A major milestone in our company’s history; the commencement of a succession plan that had been in the planning for several years. It was triggered by the decision of Chairman Royce Fairbrother to step back to a Company Director’s role
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Fairbrother opens an office in Geelong, paving the way for further expansion into regional Victoria
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Fairbrother's growing ability to secure major projects sees us secure and commence work on the UTAS Willis St as our largest project in our own right at $91.3m
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Degree C operations in the Launceston relocate into their newly purpose-built facility

Bendigo staff move into brand new purpose-built Victorian head office.
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Second annual Fairbrother Charity Ride raises more than $50,000.
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John Holland-Fairbrother Joint Venture successfully delivers the $420m Royal Hobart Hospital Redevelopment.
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Work begins on Fairbrother Development’s $40m Waterfront Hotel in Devonport.
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Accreditated to ISO 45001:2018 for Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems.
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Fairbrother wins five project awards and Apprentice of the Year at National Master Builders Awards.
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Company wins Australian Training Award for Fairbrother Apprentice Program.

Inaugural Fairbrother Charity Ride raises more than $33,000 for charity

Victoria Pendrey wins Master Builders Tasmania’s Women In Construction award
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Fairbrother wins Employer of the Year at the Skills Tasmania Tasmanian Training Awards

First Joint Venture project undertaken in Victoria with the awarding of the $42m Ararat Intermediate Secure Facility with Kane Construction
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First employee achieves 40 years service milestone 
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Company upgrades accredition to
ISO 14001:2015 for Environmental Management Systems and ISO 9001:2015 for Quality Management Systems

Company wins contract for the $60m city-transforming Devonport LIVING CITY Stage 1 project (picture: Living City)
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Warrnambool Division branches into SA with $11.6m contract to build the Penola Milk Processing Plant

Fairbrother story “Shaking The Foundations” is released
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Company wins largest project to date with $70m University of Tasmania Melville St Student Accommodation Facility
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Joinery Division completes fitout of the two Spirit of Tasmania ferries

Company is awarded $400m Royal Hobart Hospital Redevelopment in joint venture with John Holland Group
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Degree C operations in the North-West relocate from Devonport into their purpose-built facility at Ulverstone

Fairbrother opens an office in Warrnambool, paving the way for further expansion into regional Victoria

Company adopts a newlook logo
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Morey & Hurford is renamed Fairbrother Construction Victoria
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Company completes luxury Saffire resort on Tasmania’s East Coast

Bendigo-based Morey & Hurford is acquired
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200th apprentice is employed
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A company restructure gives rise to the Fairbrother Group and corporate structure suited to future expansion
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Company is accredited by the Federal Safety Commission to the Australian Government Building & Construction OHS Accreditation Scheme 

Fairbrother Foundation is established
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Company is awarded “Employer of Choice” and “Minister’s Award for Excellence for Employers of Australian Apprentices”

Degree C is 100% acquired
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Fairbrother Developments starts with $16m Bay Renaissance luxury apartment complex in Burnie

Fairbrother is awarded $87m Tasmanian Prisons Redevelopment in joint venture with John Holland Group
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Fairbrother Facility Management is formed
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Company is accredited AS/NZS 4801 for OHS Management and
ISO 4001 for Environmental Management

Key employees gain level of ownership in the company

New modern and purpose-built office facilities for Fairbrother in Launceston

Name changes to Fairbrother Pty Ltd and new logo adopted
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Board of directors is appointed
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100th apprentice is employed
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Company is accredited to ISO 9001 for Quality Management Systems

First female apprentice is employed

Promenade project in Singapore

Fairbrotherestablishes a Southern Division in Hobart
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First overseas project - McCain’s Potato Shed in New Zealand

Company newsletter “What’s Building?” is published - it still continues today

Fairbrother establishes a Northern Division in Launceston

Major fit-outs commence in Sydney

Construction ofthe $5m Bonds Weaving Mill in Devonport and the University of Tasmania’s Centenary 
Building in Hobart

Mount Wellington Observation Centre is completed in the mid-winter snow

First major multi-level construction - the 165-room Launceston International Hotel

Company relocates to 12 Stony Rise Road, Quoiba - home of head office ever since
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Fit-out of the Sheraton Hotel in Hobart and the 3UZ Sound Studio in Melbourne

First off-shore project - King Island Lighthouse

Ulverstone Civic Centre becomes the first project requiring a bank guarantee ($100k+)

Major West Coast works are undertaken, including units for the Hydro and rooms for the Westcoaster Motel and Strahan Inn

Focus shifts from housing to commercial sector with the construction of the Devonfield Sheltered Workshop & Devlaun’s Vegetable Processing Factory

Company relocates to 6-8 Stony Rise Road, Quoiba
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First housing contract - valued at $14,000

First apprentice is employed

First Joinery workshop is opened in Devonport

Royce & Thea Fairbrother founded RT & DJ Fairbrother
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First employee is appointed