Tasmania
Tenders will be called for a major refurbishment program at a $670 million Hobart hospital redevelopment in the next eight weeks, Projectory can reveal.
It’s good news and bad news for Tasmanian irrigators as the Federal Government pledges $60 million for construction to commence on a tranche of projects.
A key milestone has been reached for a $32 million Tasmanian road upgrade, with the completion of designs.
The Tasmanian Government has rejected an alternative hospital redevelopment bid, signally the recommencement of the original Royal Hobart Hospital construction plan.
The call for expressions of interest for a ship builder to construct a new Australian icebreaker for its Antarctic activities has been extended until March, 2014.
A consortium of transport and logistics companies has awarded the contract for the redevelopment of rail and road freight transport facilities in a major Tasmanian port.
A key contact has advised Projectory applications are being taken on for a major government communications project.
The overwhelming majority of industrial suppliers and service providers are upbeat about their outlook for the major projects economy, according to the latest Projectory Quarterly Survey of Business Expectations.
Tasmania will become a test site for Chinese wind turbines, following the signing of an agreement between a Chinese energy giant and Hydro Tasmania.
Projectory has learned that plans are being developed for construction of a new hospital as an alternative to redeveloping the Royal Hobart Hospital.