CIMIC Group Limited (formerly known as Leighton Holdings prior to April 2015) is a leading international 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, South East Asia, New Zealand, and the Middle East. Leighton Holdings was rebranded as the CIMIC Group in 2015.
CIMIC stands for Construction, Infrastructure, Mining and Concessions.
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History
Founded in 1949 by Stanley Leighton, an Englishman, Leighton Holdings was first listed on the Melbourne Stock Exchange in 1962. It established an operation in Asia, known as Leighton Asia in 1975.
In March 2014, the majority owner of Leighton, Hochtief, installed its own CEO, Marcelino Fernandez Verdes, as the firm's CEO.
In June 2014, CEO Marcelino Fernandez Verdes elevated to executive chairman following the retirement of board member Bob Humphris.
In April 2015 Leighton Holdings changed its name to CIMIC Group (abbreviated from Construction, Infrastructure, Mining and Concessions).
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Operations
CPB Contractors
CPB Contractors is the core contracting business around which the rest of the structure of the group has been formed. It was rebranded from Leighton Contractors in January 2016.
John Holland Group
Leighton Holdings formerly owned the John Holland Group, a major Australian construction, rail and tunnelling group. In 2000, Leighton Holdings bought a 70% stake in the company, this was increased to 99% in 2004 and 100% in December 2007. In December 2014, Leighton Holdings sold John Holland to China Communications Construction for $1.15 billion.
Thiess
Thiess is an Australian integrated construction, mining and services provider, and Thiess Services, an environmental and utilities contracting organisation and an subsidiary of parent company Thiess. Originating in Queensland in 1934, Thiess became a part of the Leighton Group in 1983.
Middle East
The business owns a 45% share in the Al Habtoor Leighton Group, one of the leading construction groups in the Middle East.
Leighton Asia, India and offshore
The business operates in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Philippines and Mongolia as well as oceangoing barges.
Leighton Properties
The business is a property development company in commercial, residential and mixed-use precincts, established in 1972 and operating in Australia.
UGL
In December 2016, CIMIC purchased engineering company UGL Limited.
Major projects
Major projects undertaken by Leighton Holdings include:
- Ross River Dam completed in 1971
- Anglo-Australian Observatory completed in 1971
- Tallowa Dam completed in 1976
- Burdekin Dam completed in 1987
- Brisbane Airport completed in 1988
- ABC Centre, Ultimo completed in 1991
- Star City Casino completed in 1997
- Eastern Distributor tunnel completed in 1999
- Westpac Place, Sydney completed in 2006
- Clem Jones Tunnel completed in 2010
- Antilia Building, India, completed in 2010
- Gateway Bridge Duplication completed in 2011
- Airport Link, Brisbane, opened in 2012
Ownership
About 70% of the shares in CIMIC Group are held by Hochtief which in turn is owned by the ACS Group.
References
External links
CIMIC official website
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