Aurecon is an engineering, management, design, planning, project management, consulting and advisory company based in Australia, with operations in the Middle East, New Zealand and South East Asia.
History
Formed through the merger of three engineering consultancies, Africon, Connell Wagner and
Ninham Shand, Aurecon has over 7500 staff members. The company operates in 28 countries across Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
Africon was formed in 1935. The original business, Van Wyk en Louw Consulting, grew as one of the 'top 5' engineering consulting firms under apartheid, winning lucrative government contracts including management of 'townships' before changing its name to Africon during South Africa's transformation to democracy. At the time of the merger, Africon was ranked amongst the world’s top 200 international design firms and was South Africa’s largest engineering company. The organisation operated in both the public and private sectors within the fields of transportation, property, municipal services, energy and mining.
Connell Wagner was one of Asia Pacific’s largest multi-disciplinary engineering consultancies, with a history spanning more than 75 years. The firm provided a broad range of professional technical services across several market sectors, namely buildings, industrial, transportation, urban development, water, international development, environment, energy, telecommunications and defence.
Established in 1935, Ninham Shand was one of South Africa’s leading, privately owned companies of consulting engineers and environmental scientists. The organisation offered consulting services in areas including water resources and supply, heavy engineering, purification, infrastructure services, structures and buildings, transportation and roads, and environmental science.
In January 2020, the South African business was spun-off in a
demerger.
Aurecon to separate from its African business
Aurecon 22 October 2019
Notable projects
The company delivers project design and management across twelve markets. They are built environment, construction, data and telecommunications, defence, energy, government, international development assistance, manufacturing, resources, transport and water.
Major projects in Asia
*Waigani National Courts Complex, Papua New Guinea
* City of Dreams Casino, Macau
* Chek Lap Kok, Passenger Terminal Building Hong Kong Airport, Hong Kong
*Fusionopolis
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, Singapore
* Pha Lai II Power Plant, Vietnam
* Landmark 81, Vietnam
*Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program, East Timor
*The Sail At Marina Bay
The Sail @ Marina Bay is a waterfront lifestyle condominium located in the Marina Bay area in Singapore. It was completed in 2008. The first tenants have moved into Central Park Tower in July 2008. Residents moved into Marina Bay Tower a few week ...
, Singapore
Major projects in Australia/New Zealand
* Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, Brisbane
* Sunshine Coast University Hospital
* West Gate Tunnel, Melbourne
* Caulfield to Dandenong line Level Crossing Removal Project
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After pledging the removal of 50 level crossings at the 2014 Victoria ...
, Melbourne
*Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, Hay Point
* Eden Park Stadium, Auckland
* Eureka Tower, Melbourne
*Bendigo Bank
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Before the merger, Bendigo Bank delivered its pr ...
Headquarters, Victoria
* Huntly e3p Combined Cycle Power Station, Huntly
* Luggage Point Water Treatment Plant, Queensland
*Melbourne Cricket Ground
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* Northern Busway, Auckland
*Optus Earth Satellite Station, Regency Park, South Australia
* Adelaide Entertainment Centre redevelopment
*Adelaide Festival Centre
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expansion
* Kogan Creek Solar Boost Project
*Te Puni Village, Victoria University of Wellington
Major projects in the Middle East
* Madinat Jumeirah Arabian Leisure Resort Development, United Arab Emirates
* The Palm Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
* Qatar Science and Technology Park, Qatar
*Motiongate Theme Park Dubai, United Arab Emirates
*Doha Oasis Theme Park, Qatar
Major projects in Africa
*Berg Water Project, South Africa
*Department of International Relations and Cooperation Building, South Africa
*Maguga Dam
The Maguga Dam is a dam on the Komati River in Eswatini. It is high and is located about south of Piggs Peak. It was built as a joint project of the governments of South Africa and Eswatini. As of 2005, it was the largest public works project e ...
and Maguga Hydroelectric Project, Eswatini
Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...
* N2 Garden Route, South Africa
*Nova Vida Housing Development, Angola
* O R Tambo International Airport, South Africa
*Peter Mokaba Stadium
The Peter Mokaba Stadium is a football and rugby union stadium in Polokwane (formerly Pietersburg), South Africa, that was used for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It has a capacity of 45,500 but for the purposes of the 2010 FIFA World Cup the seating cap ...
, South Africa
* Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, South Africa
* New Bugesera International Airport, Rwanda
Engineering and technical services
* Mechanical engineering
*Electrical engineering
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* Civil engineering
* Structural engineering
* Process / Chemical engineering
* Project management
*Surveying
Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. A land surveying professional is ca ...
*Geotechnical engineering
Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. It uses the principles of soil mechanics and rock mechanics for the solution of its respective engineering problems. It als ...
* Metallurgical / Material science
* Environmental engineering
*Environmental consulting, planning and approvals
*Mathematics / Statistics
* Transportation planning
Asset Management
References
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External links
Aurecon Official Website
Australian companies established in 2009
Construction and civil engineering companies of Australia
Construction and civil engineering companies established in 2009
Engineering consulting firms