Infrastructure

THE Western Australian government is being urged to make up its mind on its plans for the future of Fremantle's inner harbour.

Fortescue Metals Group has told engineering company NRW Holdings to walk off the Cloudbreak-to-Christmas Creek rail line site in the Pilbara because construction has been deferred.

West Perth-based IronClad Mining has entered into an agreement with a Chinese steel making company over the development of two of its iron ore projects in South Australia.

Engineering firm, SKM has taken out the top prize at the Engineers Australia, Engineering Excellence Awards for its work on Rio Tinto Iron Ore's US$1.4 billion Dampier Port Upgrade in the Pilbara, with two Western Australians taking out individual honours

IN her doctorate on the impact of fly in, fly out (FIFO) on workers, the University of Western Australia's Susan Clifford has found that FIFO is not having the deleterious effect the tabloid headlines would have us believe.

Canning Vale-based electrical contractor, Electrical Construction & Maintenance Australia took out the Industrial category award for excellence at the National Electrical and Communications Association Awards held last week.

EFTel has formed a strategic partnership with NEXTEP Broadband, a division of NEC Australia, which will see the Perth-based internet service provider expand its BroadbandNext network by 55 additional sites.

IF the economic slowdown has some in the Western Australian engineering sector looking over their shoulders, Maunsell AECOM is claiming not to be one of them.

The North West Iron Ore Alliance has appointed former chief executive of the Association of Mining & Exploration Companies (AMEC), Dr Justin Walawski, as its chief executive.