Civil & Civic was an Australian construction company. Founded in 1951, it was acquired in 1961 by Lend Lease Corporation.

Civil & Civic
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryConstruction
Founded1951
FounderDick Dusseldorp
Defunct1999
SuccessorBovis Lend Lease
Headquarters,
Australia
Area served
Australia
New Zealand
ParentLendlease
WebsiteLend Lease Projects

History

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Civil & Civic was founded by Dick Dusseldorp in 1951 on behalf of Dutch building 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 by William Hudson, engineer of the Snowy 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 via Cooma and 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 the Sydney Opera House,[3] Australia's first all concrete skyscraper (Caltex House),[4] and the world's first high-rise strata title apartment building (Blues Point Tower).[5]

In 1961 Civil & Civic was acquired by Lend 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 from P&O in October 1999, the former Civil & Civic business merged with the former Bovis business to form Bovis Lend Lease.[7][6][8]

Major Projects

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Major projects undertaken included:

References

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  1. ^ The story of Lendlease Lendlease
  2. ^ a b Modern Townships for Snowy Mountains Workers Sydney Morning Herald 12 January 1954 page 11
  3. ^ a b Sydney Opera House Guide NSW State Records & Archives
  4. ^ a b Ceramic Facing at New Caltex House Cumberland Argus 13 November 1957 page 10
  5. ^ a b Towering ambition Sydney Morning Herald 27 September 2002
  6. ^ a b Who We Are Bovis Lend Lease
  7. ^ Ships - but no building BBC News 4 October 1999
  8. ^ Home Lend Lease Projects
  9. ^ Architecture Australian Academy of Science
  10. ^ Reserve Bank, 65 Martin Place, Sydney Department of the Environment & Energy
  11. ^ Reserve Bank of Australia, 20-22 London Circuit, Canberra Department of the Environment & Energy
  12. ^ Australia Square: 50 Years in Sydney's Skyline Lendlease 9 May 2017
  13. ^ "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. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  14. ^ $20m Jolimont Centre opens Canberra Times 6 May 1983
  15. ^ "City Living". Archived from the original on 15 September 2009.
  16. ^ "Western Sydney Stadium – Stage 2 DA: Statement of Heritage Impact". Government of New South Wales. 1 March 2017. p. 57. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Some Post-War Sports Buildings" (PDF). Stuart Harrison. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  18. ^ "Allianz Stadium". Structurae. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  19. ^ Sydney's Newington Olympic village 12 years after the closing ceremony Property Observer 8 August 2012
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