John Holland names KBR for NSW metro rail project

Construction contracting firm John Holland has named engineering services firm KBR as the provider of engineering design and construction support services on New South Wales’ South West Rail Link (SWRL) project.

Queensland investment led by resources projects

Resources projects dominate investment in Queensland, according a report by Deloitte Access Economics.

NSW housing project reaches halfway point

A $31 million public housing redevelopment project on the New South Wales mid-north coast has passed the halfway point, according to a spokesperson for Housing NSW.

Public infrastructure projects drive ACT spending

Major infrastructure and construction projects for the public sector are driving investment spend in the Australian Capital Territory, according to a report by Access Economics.

Project alliancing: Queensland Main Roads

Queensland’s Department of Main Roads has considerable experience with alliancing. The organisation has used the approach for more than a decade under the guidance of the Major Projects Office’s general manager Derek Skinner, who says alliancing is used where appropriate for a major project to provide the potential to progressively wind up the project as the issues are settled and the Total Outturn Cost (TOC) is signed off.

Alliancing benefits and challenges in infrastructure projects

Alliance contracting offers an unprecedented way to create a strong synergy between partners to deliver a project too complex for traditional ‘hard dollar’ procurement and delivery methods. It brings together several organisations including the client, such as a government infrastructure agency or utility; and non-owner participants such as a civil engineering firm and a constructor, as well as technical specialists as required.

Project: Building the Education Revolution

When the school bell rang on the first day of the first term in 2011, construction company Hansen Yuncken had the majority of its school projects—halls, classrooms, libraries, offices—ready for students’ use.

The projects in question are all part of the Federal Government’s Building the Education Revolution (BER) program, implemented as part of the government’s response to economic downturn.

Building information sharing needs improvement

Organisations involved with the design, construction and operation of buildings are lagging behind when it comes to using technology to share information, according to John Mitchell, director of BuildingSMART, the International Alliance for Building Interoperability. “The Australian construction industry has a low rate of IT technology take-up to date when compared to other industries such […]