Congratulations to the Toronto Police Station site ..
Last week Lahey officially launched our Indigenous Employment Program in conjunction with Hutchinson Builders Statim-Yaga (Start Work) program. We invited all Indigenous employees along with Project Managers from all of our Sydney projects, to our head office in Pyrmont to welcome them into the Lahey family and reaffirm our commitment to ongoing employee mentoring and continued professional development. Glen Duncan, Indigenous Employment Coordinator (Sydney) for Hutchinson Builders (Statim-Yaga) has been working with Vargha Zare (COO), Matt Fearnley (CM) and Bill Richards Murray (Best Practice Manager) over the past year, implementing this successful program into our existing Aboriginal Participation and Corporate…
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This Christmas Lahey once again raised money for the Sydney Children’s Hospital, The Sydney Children’s Hospital Emergency Department (ED) provides urgent medical care for more than 36,500 children each year from babies with severe infections through to teenagers with broken bones. With more than 100 children being cared for in our Emergency Department every day, the ED team need to urgently replace eight of our 18 ED Trauma Beds as these are now more than 8 years old so they are showing significant signs of wear and tear. Our goal was to raise enough money to buy two new trauma…
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Lahey Constructions has been awarded the contract for the new build and refurbishment of one of Sydney’s oldest public schools. The Alexandria Park Community School, originally established back in 1890, will be redeveloped and become the new home for the Central Sydney Intensive English High School. The rejuvenated facility will feature a new build three-storey teaching space with a gymnasium that will seamlessly link into the existing refurbished Block D building. The new space will also accommodate general and specialist learning spaces including food technology, art, science, music and performance space as well as a library and hall. The learning environment…
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Lahey Constructions attended the 2017 Master Builders Association (MBA) Awards evening held last weekend at the Star Event Centre. Thank you to MBA for putting on a spectacular night at this year’s Gala Dinner, as always a great night was had by all! Lahey would like to congratulate the Harbord Public School – New Facilities project team, who won the category for ‘Public Schools up to $15, 000,000’. This was a challenging project working adjacent to a live school site however the Principal and staff at the school were extremely accommodating and helpful throughout the project which allowed a seamless…
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In response to SafeWork NSW’s safety blitz on the construction industry in NSW, Lahey have launched a Safety Campaign and held a briefing session with industry representatives on 10th August 2017. Lahey Constructions Chief Operating Officer, Vargha Zare set the objectives for the business at the forum where it was noted, Lahey Constructions will continue to actively promote a culture that will ‘Think safety first, safety starts with you, where we will work diligently towards zero harm’. Executive Director of SafeWork NSW, Peter Dunphy, said “Every worker in the NSW construction industry has the right to a safe and healthy…
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The City of Sydney recently hosted an open day for the Green Square Community and Cultural Precinct. The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore gave an overview of the Green Square Precinct, including current and upcoming works, with Gadigal Elder, Uncle Chicka Madden, giving the Welcome to Country. The event was attended by over 150 members of the public who saw first-hand, the progress that is being made to reinvigorate and revitalise the area. Lahey are currently extending and refurbishing the Joynton Avenue Creative Centre (the former South Sydney Hospital, Esme Cahill Building), the ‘Banga’ Community Shed and the Green…
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The Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation has purchased two Pulse Oximeter Machines with the donations we raised at Christmas! Lahey’s Bid Director, Guy Tristram, visited the Hospital to experience first-hand what the machine does for the Hospital’s Sleep Medicine Unit. The machines are a simple and effective way to screen babies and children for potentially life-threatening sleep conditions by measuring oxygen levels in the blood. They help SCH identify which children need to be prioritised in sleep studies, and have dramatically reduced the extensive waiting list. The machines offer a simple and pain-free way to screen babies and children from potentially life-threatening…
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Channel 7 Sunrise morning news ran a segment on the new, Hi-Tech, Harbord Public school over the weekend. The article focused on how the school are introducing new and advanced learning techniques, by using the space and furniture to create flexible, learning environments for the staff and students. Harbord Public School have introduced innovative new ways of learning using retractable walls, stand up hover boards, interactive white boards, reading pods, Ipads and ‘writable’ white board desks which are seen as the future of education. Rob Stokes, NSW Minister for Education, stated that the Harbord School has initiated, ‘an entirely new…
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The official opening of the Alice Springs Hospital Research Education and Development (RED) Centre that took place last month was an astounding success as the NT Minister for Health, Natasha Fyles, graced us with her presence at the ceremony. The new two-storey building, also known as the Teaching and Training Facility, boasts a 100 seat theatre, training and tutorial rooms, video conference rooms, student lounge, student computer hub and office areas. The state of the art education suite is now fully operational as ASH welcomes their new interns.
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Congratulations to the Toronto Police Station site team, who recently handed over the new Toronto Police Station several weeks early and on budget. The ‘Go Live’ date for the station was 7th March, the staff are delighted with their new ‘state of the art’ facility. The new police station was constructed on the same site as the old existing station, on the corner of Cary and Thorne Street. Prior to commencing works at Toronto, the staff were temporarily relocated to the local Boolaroo Police station whilst the main construction works were undertaken at Toronto. Our team were required to make…
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