Construction

Two bidders are vying to acquire troubled steelmaking facility Whyalla Steelworks in South Australia, beating out more than 70 competitors.

Building surveyor McKenzie Group has denied negligence claims in a case over the use of combustible cladding on Lendlease's Exo apartment complex at Melbourne's Docklands, telling a court the construction giant didn't rely on its advice and switched the cladding without its knowledge. 

The federal government is moving forward with a plan under recently passed changes to the environmental laws that will help speed environmental approvals on major projects.

Hamilton Locke has brought on four new partners to boost its expertise in high-demand areas, including real estate, energy and infrastructure. 

A judge has stayed a judgment under the Security of Payment Act, finding that “exceptional circumstances” were not needed to justify such an order in light of a recent judgment that issued a rare stay of a SOPA determination.

Melbourne builder Cobild has filed a lawsuit against a developer arguing it must return a $497,000 bank guarantee under a contract to build a $50 million office complex.

Salter Brothers had successfully defended a challenge to the approval of a development application for a mixed-use project in Brisbane's south adjacent to the Mercure Hotel.

The owners corporation of a 36-unit apartment block in North Sydney that has been locked in a long-running fight with the developers over defects has won $2.5 million after the parties settled on the eve of the trial.

The embattled construction union has a new administrator following the resignation of Mark Irving SC last month, an official "uncompromising" in the face of illegal conduct, the workplace umpire said Friday.

A Qube unit and a developer have lost their bid to revive a $20 million suit against the Department of Defence over asbestos contamination at the Moorebank Intermodal Precinct, with an appeals court finding the department wasn't required to return the land to "pristine" condition.