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Designers chosen for $384M Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment
The Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA) has appointed the design team for the $384.2 million Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment. Billard Leece Partnership architects and AECOM Australia building services engineering consultants...
$250m Vision Revealed for Darwin Waterfront
A bold new blueprint for Darwin’s waterfront has been unveiled with plans for Australia’s first saltwater surf park but minus the “salties”—crocodiles, that is—as its centrepiece. The $250-million masterplan—about half of which...
Queensland Commits $1.1bn to Pre-Olympic Rail Upgrades
More than a billion dollars will be spent to bring the Brisbane-Gold Coast rail link up to scratch before the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic games. The $1.1-billion commitment by the...
Cranbourne Line Duplication finished ahead of schedule
The Merinda Park Station has opened a year ahead of schedule as part of Melbourne’s Cranbourne Line Duplication project. Eight kilometres or track duplication between Cranbourne and Dandenong has been...
Sydney’s First Wave Pool Gets Thumbs Up
Plans for Sydney’s first wave pool, at the Sydney Olympic Park, have been approved. It means the city will join a growing list of locations with artificial waves in Australia,...
Brisbane Developer’s Bid for 25-Storey Apartment Tower
Brisbane developer Grace Civil and Development has lodged plans to build a 25-storey residential tower in Spring Hill. Property owner Joseph Barakat is selling the site at 157-163 Leichardt Street after buying the site...
Huge cavern excavated at Roma Street station site
A 20-metre-deep cavern has been excavated deep underground at Cross River Rail’s Roma Street worksite, marking the start of the next construction phase. The station box will house the future...
Probuild reportedly preparing to call in administrators
National building company Probuild is reportedly preparing to call in administrators after making a huge loss on one of its Queensland projects. Tradies have been told to stop work on...
Clyde Road, Berwick level crossing gone for good
Vehicles travelled through the Clyde Road underpass for the first time today, officially marking our 58th level crossing removal. Over the past 6 weeks, crews removed the boom gates, finished...
Builder chosen for VIC State Basketball Centre
Development Victoria has selected ADCO to begin building the $132 million State Basketball Centre. Cox Architecture will work alongside ADCO on the project. ADCO will deliver 12 new indoor courts...
Pro-Invest Plans $280m Walker Street Tower
The development pipeline for Walker Street continues to gain pace with Pro-Invest Group lodging plans for a $281-million commercial tower in the North Sydney CBD. The 48-storey tower adds to the...
MIT team creates plastic that is “stronger than steel”
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has created a polymer that has twice the yield strength of steel, but only a sixth of the density. The plastic...