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The regulator has just refused Transgrid a billion-dollar recovery. Alkimos is funded entirely by water charges. Marinus Link is split 27.6 / 72.4 between two states' customers. None of this appears in a budget paper.
By Construction Australia · · 5 min read
Analysis · QLD
CopperString lost 170 kilovolts and $2.1 billion of scope. Borumba’s business case was reopened and its reported cost is $18.4 billion. Both were taken from Powerlink and handed to QIC.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
Analysis · NATIONAL
Laing O’Rourke advises at Osborne, sits inside Queensland’s Games venues consortium and built METRONET’s Ellenbrook line — the clearest example of clients engaging contractors to advise, not to build.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
Analysis · NATIONAL
Infrastructure Australia's projected peak workforce demand rose from 417,000 to 521,000 — and moved out a full year. The reason it moved is the most important thing about it.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
