WATER PIPELINES
Mitchell Water team onsite.
The pipeline pioneers that cover all bases Mitchell Water Australia has built some of the country’s largest water and coal seam gas (CSG) projects, comprising over 25,000 km of pipe together with pumping stations, treatment plants, dams, storages and infrastructure. The company now has its own subsidiaries and in-house capability in surveying, fabrication, testing and commissioning, as well as an extensive list of patents.
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ounded in the 1970s by Lyell Mitchell, the company was previously known as L.G. Mitchell and Sons. Today, Mitchell Water has grown to become Australia's leading specialist pipeline contractor, with a proven capacity to perform innovative design and construct solutions. Lyell’s son Wayne Mitchell, who is still serving as the company’s Managing Director today, took over in 1985 and built the business up by gradually taking on bigger projects. Between 1981 and 1995 in the early period of the company’s history, Mitchell’s installed water, sewer, slurry, drainage, and gas pipelines for local councils and contractors. In 1999, Wayne Mitchell put his faith in a young engineer Rob Shelton. Starting as a project manager, Shelton played an integral part in the business’s growth and evolution, with a particular focus on the construction of turnkey pipeline projects. The team expanded not long after to include Lee Briggs, furthering the construction business to include design, engineering and complete project management. Both continue to hold key executive
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Mitchell’s turnkey capabilities include a complete design and construct service, drawing on its wealth of experience to ensure enhanced pipeline survey, design, construction, commissioning, and operations.
The Australian Pipeliner | March 2022
