A $176 million construction contract for the $1.12 billion NorthLink WA project has been awarded to John Holland, with work set to begin on the major Tonkin Highway upgrade mid-year.
Six construction companies including EMCO Building, Badge Construction and Pindan have secured a combined $102 million worth of work from the state government.
The federal government will spend $8.5 million to change the traffic lines on all Mitchell and Kwinana freeway on-ramps in an effort to improve traffic merging and remove the stigma widely associated with Perth drivers.
Engineering and construction contractor Decmil Group has won another extension to its contract for work at QGC’s Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas project in Gladstone, worth about $35 million.
Construction activity has fallen, after enjoying four months of expansion, due to weakness in mining-related engineering construction, as well as commercial construction.
Civil and construction contractor Brierty has recovered $2.5 million from a weather-related insurance claim on a project with Main Roads Western Australia, but is yet to reach a resolution with regards to an outstanding $6.6 million dispute.
Premier Colin Barnett has expressed his ‘extreme’ disappointment at yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on the Roe 8 highway project, as the environment minister announced a ‘third party health check’ into the Environmental Protection Authority.
Opponents of the Perth Freight Link are celebrating after the Supreme Court of Western Australia deemed environmental approval for the most contentious part of the project invalid.
The chairman of engineering contractor Calibre Group told shareholders that he would step down after the company completed its delisting from the ASX, despite being up for re-election at a general meeting today.
Three workers have been killed in two separate incidents across Perth today, including two men crushed by a concrete slab at a construction worksite in East Perth.
The state government remains cautiously optimistic about its proposed sale of the Utah Point bulk handling facility in Port Hedland, following the introduction to parliament today of legislation to allow transition of the asset to the private sector.
A consortium of Australian and international investment funds has bought the NSW-based TransGrid "poles and wire" network in a deal worth more than $10 billion.
Local contractor OTOC has won a contract to provide surveying services to a joint venture which is building a light rail route in Sydney, with the value of the deal undisclosed.
Perth is projected to have seven of the nation’s top 10 most-congested roads by 2031, and despite public displeasure, toll roads could be part of the solution.
Indigenous contractor Yurra has formed a joint venture with BGC Contracting to provide services to Rio Tinto’s rail work in Cape Lambert and Dampier, with the value of the deal undisclosed.
Engineering and construction contractor Monadelphous Group has flagged a 10 per cent fall in first-half revenue as market conditions remain challenging.
Henderson-based engineering firm Civmec has moved to gain a foothold in the east coast defence shipbuilding industry by striking an agreement to purchase the projects division of private company Forgacs Engineering.
Construction company John Holland has been selected as the preferred proponent for stage 1 of the NorthLink WA roads project, which has an overall budget of $1.12 billion.
The state government says the shipping capacity of Port Hedland could increase by 16 per cent to 577 million tonnes, opening up the possibility of further growth in iron ore exports through the existing harbour.
