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| Formerly | Bilfinger Berger Australia |
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| Industry | Construction, Civil engineering |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Defunct | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
Key people | Nick Greiner (Chairman) Peter Brecht (CEO) |
| Revenue | $4.8 billion (2009) |
Number of employees | 6,800 (2009) |
| Parent | Bilfinger |
| Subsidiaries | Abigroup Baulderstone Conneq |
| Website | www.bbau.com.au |
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Valemus was established in 2004 as Bilfinger Berger Australia (BBA), as the holding company of Bilfinger's investments in Australia. [1] BBA had acquired Baulderstone Hornibrook in 1993 and Abigroup in 2004. Bilfinger Berger Services was established in November 2005 by transferring the services businesses owned by Abigroup and Baulderstone to a new services focused company. [2]
Having changed its name to Valemus, in June 2010, a prospectus was issued with the aim of listing the company on the Australian Securities Exchange via an initial public offering. [2] [3] In July 2010 the listing was abandoned with a trade sale to Lendlease agreed in December 2010 and completed in March 2011 after the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission decided not to oppose the sale. [4] [5] [6]
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