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Transgrid asked for more than $1 billion of overspend on Project EnergyConnect. The regulator said no. There is a defined process by which such a request becomes a line on your power bill — and a point where it stops.
By Construction Australia · · 5 min read
Guides · NATIONAL
A high risk work licence is issued by a regulator. A verification of competency is issued by your employer. Both get called “tickets” — and treating them as the same is how people do work they are not authorised for.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Analysis · NATIONAL
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.
· 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
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, 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
