Nearly 140 major projects are either under way or planned for WA, new research by Business News has found. Click through to access the new list on the BNiQ Search Engine.
A joint venture between Perth companies Ausdrill and Barminco has been awarded a $US160 million ($220 million) mining services contract for Roxgold in West Africa.
GR Engineering Services will receive an $8.3 million payout from Eastern Goldfields, more than a year after launching proceedings in the Supreme Court in relation to a contract dispute at the miner's Davyhurst operation.
Woodside Petroleum has signed up engineering company Wood to prepare development plans for the Scarborough gas field, with the work to be split between offices in Houston and Perth.
South Australia-based York Civil, which is finalising construction of the Matagarup Bridge and recently won a $30 million contract at Port Hedland, has been placed into voluntary administration.
CPB Contractors has added to its portfolio of Main Roads projects after being selected as preferred contractor for a $50 million upgrade of the Wanneroo Road and Joondalup Drive intersection.
Osborne Park-based Georgiou Group has been awarded an $18.7 million contract to construct a privately-funded traffic bridge carrying Great Northern Highway over the Roy Hill rail line, located approximately 25 kilometres south-west of Port Hedland.
Austal has announced the government of Caribbean country, Trinidad & Tobago, intends to purchase two patrol boats in a deal worth approximately $100 million.
Henderson-based contractor EC&M has been awarded a series of contracts in Western Australia and the eastern states with a combined value of about $60 million.
Trucking business Centurion has been awarded a $75 million contract by global miner Anglo American to deliver general freight services at its Bowen Basin operations in central Queensland.
A 50-50 joint venture between Perth-based companies Georgiou Group and Ertech has been awarded a $120 million contract for a road upgrade project in western Sydney.
A joint venture between Perth-based companies Clough and RUC Cementation Mining Contractors, which are both owned by South Africa's Murray & Roberts, has secured two mining contracts in Mongolia.
Global education services provider Navitas has expanded into the Netherlands, after signing an agreement with the University of Twente to operate its pathway program for international students.
Nickel miner Western Areas has begun early works at its Odysseus project, signing on local contractor MACA, while also announcing it had reached its production guidance for the year to June.
Bentley-based communications company Swift Networks Group has announced a number of new contracts, including infrastructure works at Iluka Resources' Cataby project and a 12-month extension at AngloGold Ashanti's Tropicana facility in Kalgoorlie.
NRW Holdings has joined the likes of Clough, Decmil and CPB in securing work at BHP Billiton's $4.6 billion South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, after announcing a $176 million contract to complete earthworks at the site.
Perth-based Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has secured a number of new contracts across the country in the commercial, resources and telecommunication sectors.
Gold producer Beadell Resources has announced a board restructure and a new mining contract at its operations in Brazil, as the company pursues a primary listing in Canada.
Engineering and construction group Valmec and Geraldton-based WBHO Infrastructure have secured infrastructure contracts with Water Corporation at its facilities in Western Australia.
The state government says there was no conflict of interest with the recent awarding of a $205 million contract to Huawei, after it was revealed the Chinese group paid for flights and phones for two cabinet members during a trip to China in 2015.
Georesources company Qteq has secured a borehole data contract in the Northern Territory following the recent acquisition of Western Australian companies Surtech and WellServ.
