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Civil & Civic

Civil & Civic

Australian construction company

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

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History

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

Major projects undertaken included:

References

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