“Today we have got people joining us and seeking us out for employment, based on our values of safety, sustainability, community and innovation.” Daniel Grollo CEO, Grocon A Challenging Environment Research conducted by Safe Work Australia in 2005 and 2006 revealed construction workers experienced injury at a rate 25% higher than that of all Australian workers 2 . Senior managers of construction and development giant, Grocon, knew they wanted to achieve a safety record better than that of industry peers. However, translating aspirations into reality faced several challenges: • The construction industry had traditionally accepted safety records deemed unacceptable by world class performers. • The longer serving employees and leaders at Grocon had spent much of their

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