John Holland has won its first substantial contract in Western Australia in several years, with the Public Transport Authority of WA awarding the Chinese-owned company a contract for track maintenance services on Perth's urban rail network.
A global investment company based in the Middle East has become the fourth equity investor in a $511 million waste-to-energy project that commenced construction at Rockingham this month.
The state government has begun the tender process for the design, construction and commissioning of the Metronet Morley-Ellenbrook line, despite delays related to other contracts set to deliver the line's build.
Western Australia is leading the country in the adoption of waste-to-energy projects, with $1.2 billion being invested in two path-breaking facilities under construction.
Rio Tinto has awarded Perth-based engineering company Mondium with a $400 million contract for works at the Western Turner Syncline phase two mine, located in the Pilbara.
Engineering group Monadelphous has secured several new construction and maintenance contracts, including three with BHP, worth a combined value of around $110 million.
Construction companies EMCO Building, Georgiou Group and Universal Constructions are among five businesses to have been awarded significant contracts from the state government over the past month.
A fire at a Cleanaway-owned waste management facility in Kwinana, operated by its subsidiary Tox Free Solutions, has been contained after emitting dangerous smoke and disrupting access to neighbouring businesses this morning.
NRW Holdings has been awarded works at Fortescue Metals Group’s Eliwana iron ore mine and rail project in the Pilbara under an infrastructure contract valued around $138 million, announced last month.
Construction of Western Australia’s second large scale waste-to-energy project will begin this month near Rockingham after the development consortium reached financial close just before Christmas.
Work has started on the state government’s $716 million, 32 kilometre Thornlie-Cockburn Link, but the Liberal opposition claims the Metronet project is two years behind schedule and its cost is blowing out.
Sydney-based contractor Interflow has secured a $6 million contract from Water Corporation to refurbish 14 kilometres of wastewater pipes in Western Australia.
Primero Group has secured three new construction contracts, including a $115 million arrangement with Rio Tinto, while also announcing a capital raising of $7.6 million.
Empired shares have risen more than 8 per cent today after the IT services provider forecasted an increase in net profit and earnings per share for the current financial year, on the back of a $200 million pipeline of multi-year contracts to contest.
Perth-based Perdaman Industries has entered into an agreement with the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation as part of its plans to build Australia’s largest fertiliser manufacturing plant near Karratha.
The state government has announced that a second major Water Corporation contract delivered by the private sector will be brought back in-house, despite contractor Suez claiming it had exceeded the government's performance targets.
A consortium comprising national firms CPB Contractors and Downer has been selected as the preferred contractor for the Yanchep and Thornlie-Cockburn rail projects, with construction expected to commence in May next year, well after the state government's goal of starting this year.
The widening of Mitchell Freeway near Joondalup and a train station at Lakelands are some of the new projects to be funded from a $940 million, four-year infrastructure stimulus package announced today.
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group has been awarded a contract by Woodside Petroleum to build a gas pipeline connecting the Pluto LNG plant with the North West Shelf venture's nearby Karratha gas plant.
