Bowen Rail selects THREE Group for Carmichael project

Bowen Rail Company has appointed THEE Group as the new track and civil maintenance contractor for the billion-dollar Carmichael Rail Network project in central Queensland.

Bowen Rail Company general manager Brendan Lane said THEE Group was chosen following a months-long selection process. The scope of work to be delivered is so fundamental to the safety and performance of the railway and the coal trains that run on it, he stressed.

“THEE Group’s a local Indigenous-owned track and civil maintenance contractor with great capability across both plant and people and a growing reputation in Queensland and New South Wales as a partner to industry and a provider of very high-quality services,” Lane said.

The contract is worth more than $10 million over its five-year term. THEE workers based in Rockhampton and Bowen will perform both preventative and corrective maintenance along the 200 kilometres of railway that connects Bravus Mining and Resources’ Carmichael mine near Clermont to Aurizon’s Newlands Rail System south of Collinsville.

THEE Group Queensland delivery manager rail sector Doug James said the business was excited to bring its expertise to the Carmichael Rail Network and continue to grow its regional footprint. 

“We’re a 100% Indigenous-owned business providing multidisciplined rail services from our Gracemere office near Rockhampton as well as our other offices in southeast Queensland and the Hunter region in New South Wales,” James said.

“This contract will see us establish a core team based in Bowen that will be backed by our Rockhampton workforce for when we need to flex up to 30 or 40 staff working on the network for strategic packages of work.”

Source: bowenrail.com.au