CCF SA Annual Snapshot 2021-2022

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Ekberg Director – Industry Engagement

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ANNUAL SNAPSHOT

OUR ANNUAL SNAPSHOT provides an overview of the activities and performance of the Civil Contractors Federation South Australia Limited during the year in review. We think this is a much more useful and cost effective way of reporting to our Members and others interested in the CCF SA and our industry than the traditional, often voluminous and costly Annual Report.

A summary of the financial performance of the CCF SA during the 2021-22 financial year is included as part of the Annual Snapshot.

A copy of the full financial report is available to Members at the Annual General Meeting and on request.

OUR OBJECTIVES

ADVOCATE

for the interests of all civil contractors, our allied partners and the industry

ENGAGE

our membership through events and opportunities to build connections and knowledge

PROVIDE

leading training through Civil Train and the State’s first civil construction apprenticeship

CREATE the

next generation of civil contractors through our Group Training Organisation

In addition to these core responsibilities, CCF SA will be raising the bar.

We have a bold new vision that sees the civil construction industry being widely recognised for what we know it is: an essential foundation to the prosperity of South Australia.

We want all South Australians to understand this critical role: not only what the industry does, but what it contributes.

Essential infrastructure like roads, bridges, airstrips, pipelines, drainage, ports and utilities. Land development and earthmoving that underpin the residential and commercial building construction industries, and the provision of services which all households and businesses rely on like power, water, communications and gas.

The civil construction industry is also a magnet for investment into our State, a provider of vast employment opportunities, with the potential to offer a diverse range of careers for young people.

Civil construction contributes to the quality of life in South Australia and the health of its economy.

CCF SA will continue supporting the civil construction industry to be skilled, sustainable and profitable.

We will respond to the needs of civil contractors, build industry capability, and influence actions that will benefit the industry and, in turn, all South Australians.

CCF SA BOARD

Charles Hatcher McMahon Services, President & Secretary

Tim Bishop BMD Group, Vice President & Honorary Treasurer

Paul Davison Davison Earthmovers, Board Member

Gerard Beltrame Beltrame Civil, Board Member

John McMichael T&J Constructions, Board Member

Simon Abraham Downer Group, Board Member

Stephen Fines-Phillips SEM Civil, Board Member

Peter Tan Greenhill, Associate Member Rep

Natasha Hemmerling Clarke Hemmerling Lawyers, Associate Member Rep

Kerry Yeates Eichler Earthmoving, Board Member

Sharon Van Kempen Prime Traffic Solutions, Board Member

CCF SA MANAGEMENT

Rebecca Pickering Chief Executive Officer January 2021 – Current

Melissa Ekberg Director – Industry Engagement Ming Lau Director – Finance

Matthew Blackborough Acting Director of Training Operations

PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL REPORT

As my first year as Civil Contractors Federation South Australian (CCF SA) President draws near and on behalf of the CCFSA Board and Members it is my pleasure to present this President’s Annual Report for the 2021-2022 financial year.

This report highlights the successful delivery and strengthening of key priorities as committed in the new 20212024 CCF SA strategy released this time last year. Several significant milestones have also been achieved, a few of which highlighted here within this report. More specific content and summaries of the year that has been are featured in this snapshot.

Governance Changes

Significantly at our last AGM our existing CCF SA President Paul Davison stepped down after two terms. Paul has been instrumental in the leadership of the CCF SA, and I take this opportunity to thank him for his tireless support. Paul remained up until mid-2022 our national representative with Civil Contractors Federation Australia; I have recently taken on this critical role also to ensure our South Australian needs are placed as a priority nationally and within federal politics.

At our last AGM we also accepted the resignation of Michael Jeffery of LR&M Construction and Emma Ebert, two incredible civil construction leaders. Both Michael and Emma providing many years of service to CCF SA and our industry.

With two Board positions vacant we welcomed Simon Abrahams of Downer, Kerry Yates of Eichler and Sharon Van Kempen of Prime Traffic Solutions.

I would like to take this opportunity to recognise all current CCF SA Board Members. Without their tireless commitment to our Industry Association, we would not have achieved so much.

As you shall read in this Annual Report, the shift in focus and dynamic changes required both of CCF SA and our industry to address ongoing COVID-19 related matters and other challenges have been enormous.

This has also opened opportunities for the industry with the proliferation of infrastructure works, meaning that in four years, we’ll be doing 500% of our current infrastructure workload!

With Collaborative Contracting models and more direct engagement contracts expediting the procurement process and accelerating projects to market, more can be achieved. We need to genuinely engage the supply chain and build on successful, market tested contracts. Smart and planned procurement builds strong regional relationships in our supply chain.

Efficient planning of infrastructure projects will significantly improve our Industry’s productivity. At the same time, it will reduce contract management and procurement resources that can potentially cause bottle necks.

Productivity savings would translate into direct Carbon Emission savings. Road projects that reduce traffic congestion and keep road speeds up, not only improve safety, but also assist with reducing the carbon footprint.

Apprenticeships

In our second year of running Civil Apprenticeships and Careers Limited, we have employed 97 apprentices on their way to a productive career in the civil sector. We have over 50 of these apprentices placed in the industry with our members and I am proud to say it is our smaller members who have really stepped up to support these ‘best of industry’ apprentices. As a recap, it

Keeping abreast of our new Government’s promises means recognising their approach to 90% local participation in all new major infrastructure projects with 20% social procurement, including people with barriers to employment, Indigenous people, and apprentices. Our industry needs apprentices to meet these outcomes. They are well trained and excited about the future for civil construction.

Civil Contractors Federation here in SA is the largest and strongest industry representation out of all the States and Territories. We develop industry best practice modules which are delivered Australia-wide. However, our industry training funding is not guaranteed. We need to see that the training funding from your business and payroll taxes continue. I encourage you to come and see our Industry representatives if you are keen to lend your voice to the fight to keep that funding for our civil apprentices and training, and keep our

PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL REPORT

I recently returned from a National CCF meeting and despite a hot economy there is no sign of slowing infrastructure activities. In every State and Territory the story is the same:

• Inland Rail

• Commonwealth Games

• Sydney Metro Rail

• Airport developments

• Road network and Grade separations

• Flood damage repairs

• Resources sector upturn

• Unprecedented Defence spending

• Redirected Australian Super investment

• Housing Development.

These are all driving next level civil industry commitment. We need to build our own workforce and our own infrastructure.

So, let’s plan for the future and work together to ignite our industry well beyond the South Road Tunnels. Your Board and the CCF Executive are working hard to ensure our pipeline of work is managed and resources are available. Lean on us and we will get those projects built.

Why do we really care about training and industry succession?

Rebecca Pickering CEO, CCF SA

CEO REPORT

What your involvement with CCF SA has achieved through 2021-22

As a membership association, it is important to highlight what your membership fees allow us to do for our incredible industry. This list is by no means exhaustive, but a selection of issues which we understand are\were important to you. Please find below some highlights of what we have done to build our civil industry brand across South Australia to support your business:

Successes this past year include:

• Successful lobbying and achieving ‘essential worker’ classification during the height of COVID-19 which allowed our industry to continue work using close contact exemption rules.

• Development and implementation of ‘Flexible Industry Pathways’ in South Australian Secondary Schools. A critical industry pathway into civil careers for our young South Australian future civil professionals that was previously not available.

• •Achieved Roads2Civil Program funding – this facilitates the delivery of the civil pre-apprenticeship program in schools.

• With the previous Liberal Government, achievements were as follows:

• Industry roundtable commencement, meetings held on various civil industry concerns.

• Establishment of the Industry and Skills Working Group to support the North South Corridor (Darlington2Torrens) project. This working group continues today to prepare our industry for this unique and monolithic project.

• Industry Advisory Group (IAG) member. The IAG is an information and advisory body which provides a forum for you to share your industry expertise with the South Australian Government and other IAG members and provide input on policy development, emergent trends and opportunities for improvements relating to government procurement activities.

• Designated Area Migration Agreement access for:

• Civil Supervisor

• Civil Tradesperson.

• With the new 2022 State Government the following has been achieved to date:

• Prior to the 2022 State Government Election, there was written confirmation from SA Labor Leader, Peter Malinauskas that union related ‘no ticket, no start’ was not supported; here is an extract:

• “As per our response to The Advertiser article, a Malinauskas Labor Government will not introduce a set of labour conditions requiring contractors to support or join union membership. It was never our policy during our previous term in government and will not be part of our policy if we are fortunate enough to be elected on Saturday.”

CEO REPORT

• Cost escalation mechanisms inclusion in contracts with ongoing work now underway to consolidate industry feedback to the Department for Infrastructure and Transport, to ensure rise and fall works best for our infrastructure industry eco-system. Consideration of additional costs inclusions (eg utilities) are also being prepared for submission.

• Through 2021-22 CCF SA were \ are Members on the following new Government Roundtables:

• South Eastern Freeway Safety Group

• Industrial Manslaughter

• Wage Theft

• Technical Colleges

• Industry and Skills Workgroup – North South Corridor.

• Met and presented to Premier Peter Malinauskas, Treasurer Steven Mullighan, and Tom Koutsantonis Infrastructure and Transport Minister, within weeks of Labor winning the 2022 State Election.

• CCF SA invited to present to the new Labor Government Cabinet in 2022.

General significant achievements also include:

• Women in Civil events continue to lead the way with several, well attended and positive forums held through the period.

• Future in Civil committee relaunch and focus on future leaders by developing a professional development program.

• Retired Members Group reconnection and recognition.

• Digital communications revamp, including the introduction of the

• The Dirt – newsletter

• Civil Connect – magazine.

• New service lines

• Industry health and wellbeing

• Konekt Workcare Program –provides industry access to workers, whilst attracting reimbursement

• E-learning platform development –including blended delivery models to assist industry worker’s availability to attend training.

• Achieving and continue to build upon new CCF SA ‘Strategy Priority 1 –Building Industry Profile’

• Community awareness program promoting the civil industry implementation with 64 Schools and Community programs currently engaged

• Attended 42 schools, several with civil industry leaders

• Invited and presented at several industry events

• Social media enhancements with the highest engagement achieved since commencement

• New and well attended events –regional, networking, technical and political.

• CCF SA, its members and industry continue to work together with Civil Apprenticeships and Careers Ltd to support Civil Apprenticeships. Now more than 50 civil apprentices are actively hosted, with an additional 47 apprentices at various stages of employment engagement. There is a wealth of opportunity to address our industry skills shortage needs.

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Raising industry and community awareness regarding Civil Apprenticeships federal funding shortfalls relating to the Australian Apprentice Incentive System released early 2022.

Call to action: We are far from done yet and your CCF SA Board and team will continue to be South Australia’s civil industry’s biggest backer. Keep us informed of what keeps you up at night, and what you need for your business to succeed during these unprecedented times. We are listening. We are working for you.

Acknowledgements

I take this opportunity to thank and express my appreciation to the CCF SA members, team and Board, in acknowledgement of all the hard work and commitment for our 2021-22 achievements. Everyone involved in CCF SA understands the gravity of the work undertaken to date. We love this new sense of purpose and opportunity, so we are far from done.

Our success to date is only due to the amazing people we employ, those we have in our membership, the people in our industry, our Board members and those external stakeholders who share our mission and purpose. We will continue to punch well above our weight to achieve great things for our industry. I look forward to working with you all to make 2022-23 even bigger, better, and brighter for us all.

CCF SA WORKING FOR YOU

The past 12 months has seen a new State Government elected, with the forecast budget allocating $18.6B to infrastructure over the next 4 years. Of that, $7.8B in road infrastructure.

We are expecting to see new projects such as the Majors Road Interchange Ramps, and the duplication of the Seaford to Sellicks section of Main South Road.

CCF SA continues to be represented at many forums with Minister’s and other key personnel with the Department for Infrastructure and Transport, where we have been advocating for our industry to continue to be at the forefront of policy.

COVID 19

Living with COVID 19 is now appears to be the new normal. Our industry was fortunate to escape any severe lockdown conditions during the beginning of the pandemic, with the Federal Government recognising that our industry is an economic booster and allocating additional funding for infrastructure works.

This (of course) has added pressure to the supply chain, seeing long lead times on materials and increasing costs across the board. Challenging as this is, we are also seeing new innovative products enter the market such as the use of recycled materials for asphalt.

DIGGING DEEP FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Our agenda continues to be five-fold:

• Deliver a consistent, industry led, bipartisan civil infrastructure future works programme, including maintenance of existing assets and new projects.

CCF SA continues to work with State and Local Government agencies to ensure a consistent pipeline of works.

• Build and maintain workforce capacity and capability with a focus on diversity, youth, and retention of workers.

CCF SA is lobbying to ensure parity for apprenticeship funding for our future workforce. We are activating e-learning to deliver training to workforce in a more flexible environment to upskill the existing workforce.

• Reform procurement and project delivery policies and practices to deliver improved productivity and return value to South Australia and its civil industry.

CCF SA has a strong working relationship with the Office of the Industry Advocate and will continue to provide practical feedback regarding procurement practices.

• Ensure collaborative, equitable and fair commercial frameworks which befit the whole of industry.

CCF SA continues to work with government agencies to establish fair and reasonable terms around Rise and Fall provisions in existing and new contracts.

• Ensure every South Australian must benefit from their State’s civil infrastructure construction and ongoing maintenance.

CCF SA maintains our strong stance that our industry exists for all South Australians and will continue to encourage all principals and managing contractors to award contracts to SA SME’s, and invest, live and grow in South Australia.

Civil Train, Western Australia

Civil Train, South Australia

Civil Train, Alice Springs

CIVIL TRAIN

REBUILDING YOUR NEW AGE CIVIL TRAIN

CCF SA’s training arm Civil Train, continues its brave push to re-engineer itself to be more responsive to industry needs. This includes 24-7-hour learner flexibility, self-service, direct learner and client portal access and the introduction of a true e-learning environment supported by blended, distance and face-to-face, training delivery. As with any business undertaking monumental technological change from old to new, this shift has been difficult and challenge rich.

We take this time to thank all our Civil Train students and employers for their endless patience as we work through to build our new Civil Train. A special thank you to those who have provided endless feedback and assistance to work through new processes and platforms; without you we would not have progressed as quickly or efficiently.

There are many more hurdles and opportunities to work through to ensure your Civil Train is the pre-eminent training body for our civil industry. We encourage your active and brutally honest feedback to ensure we hit the mark and deliver what you need. Please reach out and have your say via course@ccfsa.com.au at any time.

Our focus remains not just on South Australia, but also on operations and industry training needs in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Positive outcomes and achievements only made possible by the incredible efforts of Operational Managers and training teams in their respective states and territories. Establishing a big presence and continuing to improve on their training facilities is a continual core mission.

In 2021-22, Civil Train processed around 7877 enrolments across South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. This included 724 women. This represents a slight increase in total enrolments compared to 2020-21, which continued to be heavily affected by the COVID-19 and industry availability which was unavoidably disruptive to training delivery. Of these enrolments our Civil Train team signed up 301 Certificate III students and 104 Certificate IV Site Supervisor students. Although hampered by a number of compounding difficulties which impacted quality coordination of training, lessons learnt from these experiences have been implemented to provide well overdue improvements.

CIVIL TRAIN

Civil Train continues to be a major provider of short courses to the industry, especially in key areas of industry compliance requirements like safety, mobile plant training, White card, forklift operation and traffic management. We have seen an increase in demand for non-accredited training and industry led training, by means of industry and Civil Train working collaboratively to cater for industry training needs that are not formally recognised by formal units of competency.

Civil Train SA is an approved provider to the South Australian Government and continues to deliver subsidised qualification training in Civil Construction disciplines from Certificates II to IV. This year, Civil Train has continued to support the establishment of pathways to the civil construction apprenticeship, including delivering bridging courses for school leavers, Certificate II in Civil Construction and intensive skill set programs where learners gain greater opportunities of live work scenarios and experience.

Civil Train NT continues to nurture strong connections with local industry and Government in the Territory, specifically in its work with Aboriginal communities. It has developed and delivered many bespoke training products to cater to client needs, leading to other training opportunities and pathways into the civil construction industry. NT has done extensive work to upgrade its Alice Springs training facility for the delivery of a variety of courses, building on capability and short course calendar offerings.

Civil Train WA is an approved provider to the Western Australian Government and continues to deliver subsidised qualification training in Civil Construction disciplines from Certificates II to IV. With its strong reputation as a provider of quality training in Perth, it is regularly expanding its offering with a range of qualification streams and short courses.

CIVIL APPRENTICESHIPS AND CAREERS LTD

Civil Apprenticeships and Careers Ltd (CACL) is a Group Training Organisation, an independent entity founded by CCF SA, created to support and generate apprenticeship employment opportunities in the civil construction industry, where the continuity of employment is provided for, and where the quality and scope of training available to apprentices and trainees in the civil construction industry is of the highest standard. CACL will seek to ensure that apprentices have quality training in a safe and supportive environment to ultimately achieve successful completion of their qualification.

APPRENTICES CURRENTLY EMPLOYED

Through 2021 – 2022, CACL in partnership with Civil Train SA, conducted 3 pre-apprenticeship programs with apprenticeship employment outcomes provided to those who successfully completed the program. The Roads2Civil school-based and Civil Connexions school-leaver programs provide high quality training in the core units of the Certificate III in Civil Construction qualification. This enables the participants to gain an understanding of site duties, site WHS aspects, and team coordination prior to placement as a civil apprentice.

To date, 75 apprentices are currently employed; details are as follows:

• Junior (under the age of 21) and Adult (over the age of 21) Apprentices consisting of:

• 70 Civil Construction General Apprentices

• 5 Traffic Management Apprentices

• 10 Female Apprentices

• 65 Male Apprentices

FUTURE APPRENTICESHIP EMPLOYMENT

CACL seeks to employ a further 30 apprentices by July 2023. The following programs are currently underway to support this employment target:

• Kaurna Plains High School Roads2Civil Pre-Apprenticeship Program – 16 Participants

• Civil Connexions PreApprenticeship Program – 16 Participants

• Christies Beach High School Roads2Civil Pre-Apprenticeship Program – 16 Participants

SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

To promote pathways into civil construction, CACL has attended over 30 school and community events over the past 12 months. These events include presentations, mobile simulator days, school expos, career days, mock interviews, and bespoke school and community events. VET Coordinators from schools across South Australia are actively engaged with CACL. CACL has hosted several VET Coordinator group meetings and professional development days during the 2021/22 period. CACL also established relationships with school alliance groups across South Australia through 2021/22 to ensure VET Coordinators, teachers and career influencers across the school community are aware of Civil Construction industry pathways and professions.

HOSTS

CACL brings a collective of Hosts (from civil industry businesses) together who can then support apprentices whatever the procurement cycle and outcomes are. Hosts are a critical component of CACL’s success. CACL actively works towards onboarding and screening new Hosts who are passionate in the training and development of apprentices. Currently, 20 Hosts are active with CACL, with several hosting more than one CACL Apprentice with a further 25 Hosts at various stages of CACL/Host registration. Host enquiries continue to be strong. We take this opportunity to thank our industry leading Hosts; without their time and support, CACL would not be able to continue operations and South Australia’s youth would not have an industry led pathway into our great industry.

CCF SA EVENTS

We had to pivot several of our headline events at a moment’s notice due to restrictions and thank the industry for remaining patient during this time.

This did not stop our ability to deliver high quality events for our members.

In the twelve months leading up to June 30 2022, CCF SA events included:

• The Great Debate

• 16 Industry Briefings and workshops – both online and in person

• Monthly Cultural Awareness Workshops

• Future in Civil Committee Networking Events

• Women in Civil High Tea

• Women in Civil International Womens Day Luncheon

• Member Networking Events

• Industry Breakfasts

• Industry Gala Awards

• Earth Awards

• National Earth Awards Watch Party

• Pre-Election Forecast for Civil Construction Networking Events

• Dig Day

• Virtual Coffee Catch ups

• Regional Conferences

The program of events is constantly being updated, and we encourage our members to visit our website to find out more.

CCF SA

VALUED PARTNERS

Our Sponsors make a significant contribution to the CCF SA. We wish to express our sincere appreciation to our 2022 Sponsors for their generous support.