The Victorian Government is funding $17.4 million towards the Portland Economic Diversification Plan, including upgrades to key local freight...
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TBMs finish 9km-long tunnels beneath Melbourne
April Shepherd, , Civil Construction, Company news, Freight & Logistics, Investment, News, People, Planning, Policy, Projects, Rail, Roads, Spotlight, Transport, Tunnels, VIC, 0Four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have completed 20 months of digging to create two 9km-long, 6.3m-high rail tunnels underneath...
$777 million Kidston Pumped Hydro reaches financial closure
April Shepherd, , Civil Construction, Company news, Energy, News, Planning, Policy, Projects, QLD, Spotlight, 0Genex Power has reached financial close on the Kidston Stage 2 pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project, with construction...
Innovative construction technology to be used for Muswellbrook rail bridge
April Shepherd, , Civil Construction, Company news, News, NSW, Policy, Projects, Rail, Roads, Spotlight, Transport, Tunnels, 0The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is carrying out a major maintenance shutdown on the Hunter Valley Rail Network...
Building our future cities: connected, sustainable and accessible
April Shepherd, , Civil Construction, Features, Investment, Planning, Policy, Projects, Rail, Roads, Smart Cities, Smart Infrastructure, Sustainability, Transport, Urban Development, 0What will our future cities, and the infrastructure that helps them function, look like? With so much industry evolution,...
That’s a wrap on the 2021 Critical Infrastructure Summit
Infrastructure Journalist, , Asset Management, Civil Construction, Disaster Management, Planning, Policy, Projects, Rail, Roads, Smart Infrastructure, Sustainability, Transport, 0The 2021 Critical Infrastructure Summit ran over two weeks in April with four Virtual Conferences exploring the industry’s biggest...
Victorian budget invests $986 million on 25 new trains
April Shepherd, , Company news, Contracts awarded, News, People, Planning, Policy, Projects, Rail, Smart Infrastructure, Spotlight, Transport, Urban Development, VIC, 0The Victorian Budget 2021-2022 will invest $986 million to build 25 brand-new X’Trapolis 2.0 trains and the infrastructure they...
$15.2 billion for infrastructure announced in Federal Budget
Imogen Hartmann, , ACT, Airport, Asset Management, Civil Construction, Energy, Freight & Logistics, Investment, News, NSW, NT, Planning, Policy, Ports, Projects, QLD, Rail, Regional, Roads, SA, Safety and Training, Smart Infrastructure, Spotlight, State News, TAS, Technology, Transport, Urban Development, Utilities, VIC, WA, 0The Federal Government has handed down its 2021-22 Budget, with an additional $15.2 billion for infrastructure and a ten-year...
Northern Territory establishes state infrastructure body
Imogen Hartmann, , Asset Management, Investment, News, NT, People, Planning, Policy, Projects, Spotlight, 0The Northern Territory Government has launched the Infrastructure NT Commission in an effort to support job-creating projects and private...
Infrastructure Australia publishes Sustainability Principles
Imogen Hartmann, , Asset Management, Civil Construction, Investment, News, Planning, Policy, Ports, Projects, Rail, Roads, Spotlight, Sustainability, Transport, Urban Development, 0Recently released Sustainability Principles from Infrastructure Australia are set to guide and promote sustainability across the infrastructure sector, securing...
Calls for rail reform to meet predicted boom
Imogen Hartmann, , Civil Construction, News, Planning, Policy, Projects, Rail, Spotlight, Transport, 1The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) is calling for swift policy reforms to ensure Australia can capitalise on the imminent...
The infrastructure we should be investing in: breaking down IA’s 2021 Priority List
Jessica Dickers, , Freight & Logistics, Investment, News, Planning, Policy, Ports, Projects, Rail, Regional, Renewables Energy, Spotlight, Transport, 0It’s an exciting time for the sector as Infrastructure Australia releases its yearly Priority List – highlighting the projects...
The Critical Infrastructure Summit is back in April 2021
April Shepherd, , Asset Management, Civil Construction, Cyber security, Disaster Management, Features, Investment, People, Planning, Policy, Projects, Rail, Roads, Safety and Training, Smart Cities, Technology, Telecommunications, Transport, 0After a huge inaugural event in 2020, the Critical Infrastructure Summit – Australia’s premier event for the whole infrastructure...
Construction’s COVID-19 opportunity for reform
April Shepherd, , Civil Construction, COVID-19, Features, Policy, 0by Jon Davies, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Constructors Association With great optimism, I anticipate 2021 will be the year...
How COVID-19 is shaping infrastructure use
April Shepherd, , Congestion, COVID-19, Features, Planning, Policy, Regional, Risk management, Safety and Training, Technology, Transport, 0Infrastructure Australia has released its research into how COVID-19 is changing the way Australians use infrastructure, the impact on...
Change in Infrastructure Australia’s business case evaluation process
Imogen Hartmann, , Civil Construction, News, Planning, Policy, Projects, Transport, 0The National Cabinet has increased the threshold for proposals requiring federal funding that Infrastructure Australia (IA) will evaluate from...
Major infrastructure projects a key feature in Victorian Budget
Jessica Dickers, , Civil Construction, Investment, News, Planning, Policy, Projects, Rail, Roads, Spotlight, Transport, VIC, 1The Victorian Budget 2020-21 has been released and includes significant funding for landmark infrastructure projects including the Suburban Rail...
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