The state government has backed plans for a 700-bed workers camp at Karratha, despite opposition from the local community, after Woodside Petroleum launched a website that is meant to boost local employment on future gas projects.
A new utility-scale battery launched in the Pilbara by Alinta Energy today will be Australia's second biggest, behind Elon Musk's Tesla battery in South Australia.
The federal government has signed a $1.2 billion contract extension with a group of defence contractors for maintenance work on eight Anzac-class frigates for the next five years, with BAE Systems and CIMIC's UGL among the major beneficiaries.
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Construction and contract mining company CIMIC Group has flagged a boost in annual profit of up to 21 per cent in 2017 after delivering a solid rise in profits for the year just ended.
Construction giant CIMIC Group has proposed to acquire all the shares it doesn't own in Perth-based Macmahon Holdings, with the deal valuing the target at about $174 million.
The majority of UGL's directors are recommending the engineering group's shareholders accept Spanish-controlled construction giant CIMIC Group's $524 million takeover bid.
Engineering group UGL hopes to claw back some of a $200 million write-down it made on the massive Ichthys natural gas project near Darwin, but is unsure when it will pay shareholders a dividend again.
The federal government has signed a $2 billion contract with a group of defence contractors that will ensure maintenance of ANZAC class frigates continues at Henderson for the next eight years.
A joint venture between UGL and UK company Cape has won a contract to provide services to the Woodside Petroleum-operated Karratha gas plant for an undisclosed sum.
The resource sector's safety record has been brought into doubt after a contractor was crushed while working at a liquefied natural gas plant and hospitalised, but the incident was not recorded as a lost-time injury.
The proposed developer of a 10-megawatt solar power station in South Fremantle has withdrawn from the project, citing issues with the market and the development site, which previously housed landfill.
UGL has shut down its engineering design business in Perth as part of the company's response to the low volume of work in the resources sector and cost blowouts on some of its big projects.
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National engineering group UGL and WA-based bulk fuel distributor Great Southern Fuel Supplies have struck agreements with BP to operate and maintain some of the petroleum giant's facilities.
Engineering group UGL has been awarded a $120 million contract to provide plant services for the operational phase of Santos's Curtis Island LNG facility in Queensland.
Shares in engineering firm UGL have tumbled after its joint venture partner flagged a $US170 million ($A200 million) cost blowout to the construction of a power station at Inpex's Ichthys LNG project in Darwin.
Property services and engineering company UGL has clarified that it intends to return surplus net proceeds from the sale of DTZ to shareholders following completion of the transaction and after the pay down of debt.
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Global engineering and construction group Kentz has been awarded a $US570 million contract for electrical and instrumentation works at the Inpex-operated Ichthys liquefied natural gas project.
Alinta Energy has awarded engineering group UGL a $136 million contract to design and construct a high voltage power system which will supply electricity to the massive Roy Hill iron ore mine.
Alinta Energy has entered into negotiations to supply more Pilbara businesses with electricity following the termination of a long-standing state agreement, which restricted its ability to provide power.
A joint venture between engineering firms UGL and Kentz has been awarded a $US640 million contract for construction work at Inpex's Ichthys liquefied natural gas project.
Ausdrill has backed former Leighton Holdings chief executive Wal King to continue serving on its board despite allegations of bribery and corruption against Mr King and several other executives.
UGL has selected former UWA graduate and Clough executive Russell Waugh to lead its engineering business, which is set to become a listed company in its own right following a demerger.
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.
Engineering contractor Calibre Group announced late today the resignation of managing director Rod Baxter, following a series of damaging profit downgrades that have shattered its stock price.
UGL and Sedgeman have joined the growing list of engineering and mining services companies forced to slash costs in response to a slowdown in project work.
