The Australian federal government has given approval of the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the expansion of Townsville Port in Queensland, Australia.
A joint venture between CPB Contractors and Seymour Whyte Constructions has won a contract to build a 12.5km duplication of the Western Highway between Buangor and Ararat in Australia.
The Public Transport Projects Alliance (PTP Alliance), comprising McConnell Dowell, Mott MacDonald and Arup, has been awarded a design-build contract to remove the Oaklands Park level crossing on the Seaford train line, 13km south of Adelaide, Australia.
ACCIONA, in consortium with Lendlease, has won a €382m contract to design and build the Southern Program Alliance work package, a project to eliminate railway level crossings in the state of Victoria, Australia.
A joint venture of US-based Jacobs Engineering Group and Aurecon has been selected by John Holland and CPB Contractors consortium to carry out the engineering design for the $5.1bn (AUD6.7bn) West Gate Tunnel Project in Australia.