Infrastructure

Canadian company Stantec has disclosed it paid C$135.8m ($147 million) for Perth-based Wood & Grieve Engineers, which it acquired in March, nearly 60 years after the Perth-based company was established.

FIRM Construction has been awarded a $7.9 million contract by the Public Transport Authority of WA for a refurbishment of the Nowergup railcar depot.

ASG Group has beaten five other submissions to secure a five-year ICT contract with Main Roads Western Australia, in what is one of the largest ICT contracts awarded in WA so far this year.

SPECIAL REPORT: Unprecedented transport infrastructure spending and an uptick in mining investment have buoyed the spirits of WA’s major contractors.

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.

Investors have welcomed Valmec’s announcement that it expects to record a 64 per cent rise in net earnings for the 2019 fiscal year.

A 50-50 joint venture between Georgiou Group and Brady Marine and Civil has been awarded a $74 million wharf construction contract on the east coast.

Densford Civil has been awarded a $5.8 million contract to complete the Jetty Road causeway upgrades at Casuarina Boat Harbour.

The Western Australian government is suing BGC Australia over alleged building defects at the HBF Park stadium.

Clean technology developer Eden Innovations has dispatched the first order for EdenCrete products from a distributor and announced the same products received government approval in the US.

Highway Construction has won a $15.8 million contract for dual-carriage highway construction and intersection improvement works at Kalgoorlie.

Main Roads WA has awarded Laing O'Rourke and BG&E a $134 million construction contract for the Armadale Road to North Lake Road bridge project.

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).

Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan announced the Collie Future investment prospectus this morning, touting millions of dollars in funding for the regional town.

TNG has signed a binding contract with rail operator Genesee & Wyoming Australia to haul product from the Mount Peake vanadium-titanium-iron mine more than 1100 kilometres to a processing facility in Darwin, Northern Territory.

SRG Global has secured a $20 million contract for the $175 million, 26-level Midtown Centre project in Brisbane.

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.

WorkSafe is prosecuting four parties over the death of 17-year-old Wesley Ballantine, who fell through a void in the roof during a construction project at the old General Post Office building in Forrest Place in 2017.

The Public Transport Authority has awarded an engineering services contract for its network and infrastructure division to joint ventures involving SMEC and GHD.

Programmed has announced Chris Sutherland will retire as managing director in September, to be succeeded in the role by Glenn Thompson.

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.

AusGroup and Southern Cross Electrical Engineering have each announced several contract wins, each worth a combined figure of around $25 million.

The Department of Education has awarded two contracts worth $7.2 million and $1.9 million to Perth-based IT company ASG Group for the ongoing use of its Oracle technologies.

Three companies have been charged over serious injuries suffered by two workers during the redevelopment of Campbell Barracks in Perth.

Multiplex has commenced construction of the 604-bed Bay Village accommodation facility for Woodside Petroleum's fly-in, fly-out workers in Karratha.

Bassendean-based Highway Constructions has secured a $27.6 million contract from Main Roads Western Australia as part of an upgrade of Onslow Road in the Pilbara.

Many minority shareholders of Flinders Mines have voiced discontent at the conduct of their board.

Multiplex has collaborated with local company TENSA Equipment to utilise an automated lifting device the construction giant believes could be a game changer for the industry.

The inaugural State Design Review Panel has been appointed to oversee the design quality of major new development proposals in Western Australia.

The state government says it will fix a planning loophole that enabled small housing subdivisions in WA to be built without connection to telecommunications infrastructure.

Georgiou Group has been awarded a design and construction contract to upgrade a section of Karel Avenue to a dual carriageway to ease congestion around the Jandakot industrial area.

Balcatta based R.J. Vincent and Co has been picked by the state government to demolish the grandstands at Subiaco Oval, with the playing surface to remain for community use.