Infrastructure

Plans to widen a section of Guildford Road have been scrapped by the state government, following a recommendation by the Western Australian Planning Commission.

A joint venture between Decmil Group and Belgian company BESIX Group has won a $21 million contract to build tug facilities in Port Hedland for Fortescue Metals Group.

The premier has committed $35 million towards the next two stages of the Albany Ring Road heavy haulage route, but will call on the federal government for the balance of the project's $172 million cost.

Cleanaway has opened a $20 million materials recovery facility (MRF) in South Guildford, which it claims is the most advanced recycling plant in the Southern Hemisphere.

Five local companies will share in a combined $92 million worth of contracts awarded by the state government, with the majority of the work comprising school construction jobs.

The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended approval of the second stage of Water Corporation's groundwater replenishment scheme, which will boost Perth's drinking water supplies.

Perth-based contractor Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has won $25 million in contracts for work on Rio Tinto's Amrun bauxite project in Queensland, bringing to about $150 million the value of contracts earned this month.

Malcolm Turnbull has written to the Western Australian government seeking its interest in a ‘city deal' for Perth.

Water Corporation will no longer hand over Dunsborough water and Busselton drainage assets to Busselton Water after the state government deemed the proposal too costly and without benefit.

The state government has confirmed that Perth Stadium will not be ready to host the Ashes cricket Test in December this year, saying the first confirmed event was an Ed Sheeran concert on March 3 2018.

The state government has awarded three new roads projects to the contractors that had been working on the Roe 8 development, while also confirming the net cost of abandoning the latter project will be about $45 million.

Western Australian Planning Commission chairman Eric Lumsden says the newly endorsed $2.3 billion road and rail package for the metropolitan area will address Perth's public transport needs for the next 25 to 50 years.

Perth's upcoming development pipeline has a distinctly international flavour.

WA's property sector is keenly awaiting the new state government's public transport works program.

Western Australia's building regulator is investigating claims of defective firewalls at the new Perth Children's Hospital, as the construction union warns that replacing them could take many months.

Family-owned German shipbuilder Lürssen will be setting up shop in the Australian Marine Complex through a partnership with Civmec and government-owned ASC.

The federal government has confirmed it will build Sydney's second airport after the operator of the city's main Kingsford Smith airport said it will not take up an option to develop the project.

UPDATED: Building commissioner Peter Gow has issued a clarifying statement today (Tuesday), essentially confirming the state government's view that lead leaching directly from brass fittings remains the only significant source of lead at Perth Children's Hospital.

A Chinese consortium is set to take control of the Dampier to Bunbury gas pipeline and several power stations across WA after regulators and shareholders today approved the $7.5 billion takeover of listed company DUET Group.

The state government has taken control of the trouble-plagued Perth Children's Hospital to solve what it believes is the cause of the ongoing lead contamination problem.

Construction and contract mining giant CIMIC Group's quarterly profit has jumped 23 per cent and the company says it has solid pipeline of potential projects and opportunities to expand its mining and mineral processing activities.

Western Areas has reignited plans to upgrade its Cosmic Boy concentrator in the light of interest in nickel in the electric vehicle battery market, with GR Engineering Services to carry out the work.

Premier Mark McGowan has officially marked the beginning of the reversal process for the $440 million Roe 8 highway extension project, with a renegotiation process between Main Roads and the project's proponents set to begin.

An environmental audit on the cancelled Roe 8 highway extension project has found just one minor area of non-compliance in the implementation of management plans by the project's proponents.

S2 Resources chairman Jeff Dowling and Clayton Utz partner Stephen Boyle have been named incoming directors of Fleetwood Corporation, while Michael Hardy has retired from board.

Trans-shipment has been floated as a solution to capacity constraints at bulk export ports in the state's north.

Premier Colin Barnett has taken aim at Labor leader Mark McGowan, accusing him of being cheap and tacky over a proposal to sell stadium naming rights.

Infrastructure and mining services group Downer has agreed to buy New Zealand builder Hawkins for an undisclosed sum, as it expands operations in the Pacific nation.

Drivers will be able to turn left on red lights at 10 intersections across Perth under a trial announced by Liberal Transport Minister Bill Marmion if the party is re-elected next Saturday.

Could the state government solve the political headache created by the freight congestion at Fremantle, set up the state's future as significant trading hub, and make a big profit on privatisation all at the same time? One local infrastructure expert certainly thinks so.

Shares in mining and civil contractor Brierty have tumbled 23 per cent today despite the company announcing a $3.8 million net profit for the six months to December, which the company said was above guidance.

Premier Colin Barnett has rejected calls to release the latest costings for the Roe 9 stage of the contentious Perth Freight Link project, saying it would undermine the tender process.