Revitalising a historic location in Sydney’s East  

“We truly believe this project will transform Oxford Street and be a catalyst in restoring Paddington to one of Australia’s leading leisure and lifestyle precincts,” said Nathan Chivas, Managing Director at Central Element. 

The adaptive reuse of the historic location into Australia’s first 25hours 109-key hotel and entertainment venue will significantly contribute to the uplift of Sydney’s East. The original building was the site of Marshall’s Paddington Brewery before being replaced by West’s Olympia Pictures in 1911.  

Guests at Oxford Street Paddington will enjoy premium amenities including a rooftop bar, restaurants, live music facilities and ground floor retail. Developed for Ennismore in collaboration with TZG, Central Element, Boston Global Group, 24 hours hotel, BGE Engineering, Woods Bagot, Indykia and Accor.

Delivering the second ADC in Coles’ network

Celebrating the completion of Coles’ 187,000sqm Kemps Creek Automated Distribution Centre (ADC) with repeat client Goodman. Previous projects include an ADC at Goodman’s Redbank Motorway Estate which opened in QLD last year and has since processed more than 140 million cartons.

Located 40 kilometres west of Sydney CBD, the ADC has been designed to provide better availability for customers and create safer, more efficient outcomes for team members and suppliers. The site spans 187,000sqm – with a building size of 66,000sqm, making it  one of the biggest and most productive automated distribution centres in the world.

Once operating at full capacity, the Kemps Creek facility will service 229 New South Wales and ACT stores, with the site able to process more than four million cartons per week, the equivalent of 32 million products sold in stores. Over the course of a year, this is around 1.6 billion sales units.

Chief Executive Officer Leah Weckert said she was proud of all the hard work the team had put into the opening of Coles’ second ADC. “Today marks a key milestone on our roadmap…with a world-class facility that will deliver improved availability for our NSW customers.”

“We have seen great improvements in availability for our customers in Queensland and Northern New South Wales following the opening of Redbank ADC in Queensland last year – and I’m excited to see this second ADC bring these same benefits to NSW.”

Coles Group Chairman James Graham AM said he was extremely pleased to see this major investment in Coles’ supply chain come to fruition. “Over 4,400 people contributed more than 1.8 million working hours to building the site, installing the automation and getting the system ready for operation – it is an achievement that everyone should be very proud of.”

The Kemps Creek ADC is fitted with 3.5-megawatt rooftop solar, which is among the largest rooftop solar solution in the Coles network. To minimise food waste, edible food that can’t be processed to our stores will be donated to Coles’ community partners Foodbank and SecondBite.

The Kemps Creek ADC is proudly named Naady’u Gulamadda, meaning the place of the Gula (Koala).

Main structural works commence 

Another major milestone achieved at the City Tattersalls Club Redevelopment – a significant mixed-use development in the heart of Sydney’s CBD.  

Tower Crane 1 has been dismantled, marking the completion of earthworks and demolition phases after 1.5 years.  

Tower Crane 2’s installation enables work to begin on the 51-storey tower comprising 241 residential apartments and a 110-key hotel. 

Congratulations to everyone involved. 

Major milestone completion.

In collaboration with Health Infrastructure and the Western NSW Local Health District, we’ve completed the first concrete pour for the Cowra Hospital Redevelopment.

This pour forms the foundation for the ground floor of the new building, which will include the hospital’s main entry and front-of-house. Once complete, the new healthcare development will provide a modern and purpose-built facility for the Cowra Shire including:

• An emergency department
  • A general medical and surgery inpatient ward
  •    A peri-operative service
  •    A maternity unit with a dedicated nursery
  •    Ambulatory care
  •    A dental clinic
  •    Renal dialysis
  •    Oncology
  •    Community Health and Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol services
  •    The hospital’s first CT Scanner

We’re thrilled to celebrate this achievement – congratulations to our project team and delivery partners

In partnership with Health Infrastructure and the Hunter New England Health District, we’ll deliver the state-of-the-art facility comprising a new operating theatre suite, community health spaces and central sterilising department.

With over 70 health projects completed in the past 33 years, we continue to build vital health infrastructure that meets the needs of patients and the community well into the future.

Learn more about the Muswellbrook Redevelopment here.

Congratulations to our nominees 

Celebrating talent and leadership with this year’s NAWIC Awards for Excellence nominations. 

Congratulations to our nominees: 

• Morgan Shanks, Future Leader Scholarship 
• Madison Barrie, John Holland University Scholarship 
• Sarah Jabur, John Holland University Scholarship endorsement 
• Sydney Bid Team, Award for Team Innovation 

Thank you for your commitment to building a more inclusive, equitable and innovative industry.

“On one side of the river, I have painted women sitting and on the other, men…it’s important to have to have this in the artwork as women and men will be working together…” – Jayden McLachlan, Wiradjuri artist.  

‘On Country, Tread Carefully’ tells the story of RCC’s past and future projects, while acknowledging and valuing the long history, deep connection to the land and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. 

Building a bright future together with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses is the way forward. 

Title: On Country, Tread Carefully  

Artwork by Jayden McLachlan – JDz Designs 

Wiradjuri Artist Living on Ngunnawal Country. 

Congratulations Carys and Perpetua! 

Congratulations to Carys Fitzgerald and Perpetua Thabet – recipients of the University of Technology Sydney and Richard Crookes Constructions Merit Scholarship for Women. 

They now join one of the largest cadet programs in Australia– the RCC Cadet Program. Over a two-year structured program, Carys and Perpetua will work with industry leaders and gain industry experience that complements their university commitments and accelerates their careers.   

Overview  

The Richard Crookes Constructions Merit Scholarship for Women has been established to recognise the academic excellence of female students in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) and/or the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building (DAB).  

We’re committed to education, talent development and fostering diversity in our workforce. This commitment extends to advancing the industry and shaping the future through education and training. This scholarship enables us to bolster and develop the pipeline of future female industry leaders.  

Celebrating our changemakers

Our Culture Impact Awards recognise team members going above and beyond to drive a positive culture at RCC.  Each recipient was chosen for their positivity, passion and integrity.   

Our Award winners recently came together to celebrate, with a private helicopter ride over Sydney. They spotted some of our iconic projects from above, including the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct.  

Congratulations to our recipients – you set the bar high.

 

Solving the most complex health problems of today, tomorrow and the future.  

Celebrating Science Week with Centenary Institute’s talented panelists of researchers Dr Felix Marsh-Wakefield, Dr Ka Ka Ting, Dr Dean Campelj and Serena Li, moderated by Rae Johnston and hosted by Marc Pellegrini, Executive Director at Centenary Institiute.  

Finding solutions to complex health challenges requires the right environment – we’re grateful to have delivered state-of-the-art research and health facilities that support the unique needs of the research community and contribute to better global health outcomes.