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Who Builds Melbourne: The Tier 1 Contractors and What They're Working On

Project information sourced from publicly available tender awards and government announcements. Not a comprehensive list.

Melbourne's tier 1 construction market is dominated by a small group of contractors who deliver most of the state's major infrastructure and large-scale development work, often in joint ventures or alliances rather than alone. Here's who they are and what they're publicly known to be working on.

John Holland
Parent: CIMIC Group
Infrastructure
  • West Gate Tunnel Project — joint venture with CPB Contractors
  • Melbourne Metro Tunnel — Cross Yarra Partnership (with Lendlease, Bouygues Construction) and Rail Network Alliance (with CPB Contractors, Alstom, AECOM)
  • Victorian Level Crossing Removal Project — multiple packages
  • North East Link and North Western Program works
CPB Contractors
Parent: CIMIC Group
Infrastructure
  • West Gate Tunnel Project — joint venture with John Holland
  • Melbourne Metro Tunnel — Rail Network Alliance (with John Holland, Alstom, AECOM)
  • Suburban Rail Loop East — tunnelling and civil packages
  • Level crossing removal and other Big Build program packages
Lendlease
ASX-listed
InfrastructureCommercialResidential
  • Melbourne Metro Tunnel — Cross Yarra Partnership (with John Holland, Bouygues Construction)
  • Melbourne Quarter, Southbank — mixed-use precinct including the build-to-rent West Tower
  • Queen Victoria Market precinct redevelopment (southern site)
Multiplex
Parent: Brookfield
CommercialResidential
  • Melbourne Square, Southbank — large mixed-use development (Stage One complete)
  • New Footscray Hospital
  • STH BNK by Beulah, Southbank — announced builder for the twin-tower mixed-use project
McConnell Dowell
ASX-listed (NRW Holdings)
Infrastructure
  • Victoria's Big Build program delivery panels
  • Rail infrastructure renewal and construction panel work for V/Line
  • Regional Victorian rail duplication and upgrade packages
BMD Group
Privately held
Infrastructure
  • Victoria's Big Build program delivery panels
  • Civil infrastructure and land development works across metropolitan Melbourne
Fulton Hogan
Privately held (NZ/AU)
Infrastructure
  • V/Line Rail Construction and Renewal (RCR) panel
  • Road and civil infrastructure maintenance and upgrade works across Victoria