The John Holland Group is an infrastructure, building, rail and transport business operating in Australia and New Zealand. Headquartered in Melbourne, it is a subsidiary of China Communications Construction.
History The company was founded in 1949 by John Holland. In 1991 the business was purchased by Janet Holmes à Court's Heytesbury Pty Ltd. 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 2002, the construction assets of Transfield Holdings were acquired.John Holland acquires TRansfield's construction business Leighton Holdings 12 December 2002Leighton to buy Transfield Constructions Australian Financial Review 13 December 2002
In November 2012, John Holland Tunnelling was awarded the International Tunnelling Contractor of the Year, for the Northern Sewerage Project in Melbourne.
In December 2014, Leighton Holdings agreed terms with China Communications Construction to sell John Holland.John Holland to be acquired by Chinese Communications Construction Company John Holland 12 September 2014John Holland Purchase Brings First Large Chinese Construction Company To Oz Business Review AustraliaLeighton to Sell John Holland Unit to Chinese Construction Company Wall Street Journal 11 December 2014 The transaction was completed in April 2015 after the federal government approved the sale.
Major projects Major projects include:
Transport As part of the consortium selected to build the Alice Springs to Darwin railway line, John Holland took a 7.5% shareholding in the Asia Pacific Transport Consortium in 2000.John Holland set to share in $1.2bn Alice Springs-Darwin Rail Project Leighton Holdings 18 October 2000 John Holland has interests in Metro Trains Melbourne and Metro Trains Sydney that operate the Melbourne suburban train network and Sydney Metro respectively.John Holland Joint Venture Awarded New 7-Year Contract To Operate And Maintain Melbourne’s Metro Trains John Holland 12 September 2017Sydney Metro Trains Facility Engineers Australia
In January 2012, John Holland Rail (JHR) commenced the operation and maintenance of the New South Wales Country Regional Network (CRN) under a ten-year contract with Transport for NSW, comprising 2,400 route kilometres of operational passenger and freight rail lines and 3,100 route kilometres of non-operational lines.John Holland takes over NSW country regional rail network Track & Signal issue 16/2 May 2012 page 8 This ceased in January 2022 with the contract passing to UGL Rail.New deal underpins strong future for Country Regional Network Transport for NSW 12 February 2021
In April 2019, John Holland commenced the operation and maintenance of the Canberra Light Rail through its Canberra Metro Operations joint venture.Preparing Canberra light rail Tramways & Urban Transit issue 979 July 2019
In July 2020, John Holland became responsible for maintenance of the Glenelg tram line in Adelaide as part of the Torrens Connect consortium.Adelaide Bus and Public Transport Contracts Announced Australasian Bus & Coach 10 March 2020UGL and John Holland to operate Adelaide trams Metro Report International 12 March 2020
In April 2022, Transdev John Holland (25% owned by John Holland) commenced operating Sydney Bus Region 9 in the Eastern Suburbs under contract to Transport for NSW.Transdev John Holland JV Sets Pathway To Greener Connections In Sydney's Eastern Suburbs Transdev 26 November 2021Sydney Region 9 bus contract secured: John Holland-Transdev Australasian Bus & Coach 26 November 2021 In December 2024, another Transdev–John Holland joint venture, Yarra Journey Makers (49% owned by John Holland), took over the operation of Yarra Trams in Melbourne.
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External links Company website