Arafura Rare Earths says its Nolans project has the capacity to deliver strong financial returns after releasing a study with higher costs but increased revenue.
The state government has revealed big cost increases on three Metronet rail projects while also announcing consortiums led by Acciona and Laing O'Rourke as preferred contractors.
Six preferred bidders have been announced for three Metronet projects, including consortiums led by Downer EDI and Laing O'Rourke for the $481 million Byford rail extension.
The engineering consortium that built the Ichthys LNG plant has lost a Court of Appeal case relating to $1.5 billion worth of claims against three contractors.
Arafura Resources has appointed engineering and construction group KBR to manage development of its Nolans rare earths project in the Northern Territory.
Main Roads Western Australia has awarded a $200 million panel contract to eight engineering businesses, with US-based KBR the only new addition from the previous contract.
SPECIAL REPORT: Major new engineering contracts show momentum is building for $60 billion of oil and gas projects in WA, but the issue of carbon policy has once again created an obstacle.
Engineering firms Wood and KBR have secured a multi-million dollar contract for the Crux gas project, confirming Shell's desire to accelerate development of the gas field located 160km off the Kimberley coast.
The cost of building the Ichthys LNG project has blown out again, with French group Total saying it has increased by $US5 billion to $US45 billion, but project operator Inpex is disputing the extent of the increase.
Woodside Petroleum has signed a cooperation agreement with Chinese gas company ENN, while it is continuing work on the Scarborough, Browse and Pluto projects.
CIMIC Group has launched legal action in the United States against Chevron over cost blowouts on jetty and marine structures it built at the Gorgon LNG project on Barrow Island.
Department of Transport director-general Reece Waldock is set to retire in July.Mr Waldock was appointed the inaugural chief executive of the Public Transport Authority of WA in 2003.
SPECIAL REPORT: Western Australia's next major greenfields liquefied natural gas project could be a decade away after Woodside last month decided against further progressing its Browse floating LNG facility.
Mike Rathbone has been appointed as the project director Pritchard Francis' transport team. Mr Rathbone was most recently section manager, transport for Jacobs Engineering.
Perth company Liquefied Natural Gas has finalised an engineering contract for an LNG plant in the United States that will cost about half as much, per tonne of production, as most of the LNG plants under construction in Australia.
The residential component of the Kings Square precinct is to take shape in coming months, with Seven Group Holdings appointing architecture firm Woods Bagot to design two 50-storey apartment towers
A fresh food market, an amphitheatre and a playground set among native gardens are among the amenities the state government revealed today for Perth's newest public plaza, Yagan Square.
Woodside, WorleyParsons and KBR were awarded the overall prize at the 2014 WA Engineering Excellence awards last night for their project entry, the $5 billion North Rankin Redevelopment project, which exports gas to the Karratha gas plant.
GDF Suez and Santos have moved away from developing their Bonaparte joint venture project as a floating liquefied natural gas project, saying they will now consider other options, including helping expand Inpex's Icthys LNG project.
After a record-breaking 2012, the past 12 months have been pretty quiet for new office construction in Perth, with little significant space to be added until 2015.
KBR is believed to have committed to office space in the third tower at Leighton Properties' Kings Square project alongside one of its key clients, Shell.
Engineering firms exposed to mining are going through a tough patch but prospects are much better for those like Technip and Clough in the oil & gas sector.
John Holland has awarded global engineering and construction services firm KBR a design services contract as part of its $120 milion upgrade of road and rail access to the Port of Esperance.
