BOVIS Lend Lease has been awarded a $263.6 million contract from the Department of Defence.
Bovis Lend Lease will undertake the redevelopment of the Commonwealth’s propellant manufacturing facility at Mulwala, in southern
Bovis Lend Lease will be responsible for the design and construction of 28 new buildings and the refurbishment of several other key facilities.
Federal Parliament gave the green light for the project to proceed in March when the redevelopment was formally approved by the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Public Works.
The Mulwala facility, originally developed in the early 1940s, supplies military grade propellants and high explosives to the Benalla ammunition manufacturing facility in northern
A workforce of around 250 people will be employed on site at the peak of construction. The Bovis Lend Lease and ATK team will complete the necessary engineering design work to enable construction to commence during the second quarter of 2008.
The plant is scheduled to be fully operational in 2012 after Defence has completed its propellant testing activities.
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