The City of Karratha has strongly opposed Woodside Petroleum’s plans for a 700-bed fly-in, fly-out camp, but the final decision rests with Planning and Lands Minister Rita Saffioti, who is playing her cards close to her chest.
A Supreme Court ruling handed down this week casts doubt on how the state government has calculated stamp duty on mining company takeovers, potentially overcharging miners tens of millions of dollars over more than a decade.
PACT Construction has been selected as the builder of the $32.3 million mixed-use 650 Albany Highway apartment project on the corner of Albany Highway and Miller Street in Victoria Park.
Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal has received a $US12.3 million ($A15.1 million) contract to provide post-delivery services work to the US Navy, in relation to its provision of littoral combat ships.
NRW Holdings’ recently acquired east coast business, Golding Contractors, has been hired to provide its services to a coal mine in Queensland under a $25 million contract.
Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal has landed its first commercial deal in Taiwan after being hired to build two vessels, with the contract valued at $44 million.
Dacian Gold has lined up Zenith Energy to build, own and operate a gas-fired power station at its Mt Morgans gold project near Laverton, and signed a $57 million, 10-year contract with gas pipeline operator APA Group.
The McGowan government has announced the Wandoo minimum security prison will be returned to the public sector, despite an independent review this year finding private contractor Serco had met or exceeded expectations.
NRW Holdings is in line to receive a $111 million contract for work on OZ Minerals’ Carrapateena gold-copper project in South Australia, which today was given the green light for development.
A consortium that includes Ventura Home Group has been chosen to build the state government’s $21.8 million Amble Estate residential development on the old Hainsworth primary school site.
A joint venture between WBHO Infrastructure and SRG has won a $22.8 million contract to build new road infrastructure that will allow traffic to bypass the Margaret River town centre.
Austal has announced it is negotiating to build a ferry worth more than $100 million for Norwegian shipping company Fjord Line, after the Norwegian group said it had already commissioned the local shipbuilder.
A long-running dispute between Karara Mining and DM Civil over a contract originally worth $26 million has highlighted the extraordinary gulf that often arises between project developers and contractors when their relationship sours.
Aspiring lithium miner Tawana Resources has confirmed the award of a $30 million engineering procurement and construction contract to Primero Group for its Bald Hill project in the Goldfields.
FIRM Construction has announced it has been awarded contracts for the Forrestdale South West Primary School forward works, and the refurbishment of the ground and first floors of the Kalgoorlie Pol
RCR Tomlinson has won two contracts worth a combined $315 million for the construction and maintenance of two solar farms in Queensland for Edify Energy.
The Clough-AMEC Foster Wheeler Australia joint venture has won a five-year contract to provide maintenance services at Yara International’s liquid ammonia plant near Karratha, with the value of the work believed to be about $100 million.
Woodside Petroleum is hoping to win state government backing for a new 700-bed fly-in, fly-out camp at Karratha, after selecting a consortium led by Multiplex and Compass Group to build, own and operate the facility.
Henderson company Civmec has won the steel fabrication contract for the Swan River pedestrian bridge at Burswood, with the government hopeful the bridge will be completed in time for the start of next year’s AFL season.
The push for increased local content on big projects appears to be paying dividends, with Rio Tinto announcing a $70 million order for port equipment and local businesses Civmec and Doina Construction and Engineering undertaking work for coal and gold projects.
The state’s fire and emergency services department will receive a new computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system under a $7 million deal with Motorola, bringing it in line with technology used by WA Police.
