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Motts and Arcadis win Sydney metro contract
Sydney metro (source: The construction index)
A design team led by Mott MacDonald and Arcadis is to design six underground stations as part of the second stage of the Sydney Metro project in Australia. As joint lead designers in the Metron consortium, they have won the Underground Station Design ...
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Deal signed for M1 Pacific Motorway
The construction index   16 March 2017   Australia   Oceania  
M1 Pacific Motorway in New South Wales, Australia (source: The Construction Index)
CPB Contractors has reached contractual close for widening of 12km of the M1 Pacific Motorway in New South Wales, Australia. The construct-only contract with the state’s Roads & Maritime Services will generate revenue of approximately AU$145m ...
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Jacobs buys Australian consultant
The construction index   30 January 2017   Australia   Oceania  
Current Aquenta projects include Adelaide convention centre (source: The Construction Index)
Amec Foster Wheeler has sold Aquenta Consulting to Jacobs Engineering Group. Aquenta provides integrated project services to public and private sector clients in Australia. The 220-person business had been owned by Amec Foster Wheeler since 2010. The ...
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Tunnelling set to start for central Melbourne station
The construction index   17 January 2017   Australia   Oceania  
Roadheaders will be lowered into the ground to dig between the stations (source: The Construction Index)
Roadheaders are being prepared ready to be lowered into place for the start of tunnelling for a new underground station in central Melbourne, Australia.Two streets in the central business district (CBD) were closed yesterday, and will remain so for ...
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Western Australia introduces building code of conduct
The construction index   06 December 2016   Australia   Oceania  
Western Australian Building & Construction Industry Code of Conduct (source: The Construction Index)
Fair treatment of subcontractors – including timely payment – are among the measures outlined a new code of conduct that comes into force in Western Australia on 1st January 2017. A compliance framework is also being set up so that a ...
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Preferred bidder named for $512m Australian motorway scheme
The construction index   28 November 2016   Australia   Oceania  
Logan Enhancement motorway project (source: The Construction Index)
Transurban Queensland has named Cimic subsidiary CPB Contractors as the preferred contractor for the design and construction of the AU$512m (£295m) Logan Enhancement motorway project in Queensland. Revenue to CPB Contractors will be confirmed ...
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John Holland wins $600m Melbourne rail project
The construction index   17 November 2016   Australia   Oceania  
Mernda Rail Extension (source: TCI)
The Mernda Rail Extension – which will cost nearly AU$600m (£365m) to build - will include a new station near Hawkstowe Parade in South Morang. The new Hawkstowe station is in addition to two new stations that had already been announced in Mernda ...
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Arup picked as advisor for new Sydney light rail
The construction index   18 October 2016   Australia   Oceania  
Parramatta Light Rail project
Arup has been appointed to an advisory role for the Parramatta Light Rail project in Sydney, Australia.The twin-track light rail line will connect the growth areas surrounding Western Sydney’s central business district. Arup is supporting the New ...
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International Mining and Resources Conference
International Mining and Resources Conference
The International Mining and Resources Conference is Australia’s largest mining conference and includes Mines and Money Australia, the country’s largest mining investment forum.Join over 2500 mining leaders, policy makers, financiers, technical experts, ...
D&B contract let for $923m Australian highway
The construction index   19 September 2016   Australia   Oceania  
Bruce Highway Upgrade
A joint venture of Fulton Hogan and Seymour Whyte has won the detailed design and construction contract for a AU$929.3m (£526.6m) Australian highway project following a ‘double early contractor involvement’ (dECI) process. Queensland ...
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