Where else but Sydney!
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Posted: 25/10/2013 3:30:50 PM by Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
Filed under: Oil-and-gas, Construction
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New South Wales (NSW) is set for massive development over the next four years. The NSW government has released plans to spend over $6.4bn out of the 2013/2014 budget on a number of infrastructure improvements all over the state.
Sydney will become a hive of activity, with the state budget including $6.4bn worth of rail, road and walkway improvements, including:
• $4bn – 36km North West Rail Link
• $782m – 11.4km South West Rail link between Glenfield and Leppington
• $423m – 12km light rail line
• $885m – Northern Sydney Freight Corridor
• $224m – Wynyard Walk, capable of linking 20,000 commuters an hour with Barangaroo
• $76m – 5.6km Inner West light Rail Extension
The projects are currently progressing well, with the South West Rail Link six months ahead of schedule and the Inner West Light Rail Extension due to open next year. The various construction projects are expected to create more than 5,000 construction jobs and considerably more indirect and supporting roles.
NSW premier Barry O’Farrell commented that the public transport expenditure this year is 32% greater than last year and is being completed with a view to improve the commuting experience. This extra amount adds a record-breaking $4.1bn to the overall budget and should go a long way to improving the infrastructure in the city. Thousands of jobs in construction will be created and sustained over the four year timeframe.
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And Melbourne, too!
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Posted: 5/11/2013 9:00:00 AM by Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
Filed under: Mining, Oil-and-gas, Construction
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The race to build Melbourne’s breakthrough East-West Link project is well and truly underway. Some of the biggest names in Australian construction such as Transfield Services, John Holland, Lend Lease and Leighton Contractors have been named in three consortia who are currently vying for the contract. The scope of the project promises to fuel a requirement for construction jobs in the state of Victoria.
The short-list was jointly revealed by State Premier Dennis Napthine and Treasurer Michael O’Brien, who both said the selection of bids comprised of the strongest field ever for a major building project in the country.
“We have assembled the global might of the world’s leading tunnelling firms, as well as every major Australian construction firm,” Napthine said. “We expected to get the ‘best of the best’ bidding for the East-West Link, but… the bidding has surpassed our highest expectations.”
The East-West Link is an eighteen kilometer road link that connects the Eastern Freeway with the Tullamarine Freeway. The stage one CityLink and the stage two Western Ring Road are also scheduled to be included.
Workers looking for a construction job should keep an eye out for the three big players.
• The East West Connect consortium includes Lend Lease, infrastructure fund manager Capella Capital, Spain’s civil construction company Acciona and French builder Bouygues.
• The Momentum Infrastructure Corporation includes John Holland, Leighton Contractors, Spain’s Dragados (Australia) and Iridium S.A and the Bank of Tokyo – Mitsubishi UFJ.
• The Inner Link Group includes Spain’s Cintra Infrastructures S.A and Ferrovial (Australia), Korean Samsung C&T Corporation, Italy’s Ghella, Transfield Services, Macquarie Capital and Retail Employees Superannuation.
Each of the consortiums brings a huge variety of experience to the table. East West built a couple of large Australian projects, including Brisbane’s Legacy Way and Melbourne’s Peninsula Link, as well as a host of high profile international projects. The Inner Link group had involvement with Melbourne’s EastLink project as a number of other international projects. Momentum has a large amount of Australian specific experience to draw on, including EastLink and CityLink in Melbourne, Airport Link and CLEM7 in Brisbane and the Lane Cove Tunnel in Sydney.
Construction is predicted to begin in the second half of next year, after a Request for Proposal is released in October.*********************************
To read more, click http://www.miningoilgasjobs.com.au/our-blog/november-2013/melbournes-east-west-link-construction-shortlist-r.aspx