P007466 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2024-08-13 human Ken McInnes updated 2024-08-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007466b.htm corporateBody SMEC Holdings Limited AACR2 9 November 1993 Start Place Cooma, New South Wales, Australia Civil Engineering Hydraulic engineer Energy Consulting engineer SMEC Holdings Limited (SMEC) was formed in 1993 after the sale by the Commonwealth of Australia of the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Limited, to a its former employees. It is a staff-owned major multi-disciplinary international engineering design firm, with a diverse, globally connected workforce, operating out of more than 40 countries with strong local relationships. SMEC Holdings Limited is incorporated in Australia, with some of its partner SMEC companies incorporated in other countries. The company has continued to expand, and has included a number of acquisitions: Brisbane City Enterprises (2005), EGC Pakistan (2007), Dare Sutton Clark (2008), CEIS Pakistan (2009), Lean and Hayward (2011), GMC Global (2012) and Vela VKE (2012). In 2016 it joined the Singapore based Surbana Jurong Group (SJ), and now, in 2024, operates across 120 offices, with more than 16,000 employees. SMEC is an active member of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), the Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD) and the International Hydropower Association.

Associated major projects in Australia include:
* 2022 Melbourne, North East Link. Detailed design;
* Sydney Metro, Western Sydney Airport station;
* Sydney Metro, Crows Nest underground rail station [SMEC as lead consultant on the Crows Nest Design Consortium (CNDC), in partnership with Woods Bagot, Robert Bird Group, Norman Disney Young, and Oculus];
* 2022 Inland Rail Project [Joint venture partnership with Arup];
* 2018 Adelaide, Darlington upgrade project [SMEC in a joint venture with Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Ltd, Kellogg Brown and Root Pty Ltd];
* 2018 Sydney Metro, skytrain section of Northwest line, including award winning cable-stayed bridge;
* 2017 Sydney Metro, Northwest line - the first fully automated train service in Australia [Design joint venture partnership for the operations trains & systems (OTS) package, with Mott MacDonald and KBR];
* 2017 Sydney, NorthConnex [Aurecon SMEC joint venture]
* 2017 Melbourne, M80 Ring Road Upgrade [SMEC in design joint venture with Arup, Flint and Neill];
* 2011 Adelaide, Desalination plant [SMEC in design joint venture with Hatch]
* c2008 Proposed high-speed train from Sydney to Melbourne [Feasibility study with BHP];
* 2002-2005 Sydney, Westlink M7 Motorway

 Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Limited (SMEC) (1989 - 1993) Australian National Committee on Large Dams Incorporated (ANCOLD) (1937 - ) SMEC Foundation (2001 - ) 'SMEC Holdings Limited', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology SMEC Holdings Limited Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation