A consortium including Spanish-owned ACCIONA has been named the preferred proponent to complete major works on Western Australia’s largest transport infrastructure project.
The state government has continued the rollout of its COVID-19 recovery plan, announcing it will spend millions of dollars to upgrade port infrastructure across WA.
Construction and engineering company SRG Global has signed its third $25 million contract in recent weeks, this time with ammonia plant operator Yara Pilbara.
Four builders including Multiplex and Lendlease have been shortlisted to complete major works under the $257 million expansion of Joondalup Health Campus, which will include new beds and operating theatres.
The state government will invest $11.6 million into critical infrastructure upgrades at Geraldton Port, as part of Western Australia’s wider post-COVID economic recovery.
ADCO Constructions has secured further work with the state government, this time to complete the $61.4 million redevelopment of the Newman Health Services centre.
Mining contractor Dynamic Drill and Blast says it will use funds raised from a $5 million initial public offering to tackle a strong tendering pipeline and potentially grow the business in Western Australia’s civil sector.
Infrastructure WA chairman John Langoulant has identified the needs of the state’s regions and opportunities for private finance as two of the biggest challenges facing the advisory group.
The widening of parts of Bussell Higway will proceed this year after the project secured funding from the federal and state governments, which also announced new funding agreements and contracts for regional roads and Metronet projects over the weekend.
GR Engineering Services has received a letter of intent from Silver Lake Resources to complete $23 million in upgrade works at the Deflector gold-copper operation in Western Australia.
The state government has outlined details for removing six level crossings between Victoria Park and Beckenham, as part of a multi-million dollar project to improve safety and ease traffic congestion along the Armadale Line.
The state government is poised to reveal its $4 billion plan for a new port at Kwinana as it seeks to ramp-up infrastructure projects to help kickstart the state’s economic recovery from COVID-19.
Plans to build a $32.5 million soccer centre in Queens Park are under way, with the project jointly funded by the state and federal governments, while Western Australian sports associations will benefit from a revised infrastructure funding model.
A report backed by the Pilbara’s big miners has found that iron ore exports are expected to grow modestly over the coming decade, well below the extra port capacity the miners themselves are seeking.
