Our History

Establishment of C.E.C.K. (Civil & Earthworks Contractors of Kwinana), a local civil contractor. Initially providing civil maintenance services in the Kwinana industrial area with Alcoa and BP refineries as main clients, that would later be acquired by WBHO.

WBHO Construction (Parent Company) enters the Australian market through the acquisition of an initial interest in Probuild Constructions.

Acquisition of Basic Constructions in Queensland (later to become Probuild-Civil), with a particular focus on service delivery to DTMR to the roads construction sector in Queensland.

Acquisition of CECK in Western Australia (later to become WBHO-Civil)

CECK established a Capital Projects division and was awarded it's first contracts outside of the civil maintenance framework to clients that included the Water Corporation and a number of West Australian Shires and Councils.

Acquisition of Carr Civil Contracting, and rebranded to WBHO-Carr, providing a footprint in WA's Pilbara and North West regions and access to contracts in the Mining & Resources Sector.

CECK awarded a contract for the construction of first Tailings Storage Facility in the Goldfields region of WA where we continue to deliver numerous further tailings expansions and lifts over the next 10 years.

CECK rebranded to WBHO-Civil.

Awarded the first major capital project for Alcoa (a client since 1987) for the construction of the Residue Storage Area 10 project at their Pinjarra refinery. RSA10 spanned over a 100ha area and included bulk earthworks, an underdrainage system and a tri-liner impervious membrane, a first on any Alcoa asset.

In Western Australia, WBHO-Civil merged with WBHO Carr and Northcoast Contractors to consolidate the three entities into WBHO-Civil as a single civil contracting business with a state-wide footprint across a number of industry sectors

WBHO-Civil gains prequalification with Main Roads WA.

WBHO-Civil awarded it's first major capital project valued at >$100m for the construction of the TAN Burrup facility, located on the Burrup Peninsula in WA's Pilbara, that included the bulk earthworks and civil packages.

Entry into the Renewable Energy market with WBHO-Civil and Probuild-Civil forming a Joint Venture for the delivery of the largest solar farm in Australia at the time, the 100MW Nyngan Solar Plant in NSW.

WBHO Infrastructure (WBHO-I) formed as a national civil contractor through the amalgamation of WBHO-Civil in Western Australia and Probuild-Civil in the Eastern States.

WBHO-I became a major services provider to NBN under the MIMA delivery model, one of three delivery partners to NBN in Western Australia and responsible for roll-out of the NBN network across WA, including the Kimberley, Pilbara, Midwest, Gascoyne, Greater Perth North, and South West regions with works completed in 2019.

WBHO-I enters the Victorian market with the award of the Princess Hwy Duplication, Winchelsea to Armytage project for VicRoads.

WBHO-I awarded a number of term contracts for Tailings Storage Facilities in the Pilbara and South-west regions of Western Australia.

WBHO-I entered the NSW market with the award of the Tourle Street incremental launch bridge and road duplication project for RMS (now TfNSW).

WBHO-I awarded the D&C contract for the Western Roads Upgrade PPP in Melbourne, Victoria, the largest single urban roads upgrade contract in Australia's history.

WBHO-I awarded the Stockyard Hill Windfarm, located near Ballarat in Victoria. At the time, the largest windfarm in Australia.

WBHO-I begins delivering a number of emergency upgrades and new capital projects for CBH, to service WA's agricultural infrastructure sector.

WBHO-I awarded the Geraldton Airport Renewal and Upgrade project, including the extension and widening of the main runway while still remaining operational.

WBHO-I awarded the CCF WA Earth Award for Excellence in Civil Construction, Project Value $30m - $75m for the Great Northern Highway Upgrade Maggie Creek to Wyndham project. Importantly, WBHO-I achieved a 33% Aboriginal participation outcome based on man-hours worked on the Project. As part of this initiative, nine low risk inmates from the local Wyndham Work Camp were employed on the Project on a day release basis, with three becoming full-time WBHO-I employees upon their release.

Submission of WBHO-I's Infrastructure's Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.

WBHO Infrastructure SRG Global Joint Venture were awarded the 2021 Civil Contractors Federation WA Earth Award for Excellence in Civil Construction, Project Value $30m - $75m for the Wanneroo Road Ocean Reef Road Interchange Project for Main Roads.