Toowoomba company to start on huge $40 million contract
A TOOWOOMBA construction materials company will soon begin work on a $40 million contract on a “transformational” State Government project.
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TOOWOOMBA construction materials giant Wagners will soon begin work on a $40 million contract on the State Government's "transformational" Cross River Rail project.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and State Development Minister Kate Jones talked up the project this morning with media at the Wagners' Wacol facility, alongside Wagners Holding Company CEO Cameron Coleman and directors John and Denis Wagner.
Wagners will create 25,000 concrete segments, with batching starting in September, for the Cross River Rail tunnels.
Ms Palaszczuk said the company would be employing 70 direct staff, five days a week, 24 hours a day, to construct the segments.
"This is an enormous job and it means local businesses are benefiting from working on Cross River Rail, which of course is a mega $5 billion project," she said.
Ms Jones was delighted to see another contract on the Cross River Rail project go to a Queensland company.
"This is an absolutely transformational project for Brisbane and for Queensland and wherever possible we are engaging Queensland contractors so we can use Queensland-made and built material on Cross River Rail," she said.
"This is a great Queensland story and we thank the Wagners for their continued investment in Queenslanders."
Mr Coleman said the company was "really excited about this project".
"It's a fantastic job for Queensland and we'd just like to thank the client and the government for having the confidence in us to deliver these segments.
"We continue to push on and be as innovative as we can in different aspects of our business. This is just another great opportunity we've been presented with."
The awarding of the contract was announced by the State Government in December last year.