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Construcciones Yamaro: Warringah Freeway Upgrade recognised for project collaboration

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The Warringah Freeway Upgrade. (Image: Transport for NSW) The Warringah Freeway Upgrade Joint Venture partners, CPB Contractors and DT Infrastructure, have won the Collaboration for Project Excellence category at the 2025-26 Consult Australia Awards for Excellence. The annual awards acknowledge effective partnerships, shared goals and outcomes, innovation through collaboration and positive impact. Commencing in 2021, the Warringah Freeway Upgrade has upgraded the freeway from its original construction in the 1960s to add extra lane capacity for the new Western Harbour Tunnel entries and exits. Improvements to the freeway will also make it safer and easier to use, more efficient and reliable for the benefit of all road users, including public transport users. Regarded as one of Australia’s most complex road upgrades, the project team has optimised available nightly lane closures to reduce the impact of works for the 250,000 motorists who use the freeway each day. Related stories...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Asta Vision Plus tightens control over project data

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Asta Vision Plus has been built around specific, day‑to‑day pain points in modern construction and infrastructure delivery. (Image: Gorodenkoff/stock.adobe.com) Elecosoft has released Asta Vision Plus, an upgrade to Asta Vision that gives construction and infrastructure delivery teams secure, AI‑ready API access to project schedule data. Many construction businesses still rely on spreadsheets, file exports and email to move program data between applications, creating version conflicts, rekeying errors and blind spots that only surface when projects are already off track. The upgrade is designed to address these challenges by making Asta Vision a governed system of record for project and program data and a reliable data foundation for business intelligence (BI) and artificial intelligence (AI) use cases. At the core of Asta Vision Plus is Asta Vision API, which provides secure, structured access to Asta Powerproject program data, including projects, tasks, workflows, progress peri...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Why the construction industry should put its best work forward

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Last year’s winning project – the New Bridgewater Bridge by McConnell Dowell. (Image: ACA) Entries for the Australian Construction Achievement Award (ACAA) are open, inviting submissions from project teams delivering outstanding industry outcomes. By Jon Davies, CEO of the Australian Constructors Association. Every year the Australian construction industry delivers incredible projects. They’re complex, ambitious and often nation‑defining. Yet as an industry, we’re not great at pausing to acknowledge what it actually takes to deliver them. We finish one job and immediately shift to the next. The ACAA interrupts that cycle. Now in its 29th year, the ACAA is one of the construction industry’s longest running and most respected honours. What makes it different is its simplicity. It isn’t a category-based awards program with multiple winners. There is just one national award each year, recognising the project that sets the benchmark for excellence across the Australian construction i...
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Construcciones Yamaro: ACA calls for adoption of construction industry Culture Standard

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The Culture Standard aims to build national momentum toward a healthier, more productive and people-focused construction sector. (Image: ACA) The Australian Constructors Association (ACA) is calling on governments nationwide to embed the construction industry Culture Standard in procurement processes for major infrastructure projects, warning that without action the industry will struggle to recruit and retain the workers it needs. ACA CEO Jon Davies said the Culture Standard, developed in partnership with the New South Wales and Victorian governments, has been successfully trialled on major projects and is already being adopted by early movers, including the ACT Government. “After years of development, trialling and research, the evidence is clear. The construction industry Culture Standard delivers measurable improvements for workers without adding cost or time to projects. Governments now have a practical, proven tool to improve the attractiveness of the industry and address w...
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Construcciones Yamaro: UNSW secures development approval for 12-storey building

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Artist’s impression: UNSW Sydney’s new Education Building. (Image: Architectus) UNSW Sydney has secured State Significant Development (SSD) approval for a new 12-storey Education Building (G25), marking a milestone in the university’s long-term campus development strategy. Located on the eastern side of UNSW Kensington, the building will deliver a vertical campus with more than 20,000 square metres of purpose-built space. It will also include research and clinical facilities for UNSW’s School of Psychology. UNSW vice-chancellor and president professor Attila Brungs said the approval reflects the university’s commitment to creating environments where students can thrive. “The new G25 building is an investment in people – in our students, our educators and future generations,” said Brungs. “By expanding our teaching capacity and creating inclusive, future-ready learning spaces, we are strengthening our ability to deliver accessible education that empowers students with the ski...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Multiplex tops out $194 million Market Way student tower

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Multiplex marks the topping out of Market Way. (Images: Multiplex) Multiplex has topped out Journal Student Living’s $194 million purpose-built student accommodation (PSBA) Market Way project at 100 Franklin Street in Melbourne’s CBD, marking a milestone for the 40-level development. Located in the Queen Victoria Market precinct, Market Way comprises 715 rooms, providing 1,010 student beds across shared and individual configurations. With more than 3,000 square metres of communal space, resident amenities include a library, study rooms, gym, music and gaming rooms, cinema and rooftop terrace. Designed by COX Architecture, the development also features over 350 square metres of retail space and a basement loading bay. Aligned with students’ preferred mode of transport, 172 bicycle spaces are included instead of on-site car parking. Related stories: New $835 million John Hunter Hospital moves closer to completion Multiplex awarded Canberra lyric theatre contract Multiplex tops...
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Construcciones Yamaro: New location and categories for 2026 Women in Industry Awards

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The 2026 Women in Industry Awards will be held at Doltone House Darling Island Wharf in Sydney. (Image: Prime Creative Media) Returning in 2026, the Women in Industry Awards are back to celebrate and recognise the outstanding women who are redefining what is possible across construction, transport, mining, engineering, logistics, manufacturing and beyond. ​This year’s awards will feature a new location and four new award categories designed to represent a wider range of talent and skills across more industries. ​Moving from Melbourne, the 2026 awards will be held at Doltone House Darling Island Wharf in Sydney on 18 June. “This move makes sense for the direction of the awards. The industry is growing, so naturally we wanted to expand the awards program to accommodate a wider audience,” said Caitlyn Douglas, event producer at Prime Creative Media. Related stories: Advancing women in the global const...
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