Global Engineering & Construction is a leading provider of pipelines and facilities construction in the oil, gas and energy sectors.
We specialise in remote and challenging projects, delivering every aspect of a project – from design and fabrication, installation, and commissioning through to ongoing maintenance and repair.
Supported by our in-house hydrotesting and ILI crews, we tackle projects from small dig-ups and repairs, well head connections and flow lines, facilities installation, and commissioning, all the way to main line connections, lateral pipelines and end of line facilities.
100 per cent Australian owned with offices in Brisbane and Kingaroy, we are able to deliver your projects across Australia, supported from our bases in the Cooper Basin and Surat Basin regions.
Herrenknecht AG, based Germany, was established in 1977 and is a leading manufacturer of tunnelling equipment. Through innovation and development, Herrenknecht has expanded its equipment range with specialised pipeline installation technologies.
Herrenknecht's horizontal directional drilling (HDD) rigs offer pull forces from 80 to 600 t, a range of HDD tooling including full face hole openers (FFHO) for single-pass large diameter reaming stages, weeper subs and downhole jet pumps.
It offers Direct Pipe® technology, using AVN machine and Pipe Thruster, for single-pass installation of steel pipelines from 20 to 60 inches (508 to 1,524 mm) in difficult ground conditions, sensitive areas, or shore approaches.
Herrenknecht's Pipe Thruster's offer 300 to 750 t push/pull force to assist challenging HDD installations of longer pipelines and larger diameters, or as a pipeline rescue or insertion tool.
Its Pipe Express® method works as a rapid, semi-trenchless, cross country pipeline installation system for 30 to 60 inches(762 to 1,524 mm).
Herrenknecht's E-Power Pipe® technology, using a microtunnel boring machine with jet pump (AVNS) for longer drives in small diameters. First, the AVNS excavates borehole using temporary jacking pipe concept. Second, the rack and pinion jacking frame pulls the prefabricated product pipe.
McConnell Dowell is a leading international pipeline contractor. It has constructed more than 30,000 km of new pipe networks across more than 200 projects including gas, petroleum, water and slurry pipelines. These pipelines help drive economic and social progress across Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
McConnell Dowell is the partner of choice for complex EPC and construction projects. The company is an expert in large diameter pipeline construction and has delivered gas pipelines up to 1,300 mm in diameter and water pipelines up to 1,800 mm in diameter. Its in-house specialist skills and plant enable execution of Direct Pipe method, horizontal directional drilling, microtunnelling, marine pipe pulls, pipe bridges and other complex crossing solutions.
McConnell Dowell's sustained success in the pipeline industry is based on strong client collaboration and effective community consultation and environmental management.