October 20 2008

Laing O'Rourke has won another major award for its work in delivering the world's longest single flight conveyor.

The Curragh North Conveyor project won the Queensland Engineering Excellence Products and Manufacturing Facilities category at the awards ceremony on Friday October 17.

The Curragh North Coal Conveyor, which at 20.02 kilometres is the longest single flight conveyor in the world, has already won a number of awards including the 2007 Bulk Handling Facility of the Year.

Project Manager Sean Galligan said the Engineers Australia award was in recognition of the extraordinary geographic and technical challenges the team faced in delivering the conveyor for client Wesfarmers.