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Austrian company STRABAG has completed the acquisition of family-owned contractor Georgiou Group two months after revealing negotiations were underway.

With the Georgiou family close to selling its namesake company, we look back at major family business sales in WA and how much they raised.

European company STRABAG is in advanced talks to acquire family-owned contractor Georgiou Group, a deal proposed before the passing of founder Spiro Georgiou.

Family-owned contractor Georgiou Group is continuing to pursue national expansion, with regulatory filings providing a detailed insight into its profitable growth.

WA building companies are learning from the collapse of competitors over the past 12 months.

Attracting young workers to civil construction will help WA complete a big pipeline of infrastructure projects.

Brisbane-based Gary Georgiou has been promoted to lead building and civil construction firm Georgiou Group, succeeding Rob Monaci.

The ranking of WA's largest private companies has changed dramatically over the past decade.

Contractors Georgiou Group, Ertech and Piacentini & Son have delivered a mixed bag of profit results in the 2018-19 financial year, with Ertech and Piacentini recording large improvements and Georgiou performing below expectations.

Infrastructure Australia has dramatically scaled down the expected cost of road congestion in Perth, mainly because of lower population growth, but has warned about the impact of continued urban sprawl.

A group of mid-tier contractors has banded together to lobby for the federal government to introduce tougher rules on the flow of work from infrastructure projects.

Four of the largest construction contractors in WA - unlisted companies Pindan, Georgiou Group, Doric/Jaxon and Perkins Builders - have achieved strong earnings and anticipate better conditions ahead.

Construction and engineering contractor Georgiou Group has lifted its annual profit and turnover and tipped a positive outlook, helped by recent contract wins at Perth Airport, in the Pilbara and on the east coast.

Early works for the Yanchep rail extension and Thornlie to Cockburn link will be contracted separately, as the state government attempts to give opportunities for smaller players after combining the main portions of the two projects into one package.

SPECIAL REPORT: Contractors are buoyant despite the twin challenges of uncertainty around infrastructure spending and an employment market tipped to tighten.

John Georgiou will step down as chief executive of family-owned Georgiou Group after 20 years in the role, with executive general manager Rob Monaci to take up the position from August 1.

SPECIAL REPORT: Alternative construction techniques and new technologies are changing the way we build.

SPECIAL REPORT: Confidence is growing among WA's construction companies, with Business News research identifying at least $4 billion worth of major private and public projects starting to take shape and more investment planned. Click through for our list of key building projects under way.

Local contractors have expressed concern that work on the next two Metronet rail projects, worth about $1 billion, could be packaged together for tendering purposes.

Perth-based contractor Georgiou has added to its portfolio of east coast construction work, winning work on the Pacific Hwy upgrade in northern NSW.

SPECIAL REPORT: Two home-grown WA building companies are celebrating four decades in the business this year.

SPECIAL REPORT: Competition is ramping up among the state's commercial builders, as different strategies emerge to fill order books.

Georgiou Group will build Tianqi Lithium's new Australian headquarters, under a deal worth $17 million with the Chinese lithium miner's head contractor, for its $400 million processing plant in Kwi

Construction firm Georgiou Group has won a contract to build Primewest's $31 million multi-storey office development in Joondalup, which will be occupied by state government departments.

Construction will start later this week on Defence Housing Australia's 166-dwelling Liv Apartments in Fremantle, after Georgiou Group was appointed as DHA's building contractor.

Diversified development and construction firm Georgiou Group is sharpening its eastern states focus, appointing a dedicated New South Wales general manager to grow its presence in new markets.

Privately owned construction, engineering and property development company Georgiou achieved a bumper result last year, lifting revenue by 54 per cent and budgeting for continued strong growth.

SPECIAL REPORT: The state's major builders appear unfazed to be operating in what's considered among Western Australia's most competitive and closely monitored business sectors.

BEING a good employer is not about providing everyday staff perks; rather it involves committing to what the organisation can do better for its people.

The secret to successfully managing an expanding privately owned business is to act like it's public, according to John Georgiou.