A British company that teamed up with Boral Construction Materials and Leighton Contractors 12 years ago for consortia-type projects has just re-entered the Australian market.
Amey has acquired Australian consulting engineers services company Premise as part of its global expansion strategy in lifecycle engineering, operations, and decarbonisation solutions. Brisbane-based Premise consults across the built environment, water, environmental, renewables and transport sectors.
The acquisition will provide a strengthened platform of digital and technical expertise and capability to provide a range of services to new and existing clients in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and other targeted locations, according to Amey.
Chairman of Premise, Patrick Brady said joining the British company marks an exciting new chapter.
“As part of a leading, well-supported and well-connected infrastructure organisation with the scale and vision to drive innovation, this partnership will supercharge our strategic growth plans,” he said. “It better positions us to accelerate regional investment, unlock new opportunities, expand our expertise and deliver outstanding value for clients across Australia and beyond.”
Amey secured its first major contracts in Australia back in 2013 with a five-year $135 million road asset management contract to maintain and improve over 1000km of road for Queensland’s DTMR in a JV with Leighton Contractors and Boral Construction Materials.
The same consortium won a similar contract worth $700 million with NSW’s Roads and Maritime Services a week later for Sydney South that included 2000km of roads, 237 bridges, eight tunnels and key routes to Sydney Airport and Botany Bay.
However, in 2020 under a global restructure by Amey’s then parent company Ferrovial, saw the company exit the Australian market. Ferrovial then sold the 100-year-old British organisation to UK investment firm, Buckthorn Partners at the end of 2022.
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