Contracts

Construction of two aged care facilities in Perth's southern suburbs will begin soon, with Absecon and Adco Constructions recently winning contracts for the work.

Perth-based Pacific Energy has won a contract to build and operate a five-megawatt power station at a gold mine near Meekatharra for an undisclosed sum.

A Belmont-based, family-owned uniform supplier has won a $96.5 million contract to continue providing its services to the state government over the next 10 years.

Local concrete construction business Whittens has won a $15 million contract with a joint venture comprising Monadelphous Group and ZEM Energy for work at the Sapphire wind farm in New South Wales.

Pilbara Minerals has awarded a $148 million contract to RCR Tomlinson for the engineering, procurement and construction of processing facilities at its Pilgangoora lithium project south of Port Hedland.

A joint venture between BGC Contracting and Laing O'Rourke has been confirmed as the successful bidder for a $417 million contract to deliver the second stage of the Northlink WA roads project.

BGC Construction received a $16.7 million contract for new primary school at Rapids Landing in Margaret River.

BGC Construction, EMCO Building and Adco Constructions are among a number of local builders which have received a combined $48.3 million worth of contracts for work on police stations and new public schools.

Perth-based NRW Holdings has been contracted to provide more services to Rio Tinto at the mining giant’s Yandi iron ore operation in the Pilbara, in a deal worth $40 million.

Henderson-based Civmec has won $160 million worth of contracts for work at Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project in Queensland.

Alliance Aviation Services has extended its contract for the provision of its services to Hong Kong-based CITIC Pacific Mining’s Sino Iron project in the Pilbara.

Monadelphous Group will share in a $430 million contract to deliver the 270 megawatt Sapphire wind farm in NSW through its joint venture with ZEM Energy.

Perth-based Programmed Maintenance Services has won a contract to provide staffing and logistical support services at Shell’s Prelude floating natural gas project in the Browse Basin.

The state government has awarded $91.6 million worth of contracts to four building companies for the refurbishment and redevelopment of six health service centres across rural Western Australia.

Construction firm Georgiou Group has won a contract to build Primewest’s $31 million multi-storey office development in Joondalup, which will be occupied by state government departments.

Perth-based Valmec has won a $6.6 million contract to provide its services to Saracen Mineral Holdings at the gold miner’s Thunderbox operations.

Probuild has awarded Perth-based Global Construction Services a $59 million contract for work on the $500 million Ritz-Carlton hotel and The Towers apartments project at Elizabeth Quay.

The state government has named the preferred proponent for its $55 million Ellenbrook Bus Rapid Transit project, with work expected to begin by the end of the year.

Picton-based Piacentini & Son has won a contract to undertake mining work at Galaxy Resources’ Mt Cattlin lithium project near Ravensthorpe.

Engineering contractor Monadelphous Group says it has received $200 million worth of work on the east coast, including two major contracts in the water infrastructure market.

The state government has used its latest cabinet meeting in Midland today to announce four deals worth $67 million to support future medical, university and residential projects in the former railway workshops area.

Western Australian businesses will have another opportunity to win work in the defence sector, with 30 companies today meeting the two potential head contractors for the Army’s Land400 procurement program.

Bayswater-based recycling company Resource Recovery Solutions was fined $85,000 in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for the death of a worker in September 2013, when the roof of a unit inside its plant collapsed under the weight of debris.

Subiaco contractor SRG has won a $24.4 million contract from WaterNSW as part of works on a dam near Tamworth.

Local companies have shared in $35.6 million worth of construction and building contracts for work around the state, including the Perth-based civil and mining division of Watpac Group, which has won a $7.1 million contract for road upgrades at Kalbarri National Park.

Perth-based Southern Cross Electrical Engineering says its joint venture with Kentech has grown its order book at the Chevron-operated Wheatstone LNG project near Onslow to $60 million.

MACA has won a contract to provide its services to Main Roads WA in the Kimberley region, with the work valued at up to $18.4 million.

Belmont-based GR Engineering Services has been contracted to undertake a scoping study at Primary Gold’s Mount Bundy project in the Northern Territory.

Swick Mining Services shares closed 14 per cent higher on the ASX today after the company announced it had been named the preferred proponent for underground drilling work for Newmarket Gold.

Perth-based Decmil Group has won a $22.1 million contract for road work in Victoria through a subsidiary it acquired earlier this year.

Engineering and construction contractor Decmil Group has won a $17 million extension to its contract with QGC for work at the Queensland Curtis LNG project in Gladstone.

Cockram Construction has been awarded a $23.5 million contract for the redevelopment of the Onslow Health Service.