Tag: public-works

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By Julian Bajkowski Top boffins at Australia’s government-funded information technology research and development lab, NICTA, have been called in to help fix notoriously leaky plumbing at state owned utility, Sydney…

Adelaide-based Victoria Square will be redeveloped for $24 million with funding from the council budget. Victoria Square will be redeveloped with Adelaide City Council funding from its own budget over…

Public works in the City of Kingston will proceed from an award of about seven million dollars in tenders. The projects worth $7.1 million will be based in the suburb…

Councils in Queensland will face average cost increases of 7.5 per cent, according to the latest local government cost index report. Commissioned by the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ),…

Local governments in Western Australia's Great Southern region will receive State Government grants to upgrade their streetscapes, roads and lighting. WA Minister for Regional Development, Brendon Grylls, announced the creation…

By Katrina Ganin William McCormack Place, a six-star rated government building in Cairns, North Queensland, was fully completed in July last year. Created in a two-stage process the building is…

Working with Clarence Valley Council, NSW Public Works has developed the early tenderer involvement (ETI) process and introduced it for the Shannon Creek Dam project's construction procurement phase. “An Australian…

A proposed office fitout for the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency has been given the thumbs up by a parliamentary committee. The parliamentary standing committee on public works…

By Angela Dorizas The Federal Government has launched the Australian Smart Infrastructure Awards to recognise innovative solutions to infrastructure bottlenecks and urban congestion. The inaugural awards were announced by Infrastructure…