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Perth-based builder Esslemont Cockram has won a $21 million contract to construct a new mental health unit at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.The new Mental Health unit will comprise 30 beds and replace the existing mental health facility at the Nedlands hospital.

The construction sector is meant to be in a protracted slump, but that’s not the message coming from contractors in WA.

CONSTRUCTION companies are eyeing the state government’s record capital works budget as they seek future business opportunities.

Building companies Pindan Constructions and Esslemont Cockram Construction have won new contracts with the state government worth a combined $30 million.

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.

Esslemont Cockram has won a $23.4 million construction contract to build the Western Australian Institute of Sport's high performance service centre.Construction will start this month and is due to be completed by the beginning of 2015.

Emco Building has won an $11.1 million contract from the Department of Education to build additional teaching facilities at Ashdale College in Darch.

SPECIAL REPORT: The state’s mid-tier builders are sharpening their focus on specialised areas to ensure they fend off growing interest in local construction projects from eastern states-based companies.

The state government has awarded Cockram Construction a $13.4 million contract to build a new primary school in Baldivis, adding to the builder’s education centres portfolio.

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.

A consortium which includes Perth-based Programmed Maintenance Services has been appointed the preferred bidder for a public private partnership for four new schools in New Zealand.

The Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute in Nedlands has moved a step closer towards development, with a construction contractor appointed to build the facility.

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).

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.

Brookfield Multiplex has taken the top spot on the HIA-Cordell top 100 list of companies operating in the engineering construction, non-residential building and apartment sectors.

Local builders Pindan and Pact Construction have won contracts with the state government, worth a combined $23.1 million.

Cockram Construction has won a $20.4 million contract for redevelopment of the Katanning Health Service.

Local builders Cockram Construction, Universial Constructions, Perkins Builders and Crothers Construction have shared in $37.3 million worth of state government contracts.

Cockram Construction has been awarded a $23.5 million contract for the redevelopment of the Onslow Health Service. The work is part of a $41.8 million redevelopment that will include a new emergency department, inpatient facility, and digital imaging department.

As a child, Cockram Construction project manager Crystal Jordan wanted to be a firefighter like her father. Instead, as she grew up, she gravitated towards the construction sector – and it’s a decision she has never regretted.

The state government has awarded $91.6 million worth of contracts to four building companies for the refurbishment and redevelopment of six health service centres across rural Western Australia.

Five local companies will share in a combined $92 million worth of contracts awarded by the state government, with the majority of the work comprising school construction jobs.

Willetton Senior High School has claimed the top prize at this year’s WA Architecture Awards, while Elizabeth Quay, an arts centre in the Pilbara and the Gen Y Demonstration Housing project were among those to receive high accolades.