Construction

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.