Estate

The MOU reflects a generational change in how base services can be delivered, with a focus on improving efficiency and sustainability.

Sitzler has been engaged as the Managing Contractor for the $747 million Northern Territory Training Areas and Ranges Upgrades Project.

Indigenous construction company Tiwi Partners has been awarded a $107.8 million contract to deliver facilities at Delamere Air Weapon Range.

Indigenous construction company Indigenous construction company Tiwi Partners has been contracted to deliver a $7 million explosive ordnance storage facility at RAAF Base Darwin.

The works will include the replacement of the original hardstand at Gallipoli Barracks to enable the second Combat Engineer Regiment to move its plant equipment.

A joint venture between Perth-based companies Duratec and Ertech has been awarded a $52 million contract to lead an extension and upgrade of the HMAS Stirling Oxley Wharf to service a growing naval fleet.

The government is encouraging prospective industry partners to step up and share in the fourth generation of lucrative contracts delivering services to Defence bases.

Barpa Pty Ltd, an Indigenous construction company, has been awarded contracts to upgrade Puckapunyal and HMAS Waterhen.

The factory will use 'state-of-the-art equipment', including a 1200-tonne hot forging press, to produce advanced 155mm calibre projectiles for the ADF as well as export markets.

Defence has announced an investment in the redevelopment of critical infrastructure at Irwin Barracks in Karrakatta.

BGIS has been named the Estate & Infrastructure Base Services Contractor of the Year at the 2020 Department of Defence Base Services Contractor Awards.

The RAN has released significant infrastructure works to market in the first stage of the NCIS – 3 Building Works, involving the construction of new facilities and infrastructure at HMAS Stirling and Henderson in WA.

Defence has opened expressions of interest for a new airborne electronic warfare/ISR forward operating base to be built on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to host M-55A Peregrine EW aircraft.

Construction work is about to begin on the first of four Australian Marine Complex (AMC) infrastructure projects.

The NZ Defence Force has formed an alliance with professional service companies EY and Beca to help deliver the NZ$2.1 billion regeneration of the Defence estate.

Local employment and procurement will be the priorities for BESIX Watpac as they undertake a $32 million refurbishment of facilities in the Singleton Military Area.