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August 3, 2017
Grocon’s Parklands exceeds training hours target
Developer and builder Grocon has exceeded its training targets on the Parklands Project with a celebration kicking off on site yesterday morning to commemorate the momentous achievement. Representatives from the Queensland Department of Education and Training, Subcontractors, Parklands Apprentices, Short Course, Certificate and Diploma students, Gold Coast School of Construction and Construction Skills Queensland will […]
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July 17, 2017
Grocon announces new membership of Supply Nation
Grocon is delighted to announce its new membership of Supply Nation. Grocon CEO Craig Mitchell said “Our membership of Supply Nation embodies our commitment to diversity both in our workforce and within our procurement processes.” Even prior to its membership of Supply Nation, Grocon has spearheaded the following procurement initiatives: • Working with Reconciliation Australia […]
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July 11, 2017
Grocon’s Parklands Project hosts Construction Skill’s Queensland Try’a Tradie
Aspiring young tradies will gain hands on experience at a Try’a Trade at Grocon’s Parklands Project this Wednesday. The event is jointly hosted by Grocon, Construction Skills Queensland (CSQ), World Skills and TAFE Queensland SkillsTech. Try’a Tradie aims to help attract enthusiastic young people to the construction industry by motivating participants through skills development workshops. […]
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June 28, 2017
Federal funding boost to Homes for Homes to increase supply of affordable housing
The Turnbull Government today announced a boost to the supply of social and affordable housing with a $6 million investment in The Big Issues’ Homes for Homes initiative. Federal Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, joined Homes for Homes Chair, Sonya Clancy, and David Waldren from Grocon on a site visit Grocon’s Greenwich Fairfield development […]
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June 20, 2017
Construction has commenced on Grocon’s luxurious Twenty95 Manly
Construction has commenced on Grocon’s luxurious Twenty95 Manly following the selection of Construction Profile as the design and construct contractor for the development. Head of Residential, Christian Grahame, said “Twenty95 is set to enhance the bustling beachside suburb of Manly and we’re excited to have Construction Profile on board to deliver this high quality product” […]
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June 15, 2017
VBA Audit – 9 Riverside Quay, Southbank (Eureka Tower)
The Victorian Building Authority undertook a series of audits on buildings in Victoria to determine whether there has been “potential non-compliant use of cladding” on buildings. In early 2016 the VBA web site, as part of that audit, identified possible “non-compliant material” at the Eureka Tower site. The VBA referred their audit outcome to the […]
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May 30, 2017
Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan
MEDIA RELEASE The builder of the Parklands Project, Grocon, has marked National Reconciliation Week by granting an Indigenous Support Scholarship to a Griffith University student. 17 year old Kiarna Broomhead is a rarest of students – the only indigenous women among 250 students studying first year engineering at Griffith University. The $5000 cash scholarship to […]
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February 21, 2017
Parklands Village emerges as a riot of colour
The Gold Coast’s Parklands redevelopment is emerging in a blaze of colour, with developer Grocon well advanced in creating the new 29-hectare village. In the second half of 2018 the site will become a new residential, retail and business community with a seven-hectare public park. In a deliberate move away from the Gold Coast’s predominantly […]
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February 14, 2017
Construction is underway at Grocon’s $40 million Greenwich Fairfield Apartments.
Construction has commenced on Grocon’s $40 million Greenwich Fairfield project in Melbourne’s inner-suburban Fairfield. The official start of construction was marked today with the first ‘turning of the sod’ by Cr Susan Rennie from the City of Darebin, Grocon’s Executive Chairman Daniel Grollo and Jason O’Hara, Construction Director of Atelier Projects. The former RSL site […]
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September 5, 2016
Grocon Safety Update September 2016
Dear Valued Clients and Partners This is my first opportunity to write to you with an update of our Safety Performance. While I am very happy to provide you with our latest quarterly update I thought it might be helpful to put the update into a broader context. Many organisations in our industry report […]
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