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Last Friday, we held a special BBQ at the workshop to celebrate four of our staff members reaching their Years of Service Milestone with Perkins Builders; a total of 55 Years of Service!

First congratulations went to Rod Birkin from our Asset & Logistics team for reaching his 5 Years of Service.

Darren Williams and Graham Fiegert, both South West Site Managers have reached an impressive 15 Years of Service.

And the last milestone celebrated was an incredible 20 Years of Service for Kane Westbrook, Site Manager.

Working on sites over the South West and Peel Region, we are thankful for the loyalty, dedication and skill each bring to the team. Our people are our greatest asset, and we take pride in watching them grow and develop their career with Perkins and enjoy recognising and celebrating these milestones as a team.

Thank you to you all!

📸 L to R: Rod, Darren, Graham, Kane with our General Manager – South West, Derek.

🥇 Contractor of the Year 🥇

We are delighted to announce Perkins Builders was awarded Contractor of the Year at the Annual Department of Finance Supplier Performance Awards 2023.

Held on Monday, these awards recognise suppliers who consistently deliver excellent outcomes for the WA community on projects completed in collaboration with the WA Government.

“This year’s Best Contractor was awarded to Perkins Builders, a standout winner due to their proactive approach to problem solving and impressive work on the Australind Senior High School forward works, the Bunbury Senior High School cafeteria and refurbishment and the Collie Health Service Stage 2 project.”

Congratulations and thank you to our valued subcontractors and suppliers and of course, the Perkins Team for their efforts on these projects. Without them, this outstanding result would not have been possible.

To learn more about the awards, you read the WA Government press release.

📸: Department of Finance

On Wednesday 20th September the Sod was turned at Perth Airport, formally commencing the works at our latest project with Perth Airport. Perkins Builders will be constructing a new Code C hangar with workshop, warehouse and office building space with additional apron space. The design will provide the flexibility for VARA (VARA – Virgin Australia Group’s regional and charter flying operation) to grow its operations at Perth Airport.

To read more about this project and the impact it will have on the regional aviation sector, you can visit the Perth Airport website here. 

Above Photo: Courtesy of Perth Airport.  [L-R] Raymond Daly, Operations Manager Perkins Builders, Nathan Miller, Executive General Manager VARA, Robert Cole, Chairman Perth Airport, Kate Holsgrove, A/CEO Perth Airport, James Webb, Construction Manager West Coast Civil.

Our recently completed project for Catholic Homes in Belmont has been handed over, and the building officially opened with a blessing ceremony on Thursday 14th September.

Now named the  Sister Mary Glowrey Residential Care Facility to honour the life of a pioneering Australian female doctor who followed her vocation into religious life to care for the poor and marginalised, the residential care facility brings 96 new aged care beds into the region.

The facility offers ageing-in-place, dementia care and palliative care, in a comfortable and home-like environment and features open-air courtyards with covered balconies, a tree-lined sensory garden space, a wellness centre, staff and meeting/training rooms, and a coffee bar.

We would like to thank everyone involved in bringing this project to fruition and hope the residents enjoy their new home.

To read more about the project, see our project page here or the Cathloic Homes website here.

Photos courtesy of Catholic Homes. 

The month of September is an important time for us to focus on the mental health and well-being of those around us both at work and at home and ask Are you Ok?

R U OK Day & Mates in Construction Fly the Flag Day are held on Thursday 14th of September and World Suicide Prevention Day Sunday 10th of September.

To encourage conversation Perkins  conducted toolbox talks on all of our projects at 7am on Thursday 14th of September.

Life presents all of us at some stage with challenging circumstances that can make us feel overwhelmed, unsure or unsettled. When that happens it’s comforting to know that there is someone we can talk to who can help us through it. On R U OK Day we remind everyone that every day is the day to think about who you might need to check in with.

Never be scared to start the conversation and ask someone Are You Ok?

On Saturday 20th August, the Master Builders-Bankwest South West Building Excellence Awards were held in Bunbury, celebrating the very best of the South West’s building and construction industry.  Perkins Builders are delighted to announce our success:

Our commitment to training the next generation of builders was recognised with the Employer Trainer of the Year Award and the Employer Safety Award; we are extremely proud of our apprenticeship and training program and to be recognised by our industry peers is the highest compliment.

At Perkins, we are dedicated to creating a safe work environment for all who enter a our sites and this was formally recognised with the Excellence in Workplace Health and Safety Award for our Australind Senior High School project which is currently under construction.

We were awarded with Best Industrial Building $5-10M for Koolinup Emergency Services Centre in Collie and Best Aged Care Building $20-50M for Capecare Dunsborough. These awards are fantastic recognition of Perkins’ commitment to our clients and bringing each project to life with the attention to detail and quality a Perkins project is renound for.

The culmination of the night was our Capecare Dunsborough project being awarded the 2022 Bankwest Best Regional Project – South West Region.

Thank you to our valued subcontractors and suppliers for your efforts and thank you to the whole Perkins Team, from the those working on site and directly on the project, to our support teams in safety, finance, HR and admin. It is the dedication and hard work from all that makes these outstanding results possible.

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Perkins Builders are pleased to announce our success at the Master Builders Association of Western Australia Excellence in Construction Awards, being awarded Best Public Use Building $20-$50m for our Perth Airport International Gate Upgrade Project. Following on from our win last year for Workplace Health and Safety, this even further outstanding recognition of the commitment and hard work by all involved on this project.

Perkins would like to thank our valued client, Perth Airport and the team of subcontractors, suppliers and consultants for their efforts. Congratulations!