Australia is in the midst of a once-in-a-generation infrastructure boom. But ambitious pipelines of roads, rail, energy and utilities projects are bumping against a hard reality: a deep and growing infrastructure skills gap. In fact, recent forecasts suggest that we will need 197,000 additional infrastructure workers to meet demand in 2025. ‎ ‎ The scale…

Connect People are proud to announce an exciting new partnership with Soldier On as a Bronze Pledge Partner. Founded in 2012, Soldier On has grown into Australia’s only national, fully integrated support services provider for members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and their families. Through the delivery of holistic services, Soldier On provides support to those who…

Connect People are proud to announce the engagement of Dean Rioli as our Indigenous Ambassador. Dean is committed to improving Indigenous health and wellbeing, working to reduce economic disadvantage and exclusion by linking Aboriginal people to jobs and the creation of businesses capabilities. Connect People and Dean will be working together to support our Clients in…

Connect People is proud and excited to be actively supporting Backpacks 4 VIC Kids, a registered not-for-profit charitable organisation run by volunteers. Their purpose is to aid displaced children by providing the essentials needed most urgently, long before any arrangements have been made to further support them. For example, often children are placed quickly into foster…

Connect People is excited to be a supplier to CPB Contractors – Monash Upgrade (Stage 2).  Connect People is proud to be involved with the project. Image courtesy of Major Roads Projects Victoria. Monash Stage 2 Construction commenced in early 2020 and expect to complete construction in 2022. For Stage 2, we’ll: add 36kms of new…

Connect People is excited to be a supplier to Rail Infrastructure Alliance (RIA), the last major contract awarded as part of the Metro Tunnel project.  The RIA consortium comprises John Holland, CPB Contractors and AECOM, and is responsible for delivering the tunnel entrances in South Yarra and Kensington.  Connect People is proud to be involved…

Labour Hire Providers operating in the state of Victoria must now hold a Labour Hire License (LHL) to operate legally under the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2018 (Vic). The legislation came into effect on 29 April 2019, with the Labour Hire Authority overseeing a 6 month transition period allowing providers time to lodge a license…

Connect People is excited to be a part of an exciting Victorian infrastructure initiative – the Monash Freeway Upgrade Project.  Supplying workforce services to principal contractor Fulton Hogan, Connect People will support the delivery of the project which will see additional lanes from EastLink to Clyde Road and improved traffic flow through the implementation of smart…

Connect People is proud to confirm our appointment as a supplier of labour hire to the Ravenswood Interchange Project.   Work on the $46 million interchange started in May, with CPB Contractors (formerly Leightons) delivering the project with funding from both the Victorian and Federal Governments. The Ravenswood Interchange replaces the dangerous intersection of the…

After 37 days of round-the-clock construction, the  Level Crossing Removal Authority has successfully removed three level crossings at North, McKinnon and Centre Roads in Ormond & Bentleigh. Connect People supported this project as project labour hire provider to John Holland & KBR, the contractors responsible for delivery of this complex and high-profile project.  We would like…