HOME ABOUT US ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE SITE MAP HELP CONTACT WORK FOR US   Monday 6 September 2010 Make CIN my HomePage    DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE STORIES [ 255 Results - Showing Results 1 to 30 ] Rio dredges up $226M for port works (Wednesday, 14 July 2010) RIO Tinto has gained funding approval for up to $US200 million ($A226.4 million) to be spent on expanding its Pilbara iron ore operations in Western Australia. Full Story... Royalties deal funds new hospital (Wednesday, 23 June 2010) A ROYALTIES deal between mining powerhouses BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and the Western Australian government that will see the two companies make a joint one-off payment of $350 million, will allow the construction of the state’s new children’s hospital to go ahead fully funded. Full Story... Blowers help recycled water project (Wednesday, 23 June 2010) TWO Robuschi Evolution blower units are providing oil-free air supply to filtration equipment at a new treatment facility at Glenelg Waste Water Treatment Plant in Adelaide. Full Story... Vic wind companies slam opposition leader (Wednesday, 26 May 2010) SIX wind companies have launched an advertising campaign attacking Victorian Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu over his proposed wind farm policy, warning it “could send thousands of jobs and more than $4 billion of investment interstate”. Full Story... Planning shake-up for Qld (Wednesday, 26 May 2010) INFRASTRUCTURE planning in Queensland is undergoing a major overhaul as the state government attempts to anticipate and manage population growth. Full Story... New orders boost Downer (Friday, 21 May 2010) DOWNER EDI has secured new orders totalling more than $300 million, including a major design and construction contract for the Collgar Wind Farm in Western Australia. Full Story... WA budget big on infrastructure bucks (Friday, 21 May 2010) KEY infrastructure projects for Western Australia's resources sector were big winners in yesterday's state budget, which delivered a $A286 million surplus. Full Story... UGL nabs Sydney power contract (Wednesday, 19 May 2010) DIVERSIFIED construction and engineering major UGL has been awarded an $88 million contract for the TransGrid Beaconsfield West 330/132kV substation upgrade project in Sydney. Full Story... Construction starts on water treatment plant (Wednesday, 19 May 2010) A $380 million upgrade to Melbourne Water's Eastern Treatment Plant is underway to improve the quality of treated water discharged into the Bass Strait and enable more water to be recycled for non-drinking purposes. Full Story... Perth Arena interior unveiled (Wednesday, 21 April 2010) THE interior of Perth Arena will be a bold statement of colour and geometric design when completed according to concept images released from VenuesWest this week. Full Story... Baulderstone nabs five Green Stars (Wednesday, 7 April 2010) BAULDERSTONE has constructed the first office building to be awarded a 5 Star Green Star rating in New South Wales’s North Ryde market with the Triniti Business Campus. Full Story... Steadier state (Thursday, 1 April 2010) BRISBANE'S unprecedented surge of major transport projects is now starting to recede. By Greg Keane. Full Story... John Holland named on desalination project (Wednesday, 31 March 2010) JOHN Holland and Sinclair Knight Merz will join forces to design and build infrastructure to help deliver desalinated water to Melbourne’s water supply network. Full Story... $100B for electricity infrastructure by 2020 (Wednesday, 24 March 2010) ENERGY Minister Martin Ferguson has told major energy users that the 35% rise in electricity prices over the last three years has nothing to do with the proposed emissions trading scheme. Full Story... First water PPP for WA (Wednesday, 3 March 2010) A PUBLIC-private partnership to build and operate a new water treatment plant will be a first for Western Australia. Full Story... $52M shiploader completed at Abbot Point (Wednesday, 3 March 2010) JOHN Holland has completed the $52 million Abbot Point X50 shiploader SL2 project in Queensland. Full Story... Another win for VDM (Friday, 8 January 2010) VDM Group subsidiary Wylie & Skene has nabbed another contract with BHP Billiton, this time for $A14.1 million of work at the Nickel West talc redesign project at the Mt Keith mine. Full Story... APLNG awards upstream contracts (Wednesday, 6 January 2010) THE Australia Pacific LNG joint venture has awarded two key upstream design, engineering and construction contracts as it works towards a final investment decision for its coal seam gas-to-liquefied natural gas project. Full Story... Civiltec’s innovative dam sandwich (Wednesday, 25 November 2009) CONTRACTOR Civiltec says it has applied a combination of new technology, engineering innovation and lateral thinking to the safety upgrade of the Little Para Dam in South Australia. Full Story... JH steps into ER (Wednesday, 18 November 2009) CONSTRUCTION and engineering firm John Holland has launched an Energy & Resources business to further break into the lucrative oil and gas market while retaining its minerals roots. By Noel Dyson Full Story... Garrett saves the turtle, Qld switches to plan B (Friday, 13 November 2009) THE Queensland government will fast track plans to build two 125 megalitre desalination plants following federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett’s decision to reject the $1.8 billion Traveston Crossing Dam project. Full Story... Ord development shortlist named (Friday, 13 November 2009) THE Western Australian government has shortlisted four contractors for the $220 million Ord-East Kimberley Expansion Project. Full Story... Civil works start on AMC petroleum service and supply base (Friday, 30 October 2009) ABIGROUP has started civil works on the new $35 million oil and gas service and supply base at the Australian Marine Complex at Henderson, Western Australia. Full Story... Gorgon a boost to Australia: Access (Friday, 30 October 2009) THE Gorgon liquefied natural gas project is already starting to live up to federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson’s label of being an economic stimulus package, with Access Economics saying it has given a massive boost to business confidence. Full Story... CBD Energy chosen for 100MW solar thermal project (Wednesday, 28 October 2009) CBD Energy has signed a binding heads of agreement with Chinese firm Baoding Tianwei Group to use its energy storage technology on a $5 billion solar thermal plant to be constructed at Liang Shan in China. They will also establish a Centre of Excellence to make technical and construction improvements to CBD’s patented storage technologies. Full Story... Water projects dominate AAA awards (Wednesday, 28 October 2009) SYDNEY Water and one of its key alliance programs, NetWorks Alliance, took out two of the three awards at the Alliancing Association of Australasia’s Excellence Awards in Melbourne last week. Full Story... Sino Iron project big and bold (Friday, 28 August 2009) While it may not be the largest resource infrastructure project being developed in Australia, Citic Pacific Mining’s Sino Iron in Western Australia is certainly shaping up to be one of the most complex. Full Story... Chevron hands out $500M deal to Thiess (Friday, 10 July 2009) THIESS has been awarded a $A500 million contract from Chevron Australia for site preparation and construction of temporary facilities for the giant Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on Barrow Island. Full Story... March quarter construction drops 20%: BCI (Monday, 15 June 2009) BUILDING and construction activity in Australia has dipped nearly 20% to $41 billion for the first quarter of this year compared to $50 billion in the corresponding 2008 period, according to BCI Australia. Full Story... Resource infrastructure's “cancer of neglect”: MCA (Wednesday, 3 June 2009) CURRENT port, rail, energy, water and other infrastructure are in poor condition to support growth in the minerals sector and exports, according to a national audit on the country’s export infrastructure carried out for the Minerals Council of Australia. Full Story... 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