A Volumetric Modular Construction (VMC) project has reached a significant milestone with the stacking of its first modules for a 20-storey tower project in north-west Sydney. The 528-unit purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development in Macquarie Park will be Australia’s tallest VMC building when finished. The tower is being constructed by the Freecity Group which was …
In Adelaide, 80 prefabricated concrete deck panels have been used to form the 1.4-kilometre-long elevated section of the Mike Turtur Bikeway that will bypass some of the city’s busiest intersections. A tender has been released for the construction of a new water treatment plant that will form a key part of the $59.1 million Busselton …
The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations is running a consultation asking if Commonwealth funded construction work should come with minimum standards on conduct, payment, workforce, and safety. Submissions close 16 October 2026. Each year, Acciona calls for contributions from its workforce for practical ideas that can be implemented across the business, and replicated across …
The first concrete sleepers have arrived along the Maroona–Portland rail line in Victoria, marking a major milestone in the $166 million upgrade of the key freight rail route. Workers on the Replacement of Sleepers (Maroona to Portland) project will replace ageing timber sleepers with around 250,000 new concrete sleepers along the 173-kilometre rail line in …
Concrete recycling startup R2Crete is moving from laboratory success to real-world commercial deployment with funding for a pilot plant. In Australia each year, an estimated seven million tonnes of waste concrete is generated. The global figure could be as high as two billion tonnes annually. R2Crete’s patented process transforms waste concrete into high‑value clean aggregates …
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The Tasmanian Government has launched Building Tasmania, a new central agency dedicated to delivering major infrastructure projects across the state. Construction costs increased 1% in the June quarter, according to Cotality’s Cordell construction cost index. While this is steeper than the 0.2% rise in the March quarter, the annual cost growth rate of 2.8% remained …
The last of the concrete foundations have been poured for the 46 turbines that will make up the 285-megawatt Lotus Creek wind farm in central Queensland, a state government-owned project. The Bays West International Design Competition has been launched by the NSW Government for “bold and innovative ideas” that inspire the next generation of urbanism …
The first of a dozen concrete pours has been completed on a new hospital in the Pilbara, funded by the WA Government with mining giant Rio Tinto putting in $20M. The $92.8 million project will see the new Tom Price Hospital delivered late in 2027 with emergency, private consultation rooms, primary care, inpatient beds, dental …
Following the completion of new foundation piling works on the new bridge, pier piles are being cut down to the design level and steelwork for pile caps is underway. We first reported on the $7 million demolition and construction project in the This Week in Concrete 28 May 2026 – our weekly extra news round-up …
Thousands of cubic metres of concrete have gone into creating the Webster Street underpass in Dandenong which will open two years ahead of schedule. The rail line underpass is being built as part of the Webster Street Level Crossing Removal Project after the railway crossing was closed and the boom gates were dismantled late last year. A $252 million …