News Bouygues to build €1.2bn data centre in Sydney A W Edwards, an Australian subsidiary of France’s Bouygues Construction, has won a €1.2bn contract to expand the SYD3 data centre campus in western Sydney for Australian data centre company…
News CIOB top brass check in on Brisbane, now gearing up for the 2032 Olympics With 76 months to get everything built and tested, veteran stadium builder says CIOB’s influence on construction professionalism is profound in Australia. During their visit to Australia this month, CIOB…
News Trump Tower set to be Australia’s tallest building A 91-storey, 335m Trump Tower in Queensland’s Surfers Paradise is set to become Australia’s tallest building, according to local developer Altus. The project comprises a 6-star resort-hotel overlooking the Pacific…
News ‘Help us make Australia’s construction code work’: CIOB An urgent call is going out to Australia-based members of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) to take part in a once-in-a-generation initiative to modernise and make fit-for-purpose the country’s…
News World’s biggest fish market opens in Sydney next week The 3.6ha Sydney Fish Market redevelopment in Blackwattle Bay is due to open on 19th January, coinciding with the Lunar New Year. Dubbed the world’s biggest fish market, the development…
News Australia’s first timber fire station wins international prize 500 cu m of timber kept 1,742 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere, and was regrown in just 38 minutes. Australia’s first mass engineered timber fire station has taken the…
News Laing O’Rourke and Aecom to deliver venues for Brisbane 2032 Olympics A consortium led by Laing O’Rourke and Aecom has been named delivery partner for the A$7.1bn (US$4.7bn) Brisbane 2032 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games build-out. The “Unite32” consortium will be…
News Melbourne’s $11bn North East Link project adopts nPlan’s AI planning tools The “Spark” consortium building Melbourne’s A$11bn North East Link mega road and tunnelling project has decided to use UK technology company nPlan’s AI-led project assurance and risk management platform as…
News Skyway JV lands $1bn Perth third runway contract Perth Airport has awarded the “Skyway” joint venture of BMD Group and CPB Contractors a contract reported to be worth A$1bn to build Perth Airport’s third runway. The 3km-long runway…
News Sydney Airport seeks expert panel for five-year $3.9bn framework Sydney Airport has launched a tender seeking a panel of architectural and engineering companies to oversee a five-year, US$3.9bn (A$6bn) capital works programme.
News 22-hectare Sydney waterfront development completed The 22-hectare, mixed-use Barangaroo South development has been completed on a former container port on Sydney’s north-western harbour. Seen as an extension of Sydney’s central business district, Barangaroo South has…
News Cimic team to upgrade Queensland motorway An Australian team featuring BMD Group, Cimic subsidiary CPB Contractors and Georgiou has won a US$621m (A$950m) contract from the Queensland state government to upgrade the Gateway Motorway and Bruce…
News New South Wales begins construction of 100 preschools 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…
News CPB Contractors to build Australian primary school 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.…
News Turner & Townsend to lead on Western Sydney’s first new hospital in 40 years 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…
News UK contractor moves into Australia with acquisition 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…
News UK’s Amey re-enters Australian market with acquisition 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…
News Australia puts $2.3bn towards Brisbane’s Olympic infrastructure 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…