Corporate Body

MacDonald Wagner & Priddle Pty Ltd (1934 - 1989)

From
1934
North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
To
1989
Functions
Consulting engineer and Engineering Industry
Location
North Sydney, New South Wales

Summary

Established in 1934, as the engineering consulting firm of A. S. MacDonald and Wagner, it changed to Macdonald Wagner & Priddle in 1948, it was then incorporated in 1971 as Macdonald Wagner & Priddle Pty Ltd, and in 1984 changed its name to Macdonald Wagner Pty Ltd.

In 1989 Macdonald Wagner merged with the Connell Group of companies to form the Connell Wagner Group. At that time Macdonald Wagner had a staff of 300 and a $25 million turnover, and Connell had a staff of 460 and a turnover of $30 million. At the time, Tony Denham was the chief executive of Macdonald Wagner, and Jack Wynhoven was the chief executive of Connell.

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Associated major projects:
* 1937 Challis House, Martin Place Sydney, NSW;
* 1938 Kingaroy Peanut Silos, Haly Street, Kingaroy, QLD;
* 1959 Wickham Terrace Car Park, Brisbane, QLD;
* 1962 Fitzgerald Bridge, Williams River, Raymond Terrace, NSW;
* 1986 Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, QLD.

Chronology

1934
Event - Established as patnership, A. S. Macdonald and Wager
1944
Event - Ray Priddle joined as a partner
1948
Event - Partnership renamed as Macdonald Wagner & Priddle
1971
Event - Incorporated as Macdonald Wagner & Priddle Pty Ltd
1984
Event - Renamed as Macdonald Wagner Pty Ltd
1989
Event - Macdonald Wagner merged with the Connell group to form the Connell Wagner group

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Published resources

Edited Books

  • Lewis, Miles ed., Two hundred years of concrete in Australia (North Sydney: Concrete Institute of Australia, 1988), 137 pp. See 'Gateway Bridge (Qld) 1986', p.59. Details

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See also

Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes

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