More construction companies will fold this year as lock-in contracts leave builders unable to pass on the rising cost of labour and supplies, the Master Builders Association warns. Key points: Two Queensland firms, BA Murphy and Privium went into liquidation in...
AFTER entering the fertiliser game in 2015, CBH Group has taken its biggest step so far after officially breaking ground on its own storage facility, next to the Kwinana Grain Terminal, last week. The 70,000 square metre development, which is...
North Korea’s South Hamgyong Province has declared it has created a new “active accelerating agent” that causes cement to coagulate faster, and is widely promoting the development as opening the way for provincial, city, and county construction projects in...
Three years after nine Top End buildings were found to be structurally non-compliant, the Northern Territory government has introduced reforms to avoid a similar building bungle happening again.  Key points: From next month, permits for "complex" buildings in the Territory will not be...
A $470 million public hospital has opened in the NSW Hunter Valley, after a decade of planning and debate over its funding.  Key points: Maitland's new $470 million hospital has opened today More than 100 patients have been transferred from the old hospital The...
Construction of the office and camp rooms has begun at Tietto’s West African site. West African gold explorer Tietto Minerals (ASX: TIE) is rapidly progressing construction at its fully funded Abujar gold project in Cote d’Ivoire and remains on...
One of the largest independent contractors in the North of England and the Midlands, GMI is preparing to expand into other regions and sectors. Powell said the controlled growth strategy would be delivered while maintaining GMI’s debt-free position. He added: “As...
John GelavisThe West Australian Camera Icon Master Builders Executive Director John Gelavis. Credit: The West Australian Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Email Us Copy the Link I will begin by saying Happy New Year and thank you for your engagement in recent years....
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Artist’s impression of Serangoon North station to be built on the new Cross Island Line (Courtesy of the Land Transport Authority) The ambitious expansion of Singapore’s metro system continues to provide choice contracts for domestic firms and foreign ones...
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