From Constructioncontractor.com.au
Monday, 7 September 2009

Abigroup has completed the first of three sections of the Karuah to Bulahdelah (K2B) Pacific Highway Upgrade in NSW ahead of schedule despite losing 43 weeks due to rain. Thirteen kilometres of northbound carriageway were opened to traffic on 25 August south of the town of Nerong. The work forms part of a $245 million project for the Roads and Traffic Authority to construct 23 km of new two lane dual carriageway between Karuah and Bulahdelah. The K2B project is designed to reduce journey times between Sydney and the NSW North Coast and improve road safety on a section of road which is renowned for dangerous driving conditions.


Steve Kiddle, Abigroup’s K2B project director, said, “To deliver this section of work ahead of schedule and with a “superior” quality delivery is a remarkable achievement by the Abigroup K2B team given the amount of time we’ve lost due to rain. We were able to do this because we self perform most of the works with direct wages and our own plant, giving us the ability to increase resources quickly to respond to project acceleration needs.”

From Constructioncontractor.com.au
Wednesday, 2 September 2009

John Holland has secured the $160 million contract to deliver Apache Energy’s Devil Creek Development Project (DCDP). The contract is for construction of a new onshore gas plant in WA’s Pilbara region.

The DCDP will recover and process gas reserves from the Reindeer gas field located approximately 80 km northwest of the Port of Dampier. The scope of works, incorporating a significant volume of earthworks and civil construction, includes the construction of an onshore processing facility with specific capabilities in gas treatment/dehydration, condensate liquid stabilisation, storage and road loadout, gas compression and metering.

From ConstructionIndustryNews.net
Monday, 7 September 2009 by Greg Keane

WHEN Toowoomba company Wagners Composite Fibre Technologies built its first bridge deck incorporating composite fibre technology it made news not just in Australia but in many parts of the world. The decks are now supplied to the US and other countries.

A two-lane timber bridge was replaced over three days for the Brisbane City Council.

The Wagner bridge design actually uses a hybrid of composite fibre material and conventional concrete to produce a cost-effective product that combines the best features of both materials.

From ConstructionIndustryNews.net
Monday, 31 August 2009

DETAILED planning and an emphasis on safety featured strongly in the Australian Capital Territory Civil Contractors Federation annual Earth Awards announced in Canberra.

Cord Civil won the category 1 (project value up to $1 million) award for overcoming administrative, logistical and occupational health and safety challenges to build a tunnel between two basements at the Royal Australian Mint.

From ConstructionIndustryNews.net
Monday, 31 August 2009

ERM Power is investigating the feasibility of building a 900-kilometre, $500 million gas pipeline between New South Wales and Queensland.

The proposed pipeline would transport and store gas between Wambo in southeast Queensland and Wellington in northeast NSW. It would consist of four sections, to be developed in stages.

From ConstructionIndustryNews.net
Friday, 28 August 2009

JOHN Holland has won the $160 million contract to construct a new onshore gas plant in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

Apache Energy’s Devil Creek Development Project will recover and process gas reserves from the Reindeer gas field, located about 80 kilometres northwest of the Port of Dampier.