McConnell Dowell 2020 Annual Review

6 McConnell Dowell Group Health, Safety & Environmental Performance McConnell Dowell’s LTIFR of 0.1 reflected five LTIs reported across the business. McConnell Dowell maintained its focus on safety and health performance with project teams across all business units conducting hazard reporting and finding better ways to manage safety on our work sites. Compliance with safety systems remained high and lessons learnt continue to inform future performance as the group’s health, safety, environment and quality (HSEQ) database provides access to HSEQ data trends and internal HSEQ auditing, allowing automatic tracking and monitoring of action close-outs. The organisation’s response to COVID-19 has also been outstanding, with each business unit embracing and adapting to the various government imposed virus management protocols and processes to keep our teams and the community safe. Our focuses on employee wellbeing and mental health continues, with an emphasis on work life balance, flexibility and mental health support systems and programs. This focus has been particularly important with many staff working from home through the latter part of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There were no serious environmental incidents recorded across our operations, the result of consistent application of the McConnell Dowell Management System and a strong focus on environmental awareness. People and Leadership Talent and succession planning, with a focus on attraction, retention and development of core capability, remained a key priority. The significant growth in new work has also provided opportunities to promote internally and recruit several outstanding new employees. Michael Clemenger was appointed Managing Director of Built Environs and under his experienced leadership the business will focus on entering the significantly larger building markets of Victoria and New SouthWales. Former Built Environs’ Managing Director Daryl Young was appointed General Manager, Queensland and Northern Territory for our Australia business unit. Greg Ford was appointed General Manager of Built Environs in New Zealand. Tom Dockray was appointed as Managing Director for South East Asia, and his new leadership has brought immediate results with the securing of a number of new projects. In response to the growth in our Australian business unit, a series of appointments have been made to fill the newly created regional general manager positions. Appointments have included both internal and external candidates, providing the opportunity to both promote our emerging leaders and augment our leadership ranks with new capabilities and skills. McConnell Dowell’s human resources management was strengthened by the implementation of a single ‘human capital’ information system across the Group. Looking ahead The Group enters the 2021 financial year with confidence and cautious optimism. We have a strong order book, a healthy balance sheet and minimal debt. Our projects are performing well, supported with proven governance and management systems and underpinned by a strong, values-driven culture. Our core market sectors in Australia and New Zealand continue to grow at a steady pace, driven largely by transport infrastructure investment, and with increased activity anticipated in the resources market. In response, we have boosted our investment in business development capability to maintain the momentum of our increased order book, and remain confident that our diversity in geography, customers and capabilities will support future growth. We are well placed, despite the challenges of 2020, to continue our momentum into FY21 and beyond. ‘McConnell Dowell enters the 2021 financial year with a strong balance sheet and minimal debt’