July 28, 2026
Webuild awarded contract worth NZ$439 million (€225 million) in New Zealand for Christchurch Men’s Prison Project
Around 10,000 people employed across Asia-Pacific Region with a supply chain of more than 3,600 companies supporting local growth
Project to modernise New Zealand’s correctional system, with new facilities focused on security, operational efficiency and rehabilitation programmes
Contract awarded under public-private partnership (PPP) promoted by New Zealand Department of Corrections and to be delivered with Plenary and Leighs Construction
MILAN, July 28, 2026 – Webuild bolsters its presence in the Asia-Pacific region with the awarding of a contract worth a total of NZ$439 million (€225 million), of which NZ$308 million (€157 million) attributable to Webuild) to refurbish and expand the Christchurch Men’s Prison in New Zealand. The project will be delivered under a public-private partnership (PPP) promoted by the New Zealand Department of Corrections.
The award is part of the Group’s growth strategy in the Asia-Pacific region, where Webuild also operates along with its Australian subsidiary Clough. In Australia, Webuild’s largest market outside Italy by revenue, the Group employs approximately 10,000 people and is supported by a supply chain of more than 3,600 companies in 2025, 90 percent of them local. Webuild and Clough are delivering some of the country’s most significant infrastructure projects, including Melbourne’s North East Link, Perth’s New Women and Babies Hospital, the Snowy 2.0 hydroelectric project and a 220 MW gas-fired power plant in Kwinana.
The award marks Webuild’s return to New Zealand, where the Group previously contributed to the development of the Tongariro Hydroelectric Power Scheme, one of the country’s most significant renewable energy projects that played a key role in the development of New Zealand’s national energy system.
Located in Templeton in western Christchurch, the prison is strategically important to New Zealand’s prison system. The project includes the construction of new facilities and infrastructure to enhance the prison’s operational capacity and support the development of the country’s correctional model.
The new facilities will be developed in accordance with the standards of the New Zealand Department of Corrections. They will incorporate design solutions to strengthen security, operational efficiency and the quality of the environment for both staff and inmates. The project will also support rehabilitation and reintegration programmes, in line with the objectives of New Zealand’s correctional system.
The PPP brings together Plenary, Webuild and New Zealand-based Leighs Construction, with design and construction activities to be carried out by Webuild and Leighs Construction. During the construction phase, the project is expected to employ approximately 600 people, supporting local supply chains and creating economic and professional development opportunities across the Canterbury region.