Category: Project Announcements

Work on a section of the Hoddle Street upgrade construction project has been shut down after the discovery of a small amount of asbestos, VicRoads

Two sections of the Darlington upgrade shot-crete walling have failed and collapsed leading to questions about the structural integrity of the fini

ADCO Constructions has commenced works on the $33m redevelopment of the Brookvale Oval on Sydney’s Northern beaches. The site is the home of the Manly Sea Eagles NRL team and...

Australia's Lendlease and other major construction contractors are in the box seat to take over key projects once controlled by the UK's second lar

Gold Coast Airport has announced Lendlease as the winner of the southern terminal expansion project. Due to commence in mid-2019 the project is exp

The Victorian government has released early designs of Australia’s first dedicated heart hospital.Designed by Conrad Gargett an

The builder of Optus Stadium, Multiplex Constructions, has won an award for its work on WA’s new sporting coliseum.Multiplex wa

A damning investigation into how a teenager received an electric shock while walking near the Sydney light rail construction site has found four ot

VicRoads and roadworks firm Downer EDI have today been convicted and fined a total of $1.55 million over the 2011 death of a traffic controller.</p

As work continues on the April construction blitz on rail infrastructure in Victoria, Metro tunnel has announced the award of two key supply contra

The Victorian State Government is leading the way on automated vehicle technology with historic legislation passing Victorian Parliament last week

Kane Constructions has been awarded the $16m Bio21 Stage 2C project at Melbourne University. The construction will include new laboratories, refurb

NE West Alliance (CPB Contractors and Downer) have been declared as preferred contractors on the Perth Metronet project. The Yanchep extension takes Joonalup north from Bulter to Yanchep and the...

The federal government has released an early design of the planned M12 Motorway to Badgerys Creek airport.The 16-kilometre road w

A new hazardous waste recycling facility with the capacity to process a third of the Victoria’s solvent waste each year will be built in Dandenong. According to Environment Minister Lily...

Like most states, NSW is looking to fast-track ‘shovel-ready’ projects to aid in the COVID19 recovery. Until now, most of these numbers have lacked detail but the government has now...

After an exhaustive 2 year tender process, Brisbane Move Consortium (Acciona, Arup) have been named as the preferred tenderer on the Brisbane Metro project. Brisbane Move was successful against competitors;...

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Kane Constructions has announced commencement of its 510 Church St Cremorne office tower development. The 9 story building will include 2 levels of basement parking, ground floor commercial food space,...

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News Corp is today reporting that 3 workers were injured on the Jewel development at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. The 3500kg beam fell appro

Lawyers are preparing a class action against construction companies who have installed dangerous combustible cladding on buildings, in a move a Mel

RCR Tomlinson has been in a trading halt since Monday 12th November after requesting suspension of trading with the ASX. Little is known of the det

There is a $62 billion building boom across Sydney's city, from infrastructure projects to commercial, residential and developments sites, which ha

Infrastructure Australia, the nation's independent infrastructure advisor, has called on Australia's governments to renew their commitment to infra

Neoen’s $570m Western Downs project is finally on the way after delays in the back half of 2019 reaching financial close. The project will have a capacity of 460-480MW with...

SA Labor has unveiled another major public transport election promise, committing to extend the tramline along O'Connell Street into North Adelaide

A UTOPIAN vision of Australia adding new cities and a high-speed rail network is a step closer.Private group CLARA wants to build

Residents on Victoria's Surf Coast are calling for a judicial inquiry into whether they have been exposed to airborne asbestos fibres after Alcoa's

Reports that local small and medium businesses are being boxed out of winning supply contracts for the Mackay Ring Road project because of lengthy

After claims and counter-claims regarding the project, the NSW state government has agreed to pay an additional $576m to PPP developer ALTRAC and s

The state government has gone with a different construction company to design and build the final stage of the Princes Highway upgrade.<

Contractor Seymour Whyte has been awarded package C of the Pacific Motorway Project – Varsity Lakes to Tugun on the Gold Coast. The 5km stretch is the final piece of...

The Murrayville to Ouyen freight line is set to reopen following upgrade works as part of the Andrews Labor Government’s $440 million Murray Basi

More than 50 of Melbourne's busiest road intersections will be removed in a bottleneck blitz by replacing traffic lights and roundabouts with under

Watpac has been appointed to deliver the Quintessential Equity backed Geelong Civic Center development. The project includes 2 towers one of which will be used to centralise the Geelong council...

The final stage of the WestConnex project has been awarded with JV partners CPB and John Holland winning the $3.9Bn M4-M5 Rozelle Interchange. Cons

The Sydney Light Rail Project continues to draw bad press, this time as contractor Acciona faced up to a parliamentary inquiry into the project. Be

Work has begun to tear down the nine storey Landcentre building at Woolloongabba for the $5.4 billion Cross River Rail project.Pr

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Plenary Group comprising of Multiplex, Honeywell and Compass has been awarded the $1.5Bn contract to build the new Footscray Hospital in Melbourne. The new 500 bed facility will service between...

The Age is today reporting that the state budget includes $160m over four years to fix flammable cladding on 95 government owned buildings. However

On Wednesday Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan revealed details of the Freight-Passenger Rail Separation Project, which focuses on separating

The Lendlease Samsung Bouygues Joint Venture (LSBJV), comprising Lendlease Engineering, Samsung C&T Corporation and Bouygues Construction has b

Commuters in Melbourne's west could get the short end of the stick under Labor's proposed $50 billion suburban rail loop, research suggests.

The first tram has hit the tracks on Sydney's light rail system for testing, despite construction delays.It is being tested night

Melbourne Business School has announced plans to develop a $150m 12 story tower in Carlton to expand its existing facilities. The new tower would include: a cafe, shops, event spaces...

The crane driver, Queenslander Michael Watts, has been charged with manslaughter and risking death or serious injury

A Lendlease, Acciona Coleman and WSP consortium has been awarded the contract to remove four level crossings at Station Street/Bondi Road Bonbeach,

Melbourne developers and residents are in for a windfall of new transit retail, office and residential projects as the city looks to future-proof i

Australia’s biggest light-rail ­project, from Sydney’s CBD to the eastern suburbs, is in disarray amid demands from its Spanish subcontractors

News Corp is reporting that a 26 year old worker suffered serious leg injuries on the NorthConnex project when a massive 1 tonne cuttin

A joint venture between CPB Contractors and Seymour Whyte Constructions has secured the contract to build a 12.5-kilometre duplication of the Weste

FMG has today announced the approval of stage 2 on its Iron Bridge Magnetite project. The US$2.6Bn (AUD$3.7Bn) mine is located 145km south of Port

Melbourne airport’s long awaited rail link will be designed to enable new high-speed regional train services running to Geelong and Ballarat, Pre

Built has announced that it will take on its largest development to date with the $400m Liverpool Civic Place development in NSW. The four building, mixed-use development will be delivered...

It must be an election year, both parties in NSW have committed to delivering the Sydney Metro West Project. The anticipated 8 year, $6-8Bn project

WORK has stopped indefinitely on excavation of the train tunnels in the new Forrestfield Airport link after a sinkhole brought the project to a sta

A new “mini” Tunnel Boring Machine has arrived on site at the West Gate Tunnel project ahead of a major construction blitz.Ac

As news filters through that Adelaide’s Central Market precinct is in line for a $400m redevelopment, another piece has fallen into place in Sydney’s plans for its own town square....

The project involves standardising and upgrading 1,055 kilometres of rail freight lines to improve

More than half a million artefacts have already been dug up as part of the $11 billion Metro Tunnel Project, but this is the most bizarre discovery

A comprehensive review of the security of payment laws in the building and construction industry reveals more protec

Dubbed “The Vision for the Valley”, an ambitious $2 billion redevelopment of Moonee Valley, taking up to 15 years to complete. Plans would see

Chiodo Corporation has given domestic tourism a big tick confirming its plans to proceed with the $300m Accor Fairmont hotel in Port Douglas. The 253 room hotel is due to...

The earthworks tender for the $121m Spoilbank Marina development in Port Hedland has now been opened. The project is expected to take 2 years to complete and will include: 4...

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Hot on the heels of Lendlease being awarded the Randwick Campus Upgrade, CPB has been announced as the winning bidder on the NSW Nepean Hospital Stage 1 Redevelopment. The $379m...

Six tenderers have been shortlisted to bid for two major contracts for Sydney Metro – Australia’s biggest public transport project.<

Clough has announced that in partnership with Salini it has been awarded the $5.1Bn Civil and Electro-Mechanical components of the Snowy 2.0 Projec

The NSW State Government has today approved the proposed $250m LNG terminal upgrade in Port Kembla in response to the states growing gas-supply con

The Labor Government has commenced the business case and is doing the planning work for a future extension of the Frankston line to Baxter.<

The giant Hong Kong-based investment and energy business CK Infrastructure has launched a $13-billion takeover of Australia's largest gas network o

Work to build Western Sydney Airport has begun, with ground broken today on the once-in-a-generation project.     “

Lendlease has released images of the inside of its engineered timber office building under construction at 25 King Street Brisbane, which is set to

A train will arrive in Mernda for the first time in nearly 60 years next month, with the first test train on track in preparation for passenger tra

Development approval for the renewable energy project was granted by the Banana Shire Council in April this year after a development application wa

In a welcome announcement in WA, Fortesque Metals Group has announced the turning of the first sod on its Eliwana project. The $1.7Bn iron ore mine will require up to...

The Federal Government has announced it will spend $6 billion buying out New South Wales' and Victoria's shares in Snowy Hydro Limited.<

As the industry continues to grapple with commercial and legal challenges with approvals and planning plunging, the announcement of a new $500m greenfield solar/wind hybrid project near Adelaide is welcome...

The head contractor of Perth Children's Hospital, John Holland, is seeking $300 million in compensation from the State Government for changes to th

A metal panel has fallen about 100 metres from a Melbourne CBD building hit by a crane cable, miraculously missing pedestrians passing below.<p

CIMIC Group company, CPB Contractors, has been awarded the $400 million Airfield Works contract by

Major work is underway on the new Chandler Highway bridge that will slash travel times, improve rel

The Level Crossing Removal project has awarded the $679m Cranbourne Line Duplication package to two alliances. The first alliance (McConnell Dowell, Arup, Mott MacDonald and Metro Trains) will deliver the...

NSW is still trying to attract bidders to build a key link in its $17 billion WestConnex freeway even though a tender for the job closed last Frida

The projects that will shape Australia's future been revealed by Infrastructure Australia — with New South Wales scoring more than double the num

The New South Wales government has committed $740 million to transform Liverpool Hospital into the largest stand-alone facility in Australia by 202

A worker and young father of two has died on a construction site north of Melbourne after he fell into a trench.Rescue teams from

A wastewater recycling system at Perth Children’s Hospital will not be switched on when the scandal-plagued facility opens next month.

Lendlease will cover the cost of replacing combustible cladding on Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital, in what Victoria's top health property offic

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Construction has today kicked off on URBNSURF Melbourne at Tullamarine Airport, marking the first of three surf parks planned for Melbourne, Sydney

A vital train link connecting Lalor to Epping North and Wollert has taken a “major step forward” with the Victorian State Government set to spe

2018 ended with a bang! And it wasn't just the fireworks... Commercial disputes at Barangaroo, Sydney Light Rail, the collap

In Devonport, bigger berths will be provided to cater for the new Spirit of Tasmania ferries and for private operator SeaRoad.Con

SA Labor has unveiled another major public transport election promise, committing to extend the tram line along O'Connell Street into North Adelaid

NBN Co posted a net loss of $4.2 billion for full-year 2017, as boss Bill Morrow took a small cut to be paid over $3.5 million.Th

Construction has started on Australia's largest wind farm near Beaufort in Victoria.The 149 turbine Stockyard Hill Wind Farm loca

Expressions of interest now open to build the $300 million Mordialloc Bypass.The nine-kilometre bypass will link the Mornington P

Frasers Property Australia will today kick off construction of what it claims is the world's most sustainable shopping centre, after receiving plan

Hot on the heels of winning the $6-$10m Woodhouse Warehouse development in Darra (QLD), Kane Constructions has confirmed it has won the $95m Stage 2 of the Northern Hospital expansion...

US battery maker Tesla has again been selected to team up with French renewables developer Neoen on another ground-bre

When it comes to robots stealing our jobs, there's one task that plenty of people would be happy to relinquish: assembling flat-pack furniture.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced a $400 million upgrade to Sydney’s rail network as part of the $24 billion infrastructure package t

The fast-tracking of the Evans Rd level crossing removal project continues with the awarding of a $54m contract to Fulton Hogan and Metro Trains. Closed to traffic since 2005, the...

The Forest Wind renewable project is another step closer to reality with the QLD government giving it a green light. The massive $2Bn project will deliver 226 turbines and significantly...

ALL contracts, totalling $3 billion, have now been awarded on the 155km Woolgoolga to Ballina section of the Pacific Hwy upgrade.

Work is now underway on the Labor Government’s Suburban Roads Upgrade, the biggest ever investment in Melbourne’s arterial road network to slas

It’s 5pm on a Friday after a week of 40-degree days in Melbourne, and commuters are lined up at platforms on Flinders Street Station, desperate t

Global space, community, and services company, WeWork will lease all six floors of commercial office space at 1 Sussex St, Sydney, and is understoo

Another COVID-recession breaker project has been approved for Fishermans Bend with the new 3 tower Gurner development at Montague Street given the green light. The $1Bn development will include 700...

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Three consortia have been shortlisted to deliver the $562 million Frankston Hospital redevelopment. The redevelopment will transform services at the hospital, providing world-class healthcare for local families and creating up...

In a welcome announcement for building in Perth after the postponement of the Far East consortium development, Curtin has awarded stage 1 of its development to Probuild. The $85m project...

New South Wales looks set to add more than 460MW of new large-scale solar capacity, with German-based developer Belectric confirming it was ready t

Seven Group Holdings has opened a new WesTrac heavy machinery facility in Western Sydney to support the city’s future infrastructure boom.

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Newcrest has announced a $685m expansion of its Cadia mine in NSW to be delivered in 2 stages. The expansion at the gold and copper asset comes on the back...

ALMOST 800 new kindergartens would be built over the next decade as part of an Andrews Government plan to expand early education for three-year-old

Melbourne's suburban roads will have 550km of extra road built as part of a $2.2 billion state government plan to bust congestion.<p

The ABS today released its survey into workplace injuries between July 2017 and June 2018. Construction featured prominently in the results with 21

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The North East Link Authority has announced the shortlist of bidders for the $7Bn – $9Bn main works package on the back of CIMIC being awarded the early works package...

Bankrupted toll road Airport Link’s lenders will get some of their money back after international engineering and design group Arup agreed to set

Mirvac has confirmed it will develop the 171 hectare Boral quarry site in Wantirna South. Expected to take up to 10 years to develop, the project could potentially be valued...

Data centre operator NEXTDC will invest $2.25 billion in its three new sites to prepare for an influx of data from the likes of drones, precision m

Construction activity expanded to an all-time high in March, with the new orders, employment and delivery sub-indexes all reaching record highs.</p

VICTORIA faces a shortage of people to drive trucks during the building of its major infrastructure projects, the trucking industry says.<br

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Multiplex has commenced work on the new $100m student accommodation project for La Trobe University in Bundoora. The largest mass-timber project in

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A re-elected Andrews Labor Government will make it easier for commuters to find a car park, building over 11,000 new spaces at stations across the

The Victorian Coalition has vowed to spend $30 billion on East West Link and two other toll roads for Melbourne if it wins power in November - but

Flagship Property Holdings has awarded its $85m Woods Bagot designed apartment project in Adelaide to builder Maxcon. The ‘Penny Place’ project is a 24 story development expected to be delivered...

Good news for Melbourne’s north with LXRA yesterday announcing that the first test trains running to Mernda by the end of September this year.</p

The $210m Liberty One Tower development in Footscray, Victoria, has finally got underway after legal conflict between developer (Bensons) and financier (Atlas) was resolved. The 359 apartment, 25 level development...

Hansen Yunken has turned the first sod to commence major works on the $150m Goulburn Base Hospital Redevelopment Project. With works now underway, the project is expected for completion in...

Fieldwork has designed an eight-storey apartment building in the Melbourne suburb of Kensington, three kilometres from the CBD, that will be sold u

A consortium that said it would privately fund a fast rail line from Melbourne to Sydney will get a share of $20 million in public funding from the

Taxpayers are likely to bear only a small portion of the cost of a new $378 million metro rail station underneath Sydney’s existing Martin Place

As the construction industry attempts to process the ground-breaking Swinburne study and its implications, Construction Advis

Following another sellout and $150m backing from the ANZ, the Gurner Victoria & Vine development in East Melbourne is set to commence construction 9 months early. The 5100sqm site includes...

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The Victorian State Government has announced a new 700 bed maximum security prison to be constructed near the existing Barwon facility in Lara. In

Just when you thought that CIMIC’s pipeline was bursting at the seams – the $195m early works package for the North East Link has been awarded to CIMIC company CPB...

Much later, when he finally climbed down, he covered his face and wept.A man in his 40s died and another was left clinging to lif

Genex Power Ltd has announced it has secured funding of $175m to finance the construction of its 50MW Jemalong Solar project in NSW. Included in the deal is the refinancing...

Drivers on the Monash Freeway can look forward to some welcome relief, with more than 30 kilometres of new lanes opening this week – under budget

Construction has begun on the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel, despite key planning approvals and legislation not having passed Parliament.<br

Kane Constructions has been awarded the D&C contract on the $10m Woodhouse Warehouse development in Darra, Queensland. The 6000m2 development is expected to cost $6m and completion is due in...

CPB has been awarded the $424m stage two development of Campbelltown Hospital. Construction is already underway and is expected to be completed by mid- 2023. The development will include a...

Multiplex has been announced as the winner of the $500m SPIRE Canberra Hospital project. Multiplex beat out Lendlease in the final round of tendering and is expected to commence construction...

Drivers are travelling faster, getting to the city sooner and spending less time in traffic between Melbourne Airport and the CBD, following the op

Let's stop for a moment and appreciate what the Darlington Upgrade Project achieved over the weekend. We still can't get over it.<

As NSW commits to the $6.4Bn Sydney West Metro Project tunneling from the CBD to Parramatta, we thought we would take stock of the state of infrast

The NorthEast Link Authority has held an industry briefing on accepting expressions of interest in supply for the project.To find

Hickory Group has come out on top in the race to build Caydon Property’s $300m HOME development in Alphington. The 16 level building is another piece in the redevelopment of...

A fourth inbound lane opened this morning along the 2km stretch between Melrose Drive and Bulla Road in time for the

Lendlease is seeking planning approval for another engineered timber office building at Barangaroo South – a seven-storey “sister building” t

The South Australia budget has been handed down and there are a few things that investors should keep an eye out for that could raise the value of

The historic Snowy 2.0 project has the go-ahead, and its construction is likely to create more than 5000 jobs.The giant hydro-ele

If mining construction is in a trough someone forgot to tell Rio as they announce the go-ahead on the $3.5Bn Koodaideri iron ore mine in WA. The pr

Proposals are now being accepted for the Design and Construct contract for the $93m Welshpool Rd Interchange Project. The interchange linking Welshpool Rd and the Leach Hwy has long been...

ADCO Constructions has commenced work on the $80 Wantirna Aged Care Facility. Located on Mountain Hwy, the project will deliver an additional 120 single-room accommodation places for aged care in...

Emergency services freed a tradesman who fell six metres from a ledge at a construction site in North Fitzroy on Tuesday morning.

Probuild has turned the first sod on Poly’s office tower development at 1000 La Trobe St Melbourne. The $500m office tower is opposite Marvel Stadium and will consist of 40,000...

Hot on the heels of the Onsite Rental Group acquisition of Prime Rentals announced earlier in the week, the AFR is today reporting that N

Drivers getting off the West Gate Freeway at Williamstown Road will use a new off-ramp from this week as work powers ahead on the congestion-b

Some of the largest tunnel boring machines (TBMs) in the world are on track to arrive in Melbourne on time in early 2019 to build the West Gate Tun

Work has resumed on the largest bridge under construction on the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing.Transport and Main Roads Directo

New regulations come into force on 13th May 2019 under the Code of Practice 2019 and the Electrical Safety (Solar Farms) Amendment Regulation 2019.

Building materials group CSR today confirmed the sale of its Veridian Glass business to Crescent Capital Partners. The glass business has been a di

Fulton Hogan today announced it has been awarded the $300m Melbourne Airport Northern Works Package. This project is an important step towards the

The redevelopment of the Queen Victoria Market is up in the air after Heritage Victoria banned some of the historic sheds from being temporarily re

The Vic Government Western Roads Upgrade Project is under a cloud as key subcontractor Civilink pulled the pin in August owing creditors over $13m. The head contractor, WBHO, has admitted that...

The Marshall Government in South Australia has announced plans to deliver $12.9Bn in infrastructure spending including $8.8Bn in near-term projects over 4 years. It is a welcome boost to the...

It hasn't been a good 2018 for construction shares. Looming fears of a housing market correction, international trade uncertainty and political ins

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The Palasczuk Government has today announced the first three government construction projects that will benefit from the implementation of Project

Melbourne motorists face a big change at one of the city's busiest intersections following the introduction of a new road rule – the P-turn.<

Norway is set to break records for tall-timber construction with a new structure in a town just north of Oslow. Mjøstårnet will be more than 80 m

Lendlease has sold a yet-to-be-constructed 25-storey commercial office tower in its Batman's Hill urban renewal project in Melbourne for about $550

Victorians will see Flinders Street Station in a whole new light following the unveiling of a new state of the art LED lighting system.<

Charter Halls 555 Collins St development has shortlisted four usual suspects in the race to win the construction contract – Lendlease, Multiplex, ProBuild and CPB. The twin towers will be...

Kane Constructions has been awarded the tender to deliver the Australian Museum renovation – dubbed Project Discover. The project will include new display areas, amenities and visitor facilities. With an...

Abandoned train tunnels and underground platforms will be revived into restaurants or bars under a New South Wales government bid to up tourism.</p

Melbourne's last CBD petrol station will give way to a 20-storey apartment tower set to look out to Melbourne’s Carlton Gardens.<p

Defunct stations would be rebuilt, new train tracks laid and two brand new train fleets bought to achieve the Coalition’s $19 billion “European

The mining industry in Queensland is celebrating Christmas in July early this year as the state government announces a number of multi-million doll

The VicRoads Major Projects Division has become a new dedicated authority called the Major Road Project Authority (MRPA).The MRPA

US technology giant will buy ASX-listed construction software group Aconex in a $1.6 billion deal. The deal, to be done unde

Multiplex has confirmed that it has been awarded the $360m D&C contract for Chevron’s new HQ in Elizabeth Quay, Perth. The 29 story tower has been designed by Hassell and...

INLink was awarded the $310m first leg of the project between Parkes and Narromine in October. Expected to deliver nearly 100 jobs for locals the u

In a major blow to residential/non-residential construction in Perth, The <a href="https://www.afr.com/real-estate/residential/wa/far-east-conso

The chairman of construction group Lendlease, David Crawford will retire from the board following the conclusion of this year's annual general meet

Probuild cut two months from construction time and 5 per cent in overtime on a residential tower in central Melbourne by copying the manufacturing

Are you on the right track?Once we become adults, and usually without realising it, we humans have formed a lifelong relat

Work has commenced on the $58m Docklands Primary School with an expanded scope after the State Government announced a $10m kindergarten will be included in the plans. The school is...

Redevelopment of the old Orange Base Hospital site has commenced with ADCO taking the reigns of the $75m project. Soon to be home to the Department

Ballarat in regional Victoria will have its hospital revamped in a $461.6 million upgrade.Today's 2018/19 budget will include a c

Latest Safe Work Australia figures show 157 Australian workers have been killed at work so far this year. Transport postal and warehousing has once

Queensland has won the race to build $5 billion worth of fighting vehicles as part of the largest purchase in the Australian Army's history.

SafeWork inspectors have issued $115,000 in fines after a safety blitz of more than 460 construction sites in NSW.The blitz revea

Worksafe WA has taken control of a construction area on the Forrestfield-Perth Airport rail link project where a worker was injured and knocked unc

The government is under fire today after announcing $300m to upgrade parking in at 30 train stations around Melbourne. The state opposition has att

The Jane St works (part of the larger Mulgoa Rd/Castlereagh Rds Upgrade project) has been awarded to McConnell Dowell Constructions. This $105m pro

More details have emerged about what will be in the federal budget, with billions of dollars earmarked for roads and rail over the next decade and

NSW has signed a bilateral agreement with the Commonwealth for the Inland Rail, paving the way for the Australian Rail Track Corporation to begin w

The Age is reporting that the industry group Builders Collective of Australia has called for the government to launch a Royal Commissio

Dozens of people were killed in Tuesday's collapse, with rescue workers toiling for a third day in hopes of finding survivors trapped under the rub

In welcome news for the renewables sector, Downer has announced that it has been awarded the $165m Chichester Solar Farm and associated works package by Alinta Energy. The project will...

Dangerous country roads across NSW will get safety upgrades thanks to a $600 million funding boost.The NSW government on Sunday a

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Worksafe is investigating after a large concrete panel fell off a building site in East Perth, crushing two cars.The incident hap

The latest Australian Office Market Report commissioned by the Property Council of Australia has highlighted a number of significant trends in majo

NSW Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean has announced a new $55m program to address mental health in the workplace. The program includes a new

The Victorian Health and Human Services Building Authority has announced a new $1.5Bn Hospital to be constructed in Footscray. The new facility is

Icon has announced the turning of the first sod on Victoria’s Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) Project. Launched by State Minister for Economic Development Tim Pallas along with Kawasaki Heavy...

South Australia has awarded three projects on the Port Wakefield to Port Augusta development to CIMIC contractor CPB. The works include the: Joy Baluch AM Bridge Duplication, Port Wakefield Overpass...

Builders in California will be required to fit solar panels on most new homes from 2020 under new building standards, a move that is the first in t

Canberra Metro stands to lose between $2.8 million and $4.7 million each month Canberra's light rail project is delayed, money it will never recoup

What with the Easter break we almost missed the award of preferred tenderer for the Queens Wharf Main Works package to Multiplex. The $3.6Bn projec

The Joint-Venture between UGL and CPB has been announced as the preferred contractor on Taswaters $600m capital works project. The project will del

Construction of the $300 million Constitution Place development in Canberra's city east has commenced with Chief Minister Andrew Barr tuning the fi

The owner of the unfinished hotel, cinema and office complex at 500 Hay Street, Subiaco that helped push builder Cooper & Oxley into administra

Bolte Bridge is set to receive permanent barriers to prevent suicide, with installation beginning this week.Transurban head of as

It’s a piece of land the same size as a netball court but it’ll soon have a needle-thin, 57-sto

A young man has died in a workplace accident at a construction site on the Gold Coast on Tuesday.Emergency services were called t

Bidders have been shortlisted for the final package of works in the Metro Tunnel project –  

As another election roles around we thought we would take a moment to look at the infrastructure spending promised for the Melbourne region. Both p

SKYCITY Entertainment Group has today announced that local building company Hansen Yuncken has been contracted to deliver the majority of works for

Rio has announced that its Winu Copper project is progressing with production planned for 2023. The market is forecasting increasing demand for the metal on the back of higher energy...

India goes to the polls between 11th April and 19th May with votes to be counted on 23rd May. T

Works at the Shoalwater Bay Training Facility (80km North of Rockhampton, QLD) originally began in October 2019 but Defence has now released the next package of works. The successful bidder...

Residents in Melbourne’s North East have had the first look at updated designs for Victoria’s biggest ever transport infrastructure project –

The Young Street improvements project in Frankston has been labelled an “absolute shemozzle” by State Liberal MP Neale Burgess, who addressed P

NSW Government delivers Stage 1 of the M6 motorway to UGL, CPB Contractors, (part of CIMIC Group) and Ghella. The project has an estimated cost of $2.5 billion and will...

The State and Federal Governments have announced a $355m project to revitalize the Geelong area including a $170m convention center, $10m towards t

Apple has released a new vision for its flagship store to be built in Melbourne's Federation Square after a public backlash against the original de

High-speed trains would get travellers from Melbourne's CBD to the airport in just 20 minutes through a seven kilometre subway under a proposal bac

Emergency crews are working to free a man trapped 15 metres down a pit after construction material collapsed on him at a building site in Sydney's

Melbourne is set to get its first timber commercial office building.The wood engineered structure with an end value of $56 millio

The March edition of the Construction Advisor Quarterly is here and it's a bumper!Sign-up now to get access to the most co

McConnell Dowell has announced that it has been awarded the $29m expansion of the Port Nelson facility. The project involves extending Main Wharf North by 100m to accommodate larger vessels....

The first sod has been turned on the Queensland Government’s $20 million Hydrogen Training Centre of Excellence at Beenleigh. The new facility is a key part of the government’s plan...

LendLease has been announced as the principal contractor on the new $150m Queensland Performing Arts Center (QPAC). Preparatory works will commence in early 2020 with major construction to begin mid-year....

The shortlist for the $76m Mitchell Fwy Southbound upgrade has been narrowed down with 3 runners leading the race. H2H: WBHO Infrastructure, NRW Contracting Highways Construction Mitchell Southbound JV: BMD,...

Hobart's Museum of New and Old Art (MONA) has plans underway for an art-studded five-star hotel, and it’s been revealed that it's going for Livin

Bendigo hospital, the largest regional hospital development in Victoria, has been named the state’s development of the year by the Property Counc

A huge blaze broke out on a construction site in Sydney's CBD on Thursday morning.A witness said there was a "huge amount of dama

The Australian construction industry is embracing true innovation with its utilisation of <a href="https://www.holzd

A proposal for a World Trade Centre comprising four towers has been submitted to the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet.Aerotr

The shortlist is in with Multiplex and Lendlease the final two runners in the $500m ACT Spire hospital project. The new facility, to be located on the existing Canberra Hospital...

One of the biggest wind farm projects in the country has been approved by the NSW Government, with the company behind the venture saying it will in

GR Engineering last week announced it had been awarded the $366m contract for engineering, procurement and construction contract with Thunderbird O

McConnell Dowell has today announced that it has been awarded the 250m Wharf development at HMAS Coonawarra Darwin as part of the broader Laing O’Rourke led Larrakeyah Defence Precinct Redevelopment...

The first sod has been turned on the 57.6MW Cherry Tree Wind Farm development near Seymour in Victoria. Due to be completed in 2020, the project is

Hazel Bros QLD has today been announced as the winner of the $20m Rosia Rd to Stony Camp Rd section of the Mt Lindesay Hwy upgrade program. The project includes...

Western Australia is joining the timber trend sweeping the eastern seaboard with its first timber-framed building, a 10-storey hotel at inner city

Today the Australasian Railway Association released its skills capability study report in association with BIS Oxford Economics.T

The Perth Metronet Project has announced that work is now underway on the $46m multi-functional assembly and maintenance facility. Local contractor FIRM Construction has been awarded the project along with...

Contractors have been selected to build the twin tunnel entrances of the Andrews Labor Government’s Metro Tunnel Project, which will see dozens o

After 8 days of negotiations and a trading halt, RCR Tomlinson has announced that it has appointed administrators after failing to secure additiona

In welcome news for an industry facing uncertain times, the Victorian Government has announced a string of projects around Melbourne this week including: Southbank by Beulah – $2Bn mixed use...

The NSW government has today announced that the Western Sydney Airport Metro Project will be fast-tracked with construction to commence before the end of 2020. The $11Bn link will connect...

CLARA is pleased to announce that the following companies have come together with CLARA to form the ‘CLARA Consortium to deliver the CLARA Propos

Construction of the West Gate Tunnel will begin next month, with the Andrews Labor Government today signing contracts to build the vital alternativ

Barangaroo may be the poster-child of Sydney’s rejuvenation, but another contender is set to hog the development limelight as AMP Capital begins

The federal government will outsource management of its $5.3 billion Western Sydney Airport project to a "delivery partner" due to "capability shor

The City of Parramatta has today announced construction company Built as the winner of its $130m Civic Centre development. The project, nominated as ‘Parramatta Square’ is part of the larger Square...

Victoria's regional rail system will get a $1.57 billion overhaul after the Turnbull government agreed to contribute an additional $600 million to

Thiess has announced that it has secured the services contract extension at Curragh mine in Queensland – worth $1.3B over 6 years. Brands Sedgman and UGL will deliver the contract...

Probuild Constructions has been announced as the primary construction partner by developer ISPT in building the new City West tower for Victoria Un

CPB has won the D&C contract on the Monash Freeway Upgrade valued at $761m. Adding 36km of new lanes and the Beaconsfield interchange, the project is due to begin in...

Slater and Gordon is considering a  class action on behalf of owners and residents of apartments in Victoria with flammable external cladding.

In a sign of confidence in the Melbourne market, Mirvac has announced commencement on its $300m Yarra's Edge development after selling 60% of units

Worksafe Victoria is holding an information session on the back of recent regulation reforms around crystalline silica cutting procedures and the r

According to SafeWork SA, South Australia’s agency for monitoring and enforcing workplace healthy and safety rules, two female pedestrians were s

In a major blow to JV CPB Contractors and Hansen Yuncken, builders of the new $2.3 billion Royal Adelaide Hospital, the Federal Court has

But opinion is divided on whether the $2 billion project will even go ahead, with one planning expert predicting that it's nothing more than a stun

Drivers in Melbourne’s south-east are a step closer to the congestion-busting Mordialloc Freeway, with two contractors now shortlisted to start w

Close to 5,000 South Australian workers in safety-sensitive industries such as construction and mining turn up to their jobs under the influence of

The race is on for nod to build the new terminal at Western Sydney’s Nancy-Bird Walton Airport with 3 runners announced. Part of the $5.3Bn development, the terminal will obviously...

NSW is making the biggest overhaul in decades to the way it tenders for and delivers infrastructure projects to create a more "collaborative" relat

The Spanish contractor holding up the NSW government’s CBD light-rail project by suing the government for $1.2 billion is expected to allege the

Broadspectrum has announced that it has been awarded the $140m 4+2 year maintenance contract at BP Kwinana Refinery. Handover is to commence immedi

Construction equipment company the Onsite Rental Group has today announced the acquisition of Queensland based Prime Rentals. The move will bolster

Back in April we reported on new regulation in Queensland restricting the installation of solar panels to licensed electricians. Today, the Supreme

Lord mayor Clover Moore's plan to make half of Sydney's power come from renewable energy has been supercharged by the launch of the city's first in

Good news for Hurstbridge-line commuters in Melbourne, with trains finally returning and the new Rosanna station opening this morning, after an ext

Australia’s first Robotics Roadmap is set to benefit the construction industry with guidance and by supporting the development of new robotic tec

Drivers on the Swan Street Bridge will have a faster and less congested journey, with the new fifth lane eastbound opening to traffic on the histor

Telstra, which on Wednesday said it was looking to sell $2 billion worth of assets, already has one likely taker for its suburban telephone exchang

The biggest road maintenance blitz Victoria has ever seen will fix hundreds of regional roads, giving drivers safer, faster and more reliable journ

Bridges covered in greenery, 25 kilometres of cycling and walking paths and better noise standards will form part of the proposed $15.8 billion Nor

A luffing crane has been installed and currently stands at 40 metres but will climb to more than 80 metres as buildi

Up to 140 businesses and 75 homes in Melbourne's northeast could be compulsorily acquired to build a road if the Andrews Government wins the next e

The head of a company at the centre of the NSW government's troubled CBD light rail project is expected to face a parliamentary inquiry.

The opening of the $3 billion NorthConnex tunnel project to motorists in northern Sydney could be delayed after the construction contractor put it

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The ABS has released its Engineering Construction Work Done data for December today with mixed results. Overall activity was down 3.7% QoQ and 5.1%

Decmil is having a good month, getting started on the $175m Albany bypass and also locking-in a $41m works contract at Iron Bridge for FMG. The project includes the construction...

Tunnelling and construction of the NorthConnex is more than 50 percent completed with the NSW Government confident the $3 billion project will open

The first of three massive sheds to be built in the CBD to reduce noise, dust and light from construction of the Metro Tunnel is now complete, maki

The NSW government has finally signed on the consortium consisting of Grocon, Scentre Group and Aqualand as developers of the $2 billion Barangaroo

Royal Dutch Shell has committed to its first major solar plant development in Australia with the 120MW Gangarri plant near Wandoan to proceed. The company has declined to put a...

Calls are growing in the current climate for the Andrews government to pause plans for the North-East Link Project. Already subject to court challenges by multiple councils, the project is...

Did you know that small businesses may be eligible for a $500 rebate from SafeWork NSW for spending on safety initiatives? The rebate is available

Seymour Whyte Limited Shareholders  today voted overwhelmingly in favour of the scheme of arra

The Federal Government says bulldozers will hit the Western Sydney Airport site by the end of the year, triggering the physical and symbolic start

The Victorian Government's circa $6.9 billion Level Crossing Removal project will see the removal of 50 of Melbourne's most dangerous and congested

In 2015, BMD entered into a partnership with the Clontarf F

A new high-tech visitor centre in the heart of the CBD will help Victorians learn about the progress and benefits from the Andrews Labor Government

CIMIC Group today announced the promotion of Michael Wright to Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, from Deputy Chief Executive Officer,

The multi-billion-dollar West Gate Tunnel project has been blocked by Victorian Parliament's Upper House, after the Opposition united with the Gree

On the eve of the State Election in Queensland, the State Government has granted approval for the development of the Pembroke Resources Olive Downs Coking Coal Project in Central Queensland....

Lendlease has secured 113 hectares near Pakenham in Melbourne’s South East for its new Averley Estate housing development. The $120m deal grows LendLease’s pipeline by around 1500 homes to more...

Chinese Australian renewable energy developer Maoneng is to begin construction of the 255MW Sunraysia solar farm nea

Two large-scale, grid-connected batteries will be installed in regional Victoria, in a bid to shore up the state's electricity supply.</

Spotlight Retail Group has awarded the $65m mixed use development at its Pacific Highway site south of Newcastle. The development includes a carpark and 3 buildings across 80,000m2. Key tenants...

Listed online jobs board Seek is set to get its new $150 million headquarters in Cremorne, the fast growing tech-focused office market on the CBD f

Lendlease has announced that it has secured approval for its $1.2Bn tower to be developed above the new Victoria Cross metro station. The 42 storey tower will mix premium office...

The $863m Morely-Ellenbrook section of the Perth MetroNet is now down to a two-horse race. Ellenbrook Alliance (CPB Contractors and Downer EDI) and MELconnx Consortium (Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction) are...

The Victorian state government will invest more than $100 million in savings to fast-track upgrades on the state's busiest freeway which will total

ADCO Constructions has today announced that it has been appointed to redevelop the Parmelia Hilton Perth in a $45m upgrade of facilities. The project will renew the facade and guest...

Major widening works on the final section of Kwinana Freeway between Russell Road and Roe Highway northbound are set to begin after a joint announc

A joint venture partnership between John Holland and Laing O’Rourke has been awarded a contract for upgrade works on Sydney Metro’s Sydenham St

Icon is muscling in on Kane Constructions territory with a $50m project win to deliver Deakin University’s new student accommodation at its Waurn Ponds campus. The interest is unsurprising given...

Just as Multiplex’s 108 has topped-out a new challenger is on the way for bragging rights to Melbourne’s tallest building. Beulah International has won council approval for its ‘Green Spine’...

Expressions of Interest are being called for the North East Link Project in Melbourne, making trips 40% faster for commuters.The

The D&C tender for the $550.8m Beerburrum to Nambour Rail Upgrade is now open. The upgrade to the 40km line will improve services to the growing Sunshine Coast region and...

Lendlease's Barangaroo South mixed-use project in Sydney has taken out the top gong as the country's best development at this year's Property Counc

Once dismissed as a pipedream, tenders are now open for the $400m Darwin Ship Lift project supported by NT Industry and Capability Network. The shiplift will service gas assets, fishing,...

The Victorian Government has taken the ‘Local Jobs First Bill’ to the State Parliament, which seeks to increase share of local workers and busi

Adding yet another tick to the CPB pipeline, the company has confirmed the $158m Sunbury rail line upgrade to its books. The contract is an extension to the stage 1...

Walker Corporation has reached a major construction milestone at Collins Square, with the fifth and final commercial tower having "topped out".

Rosemary caught up with the co-founder of HOW&Y, Evan Mitchell, to discuss Millennials in the Construction industry, and the problems of this g

Building industry stakeholders are outraged that the NSW government has covertly and substantially watered down legislation to reduce non-compliant

Construction work on ESQ, the $500 million East Side Quarter project in Penrith designed by Turner Architects will begin later this year, according

The lack of national registration for engineers threatens the successful delivery of billions of dollars of Australian infrastructure projects, Eng

Sunshine Coast Council's largest construction project will now get underway, with council today announcing John Holland has been awarded a contract

McConnell Dowell has confirmed that it has signed an ECI (Early Contractor Involvement) contract with BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA). The works focus on the Hay Point Coal Terminal in MacKay...

Owners of thousands of apartments across Victoria covered in combustible cladding will be able to get their buildings repaired via a loan paid off

Thousands of tradespeople will need to be registered to work in Victoria under a new government proposal aimed at stamping out second-rate building

Infrastructure is set to become a key battleground in the next federal election with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten

The building industry watchdog is considering sanctions against Watpac and Probuild that could see the tier-one contractors banned from bidding for

Construction has started on the new North Melbourne station – one of five new underground stations being built as part of the $11 billion Metro T

Victoria could become home to the nation's biggest transport project after Labor pledged to build a $50 billion underground rail loop connecting Me

Tenders are now open for the $150m Walkerston Bypass project between the Bruce Hwy and the Peak Downs Hwy.  A designated vehicle route for B-double and other heavy vehicles, the...

It’s been a long time coming, but RFP’s are now open for the $576m Bridgewater Bridge Project. Tenders will be shortlisted before the end of 2020 with the D&C contract...

Workers discovered a large exposed asbestos pipe while digging up St Kilda Roa

With tunneling work on the Westgate Alternative Tunnel continuing to be on hold due to soil contamination, news today that the Metro Tunnel has ground to a halt too has...

As 2018 draws to a close, Chanticleer may hold court on the annual awards for corporate winners and losers but here at Construction Advisor&

Queensland's busiest road will receive a much-needed upgrade after the state government agreed to a 50-50 funding split with its federal counterpar

The first residents are set to move into a new super skyscraper to be crowned Melbourne’s tallest building.Southbank tower Aust

Sitemate, a project management startup focused on the construction industry, has closed a $1.3 million funding round to fuel its next phase of grow

This week work commenced on the new underground train station in Parkville - part of the $11Bn Metro Tunnel Project. The new station is expected to

Naval Group, designer and builder of the SEA 1000 Future Submarines program, has stated the intent to achieve a 50:50 gender ratio in its workforce

One of the worst things for 39-year-old Melbourne-based widow Donna Shanahan is not knowing why her husband Brett chose to drive into the bush one

Cantilevered over the art-deco facade of an old bra factory in Auckland’s city centre is a half-built steel-and-concrete structure that is one of

Sydney Metro West is getting closer with the field of tenders shortlisted to 3. The $6.4Bn extension to the Metro program is expected to create 10000 direct jobs and 70,000...

The latest Ryder Levitt Bucknall (RLB) Crane Index report offers an interesting insight into the changing landscape of construction in Australia. W

A 27 year old male has tragically lost his life after the EWP he was operating in whilst trimming roadside trees contacted overhead power lines in

The hits just keep on coming for LendLease with The Age revealing the Metro Tunnel project cost has blown out by up to $2Bn. The compan

Hundreds of South Australian jobs will be created and thousands of homes powered with the construction of a $450m solar power project near Robertst

A 15-year-old girl has been hospitalised after suffering an electric shock while walking near an "exposed wire" at the light rail construction in S

Jean-Sebastien Jacques has confirmed one of the worst kept secrets in mining circles - Rio has hit gold (and copper and silver). The Winu project c

Drivers are a step closer to a better Hallam Road with builder BMD Group winning the contract to build the Andrews Labor Government’s major upgra

The contracts to build the biggest public transport project in Victoria’s history and equip it with next-generation, high-capacity signalling hav

GPT Group and AMP Capital have selected their preferred design for the $650m Cockle Bay retail and office development. Following a competitive tender, the Hening Larsen design incorporating offices, retail...

Work on Stage One of the redevelopment of the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct on Sydney Harbour is set to begin with the NSW Government having signed a con

The builder of Adelaide’s East End tram extension, the Downer group, has lodged an unsolicited bid with the State

Downer EDI has confirmed that it has been awarded the $200m contract for overburden removal and mining services at BHP Mitsubishi (BMA) owned Goonyella. The contract extends an existing commercial...

Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne said the application to the Port Adelaide Enfield Council is an important step and keeps the government

The search is on for businesses, investors and constructors with the know-how and experience to help deliver the Melbourne Airport Rail Link.<p

A lack of investment in infrastructure has pushed Australia off the road map when it comes to autonomous vehicles, a

ADCO is pleased to have been awarded the Design & Construct contract to redevelop the existing Caritas Christi Hospice in Kew, in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, creating the Caritas Christi Hospice...

Hansen Yunken have announced that early works and demolition is now complete on the $119m Greater Sepparton Secondary College project. The construction phase is now set to begin with the...

Decmil Group Ltd (ASX:DCG) has raised $50 million in an oversubscribed share placement to institutional and professional investors.<

Two plumbers working on a building site in Epping were lucky to escape with their lives after a 4 meter deep trench they were working in collapsed.

As 2019 gets underway and we all shake off our collective summer slumber, Construction Advisor wanted to bring together all of the important global

Work is about to get underway to widen the West Gate Freeway and build the citybound entrance for the West Gate Tunnel.From today

More relief is on the way for drivers in the south east, with the Andrews Labor Government getting early works underway on the second stage of the

Plans for the first high-density apartment tower to be built over railway tracks in Melbourne have stalled after a local council rejected the propo

Downer's DM Roads has been awarded the 5 year $140m maintenance contract for the North Coast District Road Assets. DM Roads has held the contract w

Channel 7 news is reporting that a large concrete slab has fallen from a crane lift on a Clayton building site in Melbourne today. Thankfully no-on

West Wind Energy's proposed $1.5Bn wind farm located in Rokewood (south of Ballarat) has passed its final planning and environmental hurdle and loo

Cladding was a hot topic in 2018 with the delivery of a number of reports after the Grenfell Tower fire on the state of the local industry and its

Mr Gupta today announced a $600m expansion to the Whyalla steel mill set to deliver 2500 local jobs and give much needed certainty to a city that h

The Hire and Rental Association (HRIA) conference is back in town - this time Melbourne. The industry has been in limbo as i

Construction work is about to start on the $330 million expansion of the Adelaide Casino, with the redevelopment to include new bars, restaurants,

Construction and developers go hand-in-hand so it is worth noting the decision handed down today by the High Court in relation to political donatio

Hot on the heels of a reconstituted country roads authority, Regional Roads Victoria (RRV), Victoria is gaining a similar body to cover other parts

The same aluminium cladding that caused the deadly Grenfell Tower fire in London more than a year ago will be banned in NSW as of next Wednesday.</

BGC Contracting has announced that it has been awarded the early bulk earthworks and civil package on Rio’s West Angelas Deposits C&D expansion project. Works include roadways, concrete structures and...

Working with EWP's in WA? The department of mines, industry regulation and safety has just released updated guidelines for EWP use.<

People in Melbourne’s south-east will get home faster and spend less time stuck in traffic, with the construction of the Mordialloc Freeway.<

Australia's construction commissioner has launched a campaign aimed to ensure subcontractors in the sector get paid on time.The A

Works are underway on the $89m removal of the Toorak Rd Level Crossing. JV partners Laing O’Rourke, Jacobs and Metro have commenced construction of the elevated rail line and are...

Fitzgerald Constructions has been awarded the contract by Brisbane City Council to construct a new ferry terminal to service the revitalised Howard Smith Wharves precinct. The new terminal will initially...

An upmarket Swiss watch retailer is suing the state government for $4 million for losses it claims to have suffered from construction of Sydney's d

Melbourne Airport is to join forces with AccorHotels to build a dual-branded, 464-room hotel in its new property precinct, The Hive.

Following its contract award in February 2020, Builder Hansen Yunken is getting to work on the $58m expansion of the Lyell McEwin Hospital project in Adelaide. The new facilities will...

Less than eight months after the opening of the Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA's new Health Minister says the emergency department may have to be part

A new study reveals that tradies are almost twice as likely to take care of their tools than their health despite having one of the highest injury

In its COVID19 recovery plan, the Palaszczuk State Government has announced $346m in funding to build 4 new schools in Queensland. The facilities include 3 Primary Schools (Caloundra South, North...

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The builders of Melbourne's giant Metro Tunnel rail project under the CBD say sensitive medical equipment in Parkville's r

Metro Tunnel works in City Square are entering the next phase, with piling to get underway to build the new Town Hall Station up to 35 metres benea

WA contractor Civmec has been awarded the contract to build the new $12.5m Submarine Rescue Facility for the ADF. The new development, located on a 1 hectare site, includes a...

Probuild has announced the turning of the first-sod at the long awaited Victoria University 'City-West' development. With development applications

Construction company Jaydo has been announced as the winner of the $10m Carlton Water Main Renewal project. The pipeline, built in 1878 runs the le

CIMIC Group subsidiary Broad Constructions has been awarded the $110m contract to build the new $110m Inner City Secondary College in Brisbane. Construction on the Dutton Park site is expected...

We believe in order to help the construction community, it is extremely important to tap into the experience and expertise of leaders in the indust

Built has commenced construction on the new Ibis/Novotel branded hotel servicing terminal 4 at Tullamarine airport. The 464 room development will split the 3 star Ibis and 4 star Novotel...

Fears of a repeat of the Opal Tower fiasco are growing after emergency services evacuate 100 apartments in the Mascot Towers complex in Sydney South. Fire and Police services attended the scene after reports of 'movement' in the basement levels. Police noted that they had no reason to fear any immediate risk to public safety and were conducting the evacuations as a precaution.

Construction giant Probui

The first trains are running on Melbourne's controversial 1.4-kilometre "sky rail", and will open to passengers on Thursday.Test

The state government will spend $13.7 billion on roads, railways and other infrastructure around Victoria in just 12 months in an unprecedented ele

BMD Constructions has been awarded the $163.3m package to deliver the Deception Bay Rd interchange as part of the Bruce Hwy Upgrade Project. The package includes 2 new parallel bridges...

Rob Phillpot is more than $80 million richer, after the company he co-founded was bought for $1.6 billion.In 1998 Rob Phillpot an

A multimillion-dollar hydrogen electrolyser power plant will be constructed near Port Lincoln in South Australia, marking a ­significant indicator

Roads reopened on Sunday around Sydney's Martin Place after a high-pressure gas main was ruptured by an excavator, closing down a section of the CB

Nothing is worse than having an itch you couldn’t scratch an entire generation (or three) don’t know what I’ve

CIMIC Group company, CPB Contractors, has been selected by Roads and Maritime Services to deliver main civil work for the Devils Pulpit to Richmond

The replacement of the Avon River Bridge in Stratford is one step closer to commencing.Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Inf

This week, contracts were signed by a consortium comprised of Lendlease, Colem

AFL grounds will get nearly $500 million in state-funded upgrades, with almost half the cash going to a makeover of Etihad Stadium.<

Melbourne Airport has awarded the $500m T2/T3 redevelopment contract to constructor Lendlease. The project includes a significant expansion of the T2 footprint adding more retail space, additional lounges and a...

After delivering the early works for Ramsay Health Care’s Hollywood redevelopment including consulting areas and the mental health unit, Georgiou is now looking forward to the next stage. The $53m...

Edith Cowan University (ECU) has announced that a consortium of leading local, national and international architects will design the new $695 million ECU City Campus, with the appointment one of...

One council alone has approved one wind and 11 solar projects worth $6 billion."We've got $1.2 billion of that under construction

Hansen Yunken has announced commencement on the $73m Macksville Hospital Project with a sod-turning ceremony last week. Pre-works had been underway since December 2018 conducted by Acciona Ferrovial JV (PACIFICO)....

Acciona has announced commencement on its $275m Mortlake South wind farm. Long in the making, the project was originally granted planning approval

Hansen Yunken are set to get underway on the $25m building 1 of the University of Newcastle’s Honeysuckle campus. The new innovation hub and creative industries school building is a...

Today the state government announced CPB and Laing O'Rourke have been shortlisted to deliver Stage 1 of the $15.8 billion North East Link Project.

At least they waited until the tennis was finished... One of Melbourne's busiest intersections - Punt Rd and Swan St, is abo

The South Australian budget will today announce $252m in funding for the final 10.5k section of the North-South Corridor project. The whole project will cost more than $5bn with the...

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Sometimes if you can’t kick a goal, you just have to move the posts… The Andrews State Government has announced new rules governing the handling of soil waste from tunneling...

The McConnell Dowell Decmil JV has today been confirmed as the winner of the $375m Mordialloc Freeway project. With early works already underway, the project is expected to be complete...

In an environment where more projects seem to be 'topping-out' than 'breaking ground', confirmation that Tim Gurner's $550m St Moritz development i

The QLD government has announced Pulse Alliance as the winner of the $5.4Bn Cross River Rail Alliance. The group includes: CPB, UGL, DIF, BAM and G

Built has been announced as the successful bidder for Charter Hall’s 60 King William St project in Adelaide. The Cox Architecture design includes office space, retail, food and a lifestyle...

The Queensland Government yesterday announced the shortlisted companies for the contract to build Queensland’s highest priority infrastructure pr

Chadstone Shopping Centre owners Vicinity Centres has announced a new round of investment in the site following the opening of the landmark hotel development in 2019. A further $685m will...

Sydney's Westconnex motorway could be completed up to 18 months late, after the new owners of the road claimed a crucial part of the project will o

Daracon has been announced as lead contractor on the $13m stage 1 of the Astra Aerolab development near Newcastle. The project sits on a 76 hectare site adjoining Newcastle airport...

Engineers have delivered their long awaited report into the Opal tower cracking investigation. The report identified key issues around the internal

The Victorian State Government has launched a blitz on the construction industry banning dry-cutting products containing crystalline silica. The mo

Marvel Stadium in Melbourne (formerly Docklands Stadium) is set for a major overhaul with a $225m redevelopment now in the works. Early conceptual drawings show a revamped façade, internal facilities...

Perth-based minerals company Talga Resources has created a graphene-infused concrete with high electrical conductivity that it says could eventuall

Rich lister Kerry Stokes and son Ryan are making bigger inroads into machinery and industrial services under a deal between a disruptive private co

“The airport would initially be the size of Canberra’s but could grow to be bigger than Tull

A new trial system to ensure construction sector subcontractors are paid on time, all the time, will be introduced on State Government projects fro

The independent board of the Cross-River-Rail project in Brisbane have been dismissed as the project moves from procurement to construction. The move isn’t a surprise as the board was originally...

Fairfax media (The Age) is reporting that the Victorian Labor party is pushing its green credentials in the lead up to the State election th

After two years of fierce public and legal battles, luxury developer, GURNER™ has won approval for a landmark three-tower project in one of the i

As the mercury rises to welcome everyone back in 2019 it is worth taking a moment to ensure that you and your team are using best-practice heat man

WestConnex contractors have demanded another $700 million to finish the second stage of the controversial project, leaked letters show.<

A billion-dollar wind farm planned for central Queensland is set to be the biggest in the state and one of the largest in Australia.

Half a billion dollars in federal money has been unlocked to turn the Monash Freeway into a 10-lane mega highway.The national ind

he $535 million infrastructure build of the Osborne South Shipyard, which will be the home of the build for Australia’s Future Frigates, will cre

The rise in demand for bulky goods has led the US-based giant Costco to buy 14 hectares - about the size of 20 football fields - in western Sydney,

Lendlease has announced that it has been awarded the main works package on the $720m Randwick Campus hospital redevelopment. Early works commenced in October 2018 with peak construction expected in...

Construction of the Brisbane Metro is a step closer with more than 200 business leaders from local and international companies attending a special

The NSW government did not guarantee James Packer's Crown Resorts and global infrastructure giant Lendlease would have uninterrupted harbour views

MAB Corporation has unveiled its plans for the area surrounding Melbourne’s second airport Avalon (near Geelong). The site, 255-275 Avalon Road, covers 780 hectares and needs to be rezoned from...

Footscray’s crumbling hospital will be rebuilt at the Victoria University Footscray Park campus under a $1.5 billion plan announced on Sunday.</p

Queensland University announced Friday that it has committed to the Warwick Solar Farm with LendLease Energy & Technology business unit to deli

AGL will begin construction this week on&

Worksafe Victoria is reporting a fatality after a worker fell from a stillage that was being lifted by a forklift. As the worker was oxy-cutting be

The McConnell Dowell/Lendlease Joint Venture (ML-JV) has been appointed as advisors during the design phase of Melbourne Airport’s Runway Develop

The State Government today announced its plans for the Kooyong and Coburg level crossing removal projects and not everyone is happy. Both projects will be delivered as elevated 'skyrail' with works to commence shortly.

One of the big questions hanging over newly installed Wesfarmers boss Rob Scott is where he will look to invest shareholders’ cash once he has de

A $3.8 billion apartment and mixed-use development is set to transform the area surrounding Belmont Park racecourse, which sits adjacent to the new

The government of the Australian state of Queensland has given approval for work to begin on Brisbane’s $A 5.4bn ($US 4.07bn) Cross River Rail pr

Costing close to $1.3 billion, Brisbane's new runway project is the biggest aviation construction job in Australia's history.Now,

The Victorian State Government is making it quicker and easier to lodge and track planning amendments through a suite of digital planning tools lau

A freak incident on Tuesday saw a large road-sign fall on a car on the Tullamarine fwy. The driver suffered injuries to her neck and arm and was tr

The Construction Advisor family is sad to announce the passing of our close friend Nigel Tilley in a road accident on 13th February 201

The Queensland Government announced the new design for the Gabba station precinct would include a land bridge spanning Main Street at Kangaroo Poin

Call it a fresh breeze, call it a ray of sunshine, but Acciona has put pen to paper on the $1.96Bn MacIntyre wind farm. With a capacity of around 1,000MW,...

CIMIC Group company UGL has been awarded contracts by Equis Energy to build and maintain the Tailem Bend 127MWDC Solar Farm in South Australia.

E Kalis Property Propriety Limited was charged with breaching the Building Act over the collapse of the Hobart rivulet wall at the site.

The $11 billion Melbourne Metro Tunnel is set to open a year earlier than expected, Premier Daniel Andrews has announced.The new

"No way could you have a pussy* at the wheel because you need to get things done and this is how we

Construction of the Broken Hill water supply pipeline has been awarded to Australian engineering contractor John Holland, set for completion by the

The Federal government is committing $100m to upgrade the Calder and Hume Freeways ($50m each) as reported by The Age. The money will be spe

Decmil has commenced work on the heavy haulage ring road at Albany in WA. The $175m project is expected to create around 1000 local jobs and be delivered in three...

Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Tuesday morning (6am Melbourne time) announced the creator of the iMac and iPhone had reached its milestone of al

Christmas has come early for constructor CIMIC with over $570m in contracts awarded in the lead-up to the traditional break. Subsidiary CPB has been confirmed on the $423m Metronet as...

Toowoomba and the Darling Downs are on the cusp of the next building boom - and it will be powered by the sun.</span

Hotel giant Marriott International has strengthened its grip on Australia's luxury hotel sector, after striking a deal with developer Greaton Group

Minister for Roads Luke Donnellan today announced that DECMIL has won the contract for the first stage of the $139.4

A new and improved Punt Road and Swan Street intersection in Richmond is a step closer with major construction 

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John Holland has been awarded the $36m contract for the Claremont Station track laying as part of the METRONET project. The turnbacks will be installed by early 2021 with completion...

The $562m Frankston Hospital Redevelopment is progressing with an Industry Briefing announced for 10am on 25th March. Registrations to attend the briefing must be lodged by 5pm Monday 16th March...

The Sirius public housing building has been called many things over the years but rarely beautiful. The $150m sale in 2019 led to much public debate about the appropriate development...

A library and music school in Denmark have been damaged after a 53-metre-high silo toppled the wrong way during a demolition.V

Construction of the M4-M5 Link, the most important stage of WestConnex is moving ahead with applicants shortlisted to build the WestConnex Rozelle

The last five kilometres of dual carriageway on the Oxley Highway to Kundabung Pacific Highway upgrade is now open to traffic, announced <span

Melbourne will boast five new stunning landmarks when the underground stations for the Metro Tunnel open in 2025.Minister for Pub

CPB & UGL have today announced they have been awarded the $900m RIS (Rail Integration and Systems) package on the Cross River Rail Project. The companies are part of the...

Christmas has come early at Construction Advisor with the release of the December Quarterly!Perfect for summer reading at the bea

Victoria is hoping to secure its place as the country's "cultural capital" with plans to build the largest contemporary art gallery in Australia.</

Construction has commenced on Woolworths new $135m distribution centre in West Melbourne. Expected to be completed by 2021, the 57,000sqm Truganina site will complement last years $560m automated distribution centre...

Loved ones of a construction worker crushed to death by a concrete slab at Brisbane's Eagle Farm Racecourse believe a company's $405,000 fine for i

Construction Advisor is ringing in the new year with a major milestone!With a big final push (and just minutes to spare) we hit 5

In a somewhat muted announcement Belgian construction company Besix will complete a compulsory acquisition of ASX listed constructor WatPac. The mo

Perth Children's Hospital will open next May, two and a half years later than initially planned.Health Minister Roger Cook said t

The $3 billion NorthConnex toll road under construction in Sydney's north is likely to be up to six months late opening to motorists due to technic

A massive wind farm project that’ll power up to 46,000 homes is due to start generating electricity by mid 2019.The $280 millio

The developer behind the proposed revamp of Richmond’s neglected Nylex site has been given 21 days to clean up the former maltings buildings on t

It is only May but warnings are already coming through of a big flu season with industry to suffer. Reports indicate that so far this year the viru

Attorney-General Gordon Ramsay and ACT Supreme Court Chief Justice Helen Murrell poured the final section of concrete to mark completion of the new

Scaffolding company Erect Safe has been fined $90,000 after a labourer was struck with scaffolding that fell from a forklift being driven by an unl

The new Labour Hire Licensing Act 2018 (VIC) is about to come into force and it has significant implications for the construction industry.

Bouygues Construction is pursuing its development strategy in Australia and strengthening its position on the construction market with the acquisit

A construction worker has been rescued after he fell several metres on a building site in Melbourne’s CBD.A MFB spokesman confi

Seymour Whyte Limited (ASX:SWL) (The Group) is pleased to announce that Seymour Whyte Constructions has been awarded additional packages of work on

HSA Group (John Holland, AECOM, Seymour Whyte) have today been announced as the winners of the $481m Stage 3 of the Bruce Hwy Upgrade Project in North Queensland. The Edmonton...

McConnell Dowell has announced that it has been awarded Stage 3 of the Echuca-Moama second river crossing project. Stage 3 includes: a new two-lane road (one lane in each direction)...

Hot on the heels of Multiplex announcing the construction of the $100m timber La Trobe University student accommodation project, GPT Group is plann

The Opal Tower structural failure identified on Christmas Eve when residents reported cracking sounds looks set to drag into the new year. It is fa

Construction giant Grocon was responsible for the safety of a wall that collapsed on Melbourne’s CUB site in 2013, killing three passing pedestri

The $350m Innovation Quarter Precinct at Westmead has been awarded to developer Richard Crookes Constructions. The twin tower project is aimed to deliver space for health, research, education and commercial...

Decades of waiting by Central Queensland farmers appears to be nearly over, with the last chunk of funding for the construction of a major water in

ADCO constructions has commenced work on the $15m Rehabilitation and Neonatal Nursery project at Osborne Park Hospital in North Perth. The project will refurbish and expand on the existing facility...

Development Victoria, a state government agency, has bought the Docklands home of the Seven Network for about $100 million from the building's owne

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The WA building industry has resorted to GPS tracking and mobile phone detection technology to crack down on building site theft costing tens of mi

An Expressions of Interest campaign kicked off on Friday for the iconic Sirius building at The Rocks, with the NSW government looking to invest in

Plans for the $2.1Bn Maroochydore town development march on with the announcement of a new Holiday Inn Express development. The 167 room, 9 level hotel will be open in early...

Western Sydney Airport is preparing for takeoff after the federa

A worker injured building Victoria's biggest road project to date, the West Gate Tunnel, has died in hospital following an <a href="https://constru

The M80 Ring Road upgrade has reached another important project milestone, with Expressions of Interest now open to

The Andrews Labor Government’s $11 billion Metro Tunnel project will install 55 kilometres of nex

In welcome news, Shell has confirmed that thunder-birds are go… sorry, Arrow Energy is a go. The JV between Shell and Petro-China has confirmed that the CSG field, expected to...

The state government can finally open the plagued $1.2 billion Perth Children's Hospital almost three years after the original scheduled date.<

CIMIC Group companies CPB Contractors & UGL today celebrated the award of the $1.376Bn Sydney Metro City and Southwest project. This project wi

Under the plan, eight kilometres of single track between Dandenong and Cranbourne would be duplicated to address the "bottleneck" on the line, Publ

Plans to build an international terminal at Victoria’s Avalon Airport, near Geelong, will boost jobs and the state’s export markets.

Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed Corridor A is the preferred route for the long-awaited North East Link.The budget announced

A 3.5-hectare site centred on Albion station in Brisbane will be transformed into a mixed-use “community hub,” with the Queensland government r

A worker is in a critical condition after being struck by heavy machinery on a West Gate Tunnel worksite on Thursday morning.The

The NSW Government has an embarrassing problem with $2.3 billion worth of new trains that are on order — they’re too wide to go through the tun

Frankston’s new train station is a step closer, with work on the multimillion-dollar transformation to kick off this month and be complete by the

Work has commenced on the $350m Western Sydney University/Charter Hall Innovation Quarter project at Westmead.  The mixed use development will see two towers  housing health, education, research and commercial/retail space...

The Transport Minister has declared "NSW is an unhappy customer" after delays to Sydney's Light Rail. Just 14 kilometres of

Built has been announced as the winner of the $40m ACMI redevelopment project in Federation Square, Melbourne. This is the first major rebuild of the facility since it was opened...

The building site in Kambah was shut down after the accident late on Wednesday.ACT WorkSafe Commissioner Greg Jones said the man

In the past, Olympic host cities spent billions of dollars on grandiose structures that soon become “white elephants.” Montreal’s “Big O”

Project owner Transurban has this morning advised the ASX that JV contractors CPB and John Holland are seeking to terminate their contract to build the Westgate Tunnel Project. The project...

The State Government has finally confirmed its plans for the long awaited Airport Rail link in Melbourne. The plans are for the link to run above ground through Sunshine and...

Firefighters are battling a massive blaze at a construction site at busy Circular Quay which broke out just after 9am on Tuesday morning. Nearby bu

The $7.2 billion final stage of the WestConnex toll road has gained government planning approval, despite the fact that the final shape of a major

More than 300 people gathered for the official opening ceremony of the Perth Children’s Hospital on Saturday amidst much fanfare – and close to

Fly-in, fly-out workers are encouraged to contribute to the State Government’s latest draft code of practice aimed to help promote and maintain F

If Matthew Guy wins the 2018 state election the East West Link will go ahead, and could potentially be built at the same time as the North East Lin

ADCO has this week turned the first sod on the Forward Works Package on the $73m Geraldton Health Campus Redevelopment Project. The redevelopment of the Geraldton Health Campus includes: an...

AGL Energy will spend up to $400 million to build a new gas-fired power station near Newcastle in NSW, as it pushes forward with plans to shut down

Downer Group has been announced as the preferred contractor on both EP&C contracts for the Denny Avenue Level Crossing Removal Project in Perth. Managed by Metronet, the package includes realigning...

A US-based construction software developer has unveiled plans to acquire QA Software of Melbourne, in an attempt to realise global expansion plans.

An incident in North Shore this morning has seen a forklift driver injured after reportedly falling from the vehicle and it subsequently rolled ove

The postmortem of RCR Tomlinson entering administration is well underway with media and commentators all contributing to the deb

A 58-year-old man has been killed by equipment at a landscape suppliers in Victoria's north west today.The Murray Basin Rail Proj