CPB Contractors has been appointed to deliver the first phase of works for a new Defence training area near Greenvale, with hundreds of jobs expected to flow. Upon the successful completion of the development phase of the $23.5 million contract, CPB Contractors would then be engaged to deliver $800 million in facilities under the Australia-Singapore Military Training Initiative (ASMTI), the Fe...
Valmec has secured early works on the first phase of Arrow Energy’s$10 billion Surat Gas Project. Valmec’s initial contract with Arrow to deliver critical water treatment facilities is valued at $16 million. The energy, infrastructure and asset services group said the turnkey project involved procurement, construction and commissioning works at the Daandine facility. Work on the cont...
Nonprofit group Great Barrier Reef Legacy has revealed its vision for a ‘coral ark’ to be built in Port Douglas. The Living Coral Biobank would preserve the genetic biodiversity of hard coral species by collecting and maintaining living samples of some 800 species worldwide. The complex has been designed by Australian firm Contreras Earl Architecture, along with l...
Cairns-based developer Kenfrost has taken out one of the top honours in this year’s Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) Queensland Awards for Excellence. The company won the CEO’s Award for its work on Mount Peter Residential Estate in Cairns’ southern corridor, as well as being a finalist in the affordable housing category. It has completed 288 lots out of a p...
Changes to three grant programs will help small and medium businesses working in the Defence sector to access greater support from next month. The Federal Government has announced changes to the co-contribution ratios in three Defence industry grant programs from November 12. The co-contributions have been reduced from the existing 50:50 ratio, as follows: New applicants for a Capab...
Two mighty transport and machinery events are set to join forces in Brisbane next year. The Civil Construction Field Days will run alongside the Brisbane Truck Show during Australian Heavy Vehicle Industry Week in May 2021. The double billing is thanks to a collaboration between Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia (HVIA) and the Civil Contractors Federation Queensland (CCFQ). HVIA chief exe...
James Cook University has welcomed the State Opposition’s election commitment of $67 million for its proposed Tropical Aquaculture Accelerator. It says the initiative is expected to support $2.6 billion in gross regional product and create more than 11,000 jobs by 2035. The Accelerator, to be based at JCU’s Douglas campus, will combine the university’s expertise in aquaculture innovat...
An official ‘sod turning’ has marked the start of construction on Gibb Group’s multi-million-dollar Bunnings Warehouse Yeppoon at the Capricorn Coast’s Homemaker Centre. Queensland builder De Luca Corporation is expected to recruit up to 250 workers during the construction period. Set for completion in mid-2021, the 8900sq m development will see the second national retai...
A 4.5-star corporate hotel and luxury residential properties are among the proposals spurred by a Mackay Waterfront Expression of Interest (EOI) tender. Mackay Regional Council received seven submissions and has shortlisted two companies to proceed to the next stage of consultation. They include Brisbane-based Sentinel Group Holding and local consortium ReNew Mackay. Mayor Greg Williams...
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