McElligotts West Gate Bridge project

Westgate Bridge Update: Completed Project

Following three years of hard work, McElligotts is proud to announce that the West Gate Bridge repainting and remediation project is now complete.  This massive project on one of Victoria’s most iconic structures began in 2019, when our team was contracted by CPB Contractors on behalf of VicRoads/Department of Transport to abrasive blast and repaint
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Main Control Valve Module

Earlier this year, the McElligotts team were responsible for providing our protective coating services to the main control valve module on an EX 5600-6 excavator hydraulic system. This project was contracted by a client who is responsible for creating some of the most advanced machinery and equipment in the Australian construction industry. The McElligotts team
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Mine Entrance Way

The McElligotts Queensland team was engaged to provide remedial construction services to the entrance way of a mine in the Mackay area. The entrance way had to be transported to McElligotts’ Mackay yard and lifted into the igloo by a crane. Weighing in at 18 tonnes, its dimensions are 6m high, 5m wide, and 10m
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Wivenhoe Dam Unit 1 Refurbishment 

McElligotts Queensland were contracted by Queensland Government-owned energy generator and retailer, CleanCo Queensland, to provide refurbishment work to Unit 1 of the Wivenhoe Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Station situated at the Wivenhoe Dam. This project was part of the $14 million overhaul to Queensland’s only pumped hydro power station which plays a critical role in
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Nobbys Lighthouse

McElligotts were engaged to complete the repaint of the Nobbys Head lighthouse. The major work scope was the removal of the existing lead-based coatings and replacement with a modern protective coating system. Additional project requirements included the repair of corroded steel, repair of rotten or damaged timber, removal of asbestos, repair of the masonry and/or
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Goods Island Lighthouse

McElligotts were engaged to complete the repaint of the Cape Wickham lighthouse. The major work scope was the removal of the existing lead-based coatings and replacement with a modern protective coating system. Additional project requirements included stabilisation and repair of concrete, repointing of stonework, repair of corrosion and damage to metal substrates.

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Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse

McElligotts were engaged to complete the repaint of the Cape Naturaliste lighthouse. The major work scope was the removal of the existing lead-based coatings and replacement with a modern protective coating system. Additional project requirements included the repair and stabilisation of cracking concrete, repairs of severe corrosion and metallic substrates and replacing the external stairway
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Fraser Island Sandy Cape Lighthouse

The Sandy cape lighthouse work scope included the removal of the dome roof and replacement of the roof sill plate, removal, and replacement of the corroded external stair stringer plate. Sandy Cape was commenced in September 2014 and completed in February 2015.

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Double Island Point Lighthouse

The Double Island Point lighthouse required corrosion repairs to the sheet plate wall panelling; structural repairs to the lantern room concrete balcony; supply and installation of a cathodic protections system; Double Island Point was commenced in April 2014 and completed in September 2014.

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Hunter Water

The biggest intercrete project completed in the Southern Hemisphere at the time, this project involved repairing 6km of cracks on the floor and a full coat of 3mm thickness intercrete product. With the tank losing 1.2 megalitres per day of water before the remediation works were undertaken, water loss after the repairs was reduced by
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