A federal government review of infrastructure projects has delayed progress on numerous roads projects in WA, with contractors and the state government calling for action.
Data centre developer GreenSquareDC is looking at building its own renewable energy farm in the Wheatbelt as it presses on with its Belmont project, naming Multiplex as preferred contractor.
Major works have begun to shunt Midland’s ageing rail terminus up the track to a new train station in a move the state government hopes will fulfil a longstanding ambition for transit-oriented residential and commercial development.
Talison Lithium will lead a study into reopening the Greenbushes rail line in a move that would take trucks off the South West Highway but may create new disruption for motorists.
Buru Energy and ROC Oil will review operations at their Ungani oilfield in WA’s Kimberley after consultation with Main Roads WA over heavy vehicle traffic access impeded by weather damage.
The state government has spent just $16,500 on a feasibility analysis to support shifting the $1.8 billion Women and Babies Hospital to Murdoch, Business News has learned.
The state government has awarded a contract to ADCO Constructions and appointed St Vincent de Paul to manage a new accommodation service, as two new initiatives to tackle homelessness in WA.
Marine and port services business TAMS Group has been awarded two Southern Ports contracts to deliver work at the Ports of Bunbury and Albany, valued at $4.5 million.
The $360 million redevelopment of Irwin Barracks in Karrakatta and the relocation of Leeuwin Barracks in East Fremantle have been deferred, casting doubt over key WA contracts and council development plans.
A hazmat general warning was issued for a section of the Perth CBD after emergency services identified a gas leak from a large pipe fracture at the ECU campus construction site.
Residential builder Pride Homes & Developments has entered liquidation after joining the list of collapsed construction companies hit by cost and labour pressures.
Rio Tinto will spend $US395 million ($A597 million) building a desalination plant in a two-year construction effort to increase water supply for its Pilbara operations.
The Slatter Group WA is the latest builder to collapse after appointing EY to liquidate the 20-year-old company, which specialised in the education sector.
Mobile crane and telehandler supplier MCT Equipment has officially opened its new facility in Henderson to expand its support operations to the construction and mining industries.
Pilbara Ports Authority has contracted marine and port services business TAMS Group to deliver the second stage of upgrades to the Nelson Point Tug Haven facility located at Port Hedland.
Three recycling projects valued at a combined $54 million are one step closer to opening by 2025 after a funding boost from federal and state governments.
Former WA bureaucrat Reece Waldock is one of three transport experts drafted in by the federal government to review its infrastructure pipeline and set new priorities.
A dispute over Mineral Resources' plans to build a 125-kilometre private haul road running through the Shire of Ashburton has been escalated to Western Australia's Supreme Court.
Perth’s new Women and Babies Hospital will be shifted from Nedlands to the southern suburbs, in part because of planning issues highlighted one year ago by Business News.
The Department of Finance has asked WA Police to investigate Firm Construction, while the company’s administrators say Firm may have misrepresented its financial position.
