The newsroom · page 2
Projects · QLD
Escalators and station lighting are being commissioned across the underground stations — but the tunnel must be independently certified, a process that takes at least two years on its own.
· 3 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · SA
ACCIONA converted an Early Contractor Involvement engagement into the main works contract. Construction completion is four months away, on a project whose cost has risen from $330 million.
· 2 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · TAS
Hazell Bros is on site and BESIX Watpac and Constructure are competing for the head contract. Parliament called for a revised cost by 11 August. The government has refused to provide one.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · QLD
Published legal commentary states that a Queensland claimant has 10 business days to seek adjudication after receiving a payment schedule. Section 79 of the BIF Act says 30.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · SA
Laing O'Rourke and Amentum were appointed Capability Partner in July. Around $1.9 billion in contracts is already let, and the projected investment is $30 billion over coming decades.
· 3 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
Guides · NATIONAL
The Skills in Demand visa covers electricians, plumbers, carpenters, project managers and quantity surveyors. It is necessary and it is not sufficient — because a visa is not a licence, and licences are issued by states.
· 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
Projects · NSW
Freight flights began in July, passengers follow on 25 October. Main works finished in June 2025, which makes the interesting question what the supply chain does next.
· 3 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, NATIONAL
Queensland is on track to overtake New South Wales and Victoria, while Victorian investment falls by a third. The national total hides a substantial redistribution.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · VIC
Act No. 43/2025 repealed excluded amounts, claimable variations and adjudication review from 15 April 2026 — and the new rules reach contracts signed years earlier.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
Every security of payment deadline that matters, by jurisdiction — payment schedules, adjudication windows and claim periods — verified against the consolidated Acts. Diarise in business days, in the right state.
· 2 min read · Construction Australia
