York Civil was a South Australian construction and civil engineering company based in

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. It was founded in 1990 by Ian Tarbotton, who remains an owner and director along with Dominic Vieceli. It began with only 10 employees, but said it had over 400 by 2017 with offices in four states and 190 when it was wound up in August 2018.

Major projects

* Blanchetown Bridge *

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*Partner with

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and

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in the T2T Alliance which built the

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section of the North-South Corridor freeway bypass of

. *York Civil was the prime contractor for extending the Adelaide tram network along North Terrace including the major junction at King William Street, in joint venture with

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. *Partner with

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to build the

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*2012 rebuild of

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Winding up

York Civil entered voluntary administration in August 2018. Its directors appointed

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as administrators on the morning of 6 August 2018. Ferrier Hodgson reported that work would continue on projects while the business was reviewed. A creditors meeting is scheduled for 16 August 2018. York Civil said it had 131 staff in South Australia, 32 in New South Wales, 19 in Western Australia and four in Queensland. A week after the administrators took over, Ferrier Hodgson announced on 13 August that the company had ceased trading. Joint venture partners were expected to continue to work on major infrastructure projects in Western Australia (

), South Australia ( tram line extension and two sections of North–South Corridor) and New South Wales ( Pacific Highway upgrades). At the time of winding up the business, Ferrier Hodgson reported that there were 190 direct employees, including 130 in South Australia.

Awards

York Civil won an Engineering Excellence award in 2000 for the 407m Blanchetown Bridge, the first incrementally-launched bridge in South Australia. York Civil was the local partner in the joint venture which constructed the

north of

, for which it won an award in 2011 for projects over from the Civil Contractors Federation of South Australia.

References

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