The Wellington Street site, set for 835-bed student housing, signifies the global real estate investment company's first Australian student accommodation investment.
Work has begun on a Fremantle apartments project that promises to enliven the port city's east end, while a $6.8 million redevelopment of Beechboro's Altone Park Shopping Centre has also kicked off.
The City of Fremantle has shortlisted six companies for the building contract for the civic building and library as part of the $270 million Kings Square redevelopment, while also announcing the demolition contractor for the council's old administration building.
Willetton Senior High School has claimed the top prize at this year's WA Architecture Awards, while Elizabeth Quay, an arts centre in the Pilbara and the Gen Y Demonstration Housing project were among those to receive high accolades.
Five local companies will share in a combined $92 million worth of contracts awarded by the state government, with the majority of the work comprising school construction jobs.
The state government has awarded $91.6 million worth of contracts to four building companies for the refurbishment and redevelopment of six health service centres across rural Western Australia.
As a child, Cockram Construction project manager Crystal Jordan wanted to be a firefighter like her father. Instead, as she grew up, she gravitated towards the construction sector – and it's a decision she has never regretted.
Local builders Cockram Construction, Universial Constructions, Perkins Builders and Crothers Construction have shared in $37.3 million worth of state government contracts.
Brookfield Multiplex has taken the top spot on the HIA-Cordell top 100 list of companies operating in the engineering construction, non-residential building and apartment sectors.
Construction contractor Badge has raised questions over the onerous process of bidding for public private partnerships, saying the cost of tendering for the contracts are often disproportionate to the benefit of winning the works.
The government today announced EduWest, a consortium of Macquarie Capital, Badge Constructions, Perkins Builders and Spotless Facility Services, as its preferred tenderer for its eight-school public private partnership (PPP).
The Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute in Nedlands has moved a step closer towards development, with a construction contractor appointed to build the facility.
A consortium which includes Perth-based Programmed Maintenance Services has been appointed the preferred bidder for a public private partnership for four new schools in New Zealand.
Three consortia have been shortlisted to come up with detailed proposals for Western Australia's first public private partnership for schools, with the winner to design, build, finance and maintain eight new public schools over 25 years.
The state government has awarded Cockram Construction a $13.4 million contract to build a new primary school in Baldivis, adding to the builder's education centres portfolio.
SPECIAL REPORT: The state's mid-tier builders are sharpening their focus on specialised areas to ensure they fend off growing interest in local construction projects from eastern states-based companies.
Esslemont Cockram has won a $28 million contract to build new facilities at Willetton Senior High School, the largest of six construction contracts for education and training centres awarded recent
Four local building companies have won the first batch of contracts to be awarded by the state government under its $265 million ‘Year 7' building program.
Building companies Pindan Constructions and Esslemont Cockram Construction have won new contracts with the state government worth a combined $30 million.
