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The next stage of Melbourne Airport Rail is a 7.4 km line from Albion to a new Keilor East station, with an Albion flyover and a new Maribyrnong River bridge. Trains are due in 2031.
By Construction Australia · · 4 min read
Projects · VIC, NSW
Iberdrola Australia is Development Partner for the 240-kilometre Victorian section of VNI West, with a build-own-operate role to follow if it meets VicGrid's expectations through the development phase.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
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
Projects · VIC
Works on the six-kilometre West Footscray to Albion upgrade began in February 2026. CPB Contractors and SMEC are now preferred bidder for the Sunshine Superhub, and Stage 2 to Keilor East is due in 2031.
· 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
Guides · NSW, VIC, SA, WA, TAS, ACT
If a respondent ignores your payment claim entirely, you cannot go straight to adjudication in most states. There is a notice you have to serve first — and in Victoria it is due in 10 business days, not 20.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · VIC
A privately funded $3 billion runway. Early works began in August 2025, enabling works are under way in 2026 and Qantas has agreed a 15-year commitment backing the 2031 opening.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · VIC
A $525 million Geelong hospital drew a four-way shortlist — twice the field most Australian megaprojects manage. Main works started in February 2025, targeting December 2029.
· 3 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · VIC
Structural works are underway at Cobblebank on Victoria's first fully electric hospital, delivered by Lendlease under a contract running 25 years past construction completion.
· 3 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 · VIC
Tunnelling is underway on SRL East, with $12 billion of main contracts awarded. A $2 billion savings plan and a since-scrapped fare levy have shaped the funding picture.
· 7 min read · Construction Australia
