BADGE Constructions

Rob McLaughlin has been appointed as state manager WA at commercial construction company Badge.Mr McLaughlin was state manager at the National Buildplan Group for the last three years, as part of that firm's expansion into WA from NSW.

Four local building companies have won the first batch of contracts to be awarded by the state government under its $265 million ‘Year 7’ building program.

Esslemont Cockram has won a $28 million contract to build new facilities at Willetton Senior High School, the largest of six construction contracts for education and training centres awarded recently by the state government.

Osborne Park-based builder Badge has won a suite of major contracts to kick off 2014, collectively worth around $33 million.

Intense competition among small to medium-sized builders is resulting in competitive tenders and tight margins.

ALDI Australia has awarded Georgiou Group a construction contract for its Western Australian distribution centre at Jandakot Airport.

Universal Constructions and Badge have been awarded contracts by the state government to build three new schools in Perth, worth a combined $36.4 million.

Three consortia have been shortlisted to come up with detailed proposals for Western Australia’s first public private partnership for schools, with the winner to design, build, finance and maintain eight new public schools over 25 years.

Growth in Perth’s suburbs has unveiled opportunities for the education sector, with new private and public schools set to fill gaps in the market.

Asset sales, cost cutting and restructuring are under way across WA, creating opportunities for professional services firms. Click through to see details of more than 30 privatisation deals in WA, from 1961 to the present day.

The government today announced EduWest, a consortium of Macquarie Capital, Badge Constructions, Perkins Builders and Spotless Facility Services, as its preferred tenderer for its eight-school public private partnership (PPP).

Contractors pursuing new infrastructure projects are continuing to diversify across industry sectors and geographies in response to continued weakness in mining-related work.

Construction contractor Badge has raised questions over the onerous process of bidding for public private partnerships, saying the cost of tendering for the contracts are often disproportionate to the benefit of winning the works.

A consortium including Programmed Maintenance Services has been named the preferred bidder for the ACT’s $150 million Law Courts Public Private Partnership, while the state government has signed a contract for Western Australia’s first schools PPP.

Six construction companies including EMCO Building, Badge Construction and Pindan have secured a combined $102 million worth of work from the state government.

AMP Capital has bought the newly built Eastern Goldfields regional prison, joining the likes of Catholic Super, Australian Super and Aberdeen Asset Management as private owners of public infrastructure assets in Western Australia. Click through to see the BNiQ listing of public assets in private hands.

The state government has awarded an $11.5 million contract to Universal Constructions for development of the replacement Doubleview Primary School, while other local builders have shared in $26.7 million worth of work.

Crothers Construction has been awarded a $12.7 million contract to perform additions and sewerage works at the Carnarvon Community College.

QEU&S appoints Perth Partner

SPECIAL REPORT: Competition is ramping up among the state’s commercial builders, as different strategies emerge to fill order books.

Property players are recalibrating their executive teams across the city, with a series of high-profile moves punctuating new strategies in 2017.