Bede Noonan

A four-year growth plan is paying off for the engineering and construction contractor.

A program designed to help communities recover from natural disasters is encountering significant headwinds.

Government infrastructure could be built faster and to a higher standard if construction firms were engaged early in the planning process, according to the boss of Acciona Australia.

Kwinana’s nearly completed waste-to-energy plant has been acquired by Acciona Australia, after the engineering firm bought out its former owners.

Delays and disputes have characterised the development of waste-to-energy plants in Western Australia.

Spanish engineering giant Acciona has dumped French multinational Veolia from a contract to run WA’s largest and most expensive waste management facility at Kwinana.