A joint venture between CIMIC Group companies CPB Contractors and UGL won a A$1.376bn ($994m) contract from the New South Wales (NSW) government to deliver the line-wide works package of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project, the biggest public transport project in Australia.
Australian construction company Probuild has signed a contract with developer ISPT for the design and construction of Victoria University’s City West Tower, which will be Melbourne’s tallest vertical campus.
The Lendlease Samsung Bouygues Joint Venture (LSBJV), comprising Lendlease Engineering, Samsung C&T and Bouygues Construction Australia (subsidiary of Bouygues Travaux Publics), has won a contract from the New South Wales (NSW) Government in Australia to design and construct the twin 7.5km motorway tunnels for the $12bn WestConnex project in Sydney.
Sheffield Resources has signed two agreements that will advance and de-risk development of the Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project in northern Western Australia.
The Queensland government in Australia has approved an A$1.2bn ($866m) tourism project on Hummock Hill Island, taken up by developer Eaton Place, subject to certain conditions.
CPB Contractors, a CIMIC Group company, has been selected by the Australian and New South Wales (NSW) governments for the next stage of The Northern Road upgrade project between Luddenham and Glenmore Park in western Sydney.
La Trobe University and the government of the Australian state of Victoria have agreed to jointly fund a A$2m ($1.4m) scoping and feasibility study to accelerate investment to fast-track delivery of its A$5bn ($3.5bn) University City of the Future on its Melbourne campus at Bundoora.
Australian infrastructure and facilities company Downer has won a contract from BELECTRIC Solar and Battery (BELECTRIC) to build innogy’s 349MW Limondale Solar Farm located near Balranald in New South Wales (NSW), which is expected to be the largest solar farm in Australia.
Infrastructure and environment consultancy WSP Opus has been selected by City Rail Link as the design partner on the C7 workstream of the City Rail Link (CRL) project in Auckland, New Zealand.
Australia-based developer Steller has unveiled its vision for the $80m redevelopment of the Continental Hotel in Sorrento, Australia.
The Exchange, a six-storey mixed-use building at Darling Square in Sydney, is scheduled to open mid-2019.
Australian construction engineering company Decmil Group has won a A$277m ($195m) EPC contract from Maoneng Australia for its 255MW Sunraysia Solar PV project near Balranald in New South Wales, Australia.
Australian contractor Multiplex has achieved a construction milestone on LK Property Group’s A$800m six-star retail and high-rise residential development, Capitol Grand, with the ‘topping out’ of the 10-level Capitol Grand Tower in Melbourne, Australia.
Australia-based full-service balance-of-plant specialist Zenviron has secured a second contract from Goldwind Australia for the southern section of the Moorabool Wind Farm in regional Victoria, taking Zenviron’s total contract works on this project to A$130m ($92.1m).
American multinational engineering firm AECOM has won a contract worth approximately A$70m ($50m) to provide a complete range of design services for the delivery of the A$11bn ($7.8bn) Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project.
CPB Contractors, a Cimic Group company and part of the Rail Infrastructure Alliance (RIA), has won a A$400m ($289m) design and construct contract from the Victorian government as part of a A$1bn ($722m) package of works for the A$11bn ($7.9bn) Metro Tunnel Project in Australia.
German energy company innogy has begun construction on the 349MWp solar power plant at Limondale near Balranald in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW).
Laing O’Rourke has been appointed as the managing contractor for the Australian-Singapore Military Training Initiative (ASMTI) facilities project works at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA), 80km north of Rockhampton in Queensland, Australia, valued at $800m.
Ground has been broken on Australia’s Western Sydney Airport, which is expected to strengthen the economy, create infrastructure and boost jobs in the region.
BMD Constructions has won a design and construct contract for the widening of Mitchell Freeway in Perth, Western Australia.