From left: Vicky Bui, Quantity Surveyor; Janet Yuen, Associate and Gloria Ling, Quantity Surveyor at Donald Cant Watts Corke.
BUILDING A BRIGHT AND
DIVERSE FUTURE
ROADS & INFRASTRUCTURE SITS DOWN WITH LESLIE CHUNG, DIRECTOR OF DONALD CANT WATTS CORKE NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM, TO DISCUSS HOW THE COMPANY IS SUPPORTING ITS DIVERSE WORKFORCE.
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ith a ratio of six to seven female to male employees, the National Infrastructure team within Donald Cant Watts Corke (DCWC) is one of the most diverse professional services teams in the infrastructure industry. As part of an end-to-end project services company with over 50 years’ history, DCWC’s Infrastructure team offers integrated consultancy 86
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services on some of the country’s biggest infrastructure projects, from Victoria’s North East Link Project to New South Wales’s Western Sydney Airport and many more across rail, road, aviation, water treatment, dams and marine sectors. When asked how the diversity has benefitted the team, Leslie Chung, Director of DCWC’s National Infrastructure team, says inclusion
of diverse professionals has not only supported the delivery of multi-billiondollar projects, but also helped to foster greater creativity. “I can confidently say that some of our successes have been directly attributed towards our diverse backgrounds. Diverse backgrounds allow different viewpoints to shine. It creates creativity based on cultural differences and that’s what sets us apart,” he says.
