Contracts

RCR Tomlinson’s secured creditors may only receive around $70.6 million of the $230 million they are owed, and its unsecured trade creditors are likely to receive none of the $170.6 million they are owed, as administrators McGrathNicol recommended the failed engineering firm be liquidated.

BCI Minerals has appointed GR Engineering as lead engineer on the Mardie salt and potash project’s definitive feasibility study (DFS).

CIMIC Group subsidiary UGL and joint venture partner Cape plc have secured works at Woodside Petroleum’s Karratha gas plant.

Perth-based Bhagwan Marine has diversified its business beyond its traditional focus on northern Australia by winning a marine maintenance contract at Port of Melbourne.

Decmil has been awarded a $46 million contract from Main Roads Western Australia to design and construct a dual carriageway and overpass in Perth.

Construction has commenced on Australia’s first thermal waste-to-energy facility, located in Kwinana, which is expected to lead to 860 jobs.

Wormall Civil has been awarded two contracts totaling $7.3 million for works at Peel Business Park.

Decmil Group has secured a $72 million contract for balance-of-plant works at the 180-megawatt Warradarge wind farm.

BGC Contracting has been awarded a $30 million contract to develop the Ramone Gold Project for Northern Star Resources, a week after BGC confirmed it would still seek to sell the contracting business.

The Perth-based Australian subsidiary of Phoenix International has secured a contract with the Royal Australian Navy.

Decmil and joint venture partner McConnell Dowell have been announced as the preferred tenderer for the Mordialloc Freeway project in Victoria.

Civmec has secured a fabrication and assembly contract at BHP’s South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, taking its total at the project to $48 million.

Tempo has secured a contract with Woolworths estimated to be worth between $20 million and $25 million over a three-year term, with a scope for more works over the contract term worth about $5 million.

Ausdrill has secured a two-year contract extension for works at the Nsuta manganese mine in Ghana, West Africa.

SRG Global has reported solid half-year results but its shares fell sharply after it lowered its full-year guidance on the back of project delays.

Monadelphous has secured a $108 million contract on BHP Group's South Flank project, while Clough has won its second contract on the same development. The two contracts will create 700 jobs at South Flank, the largest project underway in WA.

Zenith Energy has signed a power purchase agreement for a 14.5-megawatt power station at the Kirkalocka gold project.

AusGroup's LNG contract with Chevron in Western Australia has been extended, while CPB Contractors has been awarded packages for Australia Pacific LNG in Queensland.

The Western Australian government has reportedly offered contractor John Holland $20 million to settle the long-running dispute over the Perth Children's Hospital.

Ausdrill subsidiary Barminco has secured a $100 million underground mining services contract from Hindustan Zinc at its Rampura Agucha mine in India.

Osborne Park-based Densford Civil has been awarded a $6.4 million contract for safety improvement works along the South Coast Highway in Albany.

Gold Fields has awarded Aggreko a contract to construct and operate a microgrid with 20,000 solar panels and battery storage, which will be integrated with the existing natural gas power supply to reduce fuel consumption at the Granny Smith gold mine near Laverton.

GR Engineering Services has secured an engineering, procurement and construction contract for a wellfield at OZ Minerals’ Carrapateena copper-gold project in South Australia.

ASX-listed Heron Resources has received a claim from CIMIC Group subsidiary, Sedgman, for $49.9 million in extra costs for works at its flagship Woodlawn zinc-copper project in New South Wales.

SRG Global and WBHO Infrastructure have entered a $41.6 million joint venture to deliver the Wanneroo Road and Ocean Reef Road Interchange project.

There are doubts Chinese government-owned telecommunications giant Huawei will be able to deliver a $136 million contract for Perth’s rail network, after the United States brought criminal charges against the company.

MACA has signed a memorandum of understanding for a $US220 million ($306 million) contract for Emerald Resources planned gold project in Cambodia.

US federal agents have conducted a search at Austal’s offices in Mobile, Alabama, in relation to an inquiry by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission into announcements the shipbuilder made in late-2015 and mid-2016.

Rio Tinto has awarded its 100th work package to local businesses in the Pilbara, as part of its program designed to increase opportunities for businesses in Western Australia.

Primero Group has been selected as the preferred engineering, procurement and construction contractor for Adelaide-based Core Lithium’s $53 million Finniss project near Darwin.

NRW Holdings has secured a $65 million civil works contract at Rio Tinto’s Koodaideri mine, located in the Pilbara.

Valmec has secured a $22 million deal with Jemena to conduct facility construction works at its Atlas Gas Pipeline project in south-west Queensland.