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Guides · NSW, VIC, SA, WA, TAS, ACT
If a respondent ignores your payment claim entirely, you cannot go straight to adjudication in most states. There is a notice you have to serve first — and in Victoria it is due in 10 business days, not 20.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Analysis · NATIONAL
Business cases allow about 7 per cent between their P50 and P90 estimates, while completed projects average 49 per cent. Most of what gets reported as an overrun is something else entirely.
· 10 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · ACT
The ACT Government has locked in the State Circle East route for light rail to Woden, and the final environmental impact statement is with the Australian and ACT governments for a decision.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · VIC
A privately funded $3 billion runway. Early works began in August 2025, enabling works are under way in 2026 and Qantas has agreed a 15-year commitment backing the 2031 opening.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · VIC
A $525 million Geelong hospital drew a four-way shortlist — twice the field most Australian megaprojects manage. Main works started in February 2025, targeting December 2029.
· 3 min read · Construction Australia
Innovation · NATIONAL
Fitting GNSS to a dozer is straightforward and the vendors handle it. What determines whether it works is the 3D model you load into it — and that is somebody else's job.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · VIC
Structural works are underway at Cobblebank on Victoria's first fully electric hospital, delivered by Lendlease under a contract running 25 years past construction completion.
· 3 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · QLD
FKG Group's interim civils are under way at Borumba, the exploratory tunnelling tender has closed, and the 2026-27 Budget sets aside $324.3 million while QIC's review continues.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
NCC 2025 was released on 1 May 2026. Victoria, Tasmania, WA and the ACT took it immediately; NSW and Queensland will wait until 2027; South Australia split it, and the Northern Territory has not adopted it at all.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · VIC
Tunnelling is underway on SRL East, with $12 billion of main contracts awarded. A $2 billion savings plan and a since-scrapped fare levy have shaped the funding picture.
· 7 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · QLD
The joint venture has moved to the next stage of builder selection for the 63,000-seat Victoria Park stadium, with BMD on early works and construction due to start in 2027.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · TAS, VIC
Project Marinus held its sod turn on 2 October 2026, a week after Marinus Link won Australia's first offshore transmission licence. Stage One is 750 MW, due in 2030.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
