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Crown drops claims against Lendlease over Metropol combustible cladding
Construction 2025-03-20 11:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

Crown has dropped its claims against builder Lendlease over the use of combustible cladding on the façade of the Metropol in Southbank but is continuing to pursue its case against the architect and others.

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Clough directors can’t lift lid on Forge liquidator’s evidence for examination
Construction 2025-03-20 11:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

Directors of engineering company Clough can’t set eyes on evidence in support of a successful examination bid by Forge’s liquidator, two months before trial in the liquidator’s insider trading case.

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Primero secures $100M Rio Tinto desalination plant contract
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-03-20 11:11 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Construction company Primero Group has signed a $100 million contract with Rio Tinto for works at the mining giant’s coastal water supply sustaining project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

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$3.7M error in Main Beach complex spat shows failure to consider evidence: court
Construction 2025-03-19 2:58 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has found a $3.7 million error by an adjudicator in a dispute over a $43 million payment claim for work on an apartment complex in Queensland’s Main Beach showed a failure to properly consider the evidence and submissions.

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Home building law enlivened by repudiation claim, WA tribunal finds
Construction 2025-03-19 11:26 pm By Andy Sidler

A Western Australian couple will have their dispute with Thompson Sustainable Homes heard by a tribunal, after the builder’s jurisdictional objection to the operation of the Home Building Contract Act was tossed.

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Acciona’s renewable unit secures $453M green loan for Aldoga solar plant
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-03-19 11:14 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Acciona’s renewable energy subsidiary Energía has closed a $453 million syndicated loan for the Aldoga solar farm project in Queensland, with the backing of Spanish export credit agency Cesce.

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Melbourne builder Buildqa hit with criminal charges
Construction 2025-03-19 4:43 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Victorian Building Authority has filed criminal charges against Melbourne builder Buildqa for allegedly exceeding its building permit for two three-storey townhouses and garages and failing to comply with a stop work order. The VBA alleges Buildqa and its sole company officer Nicholas Artusa contravened the Building Act by carrying on work without a permit…

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CFMEU, Setka face potential class action over member ‘blacklist’
Class Actions 2025-03-18 11:19 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Canberra-based law firm is investigating a class action against the Victorian branch of the CFMEU’s construction division alleging the union blacklisted hundreds of members.

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Court rejects developer Hunt’s payment claim on $25M Sydney industrial project
Construction 2025-03-18 11:18 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has rejected developer Hunt Collaborative’s claim for $232,000 for works performed before real estate investor RWC Brookvale Investments switched builders on a $25.75 million corporate industrial project. Bettar Holdings, trading as Hunt Collaborative, sought to recover the sum under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act for works completed on the…

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Judge shoots down Crown Group director’s objection to $500,000 payments
Construction 2025-03-18 11:14 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has found the liquidators for collapsed developer Crown Group would be justified in making $500,000 in payments to related companies Quay Group and Westport, over objections from a director that he was not consulted on a solicitor’s retainer.

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