The $80-million Institute of Applied Technology – Construction facility in Kingswood Western Sydney (Australia), is open. The project team included CPB Contractors. The new campus features state-of-the-art facilities, including a drone room, digital engineering labs, a construction sandpit and large workshop spaces to accommodate the construction of full-scale buildings that can be used in carpentry, plumbing and electrotechnology training. Learners across Australia have already enrolled in more than 10,000 online micro-skills or micro-credentials and face-to-face classroom learning that covers topics such as: 2D CAD drawings and 3D models Building Information Modeling Commercial & contract management in construction Contract administration Project … Read more
Contractor Selected to Build New Notre Dame College in Queensland
CIMIC Group’s Broad Construction has been selected to deliver Brisbane Catholic Education’s new Notre Dame College at Bells Creek on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Stage one of the project will open in term one of 2025, welcoming Prep to Year Three and Year Seven students. Broad Construction will deliver five state-of-the-art buildings, including an administration building, various learning spaces, sports courts, a workshop and landscaping. “This new campus will focus on providing indoor and outdoor spaces that are inclusive and accessible to all,” said Broad Construction General Manager Cyril Cahill. Early works have commenced on the new facility, … Read more
Final Concrete Pour Delivered for 39-Story Development in Sydney, Australia
CPB Contractors has completed the final concrete pour for its delivery of Australia’s Sydney Metro Gadigal Station South over station development project, which will become Indi Sydney—Sydney CBD’s first purpose-built, build-to-rent tower. A topping out ceremony was recently held onsite to mark the completion of all pours on the 39-story structure. The completed structure stands just over 110 meters high and required more than 9,200 cubic meters of concrete, more than 1,500 tons of reinforcement and 1,000 tons of post-tensioning. CPB Contractors is delivering this project over Sydney Metro’s new Gadigal Station for developer Investa on behalf of the owner, … Read more
Broad Construction Wins Professional Excellence Award for Highgate Shopping Centre
Broad Construction has won the Commercial Construction award for $2 million to $25 million projects at the 2023 Australian Institute of Building Western Australia Professional Excellence Awards for its delivery of the Highgate Shopping Centre project located in Highgate, Australia. Through extensive planning and consultation, the Broad Construction team successfully overcame the site’s mobility limitations, including its proximity to a power substation and transmission powerlines. To overcome this challenge, they developed a comprehensive safety plan that included extensive planning and consultation with all stakeholders. The plan included measures to ensure no staff or equipment entered electrical exclusion zones and to … Read more
Contractor Named for Three Major Queensland Hospital Expansions
Three contracts have been awarded to construction contractor BESIX Watpac to deliver expansions at Ipswich, Townsville and Mackay Base Hospitals, located in Australia. These projects form part of the State Government’s Queensland Health and Hospitals Plan, which includes a record-breaking $9.7-billion investment in health over the next six years to deliver new hospitals in the state. Works at all three hospitals will be delivered in a live hospital campus. This will be carefully managed by the BESIX Watpac delivery teams to ensure the existing hospitals and services remain operational throughout construction. Townsville University Hospital expansion includes a new eight-story building (including … Read more