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GENERAL: DOW: DOWNER AWARDED NBN CO CONTRACT FOR MULTI-DWELLING UNITS
Media/ASX and NZX Release
21 December 2012
DOWNER AWARDED NBN CO CONTRACT FOR MULTI-DWELLING UNITS
Downer EDI Limited (Downer) announced today it had been awarded a contract
for design and construction services to connect flats and units to the
National Broadband Network (NBN).
The contract is valued at up to $66 million and covers a range of different
sized residential multi-dwelling units (MDUs) over the next two years in NSW,
Victoria and the ACT.
The Chief Executive Officer of Downer, Grant Fenn, said Downer won the MDU
contract after a lengthy and detailed tender process.
"Downer has extensive experience building, operating and maintaining
infrastructure for customers in the telecommunications sector and we have the
expertise and scale to help NBN Co deliver high speed broadband across
Australia," Mr Fenn said.
"We look forward to working with NBN Co to deliver this MDU contract and we
are also tendering for other opportunities to work with NBN Co to roll out
this important national high speed broadband project."
For further information please contact:
Michael Sharp, Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations +61
439 470145
Luke Thrum, Manager Investor Relations +61 459 828720
Downer EDI Limited (www.downergroup.com) provides comprehensive engineering
and infrastructure management services to the public and private Minerals &
Metals, Oil & Gas, Power, Transport Infrastructure, Telecommunications, Water
and Property sectors across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific
region.
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