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Acciona is facing what it says is a "hopelessly flawed" suit by its construction partner on the troubled East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant over patented equipment used to facilitate waste combustion. 

A judge won't schedule an initial trial on the limitations period in a $150 million coverage spat between insurers and Northwest Rail Link builders CPB Contractors and John Holland.

A French engineering and consulting group involved in some of Australia's largest public transport projects has acquired unlisted Australian multi-disciplinary engineering firm BG&E Group.

The government has granted speedy approval to a solar farm and BESS on cleared land near Toowoomba in Queensland.

A defunct design firm has been found guilty of health and safety violations after a shoring wall fell down at a Geocon construction site in Canberra, with a magistrate saying the collapse could have caused multiple deaths. 

Developer Villawood wants to add its director’s three daughters to its case over an alleged “dishonest and fraudulent design” to divert valuable management fees for a project in Wallan, Victoria to the director’s family company.

A woman has lost her lawsuit seeking to get out of an agreement to purchase an apartment 'off the plan' in a luxury development in Sydney's harbourside suburb of Rushcutters Bay, after the wrong colour marble was installed in the kitchen.

Engineering firm Wood & Grieve has failed to convince a judge to compel CPB Contractors to provide it with further and better particulars in a dispute over work on Perth's Elizabeth Quay redevelopment.

Blackrock-owned battery developer Akaysha Energy's planned 311 MW battery energy storage system on the Midland Highway in Victoria is ready to get off the ground, after Allens helped the project secure $460 million in financing.

Several Apache Corporation units have failed to block Santos from withdrawing admissions in a long-running fight over $83 million in tax credits related to Apache's $2.1 billion sale of certain assets, with a judge finding Apache’s prejudice arguments were “significantly overstated”.