The sod has been turned to signal the beginning of construction on the first section of the 1,700-kilometre Inland Rail. The Parkes to Narromine (P2N) section of the Inland Rail in New South Wales is going to be delivered by INLink - a joint venture between BMD Constructions and Fulton Hogan.

MACA Interquip - a subsidiary of MACA Limited - has been awarded a $28 million contract for the construction of a mill facility at Adaman Resources’ Kirkalocka gold project located near Mt Magnet in Western Australia.

GFG Alliance has announced that it is planning to build a large-scale steel plant at the site of its existing operations in Whyalla, South Australia. The facility, to be named Liberty Next-Gen Steel, is set to be the biggest of its kind in the Western world.

CIMIC Group companies CPB Contractors and UGL Limited have been awarded a contract - valued at approximately $600 million - by Taswater for the delivery of a capital works program that will support and develop wastewater as well as water infrastructure and other vital regional  water projects in Tasmania.

The Western Australian Government has given approval to the development of BHP’s Venus nickel mine in the northern Goldfields, near Leinster, which will feed the mined nickel sulphate to BHP’s Nickel West battery chemicals operations.

The joint venture between Fulton Hogan and SMEC has been awarded the contract to deliver the $74.99 million Capricorn Highway duplication project between Rockhampton and Gracemere in Queensland, marking a new major milestone on the project.

Major construction to remove the Reservoir level crossing in Victoria is set to commence soon and the John Holland, KBR and MTM alliance has been appointed to oversee the delivery of the $232 million project.

MACA Limited is anticipated to deliver works at the Yandal Gold Project located approximately 83 kilometres northeast of Leinster in Western Australia, with the company signing a letter of intent with Echo Resources for two work contracts following a competitive tender process.

Watpac Limited is set to build the Australian Catholic University (ACU) Saint Teresa of Kolkata Building in Melbourne, with the company awarded a $206 million design and construct contract.

Following the announcement that the Carmichael coal project has been fully funded, Adani Group has released to market Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for various jobs on the project, ramping up the company’s recruitment efforts.