Infrastructure

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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Austal has lowered its full-year earnings and revenue targets, due to delays in construction as well as expected costs associated with a recent claim against the Henderson-based shipbuilder.

Kewdale-based Valmec and construction company John Holland have settled a long-running dispute over work completed on the state government’s $1 billion NorthLink transport project.

Crothers Construction has begun work on a new sport and recreational hub in Baldivis, which will feature an indoor centre and multiple playing fields.

Perfect scores in education, environment and healthcare have led to Perth ranking as the sixth most liveable city in the world, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit.

Osborne Park-based Decmil Group has cited delays in the awarding of contracts and project starts in lowering its full-year revenue guidance, but predicts a stronger result in fiscal 2022.

Peter Bennett has overseen a widening of Clough’s focus into infrastructure and energy.

SRG Global has been awarded three contracts in infrastructure construction and defence, including at the HMAS Stirling Facility at Garden Island, totalling about $50 million.

Perth-based power and telecommunications company GenusPlus Group has made its first acquisition since listing on the ASX, as well as secured a $60 million contract with Rio Tinto.

GR Engineering Services says its workforce continues to grow amid a tightening labour market, with its full-year revenue now expected to be as much as $390 million.

Local engineering and construction group Aerison is planning to list on the ASX next month, having lodged an IPO to raise $13.5 million.

Engineering company Clough and its former directors have lost their bid to have amendments to Forge Group’s $200 million claim against them struck out, as the legal battle enters its third year.

The state government has shortlisted two consortia, led by local companies Decmil Group and Civmec, for the contract to build a $50 million bridge across the Swan River.

GR Engineering Services is set to add $25 million to its full-year revenue, with the purchase of global engineering and technology services firm Mipac.

The Como Baptist Church has been revealed as the proponent behind a $107 million plan to transform several Como lots into a mixed-use development.

Australian civil contractor Dowsing Group is set to double its turnover following the acquisition of two civil services businesses and an expansion into New South Wales.