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QGC moves earth for T&W

QGC has awarded a $25 million earthmoving contract to T&W Earthworks of Condamine, which is expec...

James McGrath
QGC moves earth for T&W

The Condamine company will clear, grade, and build well sites and roads for up to three years in the Surat Basin.

QGC said this work was expected to create 50 jobs.

It took the opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to using local suppliers for its QCLNG project and associated upstream activities wherever possible.

“Across our project area, local communities and benefitting from QGC’s investment in home-grown suppliers of goods and services,” QGC managing director Derek Fisher said.

“We will be operating in the Surat Basin for decades and we want local businesses to thrive and develop through our presence.”

This contract reportedly brings the total value of contracts signed with Surat Basin-based companies up to $300 million, with five companies sharing in the bounty.

More broadly, it said that $9.6 billion out of $14.89 billion in work handed out since 2010 had gone to Queensland-based companies.

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