CPB Contractors, as part of the Fleurieu Connections Alliance, is proud to deliver the Department for Infrastructure and Transport’s Main South Road Duplication 2 Project alongside several local Indigenous-owned subcontractors.
To date 65 local businesses, including First Nations enterprises, have been awarded contracts to provide materials and services on the project totalling at $7.7 million.
Local Indigenous-owned civil and construction company Ngurra is one of the businesses helping to deliver this project in South Australia. Ngurra is delivering essential drainage solutions and completing minor structural works on Stage 2 of the project.
At its peak, the project will support 405 full time equivalent jobs during construction, with Indigenous employment forecast to make up 9.8% of the total workforce.
CPB Contractors Group Manager, Indigenous and Social Inclusion, Sharon Gray, said: “Our project team is committed to providing Indigenous peoples, enterprises and communities with the opportunity to participate in employment, training and contracting opportunities on our projects. Part of this is a commitment to identifying opportunities to engage Indigenous enterprises and suppliers in our supply chain.”
“Connecting and collaborating has positive flow on effects beyond this scope of work as collaboration fosters knowledge-sharing and skill enhancement, demonstrating our commitment to diversity and inclusion, benefitting both Indigenous and non-Indigenous teams”.
CPB Contractors is delivering the Main South Road Duplication 2 Project as part of the Fleurieu Connections Alliance with the Department for Infrastructure and Transport, Aurecon and GHD. The project involves construction of a six-kilometre road duplication between Aldinga Road and Sellicks Beach Road, along with urban design, services installation, staging or temporary works, construction of civil and structures, including a new interchange at Aldinga, installation of road monitoring cameras and variable message sign (VMS) board, and landscaping.