The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has begun building 100 new preschools with the aim of doubling their number by 2027 at a cost of US$504m (A$769m). Construction…

Cimic subsidiary CPB Contractors has won a US$109m (A$165m) contract from the West Australian state government for the early contractor involvement phase on a new primary school in East Perth.…

UK construction consultant Turner & Townsend has won a contract to manage the project of building a 300-bed, $592m (AU$910m) hospital to serve the growing population of Western Sydney, New…

OCU Group, a contractor based in Stockport, UK has announced its entry into the Australian market through the acquisition of multidisciplinary All Energy Contracting (AEC) for an undisclosed sum. AEC…

UK engineer and asset manager Amey has re-entered the Australian market through its acquisition of Premise, a multidisciplinary consultancy it has bought for an undisclosed sum. The move is part…

The federal government of Australia and the state government of Queensland have announced a joint US$2.3bn investment for the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane. The money will go towards the…

A 85,000 sq m overhaul of Sydney Harbour designed by Norwegian architect Snøhetta and Australia’s Hassell has been approved by the New South Wales Independent Planning Commission. The project was…

Bechtel says it has delivered Sydney’s new US$3.5bn international airport on budget and nearly seven months early after being appointed as delivery partner in 2018. Passenger and cargo flights are…

Australian miner Thiess, which is 60% owned by Cimic, has won a three-year, US$1.5bn (A$2.3bn) contract extension to expand Jellinbah Group’s Lake Vermont coal mine near Dysart in Queensland’s Bowen…

Cimic subsidiary UGL has won a A$120m, three and a half year contract by Australian state broadband agency NBN Co to upgrade the internet infrastructure in the eastern states of…

Multiplex has finished the terminal building at Australia’s newest airport, Western Sydney International (WSI) in the suburb of Badgery’s Creek some 40km west of Sydney’s central business district. Billed as…

Italy’s Webuild has signed a €1.1bn contract to design and build a hospital for women and children in Perth on behalf of the government of Western Australia. The project will…

An international team of Acciona, SMEC, WSP and Cimic subsidiaries CPB Contractors and UGL has won a design and pre-construction contract for the main works of a US$3.65bn (A$5.75bn) rail…

Plans for a central park have been approved for Bradfield City Centre, a new 10,000-home district and business hub planned in a rural area south of the under-construction Western Sydney…

Melbourne’s long-anticipated airport rail link has taken a step forward, with the Australian federal government confirming it will allocate A$7bn for the project. That includes $5bn previously committed, plus $2bn…

Spain’s Acciona has created surfboards from old wind turbine blades. The company worked with Australian professional surfer Josh Kerr and his surfboard brand Draft Surf for the initial range of…

CPB Contractors is celebrating a milestone in its project to build Stage 1 of Sydney’s Western Harbour Tunnel (WHT) with the completion of a triple-lane road tunnel between Rozelle and…

Bechtel has been appointed capital portfolio partner for Perth Airport’s A$5bn expansion and upgrade programme. The programme involves a suite of major projects, including expanding its terminals, building a new…