The ACT Government is committed to improving gender equity for women in the construction industry.
As a sign of this commitment, the new public primary school in Strathnairn – an election commitment scheduled for completion in 2025 – will be a women-led construction project.
This means we will deliver this $62.4 million ACT Government project with a tenderer that has a 100 per cent women site management team, as well as women’s representation in every trade subcontractor.
The ACT Government actively prioritises the increased participation of women on construction sites and aims to promote more inclusive, gender-diverse hiring practices.
“We want to support more women to undertake or grow their careers within the construction industry”, said Minister for Education and Minister for Women, Yvette Berry. “2016 census data shows women made up only 2.4 per cent of people working in carpentry, plumbing, electrical, automotive and telecommunications trades in the ACT.”
“Having a women-led construction project for one of the ACT’s new public schools sends a strong message that we need to continue working together to break down gender barriers in the construction industry.”
“This project will also ensure families moving to Ginninderry have access to free, high-quality public education.”
Ginninderry is growing quickly and having the region’s first school open in Strathnairn in 2025 will give local families, as well as families looking at moving to Ginninderry, confidence they will have a high-quality public school close to where they live.
This project will also deliver on an action under the ACT Women’s Plan 2016-2026 to deliver a women-led major ACT Government capital works project.
An expression of interest seeking responses from market will be released shortly via Tenders ACT.
