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Developer, builder’s directors on hook for homeowners’ ‘worst nightmare’
Construction 2025-05-01 11:52 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Directors of a family-run construction company that caused a landslide resulting in a couple’s NSW Central Coast home being “effectively worthless” has been ordered to pay over $2 million dollars.

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Qube takes $70M SOPA spat with Martinus Rail to High Court
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-04-30 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Logistics company Qube wants the High Court to clarify the scope of an adjudicator’s role in determining a contractor’s payment claims under the SOP Act.

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Purchaser of ‘defective’ ACT property loses bid for $5.3M in damages
Construction 2025-04-30 11:13 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has awarded only $100 in nominal damages to the owner of a $5 million industrial site in the ACT, despite finding there was cracking in a concrete slab covered by a warranty. 

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Developer YMCI makes nice with Parramatta, wins OK for Ovation Quarter works
Construction 2025-04-29 11:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

Developer Australia YMCI has reached an agreement with Parramatta on its application for remediation works at its $5B Ovation Quarter residential complex at Sydney Olympic Park.

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VSD Investments can’t block $8.5M payout to Builtcom despite appeal
Construction 2025-04-29 11:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Developer VSD Investments has lost an argument for withholding an $8.5 million payment claim from the builder of a 30-storey project in Sydney’s inner west pending the construction company’s appeal.

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Shopfitter Ramvek gets pass on compliance with rules in bid for quick SOPA case win
Construction 2025-04-29 10:51 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has dispensed with court rules to allow shopfitter Ramvek to bring a non-compliant summary judgment application against a builder in a payment dispute, saying strict compliance with the rules was at odds with the procedure and policy of the SOPA.

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SA wind farm loses appeal over $21M in payments to GE, Elecnor
Construction 2025-04-28 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

A South Australian wind farm developer has lost its appeal of ruling ordering it to make a $21 million progress payment to joint venture partners GE Renewable Energy and Elecnor.

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Court approves Sev.en-funded recapitalisation of Callide power station
Construction 2025-04-28 11:17 pm By Andy Sidler

The owner of the Callide power station in Queensland, IG Power, has won court approval for a recapitalisation that will see major shareholder Sev.en inject millions to cover its debts.

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Seasons of Perth Hotel owner seeks to quash review determination
HWL Ebsworth Lawyers 2025-04-28 11:59 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The owner of the Seasons of Perth Hotel seeks want to quash a review determination of an adjudicator’s decision in its dispute with hotel construction company Reward Group over performance bonds for work on the hotel.

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Amcor takes long-running remediation fight with Glenvill to High Court
Appeals 2025-04-24 11:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has been asked to weigh in on when a court should step in when the machinery governing the entitlement to payments in a contract breaks down, in a dispute between luxury home builder Glenvill and Amcor over asbestos remediation at an industrial site in the Melbourne suburb of Alphington.

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