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News, projects and guides about victoria.
Eight machines, 26 kilometres of twin tunnels, and a crew of 25 living inside what is essentially a moving factory. The first one is away — here is what is happening under Melbourne's east.
By Construction Australia · · 7 min read
Projects · VIC
TBM Zelda has completed the northbound bore at Bulleen after just under two years. Gillian follows on the southbound, on a $26 billion project carrying the largest PPP in Australian history.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
The card is recognised nationwide. The training is not. That single distinction explains most of the confusion — and it is why you have to train in the state where you live.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Innovation · VIC
Since January 2024, new Victorian public buildings and hospitals must be all-electric in design. For contractors that is a change to the trade mix, the plant room and the grid connection.
· 4 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
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Act No. 43/2025 repealed excluded amounts, claimable variations and adjudication review from 15 April 2026 — and the new rules reach contracts signed years earlier.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
