Margaret Ambrose
Australia's largest independent oil and gas company is moving forward with its search for a design and construction contractor to deliver a new renewable hydrogen project in Tasmania’s north.
Works are beginning on a $130 million a civic centre at the heart of regional Victoria, with the awarding of the first contract.
The Victorian Government has selected a preferred bidder to deliver a $2 billion hospital in Melbourne’s west, and the project director has filled Projectory in on the details.
Expect tenders around the Victorian leg of a $10 billion rail project to come earlier and quicker, as the authority overseeing the project launches a new procurement and packaging plan, aimed at supporting the Government’s construction-led coronavirus recovery plan.
The deal has been signed, and it is contractors and suppliers from the local construction industry that are set to be the real winners, when work on stage two of a $128 million Geelong city development commences.
The latest project to be fast-tracked through the approval process as part of the Government’s plans to boost construction and stimulate growth of the post-COVID economy, is a 75MW solar and battery plant for the Latrobe Valley – and the project director has told Projectory what happens now.
Major Road Projects Victoria has launched a ‘program delivery approach’ for procurement, and the project director putting together a panel of designers to deliver major roads projects as part of it has told Projectory what you need to do to get on the list.
Work is continuing on a 35-turbine wind farm in Victoria’s southwest, with two companies signing deals and getting to work.
VicTrack is currently overseeing the construction of three new railway stations in a regional Victorian city, and Projectory has details of the design and construct tender that is now open.
Building will begin immediately on a $300 million Melbourne apartment complex following the awarding of the construction contract.
