Dozens of new public schools will be built across Perth in the coming years, with the state government having approved millions of dollars' worth of developments and refurbishments.
Universal Constructions and Crothers Construction have won at least $180 million in school development contracts since the McGowan government came to power.
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.
Osborne Park-based Universal Constructions has been awarded a $13.8 million contract by the state government for work at a new primary school in Perth's northern suburbs.
Universal Constructions has won a $13.3 million contract for construction of the second stage of the primary school in Meadow Springs, near Mandurah, which the Department of Education website says
The state government has awarded an $11.5 million contract to Universal Constructions for development of the replacement Doubleview Primary School, while other local builders have shared in $26.7 million worth of work.
Local builders Cockram Construction, Universial Constructions, Perkins Builders and Crothers Construction have shared in $37.3 million worth of state government contracts.
Ngaanyatjarra Services has won a $1.7 million contract from the Housing Authority for the design and construction of water treatment upgrades at the Tjuntjuntjarra Remote Aboriginal Community 560 k
Six construction companies including EMCO Building, Badge Construction and Pindan have secured a combined $102 million worth of work from the state government.
Universal Constructions and Badge have been awarded contracts by the state government to build three new schools in Perth, worth a combined $36.4 million.
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
The Barnett government's move to integrate year seven students at the state's high schools is paying dividends for WA builders, with Emco Building the recent beneficiary of a $10.8 million construc