Celebrating a Transformative Year

Wellness in Infrastructure: 2024 Year in Review

As we approach the end of the year, we at Wellness in Infrastructure are excited to celebrate the milestones we’ve achieved throughout 2024! This year has been a remarkable journey of growth and evolution for our company. Our expanded partnerships and collaborative efforts within the industry have been instrumental in driving our mission forward — to improve the mental health and wellbeing of those within the infrastructure construction sector.

Acknowledging Foundational Donor Support

First and foremost, thank you to the first of our incredible foundational partnership donors from  John Holland, Downer, McConnell Dowell, Chief Group, and Alchimie. Your financial support and genuine backing of our mission has been instrumental in advancing our work and enabling us to achieve our goals.

Recognising Our Volunteers

A heartfelt thank you to our passionate and dedicated volunteers, whose time and effort have been vital to our success this year. Your contributions inspire us to forge ahead and achieve as many positive changes for the industry as possible.

Emily Trevaskis (from Alchimie) has done an exemplary job leading our National Working Group of volunteers and has been supported by the amazing Andrea Sargent (from CPB) who is our Deputy Chair of the National Working Group. These two women are incredible change makers and inspirational leaders. We are so lucky to have them on our team and can’t wait to see all that they achieve in 2025.

Special thanks to the leaders of our sub- working groups, where the real magic happens: Ellen Connor (from FSC Group) and Will Phillips (from BMD). 

A huge shout-out also needs to go to Sal Al Mulla (from Laing O’Rourke) for leading our Executive Advisory Committee and our newly appointed Deputy Chair of the EAC, Nicole Neal (from McConnell Dowell). The EAC has been undergoing a large transformation this year and we are excited to see its new look priorities and goals for 2025, as it will be an instrumental group to our success.

Thanking Our Associates

Wellness in Infrastructure’s mission is to actively bring together the infrastructure construction industry and facilitate the open sharing of ideas. This is achieved with the support of our 50+ individual volunteers and their parent companies, which include Laing O’Rourke, CPB, BMD, Seymour Whyte, Chief Group, Alchimie, FSC, A2B Personal, ACCIONA, Danald Cant Watts Corke, UGL Limited, John Holland, McConnell Dowell, ARUP, Downer, Fulton Hogan and Bouygues Construction.

Appreciating Our Board

We extend our deepest gratitude to our Board members, whose leadership and guidance have been invaluable throughout the year: Prof. the Hon. Jill Hennessy GAICD, Grant Fuller (from Alchimie), Dr. David Sims (from John Holland), Mark Rogers (from Consult Australia), Prof. Luke Downey (from Swinburne), James Wiley (from PwC) and Rebecca Dickson (from Pinsent Masons). Your commitment to our mission, words of wisdom and guidance, and passion to see the industry healthy and well, has been instrumental in shaping our success this year.

Key Milestones and Achievements
  1. We were honoured to be a finalist in the CCF Vic Gala Awards in May, nominated for Innovation Excellence.
  2. We spoke at numerous industry conferences and expos.
  3. Welcoming our first full-time employee in July, we celebrated a significant milestone by hiring our first full-time team member, Laura Harris, as our Operations Manager.
  4. Welcoming new Board Member We were thrilled to welcome Rebecca Dickson to our Board of Directors. Her leadership and industry experience are invaluable as we navigate the next phase of our journey.
  5. Expanding our digital presence This year saw our official website and Instagram page launch, providing new platforms to connect with our audience, share resources, and amplify our message of wellness in the construction industry.
  6. LinkedIn growth Our LinkedIn presence flourished, with 936 new followers joining our community. This growth reflects the increasing recognition of the importance of wellness in our industry and the value of our work.

Driving Industry Insights

  1. Industry workshop in July we hosted a successful industry workshop that brought together over 100 participants from across the sector. This event provided a valuable opportunity to delve into the findings of our 2023 wellness survey and engage in meaningful discussions about actionable strategies to improve industry wellbeing. Thank you to Engineers Australia for hosting us at their Bourke Street event space.
  2. Strategic partnerships In a major collaborative effort, we partnered with the Australian Constructors Association and their Construction Industry Culture Taskforce. Together, we provided feedback on their Wellbeing Action Plan template tool, contributing to a resource that will shape better practices across the industry.

Looking Ahead

As we close 2024, we’re energised by the progress we’ve made and the partnerships we’ve built. The foundation laid this year positions us for even greater impact in 2025. We remain committed to fostering a wellness, collaboration, and innovation culture in infrastructure construction.

  1. Psychosocial audit tool coming soon. In accordance with relevant legislation and AS/NZS ISO 45003:2021, this secure web-based application is currently in development by WII, supported by funding from McConnell Dowell.
  1. Our highly successful Emperor Resilience Mentoring Program is ready to go for another year, and we are accepting expressions of interest from sponsors who would like to back another round of worthy mentees in 2025 to complete this life changing program. Email Hello@wellnessii.org.au if you would like to sponsor this initiative.

 

Once again, thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout this transformative year. Here’s to an even brighter and more impactful year ahead. Stay safe and well over the holiday season, and we’ll see you in 2025!

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