Marketforce has extended its master media advertising contract for the Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA), making it the agency responsible for WA local government advertising.
Main Roads Western Australia has awarded a $200 million panel contract to eight engineering businesses, with US-based KBR the only new addition from the previous contract.
Swick Mining Services has secured extensions with Northern Star Resources and Barrick Gold, as well being selected as a preferred tenderer by Silver Lake Resources.
Bis has had its haulage and site services contracts for Minara Resources at the Murrin Murrin mine in the north-eastern Goldfields extended by four years.
Agrimin has awarded Primero Group the engineering design contract for the process plant component of its $545 million Mackay sulphate of potash project.
The state government has started the expressions of interest process for the Osborne Park Hospital expansion, which includes a new neonatal nursery, a maternity assessment unit and a 16-bed rehabilitation unit.
WA-based GR Engineering Services and Lycopodium have been selected for definitive feasibility studies at a uranium project and lithium project, respectively.
Paul Dalgliesh has been appointed as the chief executive of Tempo Australia, and William Howard will also join the struggling contractor as its chief financial officer.
Fleetcare will join Easi and Fleetnetwork, both also based in Westen Australia, as a preferred supplier of fleet management services for local governments across the state.
Malaga-based Jaylon Environmental Systems has secured a $15 million contract to supply and install evaporation pond liners for Kalium Lakes’ Beyondie sulphate of potash project.
Fortescue Metals Group says it expects to award over $500 million of Eliwana project contracts by the end of year, as construction officially started on the $1.8 billion project today.
Three Aboriginal businesses based in Western Australia, including IPS Management Consultants, have been awarded contracts totalling $1.5 million to help other Aboriginal organisations build capability and win additional commercial work.
International medical services company B.Braun has secured a $44.2 million state government contract for the supply of volumetric infusion pumps and administration sets to Western Australian public healthcare units.
Georgiou Group has secured a contract for the design and construction of a new interchange at Roe Highway and Kalamunda Road, as it reached a key milestone on a second infrastructure package at Perth Airport (see video).
The state government has awarded a $4.9 million contract to a Bibra Lake-based company for the construction of a new weir at Bandy Creek Boat Harbour in Esperance.
Two Aboriginal businesses have been awarded $179 million of contracts by Fortescue Metals Group, with chief executive Elizabeth Gaines saying the miner was focused on practical initiatives to end disparity.
The Public Transport Authority has awarded an engineering services contract for its network and infrastructure division to joint ventures involving SMEC and GHD.
Ausdrill’s underground contractor subsidiary, Barminco, has been awarded a five-year underground mining services contract at a copper mine in Botswana worth around $800 million.
Kalium Lakes has awarded Toll Group a key haulage contract to move product from its Beyondie sulphate of potash project south-east of Newman to port facilities at either Fremantle or Kwinana.
The Office of the Auditor General has found a project to replace PathWest’s ‘laboratory information system’ is now expected to be two years late and cost nearly double the project’s original $26.8 million budget.
Valmec has secured a $6 million contract with Newmont Mining, while BGC Australia and Devlyn Constructions have won Bunbury school construction works worth a combined $5.9 million.
