Commonwealth Bank chases Omni Bridgeway for $34.6m of legal bills beating Raine Square claims.
Neale Prior
The family-owned WA group said on Thursday that it was in advanced talks for the sale of the business to Austria’s STRABAG, a listed $7 billion group which has already worked on projects in WA.
Sean Smith
Australia’s shortage of housing is being exacerbated by a preference for renovations over new homes.
Public infrastructure is increasingly dominating the national construction market, a spending surge likely adding to inflation pressure and worker shortages.
Matt Mckenzie
Proponents of a new proposal to build a seven-storey apartment complex in the western suburbs hope to get community support ahead of plans to transform the area into a mega medical precinct.
Harriet Flinn
Offers on more than a dozen development projects in Perth close on Friday and will give administrators a firmer idea of what they can realise from the disgraced homebuilder.
SRG Global has locked in a sweep of new work including a contract for a major water infrastructure upgrades in South Australia and work in WA with Pilbara Minerals, Roy Hill, Glencore and South32.
Simone Grogan
The Queensland Government’s move to scrap so-called ‘best practice’ agreements for construction workers is proof such deals would be devastating in WA, the State’s construction sector has claimed.
Jake Dietsch
SGH chief executive Ryan Stokes says the diversified business is on track for strong earnings growth this financial year while distilling its strategic direction down to two themes.
Adrian Rauso
Kiwi tradies could be the next target of State Government efforts to get more boots on the ground of WA building sites.
Jessica Page
New documents show Nicheliving’s founding directors held four meetings with solvency experts from KordaMentha before calling them in as administrators a week ago on a $200,000 funding deal.
A scheme to help hundreds of WA homeowners suffering from a wave of burst pipes has kicked off. See the list of 11 participating builders.
A contentious triple-tower apartment complex located next to the former Subiaco Oval has been given the green light by State planners, kickstarting the long-awaited Subi East precinct redevelopment.
Jim Chalmers will put $900 million in incentives on the table for the States to make actual economic improvements including streamlining commercial zones and slashing red tape around pre-fabricated houses.
Katina Curtis
Rogue builder Danny Coyne has caught the attention of authorities over his new occupation as a psychologist treating addicts and other vulnerable patients.
John Flint
Industry experts say the State Government’s proposed reform to double the $20,000 cap for unregistered builders is still not enough.
Gabrielle Becerra Mellet
A WA developer has failed in its bid to fight a requirement for affordable housing in its nine-storey complex in Subiaco, with a DAP saying it would have set an ‘undesirable precedent’.
Justin Bianchini and Kim Macdonald
Customers say they’re ‘disappointed’ but not surprised after it was revealed troubled builder Nicheliving’s development arm can continue even after administrators were called in.
The family-owned builder and construction materials group said the result included $70.4m of profit on the sale of its pre-cast, fibre and plasterboard businesses.
Troubled builder Nicheliving has called in administrators to wind up its construction companies, leaving creditors scrambling and the owners of unfinished homes worried they have no further legal recource.
A new era of high-rise development is taking shape across West Leederville ahead of a new precinct structure plan aiming to densify the area.
A developer is fighting a condition to provide affordable housing in its Subiaco complex, in the first challenge to the DevelopmentWA condition over its land in its 14 years.
Kim Macdonald
It takes nearly six months longer to build a home in WA than anywhere else in Australia.
The WA Government hopes a $10,000 bonus will lure enough east coast tradies to make a dent in the State’s housing crisis.
Joe Spagnolo and Lisa Thomas
