Infrastructure

The sale of RCR Tomlinson’s Western Australian operations is complete, with RCR Resources, RCR Power and RCR Water West sold to AvidSys Group for an undisclosed sum.

Civmec has reported a profit of $1.27 million for the second quarter of the 2019 financial year, while also announcing a new contract at Albemarle Corporation's Kemerton lithium project.

Infrastructure Australia has identified 16 priority projects for Western Australia, highlighting several major differences with the state government’s priorities, including the Morley-Ellenbrook line.

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

Pilbara Ports Authority has recorded a slight decrease in throughput for the month of January compared with same month a year prior, despite the Port of Port Hedland achieving a single-tide record tonnage in the month.

Construction company John Holland and two contractors are facing federal work health and safety charges over an incident that injured a worker at Main Roads WA’s $1 billion NorthLink road project.

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

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Woodside Petroleum’s Browse and Scarborough LNG developments are the biggest of $95 billion of major projects under way or likely in Western Australia, with 96 ongoing and a further 68 probable.

Diversified contractor Lendlease has secured a $53.2 million state government contract to provide maintenance services for the Graham Farmer Freeway tunnel for the next six years.

The state government has announced a delay of up to 12 months at the Forrestfield-Airport Link due to tunneling issues, but says the rail project’s $1.9 billion budget will not be impacted.

Fremantle’s port has room to grow container trade, possibly for three decades, according to a new report by the state government’s Westport taskforce, but freight infrastructure improvements are needed in the short term at Fremantle, Bunbury and Kwinana.

The $6 billion Balla Balla infrastructure project has experienced two setbacks, with the deadline for meeting its obligations under a State Agreement extended by 18 months and recent exploration work failing to live up to promise.

The state government has been forced to allocate an extra $8 million to a dredging program at Broome Port, while an independent report has ruled out the use of a below deck gangway for cruise ships at the port.

Perth-based Keslake Group has won a $6.5 million state government contract to build a 2.8-kilometre bicycle path alongside the Fremantle railway line.

Valmec has secured $25 million worth of construction contracts, including at Mineral Resources’ Wodgina project, while fellow local contractor Weststar Industrial was awarded a $4 million contract at Rio Tinto’s West Angelas mine near Newman.

Adco Constructions has secured a contract to complete expansion works at Bunbury Regional Prison, while EMCO Building will construct a new performing arts centre at Melville Senior High School.

Shares in Global Construction Services have fallen to a one-year low, on the same day the company’s shareholders voted to change its name to that of merger partner SRG Global.

Former ATCO Gas Australia president Pat Donovan has been announced as the new chief executive of the Water Corporation, replacing Sue Murphy after a 10-year tenure.

Osborne Park-based Universal Constructions has secured a $14 million state government contract to build a new primary school in Caversham.

RCR Tomlinson, which grew rapidly to be one of Australia's largest engineering contractors with annual revenue of $2 billion, 3,400 staff and multiple contracts in WA, has been placed into administration after failing to secure new funding.

Perth-based Georgiou Group has won a road construction contract in NSW, with the overall project worth about $140 million.

Engineering consultancy GHD has been awarded a $6.7 million contract to design upgrades to the rail network around Claremont train station as part of the state government’s Metronet project.

A joint venture between MACA and Melbourne-based Coleman Rail has won an $11.1 million state government contract for road upgrades near Williams.

West Perth-based Mainline Demolition and Georgiou Group have claimed an international award for their demolition of the Old Mandurah Bridge last year.

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Lendlease's chief executive says he is embarrassed by the problems that have forced the construction company to take a $350 million post-tax impairment in its first-half results.

Perth-based Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has secured a series of contracts in NSW worth about $80 million.

Pindan has secured a state government contract as part of a project to build a new headquarters for the WA branch of the Returned and Services League on St Georges Terrace.

Plans for a second waste-to-energy plant in Perth have advanced after the HZI consortium signed its fourth supply deal, with the City of Cockburn.

Four of the largest construction contractors in WA - unlisted companies Pindan, Georgiou Group, Doric/Jaxon and Perkins Builders - have achieved strong earnings and anticipate better conditions ahead.

CIMIC Group’s Broad Construction has secured an $84.8 million state government contract to complete an expansion at the Casuarina Prison south of Perth.