WA based shipbuilder Austal will take over the design work for a $2 billion project to build army landing craft at the Henderson shipyard, amid concerns the program is already falling behind schedule.
Andrew Greene
The WA civil contractor’s revenue of $457.8 million, up 9.3 per cent, was Ertech’s highest ever, while net profit doubled from $15.7m to $31.7m.
Sean Smith
Chair Michael Arnett, chief executive Jules Pemberton and long-standing board member Jeff Dowling have sold slabs of their holdings into NRW’s record share prices in the past few weeks.
A bitter battle over a battery in Wagerup has headed to the Supreme Court as Alinta Energy sues two contractors over almost $110 million of equipment.
Matt Mckenzie
Indigenous businesses are continuing to grow as their goods and services are in high demand from government, corporate and non-profit organisations.
Keira Jenkins
The purchase of the marine infrastructure group will boost SRG’s annual revenues by $200m, add 500 workers to its roster and deliver shore bases in Fremantle, WA’s North West and Gladstone in Queensland.
Mark Norwell is unexpectedly set to finish up as the chief executive of mining services contractor Perenti next year, with his successor yet to be appointed.
Adrian Rauso
Shares in Perth 3D modelling and extended reality firm Vection Technologies gained nearly 30 per cent after locking in a substantial suite of work with a NATO-approved customer.
Simone Grogan
The State’s biggest grain handler is refusing to back down despite a big setback in a knotty $22 million contract quarrel over the build of a rapid loading station in the Great Southern.
WA company promoter Craig Burton has sold three million shares, reducing his stake in the mining vehicle maintenance group to 16.2 per cent.
NRW shares visited highs not seen since WA’s 2012 mining boom after revealing a $200 million deal set to expose the contractor to new work on data centres, defence and national infrastructure builds.
Simone Grogan and Daniel Newell
Mineral Resources’ key project is hitting its stride but flogging off mines, another truck rollover, and uncertainty about Chris Ellison’s tenure — and his voice — shows the chaos is yet to leave.
The mining fleet services company is now tipping it will finish its five-year strategic plan by increasing revenue at least 15 per cent in 2026, aided by a rebound in Canada and the US.
Investors have welcomed a bolstered balance sheet from Perenti, but the listed contractor has had to assure it will ‘remain vigilant’ after failing to reduce injury frequency rates during the year.
NRW has copped a hefty blow to its 2025 profit numbers after being left with no choice but to write off the $110 million the contractor is still fighting to pry from the Whyalla Steelworks wreckage.
The electrical contractor’s full-year profit marched 44.5 per cent higher to a record $31.7 million as increased work servicing infrastructure and commercial developments sent revenue up 45 per cent to $801m.
Shares in family-controlled manufacturing firm Veem have surged after landing another six years’ worth of work with Australian submarine builder ASC.
Mineral sands extractor Iluka Resources has assured an upcoming project in New South Wales will start on time despite running into a scrap over delivery of a 164-person accommodation build.
The national boss of contracting giant Acciona has knocked back worries about a Western Australian worker shortage as he reveals the company’s plans to chase AUKUS work and energy transition projects.
Chris Ellison’s younger brother Andrew has agreed to bin 13.3 million performance rights attached to the ailing Mineral Resources subsidiary he runs.
Listed engineer Monadelphous has booked two contracts including work at Shell’s new Crux platform off the WA coast.
Belmont-based NRW has added another Rio Tinto contract to the books, this time worth $167 million at the mining giant’s Brockman Syncline 1 development.
NRW Holdings is reaping the rewards of Rio Tinto’s iron ore replenishment pipeline with a second contract from the mining giant in the space of three months.
Henderson naval shipbuilder Austal has picked former Credit Suisse Australia boss Richard Gibb to join its board as a non-executive director.
Cheyanne Enciso
