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Thank you to our 2024 sponsors
Principal Sponsor & Best Public Art Project Sponsor
Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) is a global leader in construction and property consultancy, with a legacy that spans over 240 years. With 4,500 dedicated professionals working across 34 countries, they are committed to delivering exceptional value and successful outcomes for their clients.
RLB’s independence empowers them to focus on what truly matters: providing expert advice and management across the built environment. Whether it’s cost management and quantity surveying or project programming and advisory services, their expertise ensures commercial certainty and optimised assets for projects worldwide.
At RLB, their work goes beyond managing projects – they bring ideas to life. From world-renowned landmarks like the Sydney Opera House to the innovative developments shaping our future, our contributions leave a lasting impact on communities and the planet. With a steadfast commitment to sustainability, they aim to inspire a better tomorrow through the work they do today.
RLB believe in delivering with excellence, fostering collaboration, and always striving to make a positive difference. This is how they build trust, deliver quality, and continue to set the standard in the industry.
Future Leader of the Year Sponsor
The APP Group delivers solutions that shape a better world.
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Our integrated service offering spans the full asset capital investment lifecycle in the sectors of Transport, Property, Social Infrastructure, Modern Methods of Construction, Defence, Energy and Utilities.
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When you partner with The APP Group, we aim to unite stakeholders through best practice initiatives, services, and advice, that result in value creation outcomes.
Best Residential Development Sponsor
Aqualand has built a reputation as one of the leading property developers in the region, transforming a vast portfolio of sites across Sydney’s most coveted locations, including high-end residences, boutique developments, and retail and commercial assets. As we celebrate our 10th anniversary this year, we look ahead to an exciting future, staying true to our community-focused ethos while completing key projects in North Sydney and Central Barangaroo.
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Our dedication to creating dynamic, lifestyle-oriented communities and architecturally significant projects ensures Aqualand’s continued growth as a leading property, hospitality, and investment group. Our vision is clear: to create developments that not only enhance the urban landscape but also become iconic landmarks in Sydney.
Best Office Development Sponsor
Colliers is a leading diversified professional services and investment management company. Growing, adapting, and accelerating success is core to who they are.
Their expert advice to property occupiers, owners and investors leads the industry into the future. Their long-standing commitment to operate with integrity, and a collaborative mindset has resulted in long-term success, and an ability to deliver exceptional value to clients and investors worldwide.
Colliers is committed to integrating sustainable practices throughout operations and projects. They prioritise minimising their environmental footprint, fostering inclusive, equitable and safe workplaces, and upholding the highest standards of corporate governance. By embedding sustainability principles into decision-making processes, Colliers are creating long-term value for stakeholders while positively impacting the communities they serve.
Colliers mission is to maximise the potential of property and real assets to accelerate the success of its clients, investors, and people.
Best Master Planned Community Sponsor
COLORBOND® steel, made by BlueScope, is one of Australia’s most loved building products and with over 50 years since it first rolled off a paint-line, COLORBOND® steel has earned its position as an iconic Australian brand.
Inspired by the unique duality of Australia’s beauty and strength, COLORBOND® steel is designed to echo it and built to weather it. Known for its iconic good looks, COLORBOND® steel is created with durability, performance, compliance, and sustainability top of mind.
Designed and tested for our unique environment in a range of colours that beautifully complement it, COLORBOND® steel is the perfect finish for homes, communities, building and renovations.
With a wide range of colours and finishes inspired by our unique Australian landscape, COLORBOND® steel is the ideal solution for many applications from roofing and walling to garage doors, fencing, sheds, insulated panels, patios, and pergolas, to name a few.
Best Sustainable Development Sponsor
GHD Design empowers transformation at the speed of change.
Through the power of commitment, we innovate for positive impact, catalyse creativity and foster collaboration to design a better physical world, together. We imagine a more integrated built environment, one that embodies your values and those you are building with and designing for, while also making our shared future more sustainable.
We empower not only a sense of place with what we co-create but ignite a sense of community we can all share. The places we live, work and play are more than homes, offices and public spaces. We know we are creating more than a place, we are crafting societal behaviours and influencing the actions people take.
That’s the power of our integrated offering. That’s the power of our commitment to you and the world in which we live.
The way we design and build the environment around us changes everything. It’s why we remain committed to a future-forward, design-led approach. It grants us a unique agility to innovate solutions in anticipation of our client’s needs. It also facilitates true collaboration, bringing people together to make meaningful experiences with one another.
With you, GHD Design is creating a better built world for generations to come.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Sponsor
An iconic building with outstanding views across Sydney Harbour, Grosvenor Place fuses heritage architecture with ultra-modern workspaces. With classic character progressive design elements and stand-out amenities, Grosvenor Place has created a workplace experience that’s ready for the now.
Offering 44 floors of premium-grade office space, Grosvenor Place tower is one of Australia’s most sought-after commercial destinations, recognised for its signature design by celebrated architect, Harry Seidler AC OBE.
Best Business or Industrial Park Sponsor
Hames Sharley creates places that enable communities to flourish.
They do this by engaging in research to understand the people, the place and the potential found in the unique context of each opportunity. This allows them to work with their clients to co-create inspiring, sustainable, and inclusive spaces that bring value to their communities long after they were first designed.
Their diverse and creative team operates from seven studios across Australia, specialising in Office & Industrial, Residential, Mixed-Use, Retail & Town Centres, Sport & Recreation, Health, and Educational typologies.
Drawing together expertise in Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Design and Planning, Hames Sharley’s interdisciplinary approach creates community-defining places that consider and respond to their greater context to enhance and reflect the local identity.
Best Heritage Development
In Australia, Holmes is a leader in Fire Engineering, boasting a dedicated local team of 25 fire engineers and an additional 80 worldwide. As part of a wider network of engineers internationally, they leverage a wealth of knowledge and experience to deliver comprehensive and innovative solutions. Their unwavering commitment to excellence has earned Holmes a reputation for providing advanced, cost-effective engineering solutions in close collaboration with its clients, from concept to completion.
Their expertise extends beyond general fire performance engineering, encompassing the highly specialised field of structural fire engineering. Proudly, the structural fire team is one of the largest globally, renowned internationally by peers and research institutions for providing solutions driven fire safety intelligence for complex and large-scale structures. Sustainability is at the core of the projects and team ethos, as they integrate environmentally responsible practices into every aspect of their work.
They approach each project with a co-operative and best for project approach with clients and stakeholders, enabling safety, resilience, and sustainability are at the forefront of our approach. A commitment to excellence, innovation, and client partnership positions Holmes as a trusted leader in the fire engineering industry, both locally and internationally. Together, Holmes build a safer, more sustainable future, alongside project partners.
Best Mixed Use Development
Investa is one of Australia’s leading, diversified real estate platforms.Â
We collaborate with partners to drive investment performance, offering funds management, development and property management services across the entire real estate spectrum.Â
Our expertise in asset creation ensures the generation of high-quality, value-driven properties that meet the diverse needs of our stakeholders.Â
Our purpose is to create a legacy of positive impact by enriching the lives of our customers, delivering outstanding, sustainable performance for our partners and exceptional opportunities for our people.Â
Product, Program or Service Innovation Sponsor
The nbn® network is the digital backbone of Australia, powering our nation as a leading digital economy and society. New homes, buildings, communities, and cities enable new ways to live, work, learn, trade and play. nbn works with the building and construction industries nationwide to provide homes, buildings, communities and even cities with fast, reliable, and secure broadband. We are committed to lifting the digital capability of our growing nation, and to support more liveable, sustainable, and equitable communities across Australia embrace a smarter tomorrow.
Development Innovation Sponsor
Procore Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: PCOR) is a leading global provider of construction management software. Over one million projects and more than $1 trillion USD in construction volume have run on Procore’s platform. Procore’s platform connects key project stakeholders to solutions Procore has built specifically for the construction industry—for the developer, the head contractor, and the subcontractor.
Procore’s App Marketplace has a multitude of partner solutions that integrate seamlessly with Procore’s platform, giving construction professionals the freedom to connect with what works best for them. Headquartered in Carpinteria, California, Procore has offices around the globe.
People’s Choice Award Sponsor
The Property Council is the voice of the Australian property industry, championing a strong, thriving sector that leaves a positive legacy for all Australians.
The Property Council of Australia was founded in 1969. Today, we are a passionate team of 120 professionals across every capital city, plus Newcastle and Wollongong, that facilitates industry advocacy, research, events, professional development, and connection.Â
The Property Council are respected champions for reforms that deliver strong benefits to the community. Governments, stakeholders and the public respect the important economic and social contribution of our industry.
The 2,300 member companies are the nation’s major investors, owners, managers and creators of properties and places that matter: homes, retirement villages, shopping centres, offices, industrial areas, education, research and health precincts, tourism and hospitality venues, and more.Â
A thriving property industry is core to our nation’s prosperity. The Property Council are privileged to lead the sector and connect the industry to speak with a united, powerful voice.Â
Best Affordable Housing Development Sponsor
RP Infrastructure is a leading provider of integrated advisory and project management services across the entire property and infrastructure spectrum.
A highly experienced team with a deep understanding of industrial projects, as well as the supporting freight and logistics industry that underpins it.
The team’s diverse backgrounds in architecture, design, engineering, quantity surveying and construction management ensures you receive end-to-end knowledge to advise on all aspects of the project life cycle.
For 30 years RP Infrastructure’s strong partnerships with its clients, dedication to converting visions to reality, and the successful delivery of outstanding project outcomes, has placed them amongst the leaders in their field.
Best Tourism & Leisure Development Sponsor
As Australia’s leading parking provider, Wilson Parking delivers a better car park experience for everyone.
Driven by customer focus, innovation, and industry-leading services, we deliver high quality car parks – for our customers, landlords, and their tenants.
The Wilson Parking App delivers more value and greater convenience so our customers can do more with their day, while Shuffle enhances the corporate parking experience – all delivered with exceptional customer care.
And by harnessing our expertise, we deliver market-leading car park management solutions, forming trusted partnerships with our landlords and building brand trust with all our customers.
Best Public Building Sponsor
Woods Bagot’s vision is People Architecture. Its services are diverse and cover design, research, data analytics, and consulting.
Celebrating diversity across all cultures, free from a signature style, People Architecture is propelled by a shared sense of empathy, where the values of end users and the values of design are one and the same.
Operating from studios in 17 major cities around the world Woods Bagot designers place human experience at the centre of their design process to deliver engaging, future-oriented projects that respond to the way people actually use space, and which flexibly accommodate changes to come.
Best Workplace Project Sponsor
Yardi is the global leader in real estate and investment management technology.
As the real estate industry transforms, and becomes more focused on user experience, the technology that underpins that experience is more important than ever.
Yardi’s connected solution supports every sector of real estate, including REITs, retail, industrial, office, logistics, data centres, corporate occupiers, build-to-rent and coworking. Providing a single source of data in a unified, cloud-based solution, they enable clients to drive portfolio success and maintain control and oversight. Using technology, they improve their customer engagement, drive efficiency and create the ability to scale across their operations.
With data available in real-time on any desktop, tablet or mobile device, clients can have complete visibility when it comes to accessing their information regardless of time or place, and know that the data they’re seeing is secure, up-to-date and accurate.
Partner and Best Shopping Centre Development Sponsor
Property Council Academy
With the most comprehensive range of career development options in the industry, our Academy courses are developed by property leaders, for property professionals.
Our courses are delivered online and face to face and vary from workshops to Industry Diplomas, covering specialist topics designed to fill strategic gaps, and leadership development courses.
Academy courses can also be customised to best suit your organisation or team, and delivered in-house as powerful bespoke development experiences where content is tailored for your group.
Whether you want to hone a specific technical skill or grow industry knowledge around specific areas like planning, improve your public speaking, undertake media training or develop your leadership skills, our Academy is the place to start.
Partner
News Corp Australia
As part of the world’s largest and leading global media company – News Corp, Custom Publishing’s aim is to engage more Australians and connect more customers through their tailored publications.
Working in collaboration with national industry leaders and associations, the custom publishing team produce stunning magazines with engaging content, to build and enhance relationships with client’s members, their communities and sponsors.
From creating the initial concept, content creation, through to design and distribution, the team can cover every aspect of the publication process, complemented by a vibrant digital and social media presence.
Lead by our custom publishing manager, our sales team offer strategic and tailored options to position client’s services or products directly into the hands of industry decision-makers. We can represent your magazine or website, while operating within an agreed policy to ensure only appropriate advertising is featured.
Get in touch
For sponsorship enquiries, please contact Charlotte Black
National Programs Manager | National Events & Programs
02 9033 1931