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Bryant Innovate INNOVATE RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN (RAP) JUNE 2020 TO JUNE 2022 1 | P a g e A NOTE ABOUT OUR COVER PAGE In January 2020, Bryant commissioned artist, Arone Meeks to create a piece of bespoke artwork. The brief was simple: This signature artwork needed to symbolise Bryant's partnership approach of working hand in hand with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Arone took our brief and created something extraordinary. THE STORY BEHIND THE ARTWORK: Building Together: This work describes the location: The Great Barrier Reef to the right, showing both the inner reef and outer reef, the virgin rainforest to the left, and the only place in the world where these two natural forces of nature come to meet. The internal design is a representation of the Bryant logo icon, reworked to take on the forms of windbreaks, humpies and traditional dwellings. The boat above is that of an outrigger from the Torres Strait, and below an Aboriginal dugout canoe. To the left of the icon, there are three figures, each one representing (from the top) the Torres Strait, Bryant and an Aboriginal figure with a feathered headdress. They are supported by a windbreak/dwelling shape and all have a hand attached to it, suggesting each has some input into the structure. THE ARTIST Arone Meeks was born in 1957. He is a Kuku Midigi man. Arone grew up in Yarrabah and El Arish, Mission Beach, Far North Queensland, although his country is the area around Laura, Cape York. He currently resides in Cairns. 2 | P a g e Our Vision for Reconciliation 04 A Message from Our Directors 05 Our Business 06 Our RAP 07 Our Reconciliation Journey 09 Relationships 10 Respect 14 Opportunities 17 Tracking 21 3 | P a g e OUR VISION FOR RECONCILIATION Bryant’s vision is to provide employment, training and economic opportunities through construction. Bryant will do this by developing stronger economic and social relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their communities while we deliver much needed infrastructure. These relationships will strengthen cultural understanding and build respect free of racism, and give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, businesses and organisations the opportunity to participate in and benefit from our business activities. Bryant appreciates construction is more than bricks and mortar. It provides valuable opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to develop life-long skills that will enhance their economic, social and community capability. Ultimately Bryant is seeking to support in a practical way the socioeconomic equality of our First Australians. Bryant is determined to support Reconciliation by leaving a positive socioeconomic footprint whenever it works in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan is a public statement of our commitment to Reconciliation. 4 | P a g e A MESSAGE FROM OUR RAP CHAMPIONS Bryant acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Elders past and present on whose ancestral land our offices are located and all the lands in which the company undertakes its projects. Bryant is proud to stand by a strong and growing commitment to work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients, organisations and communities towards achieving a common goal of reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Our second Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan reflects our ongoing commitment to reconciliation and demonstrates how it can be achieved in our daily activities. As a project management and construction business, Bryant will continue to provide much needed infrastructure whilst developing meaningful relationships, mutual respect, a shared pride, and prosperity for all Australians. Bryant has been delivering high quality educational, residential, medical, and residential infrastructure throughout the Cairns and Cape York regions for over 40 years. Bryant has learnt construction projects are not just about bricks and mortar, as they provide valuable opportunities to enhance community capacity through employment, training, and business opportunities. When engaging with clients, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, subcontractors, consultants and our employees, Bryant looks to establish positive, productive, and lasting relationships through open communication, honesty, and mutual respect. Our second Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan therefor therefore reflects our values of inclusiveness, integrity, excellence, and innovation. As part of this commitment we have established an Indigenous Partnership Team to enhance our focus on developing, supporting, and fostering networks with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities, and businesses. Bryant will continue to encourage increased awareness, appreciation and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, and cultures. Our Reconciliation Action Plan establishes a framework to promote increased economic and social participation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through real employment, training, and business opportunities. Lorraine Grant Chris Bryant Director – Corporate Services Director – Operations Bryant Building Contractors Pty Ltd Bryant Building Contractors Pty Ltd 5 | P a g e OUR BUSINESS Bryant Building Contractors Pty Ltd (Bryant) is a successful design and construction company, based in Queensland. We focus on commercial construction for the private and public sector, and we have significant experience in residential developments and local, state and government facilities. We've built everything from offices to social housing and mining accommodation; childcare centres and aged care facilities; to university buildings, sporting complexes and police stations. Bryant is particularly experienced in the successful delivery of schools and education projects, as well as construction in remote and challenging locations. Bryant was originally a small family-based construction company that started operating in Cairns in the early 1980s. Over the past 40 years, Bryant has steadily grown as a reputable construction and project management company that – at the time of writing - employs 54 fulltime staff members and a further 10-15 people for project specific work. At the time of writing, four of Bryant’s employees identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples. Bryant operates across Queensland, into the Northern Territory and New South Wales. Over the past 40 years we have delivered projects from as far south as the Richmond Valley in NSW (Casino Aboriginal Medical Service), right up through regional and coastal Queensland, including multiple projects in the Torres Strait. We have also been active in the Gulf of Carpentaria and as far west as Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory where we worked for several years delivering community and mining facilities. Through our project management and construction operations, Bryant has had the long-term privilege of working in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities and organisations across our geographical reach. In recent years Bryant has worked together with these communities to complete projects in Aurukun (44 houses), Bamaga (school hall), Doomadgee (nutritional centre), Groote Eylandt (health care centre), Doomadgee (school facilities), Weipa (trade school centre) and residential housing in Kowanyama, Mapoon, and Badu Island in the Torres Strait. Bryant has learnt that much can be accomplished by establishing productive and enduring partnerships with local community councils, the communities themselves and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses. We have full-service offices in Brisbane and Cairns and branch offices in the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Rockhampton and Toowoomba: Brisbane 3/31 Anthony Street, WEST END, Qld 4101 Cairns 32 Minnie Street, CAIRNS, Qld 4870 Rockhampton 21 Tamarind Ave, Norman Gardens, ROCKHAMPTON, Qld 4701 Sunshine Coast 2 Loang Court, Mountain Creek, SUNSHINE COAST, Qld 4557 Gold Coast Unit 1/2 Davenport Street, SOUTHPORT, Qld 4215 Toowoomba Suite 3, 213 Margaret Street, TOOWOOMBA, Qld 4350 6 | P a g e OUR RAP Bryant is committed to working towards reconciliation and recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians. Since its inception, Bryant has been fortunate enough to work in partnership with numerous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities, councils and businesses to complete much needed construction projects. During this time, Bryant very quickly learnt it needed to structure and resource itself to meet community needs. Accordingly, several years ago, Bryant established an Indigenous Partnership Team comprised of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, which identified the need for a RAP outlining public support for Reconciliation. The Team also recognised we needed a strategy to achieve it and developed Bryant’s Indigenous Employment Strategy in conjunction with our first RAP. Having a culturally diverse and highly skilled workforce also provides Bryant with a competitive edge in terms of securing and delivering projects. Bryant’s RAP is a living document that became an integral part of its core business and belongs to all our employees. It is a plan outlining our commitment to support a reconciled Australia. It also outlines the values Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities can expect when they work in partnership with Bryant. Our RAP
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