Leighton – APLNG Curtis Island Workers Camp
Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
- Client:
- Leighton Contractors (now CPB Contractors)
- Duration:
- 20 Months
- Completed:
- July 2013
Forming part of the six LNG trains on Curtis Island, the Australia Pacific LNG plant is Australia’s largest producer of coal seam gas (CSG). It not only supplies Queensland’s domestic gas market, but also processes CSG into liquefied natural gas to meet the demand of customers around Australia and globally. The development of the plant took some five years, shipping its first cargo in 2016.
To support the construction of the plant, Walz Group was engaged by Leighton Contractors (now known as CPB Contractors) late in 2011 to build the works accommodation camp. Our scope incorporated:
- Civil Works including
- Preparation of site
- Road construction
- Building platforms
- Drainage
- Concrete works
- Building installation
- 2,600 residential units
- Full commercial kitchen and dining hall to accommodate preparation of three meals a day for 2600 camp residents.
- Miscellaneous buildings including offices, gymnasiums, laundry/toilet/washroom blocks, medical facilities, lunch cribs, security huts, etc
- BBQ shelters, pavilions, walkways