Suncorp AUS – Brisbane Consolidation

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Client:

Suncorp Australia

Website:

www.suncorp.com.au

Role:

Project Director 2011-2012

Services rendered:
  • Project Leadership
  • Design + Build
  • Transformational Change
  • Furniture Solutions
  • Sustainable Solutions
Stats:
  • 5,000 people
Overview:

Suncorp Brisbane Consolidation is a large property consolidation project involving 5,000 staff across nine properties within the Brisbane CBD and city fringe into a new key purpose built sustainable campus. The project focused on providing a ‘fit for purpose’ workplace that delivers the physical and cultural embodiment of the journey Suncorp has undertaken. At the same time look forward to “brighter futures” and creating “Suncorp – THE place to work”.

The engagement was the Project Director responsible for:

  • Extensive strategic site evaluation process from three potential developments, including contributing to the design development of base build offerings
  • Provided the project strategic direction and delivery objectives utilising diverse leadership
  • Review and construction of an organisational model including recruitment and leadership of highly professional people across seven diverse work streams
  • Selection, engagement and appointment of respective service consultant teams and subject matter expert partnerships
  • Orchestrated a change management program including development of a comprehensive change plan, communications plan, stakeholder engagement program, development of road shows, and establishment of an internal project intranet – positioning PLACE as a central building block in organisational effectiveness and cultural to implement new flexible agile activity based working practices for 5000 Suncorp people.
  • Orchestrated a comprehensive reporting resume across multiple stakeholders, governing committees, senior leadership teams and the Suncorp Board
  • Led project risk management covering risk review, governance and compliance
  • A key thought leader member of Suncorp’s Real Estate division including extensive change management