RORK PROJECTS ACHIEVES MAJOR MILESTONE Twenty-five years ago, Brian O’Rourke found himself at a career crossroads. In his mid-20s, he had just been made redundant from one of the country’s largest furniture suppliers and was facing an uncertain future. But Brian was never one to let an opportunity go to waste. Capitalising on the opening in the market created by …
WINNERS: NAWIC Awards
We are so proud to have won the Award for Diversity and Inclusion at the National Association of Women in Construction (Australia National) Crystal Vision Awards held in Canberra on Friday. We pride ourselves in creating opportunities and facilitating career progression regardless of gender, race and background. In fact, at Rork Projects more than 50% of our employees represent cultural backgrounds from …
A Perfect Outcome
As an Indigenous company we value working with businesses that share similar values to ours. Finding opportunities to reduce, reuse and recycle materials through our projects is important to us at Rork Projects, and we are really excited to be partnering with environmental innovators Perfect Contracting on our project in Marsfield, Sydney. The project involves demolishing a three-storey office tower …
Rork are helping GIVIT to the Community
Rork Projects team in Sydney took the initiative to avoid land fill and give to those in need by auditing and rehoming an entire floor of furniture from one of our recent projects at Darling Park Tower 2. We are incredibly proud to partner with the charity organisation GIVIT, who are helping us to deliver our agreed waste management and …
NEW: Rork + PCA Reconciliation Event Series
As we approach the 20th Anniversary of the official Reconciliation Week in Australia, Rork Projects are proud to announce their partnership with the Property Council of Australia for a new event series. ‘The Reconciliation Series’ will be held across the East Coast capitols Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra. Whilst 2021 marks twenty years of Reconciliation Australia and almost three decades …
Rork delivers for Parramatta
Western Sydney now has access to a new, state of the art NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) registry in the Parramatta CBD, delivered by Rork Projects and officially opened to the public in February. NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman, City of Parramatta Lord Mayor Cr Bob Dwyer and President of the NCAT Justice Lea Armstrong were all in attendance at …
Rork Projects launches new national event series
Rork Projects is proud to announce the launch of a new annual event series, Constructive Conversations, bringing together industry experts to share their perspectives and insights for the year ahead. Brisbane will kick off the Constructive Conversations series on the 11 February, with the Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne events to follow. Rork Projects Managing Director, Brian O’Rourke said that the …
A lift up at St Brigid’s
New photos show pre-assembly of the galvanised steel lift shaft that has been constructed as part of Rork Projects’ refurbishment works at St Brigid’s in Double Bay. This significant undertaking is a holding point for the project and doubles as a secondary check for glazing measurements. Upon sign-off, the lift shaft will be disassembled and epoxy coated before being reassembled …
Southgate’s countdown to Christmas
After almost four months of alternating day and night shift work, the Southgate Shopping Centre’s vertical transport upgrade works are nearing completion as programmed. All the moving walks are now back in service with the final remaining pair of escalators due to open at the end of November and in time for the Christmas shopping period. The combination of a …
Back to Back Employer of Choice Win for Rork
For the second consecutive year, Rork Projects has been recognised as an Employer of Choice (EOC) in The Australian Business Awards 2020.