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Construcciones Yamaro: How Australia can leverage international construction expertise

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Australia’s infrastructure pipeline is increasing demand for skilled workers. (Image: Nuttapong punna/stock.adobe.com) Australia’s construction workforce shortages show why international expertise should be assessed on capability, not geography, writes Ajay Adhikari. By Ajay Adhikari, contract management and procurement professional. Australia’s infrastructure pipeline is placing heavy demand on an already stretched workforce. Infrastructure Australia’s 2025 Infrastructure Market Capacity report projects that the infrastructure workforce shortage could exceed 300,000 full-time-equivalent workers by mid-2027. Despite this demand, international construction expertise can be screened out through one familiar phrase: “lack of local experience”. From international experience to local practice Local experience can represent legitimate knowledge. Australian contract forms, legislation, procurement systems and workplace expectations all need to be understood. The problem arises when ge...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Green light for $3.5 billion Castlereagh Place development

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The 82-storey towers will be among the tallest in Sydney’s CBD. (Images: Billbergia Group and Metrics Credit Partners) The City of Sydney has approved plans for the $3.5 billion Castlereagh Place development, with demolition and early construction works now under way. The mixed-use project by Billbergia Group and Metrics Credit Partners will comprise two 82-storey towers containing 607 apartments above an eight-level podium with a 209-room hotel. The development will also include a 1,000-square-metre civic park at ground level, along with food, beverage and retail offerings. A three-level building on the corner of Pitt and Liverpool streets will form the gateway to the precinct and is designed to accommodate multiple hospitality venues. Billbergia Group director Joseph Kinsella said Castlereagh Place will create a lively mixed-use destination. “It will bring the vibrancy of places like Barangaroo and Darling Quarter into a more accessible, central destination at the very heart of...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Indigenous artwork celebrates Komatsu and Clontarf partnership

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L-R: Marcus Harrold, general manager, employment at Clontarf Foundation; artist Jermaine Miller-Lewis; Grant Morgan, senior people and culture manager at Komatsu Australia; and Glenn Swift, regional general manager, western region at Komatsu Australia. (Image: Komatsu Australia) Komatsu Australia has partnered with Noongar and Yamatji man Jermaine Miller-Lewis to create an Indigenous artwork celebrating its partnership with the Clontarf Foundation. The design will feature on a new employee polo shirt. Miller-Lewis, based in Perth, was part of the Clontarf Foundation during his teenage years. The not-for-profit organisation supports young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men through education, mentoring and employment pathways. Komatsu Australia has partnered with Clontarf for the past six years, supporting the foundation through mentoring and career opportunities, work experience, mock interviews and funding to help empower Indigenous students to achieve their potential. This ye...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Tunnelling begins on South Australia’s $15.4 billion T2D project

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Project representatives inspected TBM Mary as tunnelling commenced on the Southern Tunnel. (Images: South Australian Government) After months spent assembling one of the largest machines ever used in South Australia, tunnelling is now underway on the $15.4 billion River Torrens to Darlington (T2D) project to deliver a non-stop South Road. Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Mary has started excavating the first 4.5-kilometre Southern Tunnel from the Southern Precinct at Clovelly Park to Glandore. Operating 24/7, Mary will progress about eight to 10 metres per day, with up to 20 specialised workers inside at any one time as she embarks on the state’s first major underground road tunnelling project. Mary’s first components arrived in Adelaide in October 2025. Since then, each component has been lifted into the launch box by a 500-tonne gantry crane before being assembled into the mega machine. Measuring about 100 metres in length, 15 metres in diameter and weighing 3,500 tonnes, Mary is one...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Building Tasmania launched to drive infrastructure delivery

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Building Tasmania will support major infrastructure, housing, road and public transport projects across the state. (Image: Rachael Bowes/stock.adobe.com) The Tasmanian Government has launched Building Tasmania, a new central agency designed to accelerate infrastructure delivery across the state. Tasmanian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Kerry Vincent said the establishment of Building Tasmania marked an important step in the state’s approach to project delivery. “For the first time, Tasmania will have a single agency dedicated to delivering the major projects our communities rely on every day. This is about clearer accountability, stronger coordination and better outcomes for Tasmanians,” said Vincent. “By centralising infrastructure delivery, we can reduce duplication, streamline decision-making and ensure we are delivering homes, roads, schools and many other projects in the best possible way.” Related stories: NESCAFÉ and R U OK? connect construction teams Autodesk...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Winners of biophilic design awards announced

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The Quandamooka Arts & Culture Centre received two honours at the 2026 awards. (Image: COX Architecture) A First Nations cultural centre has been named among the winners of the 2026 Living Future Oceania Biophilic Design Awards. Announced at an event hosted at COX Architecture’s Sydney studio on 2 July, the awards recognised projects from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand that use biophilic design to connect people, place and nature. The Quandamooka Arts & Culture Centre (QUAMPI) by COX Architecture and Canopy House by Brett Hulley Architecture were recognised in the Buildings Scale Award category. The Kingsbury Glasshouse Project by Tessa Kingsbury Architect received the Interiors and Renovations Award. QUAMPI was also named the inaugural recipient of the Visionary Award, a new category introduced in 2026 to recognise projects of any scale that demonstrate a biophilic design approach that is socially just, culturally rich and ecologically restorative. Related stories: ...
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Construcciones Yamaro: AI tools to improve HVAC worker safety on construction sites

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The tools draw on AMCA-approved documentation. (Image: Washburn/stock.adobe.com) Workers in Australia’s HVAC and mechanical services sector will soon have faster access to safety information on construction sites through a new AI tool developed by the ARM Hub AI Adopt Centre. The AI OHS Assistant has been developed for the Air-Conditioning and Mechanical Contractors Association of Australia (AMCA), which represents more than 130 businesses involved in the installation and servicing of commercial HVAC and mechanical services systems. The tool allows workers to ask safety questions in plain language and receive immediate answers drawn from AMCA-approved documentation, including safe work procedures, instructions and method statements. Each response is linked back to an approved AMCA document. If a question falls outside the system’s knowledge base or requires human judgement, it is escalated to a supervisor instead of generating an unsupported answer. Related stories: Coates expan...
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