Infrastructure

Western Australia’s Fleetwood has been subcontracted for work on a new 1,000-bed quarantine facility in Melbourne.

State-owned Water Corporation posted an $876 million surplus in the year to June, four years after regulators recommended big cuts to its prices.

Decmil Group has won a contract from the Victorian government to complete road upgrades at the coastal town of Barwon Heads.

Sharper procurement, design, and planning will be important to improve productivity for infrastructure, which has fallen behind other sectors, Infrastructure Australia says.

Osborne Park-based Decmil Group has been contracted to build a bridge over BHP’s Yandi rail line and complete road restoration works in the Pilbara.

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.

Local company Highway Construction has been tasked with upgrading a major intersection in Tuart Hill, as part of a $20 million project.

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.