The Gorgon Project is Australia's largest resources project to date, with a capex of $43 billion.

A contract worth around $800 million has been awarded to Leighton Contractors for the Gorgon Project in Western Australia.

The Gorgon Project is Australia's largest resources project to date, with a capex of $43 billion. (Forkliftaction.com News #429).

The company will deliver the civil and underground works package, which is the second contract it has won in relation to the project.

Currently, the company is completing works on the 2.1km LNG jetty and marine structures in consortium with Saipem, in a contract worth $1.1 billion.

Work on the second contract will begin immediately, with completion expected by mid-2013.