Women's Forum Series

Womens Forum Series

RCC’s first Women’s Forum, based on the topic of ‘resilience’, featured a keynote speech from a strong and inspirational Australian philanthropist, Susan Alberti. Female staff came together from across NSW and ACT to listen, discuss, network and of course… lunch.

The RCC Women’s Forum Series is designed to provide our female staff with the opportunity to network, share knowledge and access personal and professional development in a supportive, relaxed and fun environment. RCC understands the need to support our staff and the wider industry to ensure women in construction have access to a level playing field and can be professionally and personally successful.

Laura Durkan, Head of Human Resources, says she feels the Women’s Forum Series is a critical element in delivering on RCC’s commitment to diversity and inclusion. “We are grateful to have an incredible cohort of women working for RCC. This is an opportunity for us to show them how valued their input into the day-to-day and long term strategic operations of our business is”

RCC’s commitment to diversity is about more than fairness and retaining our fantastic staff; we believe that diversity breeds innovation and drives the growth of a stronger RCC and construction industry.

Laura says the decision to choose ‘resilience’ as the theme for the first Womens Forum was inspired by “the stories of some of RCC’s strongest female leaders and the fierce dedication, self-belief and mental toughness which has supported them throughout their careers. We wanted to give the women in our business an opportunity to share their personal and industry experience and find strength in that shared knowledge and support network”. The key note speech, workshops and presentations on the day inspired a robust discussion around the current state of ‘women in construction’ and will inform the organisations action plan to work toward a diverse and inclusive industry.

We sincerely thank Susan Alberti who joined us on the day to share her incredible story. Her journey and resilience under testing circumstances is inspirational and speaks to her guts and determination.
As the Women’s Forum was structured as a lunch and learn event, the day would not have been complete without the addition of a delicious lunch, supplied by the skillful Little Jones Food Co.

 

Lunch - Little Jones & Co

Ladies Lunching

Susan Alberti

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drayton House

Drayton House RACF

Residents are now moving into their new home at Drayton House in Bellevue Hill. Our project team completed the Drayton House 65 bed Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) in September.

Industry visitors have commented on the quality of workmanship and final presentation of the building, which features state of the art 6 star hotel finishes, raising the bar in the aged care sector.

The 65 bed RACF is 3-4 storeys and boasts a roof garden and ground level communal space as well as a dining room, commercial kitchen and theatre.

We are proud to have delivered this beautiful home for residents just 100 metres from the iconic Sydney Harbour and are glad to hear they are settling in well.

Drayton House Exterior

Drayton Dining

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drayton Dining

 

 

 

 

 

Tuggeranong Office Park – ACT

The Tuggeranong Office Park (TOP) project has reached practical completion! A joint venture with FDC, the 50,000m2 commercial facility in Canberra will house 2500 Department of Social Services (DSS) staff.

Involving state of the art technology and high level security infrastructure, the integrated fit out will allow DSS staff to commence moving in after the official opening this week.

TOP Key Features

  • New 7 storey commercial building
  • Over 30,400sqm of net lettable office space, basement car parking, tenant storage, café, large central atrium, and rooftop BBQ facilities
  • 5 Star Green Star, 4.5 star NABERS design, As-built rating
  • Integrated fitout for the Department of Social Services (DSS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out drone footage of the finished product:

 

 

 

 

Data Arena 2

Virtual design and construction on UTS Central

RCC is embracing the use of Virtual Reality (VR) on the UTS Central project by integrating traditional design methodology with ‘new-age’ digital design process. With global markets recognising the need for BIM implementation, this approach is changing the way RCC manage stakeholder engagement on our projects. The UTS Central project has given our team the opportunity to utilise virtual models in a VR space (UTS Data Arena) to display enhanced virtualisation of the design. This has improved the stakeholder’s knowledge of what the finished, fitted-out space will look like once completed.

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Sara Tait GC Marathon 2017

Meet Sara Tait

Let us introduce you to an inspiring young woman who we are proud to be supporting on her rise to the top.
Sara Tait, now at the young age of 19, has represented Australia in Wheelchair Racing and Wheelchair Basketball and is currently a National and World Champion Para-triathlete and part-time University Student. Sara was born with Spina Bifida and requires a wheelchair as her primary mode of transport but says she has never seen her disability as a reason not to aim to fulfil her dreams.

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Lawson Clinic Sod Turning Ceremony

Lawson Clinic Sod Turning

The first soil has been turned on the Lawson Clinic project!

The ceremony for the mental health facility in the NSW suburb of Gordon, was attended by both Lawson Clinic and RCC personnel as well as local politicians, Paul Fletcher (member for Bradfield) and Alister Henskens (member for Ku-Ring- Gai).

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St Leonards Clinic Topping Out 1

St Leonards Clinic Topping Out

Topping out celebrations for the St Leonards Clinic project were carried out on site with a lunch as the traditional tree was lifted onto the completed structure. Ramsay Health Care and Northside clinic staff as well as several doctors and nurses who will use the facility attended, and it was our pleasure to provide them with a site tour and take them through the prototypes for the future clinic bedroom with ensuite and doctors consult room.

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