John Holland operates across Australia , New Zealand and Southeast Asia , and has been involved in projects in every state and territory in Australia . Having been founded by its namesake Sir John Holland in 1948 , the company was taken over in 1991 by Heytesbury Pty Ltd and in 2000 , Leighton holdings acquired majority shares . Then , in April 2015 , it was purchased by its current parent company CCCI , the

overseas investment arm of CCCC ( China Communications Construction Company Limited ). John Holland was awarded $ 1.57bn worth of nonresidential contracts in Australia for 2015-16 and its largest contract to date was the $ 2.5bn EastLink , Australia ’ s largest road infrastructure project , which it was awarded as part of a joint venture with Theiss .

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