After a busy few months in the plan and design phase, Rork Projects are pleased to announce a significant milestone in our residential new build project with DeMartini Fletcher, at 191 Stratton Terrace, Brisbane. The momentous occasion took place last Thursday with a sod turning and traditional Smoking Ceremony held by the original custodians of the land, representatives from the Quandamooka …
Rork Projects – WINNERS of the Master Builders Award for WH&S
We are extremely proud to announce that Rork Projects has won the Master Builders ACT Excellence Award for WH&S Commercial, for our Westpac Project COVID Response. Five days after we started this project, COVID-19 was declared a worldwide pandemic. As our industry was navigating new territory, we had to develop and implement our own robust management and response plan to deal with the …
THREE IN A ROW
For the third year in a row, Rork Projects has been recognised as an Employer of Choice in The Australian Business Awards (ABA) 2021. Managing Director, Brian O’Rourke said he attributes Rork’s success to stable leadership and consistent delivery of key objectives over last 12 months. “The proof of this comes down to achieving a growth of headcount during challenging …
28 King Street Has Arrived
Rork Projects is extremely proud to announce the completion of our flagship project at 28 King Street. Working in collaboration with DeMartini Fletcher, Rork Projects Head Contracted the multi-level commercial new build project located in Caboolture, Brisbane. The two-storey office building achieved ‘Australian Excellence’ standard with a 5 Star Greenstar and 5 Star NABERS certification, and its success leading to two …
Welcome to Indigenous Business Month
October is celebrated as Indigenous Business month. Indigenous Business Month was established back in 2015 as a way of promoting First Nations’ business as a vehicle towards self-determination, a way of providing positive role models for Indigenous Australians, and improving quality of life in Indigenous communities. Indigenous individuals, businesses and organisations make significant contributions to the Australian economy every day. …
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 …
R U OK?
R U OK? Day is a day to remind ourselves to reach out to those around us, and ask them – are you really ok? Because it’s ok to admit that you are not OK. With four out of five of our Rork Projects offices in lockdown, this is a very timely reminder to not just check in on our friends, …
Contemporary Indigenous Artwork at Tuggeranong
Rork Projects were recently engaged by ACT Government TCCS to design and construct the new toilet block at Tuggeranong Lake, with the new toilets to provide service for the existing bike training park, indigenous meeting ground, BBQ area and pedestrian path. The toilets were designed with the intent that the new toilet block would not impede the views of the lake and …
PCA Reconciliation Series
Thank you to everyone who attended last weeks incredible event with the Property Council Victoria. We are so proud to have been able to partner with you to deliver this event, a wonderful finish to this new event series. Reconciliation is a journey that we need to keep walking together, every day of the year. Thank you to our speakers Jeremy Loeliger, Penelope …
PCA Mentorship Program
Rork Projects would like to take this time to congratulate Jamie Porter and Conor Mc Gread MRICS, who have recently been accepted into the Property Council of Australia‘s Mentorship Program for 2021/22. The program is a unique annual mentoring experience within the property Industry that sees a select group of people (both mentors and mentees) matched across a wide range of organisations. This is a great …