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Zinfra will build the 275 kV line from Calvale Substation to Gladstone West, joining CPP and BMD on Powerlink's 87 km Stage 1 build, due to energise in March 2029.
By Construction Australia · · 4 min read
Guides · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
How high risk work licences work in Australia: the licence classes, how the 11-metre EWP rule is measured, and how to renew on time so your licence stays current.
· 9 min read · Construction Australia
News · QLD, VIC
Edify's Ganymirra and Majors Creek and CIP's Gawara Baya wind farm reach financial close in North Queensland, while ENGIE's 250 MW Goorambat East solar farm is commissioned.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
News · QLD
Lendlease is preferred contractor for the Redcliffe Hospital Expansion, CPB Contractors has signed a new Bundaberg Hospital deal and started piling, and Mackay's masterplan is out.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
News · QLD
The joint venture moves into the next stage of early contractor involvement for the 63,000-seat Victoria Park stadium, working with GIICA to finalise the design ahead of construction in 2027.
· 2 min read · Construction Australia
News · QLD
CPB Contractors will build 200 new cells holding 400 beds at Townsville Correctional Centre as Managing Contractor, with the project delivering about $730 million in revenue to CPB.
· 3 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · QLD
Ground has been broken at Flinders Substation near Hughenden, after a QIC review found up to $2.1 billion in savings from a 330 kV Eastern Link and privately funded connection assets.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
Adjudication is the fast statutory route to getting paid — binding, enforceable and measured in weeks, not years. How the process runs, what it costs, what it decides and what it deliberately leaves open.
· 3 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · QLD
The $9 billion Bruce Highway Targeted Safety Program has 18 projects complete and 52 tenders opening to panel contractors through to June 2027. It is the most accessible major road work in Queensland.
· 4 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 · 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
