2018 Gala Awards Winners

2018 Business of the Year

Condev Construction

 

High-profile construction company Condev has been named the Gold Coast Business of the Year.

The Varsity Lakes-headquartered company, which is headed up by Steve and Tracy Marais, received the award at the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards gala dinner attended by 680 of the city's business leaders at The Star on Saturday 10th November 2018.
The company, which launched on the Gold Coast in 2002, undertakes projects in the $1 million to $35 million range. Condev, now employs more than 100 staff.

Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards president Ian Cousins said since 2011 Condev had received nearly 55 construction and business awards, including four awards at this year's Master Builders Awards.

"As well as being leaders in the construction industry, the company does an incredible amount of work for the community,'' said Mr Cousins. "Year on, year out, Condev contributes significantly to charities, sports clubs and schools in both time and funding."

High profile construction projects that Condev has recently been involved include the recently completed James Frizelle's dealership at Gaven, the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) head office and high-rise developments for Robina Land Corporation.

As well as being named as the Gold Coast's Business of the Year, Condev was also named the annual winner of the Construction and Trades award.

 

2018 Annual Category Winners

Emerging Business
sponsored by Choice Homes

Dairy-Free Down Under

Dairy Free Down Under is a Gold Coast-based, family-owned business that is the only large-scale manufacturer and distributer of gluten free, dairy-free vegan-friendly cheese substitutes throughout Australia. After three years of development and market testing, the products are now sold nationally through Pizza Hut, Retail Food Group, IGA, Stella Rossa, Melbourne Zoo and ALH Group.

 

Family Business
sponsored by Optus Business Centre Gold Coast

Usher Group

Usher Group provide professional painting, rendering, plastering, signage, swing stage solutions and building maintenance services Australia wide. Usher Group has more than 420 employees, including 10 members of the Vairaktaris family. The business specialises in new construction and maintenance projects and works with companies such as Multiplex, Hutchinson Builders, Mirvac Group, Sunland Group, Lend Lease and the Westfield Group.

 

Retail, Wholesale & Distribution
sponsored by Westpac

JSW Powersports

JSW Powersports is the largest watercraft dealer in Australia and has been named the number one Sea-Doo personal watercraft dealer in the world for the past 6 years. JSW Powersports is also the Australian distributor of Sea Fox Boats, the 6th largest boat manufacturer in the US, and in 2017 was appointed as the Gold Coast's only authorised Malibu and Axis boat dealers for wakeboarding and water-skiing towboats.

 

Manufacturing
sponsored by Regional Development Australia Gold Coast

Digga Australia

Digga is Australia's largest manufacturer of mini loaders and machinery attachments for the earthmoving and construction industry. The company manufactures a range of three fully configurable mini loaders and a range of 70 different attachments. Digga now distributes its products through an extensive dealer network in more than 30 countries.

 

Construction & Trades
sponsored by Harvey Norman Commercial Qld

Condev Construction

Condev Construction is one of the most prominent and prolific construction companies in South East Queensland. The company undertakes projects in the $1m to $35m range. Condev, which was founded in 2002 by Steve and Tracy Marais, now employs more than 100 staff. Since 2011, Condev has received nearly 55 construction and business awards, including four awards at this year's Master Builders Awards. Condev contributes significantly to charities, sports clubs and schools, in both time and funding.

 

Professions & Business Services
sponsored by Ramsden Lawyers

Orbitz Elevators

Orbitz Elevators supplies, installs, maintains, repairs and modernises elevators and escalators throughout Australia and overseas. The company was established by Jonathan Dwayre with a credit card, a van and a dream in November 2014. The business now employs 71 people with the head office on the Gold Coast and branches in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.

 

Health & Wellbeing
sponsored by Pindara Private Hospital & The Southport Private Hospital

Balense Skin

Balense Skin is a cosmetics business that provides solutions to customers with skin conditions. Founder Wendy Reiner used "active" skincare ingredients to develop a range of 17 products that are now distributed through clinics throughout Australia. The company holds patents in Australia, the United States of America and the United Kingdom for its cosmeceutical products.

 

IT & Digital Business
sponsored by Griffith University

onPlatinum ICT

onPlatinum ICT services clients' information technology, communication and creative needs. Its services include cloud computing, hosted business phone systems, backup and disaster recovery, managed IT services, business grade internet connectivity, print solutions, multimedia and marketing services, website creation, and search engine optimisation. The Robina-based company has 30 employees.

 

Tourism, Hospitality & Events
sponsored by Gold Coast Airport

Gold Coast Turf Club

The Gold Coast Turf Club is an icon of the Gold Coast. It provides thoroughbred racing, training facilities and more than 20 event spaces on a 34ha site in the heart of the Gold Coast. Each year the club hosts about 60 race meetings. The club has 34 full-time employees and this figure swells to up 600 people on major race days.

 

Mayor's Innovation GC
sponsored by City of Gold Coast

Pivotel Satellite

Pivotel is a satellite communications company based in Southport. One of just four mobile telecommunications network providers in Australia, the company provides quality communication products and networks for workers, travellers, and residents in remote and rural areas. The company has an Australian and New Zealand network of more than 170 dealers and now has 100 staff spanning Australia, New Zealand, USA and Indonesia.

 

Student Employability
sponsored by Study Gold Coast

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is landmark tourism destination annually attracting more than 500,000 guests. It has an extensive internship program, hosting 80 students each week. The interns include university and TAFE students studying anything from Veterinary Science through to HR. Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary also operates a School Based Traineeship program, which enabled the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital to host 50 trainees in 2017.

 

Encouragement
sponsored by Flight Centre Business Travel

BITS Technology Group

BITS Technology Group is a managed-IT Services and IT consulting firm. BITS services companies nationally and internationally. Clients of BITS Technology Group range from small enterprises through to listed companies such as G8 Education, Maven Dental Group and Ardent Leisure. Its founders were crowned as the 2017 Gold Coast Young Entrepreneurs of the Year for technology.

 

 

 

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