Engineers welcome bid to rein in cost blowouts in Victorian government projects

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Engineers welcome bid to rein in cost blowouts in Victorian government projects
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Victoria’s treasurer, Tim Pallas, says government will standardise construction contracts and set up register of projects

Civil engineers have welcomed a move by the Victorian treasurer, Tim Pallas, to overhaul the way the state awards construction contracts in a bid to rein in cost blowouts in its $21.3bn a year “big build” infrastructure program.

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