Royal, commercial and retail buildings significant interiors, plazas and artworks"(PDF).City of Sydney. 18 July 2018. pp. 4–5.Retrieved28 October2022.
- ^$20m Jolimont Centre opensCanberra Times6 May 1983
- ^"City Living".Archived fromthe originalon 15 September 2009.
- ^"Western Sydney Stadium – Stage 2 DA: Statement of Heritage Impact".Government of New South Wales. 1 March 2017. p. 57.Retrieved28 October2022.
- ^"Some Post-War Sports Buildings"(PDF).Stuart Harrison.Retrieved28 October2022.
- ^"Allianz Stadium".Structurae.Retrieved28 October2022.
- ^Sydney's Newington Olympic village 12 years after the closing ceremonyProperty Observer8 August 2012
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