From ConstructionIndustryNews.net
Friday, 21 July 2010

AUSTRALIAN engineers and contractors are teaming up with overseas solar technology providers to vie for a share of $1.5 billion on offer from the federal government.

The Solar Flagships program will help pay for up to four large scale, grid-connected solar power stations to be built by 2015, using solar thermal and photovoltaic technologies.

From ConstructionIndustryNews.net
Friday, 7 May 2010

LEIGHTON Contractors and Saipem have been awarded an additional $150 million variation on top of their existing contract to build the liquefied natural gas jetty and marine structures for the Gorgon LNG project.

LNG tankers at Barrow Island

The variation calls for the design, fabrication and installation of pre-assembled racks for the 2.1-kilometre LNG jetty, bringing their total project value up to just over $1 billion.

From Constructioncontractor.com.au
25 January 2010 | by Kevin Gomez

IN TERMS of exhibition space, bauma is already the biggest trade fair in the world. This year, it’s just got bigger. The triennial event will be held in April 2010 and is the international showcase for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment. In response to exhibitor demand Messe München is erecting additional, temporary halls this year. This will bring the total exhibition space for the fair to 555,000m².

From ConstructionIndustryNews.net
Monday, 19 October 2009

BOSKALIS Australia has been awarded an $A809 million contract from Chevron and the Kellogg joint venture group for the design and construction of a port at Barrow Island for the Gorgon liquefied natural gas project.

LNG tankers at Barrow Island

The company, which is a subsidiary of Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis Westminster, will also be responsible for building a material offloading facility, a roll-on, roll-off facility, 200m of quay walls and mooring dolphins.
 

From ConstructionIndustryNews.net
Friday, 16 October 2009

KENTZ Corporation has been awarded contracts for works on the Pluto and Gorgon liquefied natural gas projects in Western Australia worth a total of about $A109 million. 

Artist impression of Gorgon plant

Under the first contract, Kentz will install and test high-voltage cabling, switchboards, transformers and other electrical work for Woodside Petroleum’s Pluto LNG project near Karratha.

From Constructioncontractor.com.au
30 September 2009 | by Danielle Bowling

BubbleDeck, a new building system designed to reduce concrete usage in building, has made its construction debut on the $1.88 billion Gateway office project in WA. Gateway, a 30,000 sqm mixed-use development by Finbar Group and builders, Hanssen, has incorporated the environmentally friendly product into its design, reducing costs, onsite labour and the project's environmental impact.