Workforce
We are taking active steps to make the construction industry a more diverse, inclusive and safe place to work
Long working hours, a lack of diversity, and the poor overall wellbeing of workers continues to impede the construction industry's ability to attract and maintain workers. This has led to serious skills and capacity shortfall across the sector, a shortage of 197,000 skilled workers.
We are working with industry to roll out initiatives to improve working conditions and address the issues preventing women and other underrepresented groups from entering and remaining in the industry.
We are an active member of the Construction Industry Culture Taskforce (CICT) and we are currently trialing the CICT's Culture Standard on our Mulgoa Road Stage 1 project.
We have also launched our Aboriginal Participation Strategy (APS), which is aligned to the NSW Government’s Aboriginal Procurement Policy and supports our commitment to increase aboriginal participation on our projects.
Working with industry
Culture Standard trial
We are partnering with the Culture in Construction Taskforce to trial their draft Culture Standard for the Construction Industry on the Mulgoa Road Stage 1 project out in Western Sydney.
Pre-qualification workshops
In partnership with the NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce we ran pre-qualification workshops to support more Aboriginal businesses to enter the supply chain.
Aboriginal Participation Strategy
The Aboriginal Participation Strategy supports our Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to influence Aboriginal community economic development and create more opportunities for involvement in our projects.
Breaking down barriers to progress for women in engineering
Women face a number of career-limiting challenges throughout their working lives, especially if they work in male dominated industries like construction. One way to combat this is by providing opportunities for women to grow their professional networks and find mentors they can look up to and learn from.
