Sinclair Knight Merz
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| Sinclair Knight Merz Pty. Ltd. | |
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| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Founded | Australia (1996) |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
| Key people | Paul Dougas, CEO Peter Scott, Chairman |
| Industry | Engineering, sciences and project delivery |
| Revenue | $861 million AUD (2006-07) |
| Employees | 6000 (2007) |
| Website | http://www.skmconsulting.com |
Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) is an engineering, sciences and project delivery firm. It is based in Australia but has offices in New Zealand, Europe, the Middle East, South America and Asia.
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[edit] Overview
The firm has approximately 6000 staff working in 47 offices around the world.[1] This workforce represents a range of disciplines including engineers, planners, architects, economists, scientists, project managers, technicians and administrative staff. The business is wholly owned by approximately 500 staff members in a partnership arrangement.
In the fiscal year 2006-07 the firm’s financial revenue was AUS$861 million.[2]
SKM’s operations are divided into five broad “Business Units”:
- Buildings & Property
- Power & Industry
- Infrastructure
- Resources
- Water & Environment
Various technical disciplines sit within these broad categories. For example, specialist rail and tunnelling staff are based in the Infrastructure Business Unit.
An umbrella “Group” division contains teams responsible for specific project delivery skills, such as risk management, safety and economic planning.
[edit] History
The Sinclair & Knight practice was established in Sydney Australia in 1964 by Bruce Sinclair and Jack Knight. The firm grew rapidly over the next 30 years, and in 1996 it merged with Merz Australia (A firm descended from the Merz & McLellan business begun by Charles Merz) to form Sinclair Knight Merz.[3] A series of mergers over the following ten years saw the firm’s continued expansion in size, geography and services.
[edit] Major clients
SKM works with public and private sector clients across all its Business Units. Some of its major clients are:
- BHP Billiton
- Rio Tinto Group
- Boral
- Multiplex
- Leighton Holdings
- Exxon Mobil
- Australian Department of Defence
- Various state-owned and private water, power, road, rail and transport businesses.
[edit] Significant projects
Among many thousands of other projects, SKM’s services have been utilised in the following endeavours:
- The Eden Project (structural and civil design)[4]
- Athens Olympic Stadium (structural design)[5]
- Wembley Stadium redevelopment (seating and roof design)[6]
- Gold Coast desalination plant (engineering and design)[7]
- Port upgrade, Dampier Western Australia (engineering, procurement and construction management)[8]
- The Roundhouse (London) (structural engineering and roof design)[9]
- Project Seabird – Indian naval base (planning, design, civil and construction supervision services)[10]
- Dublin Light Rail system (track, civil, structural and building design)[11]
- Australian Air Warfare Destroyer program (detail design, marine engineering, risk management, infrastructure engineering)[12]
- Albury-Wodonga Hume Freeway bypass (design)[13]
- Central Motorway Junction, Auckland, New Zealand (strategic planning and project delivery)[14]
[edit] References
- ^ SKM Corporate Report 2007. SKMThe Roundhouse. Retrieved on November 28, 2007.
- ^ Australian Financial Review 30 November, 2007
- ^ Sinclair Knight Merz - Celebrating Over 40 years. SKM (17 June 2005). Retrieved on November 28, 2007.
- ^ Calling Planet Earth - The Da Vinci Code building has landed. The Eden project. Retrieved on November 27, 2007.
- ^ The Roof Of The Olympic Stadium For The 2004 Athens Olympic Gamnes: from Concept to Implementation. Prof. Spiro N. Pollalis, Harvard Design School. Retrieved on November 27, 2007.
- ^ Building Wembley. Wembley Stadium. Retrieved on November 27, 2007.
- ^ The Gold Coast Desalination project. GCD Alliance. Retrieved on November 27, 2007.
- ^ 2006 Winners. Engineers Australia WA Division. Retrieved on November 28, 2007.
- ^ Architects and Design team. The Roundhouse. Retrieved on November 28, 2007.
- ^ Project Seabird Shiplift Civil Works - Key Design Issues. Coasts and Ports: Coastal Living - Living Coast; Australasian Conference 2005; Proceedings. Retrieved on November 28, 2007.
- ^ Dublin Luas Light Rail network. railway-technology.com. Retrieved on November 28, 2007.
- ^ SKM Joins Defence Skilling Program. Australian Minsiter for Defence. Retrieved on November 28, 2007.
- ^ Delivering Better Roads. Australian Road Forum Road News April/May 2007. Retrieved on November 28, 2007.
- ^ CMJ - Timeline. Central Motorway Improvements - Transit NZ. Retrieved on November 28, 2007.
