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| Thiess consortium to deliver Victorian Desalination Project Australian contractor firm Thiess and its joint venture partners have reached financial close on the contract for Australia's largest desalination project. The client is the Victoria state government. The project volume totals approximately EUR 2.1 billion (AUD 3.5 billion). The AquaSure consortium consists of Thiess, Suez Environnement, Degrémont and Macquarie Capital. Works on the desalination plant will start in October 2009 and be completed as early as at the end of 2011. The biggest infrastructure project ever in Victoria and one of the world's largest PPPs, the facility is planned to supply 150 billion liters of drinking water a year to Melbourne and other cities in the region. The project also includes construction and operation of the 86-kilometer transfer pipeline to connect the desalination plant to Melbourne‘s water network. In addition, the Thiess consortium is responsible for the energy supply, operating with a 100-percent renewable energy offset. In this context, construction of a wind farm for the plant is planned. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |