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Thiess Pty Ltd

April 26, 2024

This article is about the international mining services company. For other uses, see Thiess.

Thiess Pty Ltd is an international mining services company based in Brisbane, Australia. Established in the 1930s as Horn & Thiess, the company later became Thiess Bros and Thiess Contractors before being bought by Leighton Holdings in 1983 to become part of the CIMIC Group.[2][3][4] Thiess' headquarters are located in the Thiess Centre in South Bank in the Brisbane CBD near the TAFE Brisbane City campus.[5]

Thiess Pty Ltd
FormerlyThiess Bros
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryMining services
Founded1933; 91 years ago (1933)
FounderHenry Horn and Leslie Thiess
Headquarters
Brisbane
,
Australia
Area served
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Mongolia
  • South Africa
Number of employees
12,000 (2021)[1]
Parent
SubsidiariesThiess Contractors Indonesia
Websitethiess.com

Following restructuring within CIMIC in 2014 and the merger of several international Leighton businesses into Thiess, the company claims to have become the largest contract mining services provider in the world.[6]

History edit

Thiess was founded as Horn & Thiess in 1933 by Henry Horn and Leslie Thiess with headquarters in Toowoomba. Initially the business focused on road-building and earth moving but subsequently expanded into dam construction, open cut mining and other forms of civil engineering. After other members of the Thiess family bought Horn out, it was renamed Thiess Bros.[7][8][9]

In 1951 Thiess was listed on the Sydney and Brisbane stock exchanges.[10]

After importing Toyota Land Cruisers into Australia for the Snowy Mountains Scheme in 1959, Thiess became the Toyota commercial vehicle franchisee in Australia.[11][12] A 40% shareholding in Thiess Toyota was sold to Toyota Australia in 1968, with the remaining stake being sold in 1980.[13][14][15] From 1967 until 1970, Thiess was also the distributor of White Motor Company products in Australia.[16][17]

In February 1980, Thiess was taken over by CSR in a hostile takeover.[18][19][20] In April 1981, the construction division was sold to a consortium of Hochtief (50%), Westfield Group (25%) and Leslie Thiess (25%).[21] In July 1983 Thiess was acquired by Leighton Holdings, with Hochtief becoming the majority shareholder in Leighton Holdings.[22][23][3]

In 1987 Thiess diversified into waste collection establishing Thiess Waste Management Services.[3] This was sold in July 2012 to Remondis.[24]

In 2011, the business was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame.[25]

In 2014, the mining operations of Leighton Africa, Leighton Asia and Leighton Contractors were merged into.[6] In 2016 Thiess's civil engineering business was merged into Leighton Contractors which was renamed CPB Contractors.[26] Since then Thiess has been entirely focused on mining projects.[27]

In 2021, CIMIC agreed to joint ownership (50/50) of Thiess with Elliott Advisors.[28]

Major projects edit

Major projects undertaken by Thiess include:

References edit

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  8. ^ The Story of Thiess Brothers The Courier-Mail 30 March 1953 page 7
  9. ^ a b c d e "Thiess, Sir Leslie Charles (Les) (1909–1992)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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  13. ^ Phil Gilbert Toyota
  14. ^ Thiess to sells its interest in Thiess Toyota Canberra Times 30 January 1980 page 27
  15. ^ Toyota acquires distributor company Truck & Bus Transportation June 1980 page 130
  16. ^ White Trucks distributorship Freight & Container Transportation December 1967 page 17
  17. ^ Thiess drops out of White operations; changes planned Truck & Bus Transportation September 1970 page 144
  18. ^ Plans for Thiess Canberra Times 1 December 1979 page 20
  19. ^ CSR Offer Accepted - Thiess directors give up fight Canberra Times 12 January 1980 page 16
  20. ^ Delisted Australia
  21. ^ Sale to Thiess Canberra Times 3 April 1981 page 16
  22. ^ Leighton plans to merge with construction giant Canberra Times 9 June 1983 page 23
  23. ^ Chances for profit curbed, Leighton chairman says Canberra Times 25 October 1984 page 21
  24. ^ Waste Management World 10 July 2012
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This article is about the international mining services company For other uses see Thiess Thiess Pty Ltd is an international mining services company based in Brisbane Australia Established in the 1930s as Horn amp Thiess the company later became Thiess Bros and Thiess Contractors before being bought by Leighton Holdings in 1983 to become part of the CIMIC Group 2 3 4 Thiess headquarters are located in the Thiess Centre in South Bank in the Brisbane CBD near the TAFE Brisbane City campus 5 Thiess Pty LtdFormerlyThiess BrosCompany typeSubsidiaryIndustryMining servicesFounded1933 91 years ago 1933 FounderHenry Horn and Leslie ThiessHeadquartersBrisbane AustraliaArea servedAustralia Canada Chile India Indonesia Mongolia South AfricaNumber of employees12 000 2021 1 ParentCIMIC Group 50 Elliott Advisors 50 SubsidiariesThiess Contractors IndonesiaWebsitethiess wbr com Following restructuring within CIMIC in 2014 and the merger of several international Leighton businesses into Thiess the company claims to have become the largest contract mining services provider in the world 6 Contents 1 History 2 Major projects 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThiess was founded as Horn amp Thiess in 1933 by Henry Horn and Leslie Thiess with headquarters in Toowoomba Initially the business focused on road building and earth moving but subsequently expanded into dam construction open cut mining and other forms of civil engineering After other members of the Thiess family bought Horn out it was renamed Thiess Bros 7 8 9 In 1951 Thiess was listed on the Sydney and Brisbane stock exchanges 10 After importing Toyota Land Cruisers into Australia for the Snowy Mountains Scheme in 1959 Thiess became the Toyota commercial vehicle franchisee in Australia 11 12 A 40 shareholding in Thiess Toyota was sold to Toyota Australia in 1968 with the remaining stake being sold in 1980 13 14 15 From 1967 until 1970 Thiess was also the distributor of White Motor Company products in Australia 16 17 In February 1980 Thiess was taken over by CSR in a hostile takeover 18 19 20 In April 1981 the construction division was sold to a consortium of Hochtief 50 Westfield Group 25 and Leslie Thiess 25 21 In July 1983 Thiess was acquired by Leighton Holdings with Hochtief becoming the majority shareholder in Leighton Holdings 22 23 3 In 1987 Thiess diversified into waste collection establishing Thiess Waste Management Services 3 This was sold in July 2012 to Remondis 24 In 2011 the business was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame 25 In 2014 the mining operations of Leighton Africa Leighton Asia and Leighton Contractors were merged into 6 In 2016 Thiess s civil engineering business was merged into Leighton Contractors which was renamed CPB Contractors 26 Since then Thiess has been entirely focused on mining projects 27 In 2021 CIMIC agreed to joint ownership 50 50 of Thiess with Elliott Advisors 28 Major projects editMajor projects undertaken by Thiess include Leichhardt Dam Queensland completed in 1958 29 Tooma Dam Snowy Mountains completed in 1961 9 Geehi Dam Snowy Mountains completed in 1966 9 Murray Two Dam Snowy Mountains completed in 1968 9 Corin Dam Australian Capital Territory completed in 1968 30 Talbingo Dam Snowy Mountains completed in 1971 9 Dartmouth Dam Victoria completed in 1979 31 Googong Dam New South Wales completed in 1979 32 Splityard Creek Dam Queensland completed in 1980 33 Sugarloaf Dam Christmas Hills completed in 1981 34 Wivenhoe Dam Queensland completed in 1985 35 Lake Awoonga Dam Queensland completed 1985 36 Hayman Island Resort Queensland completed in 1987 37 Chimneys at Loy Yang Power Station Victoria completed in 1988 38 Redcliffe Bridge Western Australia completed in 1988 39 HM Prison Barwon Victoria completed in 1989 40 Newman to Port Hedland section of the Great Northern Highway completed in 1990 41 Junee Correctional Centre New South Wales completed in 1991 42 Sydney Harbour Tunnel completed in 1992 37 Fulham Correctional Centre Victoria completed in 1997 43 Windan Bridge Western Australia completed in 2000 44 Lane Cove Tunnel Sydney completed in 2007 45 EastLink Melbourne completed in 2008 46 400 George Street Brisbane completed in 2009 47 Epping to Chatswood rail link Sydney completed in 2009 48 UQ Lakes to Buranda section of the Eastern Busway Queensland completed in 2009 49 Airport Flyover Brisbane completed in 2011 50 Stage 3 of the Hinze Dam Queensland completed in 2011 51 Redevelopment of Royal North Shore Hospital Sydney completed in 2011 52 King George Central Brisbane completed in 2012 53 Windsor to Kedron section of the Northern Busway Brisbane completed in 2012 54 Airport Link Brisbane completed in 2012 55 Victorian Desalination Plant Wonthaggi completed in 2012 56 Hunter Expressway New South Wales completed in 2014 57 Footscray to Deer Park Regional Rail Link Melbourne completed in 2015 58 References edit People and careers Thiess Retrieved 23 April 2021 The beginning Thiess Archived from the original on 22 March 2022 Retrieved 25 April 2021 a b c Into the 1980s Thiess Archived from the original on 3 January 2020 Retrieved 25 April 2021 Into the 21st century Thiess Archived from the original on 24 January 2022 Retrieved 25 April 2021 Contact us Thiess Archived from the original on 2 October 2022 Retrieved 25 April 2021 a b Powering towards 2020 Thiess Archived from the original on 14 March 2022 Retrieved 25 April 2021 Thiess Bros contracts Queensland Country Life 9 June 1949 page 16 The Story of Thiess Brothers The Courier Mail 30 March 1953 page 7 a b c d e Thiess Sir Leslie Charles Les 1909 1992 Australian Dictionary of Biography Retrieved 3 January 2020 Shaping a bigger future Thiess Shaping a bigger future Thiess New Thiess Toyota link Canberra Times 6 May 1971 page 33 Toyota History Phil Gilbert Toyota Thiess to sells its interest in Thiess Toyota Canberra Times 30 January 1980 page 27 Toyota acquires distributor company Truck amp Bus Transportation June 1980 page 130 White Trucks distributorship Freight amp Container Transportation December 1967 page 17 Thiess drops out of White operations changes planned Truck amp Bus Transportation September 1970 page 144 Plans for Thiess Canberra Times 1 December 1979 page 20 CSR Offer Accepted Thiess directors give up fight Canberra Times 12 January 1980 page 16 Thiess Holdings Limited Delisted Australia Sale to Thiess Canberra Times 3 April 1981 page 16 Leighton plans to merge with construction giant Canberra Times 9 June 1983 page 23 Chances for profit curbed Leighton chairman says Canberra Times 25 October 1984 page 21 Remondis Expands in Australia with 230m Acquisition Waste Management World 10 July 2012 Thiess Pty Ltd Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame 2011 Retrieved 11 July 2019 Our history CPB Contractors Retrieved 2 October 2019 Our brands CIMIC Archived from the original on 20 April 2019 Retrieved 20 April 2019 Our future 2021 and beyond Thiess Archived from the original on 2 March 2022 Retrieved 25 April 2021 Outram Stephen 2018 Mates What else is possible p 126 ISBN 978 0994332752 Corin Dam National Archives Archived from the original on 2 April 2020 Retrieved 5 January 2020 Nomination of Dartmouth Dam as a National Engineering Landmark PDF Engineering Heritage Australia Victoria 1 June 2004 p 6 Retrieved 3 January 2019 Thiess Construction Photographs Libraries ACT Retrieved 5 January 2020 Wivenhoe Power Station Official Opening PDF Queensland Flood Commission Retrieved 4 January 2019 Toyota Celebrates 60 Years of Helping Build Australia Busch Taxi 26 September 2019 Retrieved 3 January 2020 Thiess Barnard JV to build Queensland dam Construction Index 1 December 2011 Retrieved 3 January 2020 Pullar Ian Cook Margaret 2001 Watery Sauces A People s History of the Water Resources Commission Queensland and Its Predecessors 1881 1995 PDF Department of Natural Resources and Mines p 224 ISBN 978 0734517876 a b Dodgson Mark Gann David M 2018 The Playful Entrepreneur How to Adapt and Thrive in Uncertain Times Yale University Press p 165 ISBN 978 0300233926 Thiess a proud history Australian Mining Review 29 March 2019 Retrieved 3 January 2019 Structurae Redcliffe Bridge 1988 Retrieved 6 November 2007 Correctional services and sentencing in Tasmania PDF Parliament of Tasmania 1999 p 39 Retrieved 3 January 2019 The Dream Becomes Reality Western Roads 15 1 Perth Western Australia Main Roads Department 1 March 1990 Champion Ronald Curnow William 1993 Corrections contract management in New South Wales the Junee experience PDF The Issues Corrections Australian Institute of Criminology 93 101 Archived from the original on 27 March 2012 Retrieved 15 April 2012 Correctional services and sentencing in Tasmania PDF Parliament of Tasmania 1999 p 41 Retrieved 3 January 2020 Transfield Thiess joint venture of the City Northern Bypass Government of Western Australia 13 November 1996 Archived from the original on 27 January 2018 Retrieved 27 January 2018 Workcover blames construction bungles for tunnel collapse Sydney Morning Herald 30 March 2006 Retrieved 4 January 2020 Who s involved Southern and Eastern Integrated Transport Authority Archived from the original on 1 June 2008 Retrieved 26 June 2008 400 George Street Skyscraper Center Retrieved 3 January 2020 Epping to Chatswood rail line on track Sydney Morning Herald 27 June 2002 Retrieved 5 January 2020 TransLink Boggo Road Busway TransLink Transit Authority 14 July 2009 Archived from the original on 20 July 2009 Retrieved 19 July 2009 Airport flyover to finish early Brisbane Times 27 May 2010 Retrieved 5 January 2020 Hinze Dam stage 3 upgrade Bauer Retrieved 5 January 2020 Royal North Shore Hospital Redevelopment PDF Austrian Construction Achievement Awards Archived from the original PDF on 23 March 2020 Retrieved 5 January 2020 CBD building gets Heart Foundation tick Sydney Morning Herald 30 November 2009 Retrieved 3 January 2020 Airport link and Northern Busway PDF ANCR Retrieved 3 January 2020 CityNorth Infrastructure Delivering the Projects Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 10 September 2011 Desal consortium selected ABC News 30 July 2009 Retrieved 3 January 2020 Hunter Expressway Moving Forward Minister infrastructure gov au 17 November 2009 Archived from the original on 27 November 2009 Retrieved 30 August 2010 Footscray Deer Park Regional Rail Link Retrieved 4 January 2020External links editThiess Pty Ltd digital story and oral histories State Library of Queensland Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thiess Pty Ltd amp oldid 1179663587, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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