Real Experience, Real Impact, Real Leadership: 2025 Social Impact Project

23 Jun 2025 |

The Gamuda team worked with Derrubbin LALC to install 40 bird boxes in Parramatta bushland

As part of Gamuda Australia’s commitment to building stronger communities and supporting meaningful change, our 2025 Graduates came together to participate in a powerful Social Impact Project in Sydney. Coinciding with National Reconciliation Week (NRW) and World Environment Day, allowed our Gamuda Australia graduates to achieve meaningful week-long impact in partnership with the Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council and the NRL School to Work program.

Gamuda graduates worked with NRL School to Work students to inspire future construction careers

Gamuda graduates learnt about Aboriginal culture and conservation including a traditional smoking ceremony

Taking place on Dharug Country in Parramatta, the project brought together culture, community, and conservation. Graduates helped regenerate local bushland near the heritage Parramatta Gaol precinct by building and installing 40 bird boxes to attract native species and planting more than 400 native seedlings — directly supporting biodiversity, healing Country, and restoring the local environment for future generations.

Bird boxes were installed at height on local trees to attract native cockatoos and parrots back to the area

Rebekah Pluijmers, Gamuda Training & Development Manager and Kayne Moreton, Deerubbin Senior Conservationist with a plaque installed in the regenerated area to commemorate the social impact project and partnership

The project also embodied the 2025 NRW theme Bridging Now to Next. In addition to land regeneration, our graduates worked alongside Indigenous secondary school students from the NRL School to Work program, mentoring them in building and decorating planter boxes and sharing their experienced to inspire career pathways in engineering and construction. The project also provided an opportunity to work with Indigenous businesses and suppliers to support the project and collaborate with graduates from our First Nations Pre-Employment Program, Jad and Jay who operated the Elevated Work Platform (EWP) to install the bird boxes on site.

Gamuda Training and Development Manager, Rebekah Pluijmers said, “The project gave graduates a new perspective on how by being a part of the engineering and construction industry, they can serve both people and the environment. It’s been great to provide graduates with the opportunity to contribute to real change and conservation in the community with First Nation’s people and leave a lasting impact as part of their own learning experience which they’ll take into their future careers.”

We’re proud of our graduates and grateful to our project partners — Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council, NRL School to Work, Luke Penrith Arts and Designs and Access Indigenous Hire — for their contributions to making this project a success.