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Transfield Services wins US$56 million worth of contracts in North American transport sector
22 December 2008
Transfield Services today announced US$56 million worth of roads asset management contracts in North America, less than one month after the incoming US government pledged the single largest new investment in national infrastructure since the 1950s.
Tr... Read More
Transfield Services finalises new $170 million power contract with Jemena
22 December 2008
Further to the announcement on 27 November 2008, Transfield Services has finalised the five-year $170 million contract to provide asset management and maintenance services to Jemena Electricity Network (JEN) and United Energy Distribution (UED) in Vict... Read More
Transfield Services extends New Zealand Telecommunications contract
22 December 2008
Transfield Services has secured a five-month extension of its telecommunications contract with Chorus, a division of Telecom New Zealand, until 30 June 2009. This extension is valued between NZ$50 to NZ$70 million, dependent on the volume of capital wo... Read More
Transfield Services Australian and New Zealand Businesses
09 December 2008
Transfield Services today announced it was streamlining its New Zealand business to better leverage the capabilities, skills and client relationships across its Australian and New Zealand operations.
Transfield Services CEO Australia, Mr Bruce James,... Read More
Transfield Services wins additional sustaining capital works with Caltex and BlueScope Steel
04 December 2008
Transfield Services today announced major additional new shutdown and sustaining capital works with key clients, Caltex Australia and BlueScope Steel, expanding on our long-term relationships with them.
Transfield Services will undertake major capita... Read More
Transfield Services extends water contracts worth up to $70 million over two years
28 November 2008
Transfield Services today announced two-year contract extensions with Sydney Water and the Sydney Catchment Authority
Transfield Services will continue to provide asset management, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation services to more than 40 pe... Read More
Response to Media speculation
28 November 2008
In response to media speculation on negotiations regarding specific divestments, Transfield Services states that the current reports are inaccurate. However, given the prevailing macro-economic conditions, the company continues to assess further capita... Read More
Transfield Services announces new $170 million power contract in Victoria
27 November 2008
Transfield Services today announced a new five-year $170 million contract for asset management and maintenance services to the electrical distribution network for Jemena which includes work on the Jemena Electricity Network (JEN) and United Energy Dist... Read More
Passengers get connected on CityCat 13
13 November 2008
Students on Brisbane’s thirteenth CityCat, which was officially launched today, will have free wireless access to the internet, Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said today.
CityCat number 13, the Ya-wa-gara, is the first CityCat to be fitted with wifi... Read More
Transfield Holdings Statement
13 November 2008
Transfield Services has previously stated that it was in the process of reviewing its capital management options given the current macroeconomic conditions.
The Belgiorno-Nettis family supports Transfield Services’ capital management review an... Read More
Media Release
07 November 2008
Recent media reports have been published in relation to Transfield Services’ capital position.
Chairman of Transfield Services, Mr Anthony Shepherd, today reiterated his statement at the Company’s recent Annual General Meeting that, given ... Read More
Transfield Services takes out four Customer Service Awards
31 October 2008
Transfield Services has been recognised with four awards at the Customer Service Institute of Australia’s (CSIA) Australian Service Excellence Awards, which were held on Wednesday, 29 October 2008.
Transfield Services Managing Director and Chief... Read More
TransdevTSL Brisbane Ferries wins award for customer service excellence
20 October 2008
Transfield Services and Transdev joint venture, TransdevTSL, has won the Queensland medium business category of the Australian Service Excellence Awards 2007/08.
The Customer Service Institute of Australia’s (CSIA) Australian Service Excellence... Read More
Transfield Services Dividend Reinvestment Plan
14 October 2008
On 25 August 2008, Transfield Services Limited (Transfield Services) introduced a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP), effective from the interim dividend for the half year ended 31 December 2008. The DRP Guide and DRP Rules are available in the Investor ... Read More
Transfield Services New Zealand Operations
09 October 2008
A media article in New Zealand today stated that Transfield Services was considering exiting the New Zealand market unless it negotiated a new engineering contract in its telecommunications business.
This assertion is false.
Transfield Services is st... Read More
Transfield Services and Gippsland Water continue to deliver essential water services to regional Victoria with a $15 million contract extension
08 October 2008
Transfield Services will provide asset management services to Gippsland Water until September 2011, in an extension of the base contract worth approximately $15 million over three years.
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Peter Watson s... Read More
Transfield Services renews NSW facilities management contract worth $385 million
08 October 2008
Transfield Services has secured a five-year $385 million maintenance contract with Housing NSW, extending its current six-year relationship to 2013.
As Housing NSW’s largest service provider, Transfield Services will manage 40 per cent of Housin... Read More
Transfield Services Annual Report 2008
22 September 2008
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APP to project manage Cairns Hospital redevelopment
16 September 2008
The Queensland Government has selected APP to project manage a $446 million redevelopment of Cairns base hospital.
APP Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ian Maxted, said: “APP will lead the development and delivery of this major social infrastructure... Read More
Transfield Services wins new work in Western Australian resources sector
26 August 2008
Transfield Services today announced a three-year contract worth approximately $120 million to provide asset management services to BHP Billiton Nickel West in Western Australia. The contract has two one-year extension options.
Transfield Services Ma... Read More
APP secures largest contract in firm’s history
25 August 2008
APP today announced it has secured its largest ever contract. APP will be the independent verifier and finance engineer for Australia’s largest ever Public Private Partnership, Brisbane’s $4.8 billion Airport Link.
Airport Link is Australi... Read More
Significant milestone reached at Inser Transfield Services SA
15 August 2008
Transfield Services recently completed a significant milestone in the integration of Inser Transfield Services SA delivering greater value to the resources and industrial sectors in Chile.
Forty Inser Transfield Services SA senior executives and contr... Read More
APP expands its project management capabilities
06 August 2008
APP today announced the acquisition of specialist urban planning consulting group, The Planning Group, to boost its urban planning, development and project management business in Victoria.
Established in 1994, The Planning Group is one of the larges... Read More
Transfield Services New Zealand renews five-year Transpower contract
01 July 2008
Transfield Services in New Zealand has renewed a five-year, NZ$200 million maintenance contract with Transpower, New Zealand’s electricity transmission grid owner and operator.
Transfield Services has worked with Transpower for more than 15 year... Read More
Transfield Services delivers more power to Western Australia
26 June 2008
Transfield Services has upgraded Kemerton Power Station’s output by more than 40 megawatts in high summer temperatures, ahead of schedule and in time to support Western Australia’s increasing energy needs.
The environmentally-friendly upg... Read More
Transfield Services to increase efficiency of Benmore power station
20 June 2008
Transfield Services New Zealand’s asset management expertise will increase the reliability of Benmore Power Station for Meridian Energy, New Zealand’s largest electricity generator. The two and a half-year contract is valued at approximatel... Read More
Transfield Services enters into three-year NZ$24 million road maintenance services contract with Wellington City Council in New Zealand
20 June 2008
Transfield Services today announced a three-year asset management contract with Wellington City Council that will provide essential services to its roading infrastructure and improve overall network performance.
The contract is worth approximately NZ$... Read More
Transfield Services earnings update for FY2008
16 May 2008
Transfield Services today announces an update on expected earnings for the 2008 financial year. Our global services business will deliver growth of at least 30% at the EBITA line this financial year and the outlook for FY2009 continues to be positive. ... Read More
Transfield Services to provide road maintenance services in Tasmania
09 May 2008
Transfield Services today announced it was the preferred tenderer for two road maintenance contracts with the Tasmanian Government Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources (DIER). Read More
Bernard Wheelahan retires as a Director of Transfield Services Limited
18 April 2008
Transfield Services today announced the retirement of non-executive Director of the Board, Mr Bernard Wheelahan.
Transfield Services’ Chairman, Mr Anthony Shepherd, thanked Mr Wheelahan for the major contribution he has made to the company sinc... Read More
Transfield Services enters into new $75 million water contract
17 April 2008
A new water system to provide drought relief through the transfer of bulk water across South East Queensland is a step closer following Linkwater’s signing of an alliance agreement with Transfield Services and United Utilities Australia.
Under ... Read More
Transfield Services enters into a five-year alliance with Western Power
09 April 2008
Transfield Services today signed a five-year alliance agreement with Western Power to deliver a major program of sustaining capital works for the upgrade and expansion of its network of transmission lines, distribution network and substations. The cont... Read More
Water supply boost for northern Victoria
01 April 2008
Farmers and communities in Northern Victoria will benefit from a $179 million irrigation infrastructure modernisation project to be delivered by the FutureFlow Alliance in a five year agreement worth approximately $60 million to Transfield Services ove... Read More
McBreen Jenkins Construction Ltd acquisition complete
24 January 2008
Transfield Services today announced it had completed the acquisition of McBreen Jenkins Construction Ltd and its wholly owned subsidiary, Impact Services Ltd. This follows the initial announcement of the signing of the sale purchase agreement on 9 Octo... Read More
Brisbane River Desalination Plants
09 January 2008
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Transfield Services expands into South America
09 January 2008
Transfield Services has agreed to acquire 50 per cent of Instrumentacion Y Servicios S.A. (Inser) for $16.25 million, a leading provider of mining maintenance and capital works services in the fast-growing Chilean market.
The company will operate as ... Read More