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Celebrating 60 years

June 8, 2018

On Friday 18th May, Woden Contractors formally celebrated their 60th anniversary of working in the local civil industry. This is a significant achievement for a privately owned civil construction company. There are only a handful of civil construction companies Australia wide that have surpassed this milestone. The night was celebrated at the National Portrait Gallery […]

Recent Retirements

February 7, 2018

Joe McClelland retired at the end of 2016, following successful completion of the award winning Molonglo Link Bridge project. Joe worked with Woden Contractors for over 36 years and was a highly skilled and dedicated Site Supervisor after making his way to Canberra from the wilds of Tumbarumba. He started working with Woden Contractors in the […]

A safe commitment

November 10, 2017

As an indication of our passion and commitment to being a leader in the world of Work Health and Safety (WHS), Woden Contractors have become a Foundation member of the National Safety Council of Australia (NSCA). The NSCA has played an important role in helping to inspire, educate, inform and engage Australian business in best […]

Woden’s Logie Nominees

October 19, 2017

Woden Contractors recently participated with Access Canberra and other industry partners in the development of two Construction Industry Safety videos, which was an ACT Government initiative to get real life construction workers to deliver safety messages and training to our industry. Josh Malone (Plant Operator) and Bridget Angove (HSEQ Assistant) both participated in the filming, which took […]

We care for the community

October 8, 2017

What a lovely story about how one of our workers went out of his way to help a community member on the Gundaroo Drive Duplication – Stage 1 project. Woden Contractors is proud to have a culture that cares for the community.  

MBA Award for WHS on the Majura Link Rd project

July 26, 2017

At the recently held 2017 MBA Awards (always the largest black-tie function in Canberra and hosted this year by the wonderful Effie), Woden Contractors won yet another award. This time for Work Health & Safety (Civil) for the Majura Link Road project. This project has been progressing well since we commenced work late last year […]

25 Years of NSW Civil Contractors Membership

July 25, 2017

At the recent annual Earth Awards for NSW Civil Contractors Federation (CCF) held at the Hyatt Regency in Darling Harbour, Woden Contractors was recognised for its 25th year of membership, together with several other companies who had been members for long periods of time.

Throsby 1 Estate – Stage 1 almost complete

July 25, 2017

Works in Throsby are now winding down as this $20M subdivision project for the Land Development Agency (LDA) is almost complete. There is still a minor amount of landscape works around the water quality control pond, but otherwise the civil works were handed over on time and within budget. The team have worked very hard […]

Work started on the Molonglo 3 Road and Intersection Infrastructure project

July 25, 2017

Woden Contractors have commenced work on this exciting $15M project that will duplicate the Coppins Crossing Road from the intersection with William Hovell Drive for 1km down towards Coppins Crossing, together with a new signalised intersection with William Hovell Drive. The project has some major components, including about 120,000m3 of earthworks and approximately 1km of […]

National MBA Award honour

November 25, 2016

At the National MBA Awards held in the Great Hall of Parliament House on 23rd November, Woden Contractors have won the Civil Construction Award for their Molonglo Link Bridge and Associated Trunk Sewer project. This is the second National MBA Award that the company has won in its history, following the highly successful Kings Avenue […]