Rio Tinto will spend $US395 million ($A597 million) building a desalination plant in a two-year construction effort to increase water supply for its Pilbara operations.
The Slatter Group WA is the latest builder to collapse after appointing EY to liquidate the 20-year-old company, which specialised in the education sector.
Mobile crane and telehandler supplier MCT Equipment has officially opened its new facility in Henderson to expand its support operations to the construction and mining industries.
Pilbara Ports Authority has contracted marine and port services business TAMS Group to deliver the second stage of upgrades to the Nelson Point Tug Haven facility located at Port Hedland.
Three recycling projects valued at a combined $54 million are one step closer to opening by 2025 after a funding boost from federal and state governments.
Former WA bureaucrat Reece Waldock is one of three transport experts drafted in by the federal government to review its infrastructure pipeline and set new priorities.
A dispute over Mineral Resources' plans to build a 125-kilometre private haul road running through the Shire of Ashburton has been escalated to Western Australia's Supreme Court.
Perth’s new Women and Babies Hospital will be shifted from Nedlands to the southern suburbs, in part because of planning issues highlighted one year ago by Business News.
The Department of Finance has asked WA Police to investigate Firm Construction, while the company’s administrators say Firm may have misrepresented its financial position.
A joint federal and state government event to mark the beginning of a Perth City Deal project has been overshadowed by complaints from Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas.
The Fitzroy River Bridge will be replaced and is expected to open by the end of next year, with Georgiou Group and BMD Constructions appointed as contractors.
WorkSafe is prosecuting EMCO Building and Firm Construction over structural collapses resulting in worker injuries and has fined a bricklaying company $600,000.
Wangara-based construction company Ertech has secured a $128 million contract with Transport New South Wales to help deliver a regional infrastructure project.
The automotive sector said it was very disappointed to discover the state government was considering a plan to shift motor vehicle imports from Fremantle to Bunbury.
ASX company M8 Sustainable has been placed into voluntary administration after being overwhelmed by growing debts and lack of cash flow into the business.
Master Builders Australia is calling for more action to tackle labour and supply shortages as new home builds drop while houses under construction hit a record high.
The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility has supported its first gold project while also agreeing to increase its concessional loan to a rare earths project in WA.
Head contractors for the state government’s $1.86 billion Forrestfield Airport Link have claimed project costs escalated by more than $17 million in their lawsuit with engineering firm GHD.
A pedestrian and cyclist bridge over Perth’s Causeway is on track to be finished within two years after an assessment panel’s approval of the $100 million proposal.
The federal government is adopting a swathe of reforms recommended by Infrastructure WA chair Nicole Lockwood but the local body will not be directly affected.
