Sharper procurement, design, and planning will be important to improve productivity for infrastructure, which has fallen behind other sectors, Infrastructure Australia says.
Perth contractor Ertech has paid a bumper dividend of $19 million to its employee shareholders while also undertaking a share buy-back that will result in staff becoming majority owners.
A consortium that includes Perth business Georgiou Group is first in line to build a $165 million train station at Midland, while the company also won a $115 million NSW road contract.
NRW Holdings expects to earn as much as $155 million from operations in the current financial year, while announcing a fully franked final dividend of 5 cents per share.
Two projects in Perth's east are in the pipeline, with Komatsu starting work on a $6 million facility and Aurizon planning an $11.5 million development at its railyard.
Work on a $16.9 million upgrade to South Metropolitan TAFE's Mandurah campus has started, with new hospitality and tourism training facilities to open in 2023.
Aspiring producers Bardoc Gold and TNG have selected Perth-based companies GR Engineering and METS Engineering for work on projects in WA and the Northern Territory.
Perth Airport chief Kevin Brown says he’s not precious about losing the federal government’s purpose-built quarantine facility to Jandakot, as long as the project is expedited.