Infrastructure

GR Engineering Services’ shares were up 10 per cent this morning when the company posted a significant jump in revenue and earnings.

Local company Highway Construction has been tasked with upgrading a major intersection in Tuart Hill, as part of a $20 million project.

NRW Holdings expects to earn as much as $155 million from operations in the current financial year, while announcing a fully franked final dividend of 5 cents per share.

Two projects in Perth's east are in the pipeline, with Komatsu starting work on a $6 million facility and Aurizon planning an $11.5 million development at its railyard.

ASX-listed contractor Decmil Group has secured new work, including at Fortescue Metals Group’s Cloudbreak mine in the Pilbara.

Work on a $16.9 million upgrade to South Metropolitan TAFE's Mandurah campus has started, with new hospitality and tourism training facilities to open in 2023.

Local shipbuilder Austal has been contracted to deliver a high-speed catamaran vessel for a repeat tourism client operating in French Polynesia.

Aspiring producers Bardoc Gold and TNG have selected Perth-based companies GR Engineering and METS Engineering for work on projects in WA and the Northern Territory.

BHP has contracted the telecommunications arm of ASX-listed Veris to upgrade in-room WiFi at a number of accommodation sites in the Pilbara.

Decmil Group has secured work on a windfarm in NSW, as part of a broader contract awarded to its joint venture with South Australia’s RJE Global.

Perth Airport chief Kevin Brown says he’s not precious about losing the federal government’s purpose-built quarantine facility to Jandakot, as long as the project is expedited.

Decmil Group has settled a dispute with New Zealand’s prisons department in relation to a previous $NZ185 million contract that was terminated.

More than 60 per cent of civil construction businesses believe worker shortages are constraining their ability to deliver contracts, with an estimated 3,900 unfilled jobs.

Belmont-based GenusPlus Group is making its second acquisition since listing on the ASX, having agreed to purchase assets from the administrators of Victoria’s Tandem Corp.

WBHO Infrastructure and Decmil Group have been contracted to complete upgrades at two major highways in Perth.

Regional telecommunications are set for a boost with the announcement of 14 new telecommunications towers jointly funded by the state and federal governments.

Local engineering and construction company Decmil Group is raising up to $32 million to begin work on a number of new projects.

Osborne Park-based Decmil Group has narrowed its earnings forecast for the full financial year while flagging a $9.7 million write-down of a contract.

Improving asset management and planning for an Aboriginal cultural centre are among prominent recommendations made in WA's inaugural infrastructure strategy document.

Ahead of Infrastructure WA releasing a draft of its inaugural strategy document, agency chair John Langoulant spoke to Business News about the future of infrastructure in the state.

WA’s cluster of road and rail projects could face delays as the state’s planning minister has acknowledged a need to better spread works across the forward estimates.

Aerison has enjoyed a positive first day of trading as the engineering group affirmed its expectation to earn $130 million in revenue this past financial year.

ASX-listed Veris has agreed to purchase a 49 per cent stake in indigenous-owned land and construction surveying company Wumara Group.

The head contractors for the state government’s troubled $1.86 billion Forrestfield Airport Link are suing engineering consultancy GHD, claiming it failed to prepare an adequate design concept.

SRG Global says it has overcome challenges associated with labour shortages and COVID-19, with the group predicting strong earnings and cashflow for the full financial year.

Dredging for a solar salt operation at Shark Bay has won environmental approval, while the Gascoyne Gateway port near Exmouth will go to a public review.

Osborne Park-based Veris has been appointed to a major rail project in Sydney where it will complete surveying works under a $2.5 million contract.

A Perth company planning a major iron ore project in the Mid West is readying for an ASX listing, signing up Argonaut as lead manager and recruiting new directors.

Contractor Decmil Group has secured new work, including with Main Roads Western Australia, totalling $47 million.

Worksafe has launched legal action against construction contractor Salini Australia after an explosion at the Forrestfield Airport Link site left an employee with a traumatic brain injury.

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