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John Holland venture, Acciona shortlisted for Wyaralong water treatment plant
Acciona 2025-09-10 11:34 pm By Sam Matthews

Seqwater has revealed the contractors shortlisted to run in a two-horse race to win the contract to design and build the Wyaralong water treatment plant in south east Queensland.

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Fortis snaps up Brisbane site for $37.5M for planned residential development
Construction 2025-09-10 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Sydney developer Fortis has snapped up a vacant site in Brisbane for $37.5 million for a planned residential development.

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Property Council blames Victoria land tax for student housing bottleneck
Real Estate 2025-09-10 11:53 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Victoria’s student housing pipeline has surpassed NSW, but most projects are still at the approval stage, according to a Property Council report which expressed concerns the state’s land taxes are slowing development.

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CSR says higher insulation costs during COVID-19 due to forces beyond its control
Construction 2025-09-09 11:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Building materials giant CSR has hit back at a misuse of market power case brought by building insulation distributor Consolidated Energy over COVID-19 price increases, blaming the higher prices on forces beyond its control.  

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Quasar Constructions-linked company must disclose assets to liquidators
Construction 2025-09-05 11:22 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

An entity associated with James Crawford, the director of defunct Sydney builder Quasar Constructions, has been ordered to disclose all of its assets to the company’s liquidators as they look to track down funds from the sale of properties.

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Education Department wants claim setoff built into Roberts Co DOCA
Construction 2025-09-05 11:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Victorian Department of Education is seeking court declarations that under a plan to restructure Roberts Co (VIC) it can set off claims of its own against any brought by the failed builder.

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Snowdon Developments liquidators settle with supplier
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-09-05 11:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Liquidators of collapsed Snowdon Developments have reached a settlement with a building supplier as part of efforts to collect more than $2 million in payments allegedly made when the Melbourne developer was insolvent.

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Icon sues insurers over $21M in Opal Tower rectification costs
Construction 2025-09-04 11:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Builder Icon has taken insurers Chubb and Mitsui Sumimoto to court, arguing it is entitled to claim $21 million for the costs of rectifying Sydney’s Opal Tower development.

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High Court won’t hear wind farm’s $21M payments spat with GE, Elecnor
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-04 11:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has rejected a South Australian wind farm’s special leave application seeking to overturn a ruling ordering it to make a $21 million progress payment to joint venture partners GE Renewable Energy and Elecnor.

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Sharvain directors succeed in narrowing discovery in case by freight company
Construction 2025-09-04 11:32 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The directors of defunct Sharvain Facades have won a bid to narrow the scope of documents they must produce in a case by Commercial Freight and Logisticsw, which claims an equitable lien over real estate.

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