Sector
Generation, transmission, renewables and grid.
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
News · WA
Frontier Energy has moved its Waroona Renewable Energy Project from development into construction preparation, appointing Western Australian contractor Monford Group on a fixed-price EPC basis for Stage One.
· 7 min read · Construction Australia
News · QLD
UGL will design, build and commission a 72 MW solar farm and 52 MW / 104 MWh battery near Mount Isa, underpinned by an energy supply deal with Evolution Mining's Ernest Henry operation to 2046.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NATIONAL
Transmission is a regulated asset, so the cost of building one reaches customers through network charges. There is a defined process for that — and a defined point where the regulator says no.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · NSW
Snowy 2.0 is more than 70 per cent complete and has begun building its underground power station. The contractor's revised cost is in, and Snowy Hydro is reviewing it before advising government.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Analysis · NATIONAL
Transmission is paid off through power bills under the energy regulator's eye, while WA is funding its Alkimos desalination plant from the State budget. How four utility megaprojects are paid for.
· 7 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · NSW
NSW has approved the 110-kilometre, 500 kV line from Bayswater to Olney, with seven shortlisted tenderers across two packages and main construction set to start in 2027.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Analysis · QLD
CopperString and Borumba moved from Powerlink to the Queensland Investment Corporation. A QIC review identified $2.1 billion in savings on CopperString, including reverting the Eastern Link to 330 kilovolts.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · NSW, VIC, NATIONAL
New South Wales alone has 11.4 gigawatts of data centres in development. None of it shows up in the public infrastructure numbers, and all of it competes for the same trades.
· 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 useful part for anyone planning capacity.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT, NATIONAL
Queensland leads a run of big state capital programs, with a record $119 billion over four years. Here is where the infrastructure work sits in every state and territory in 2026.
· 7 min read · Construction Australia
