Ascot Group understands that construction often happens in places that cannot simply stop.
Because these environments are homes, schools and essential facilities, we adapt our entire approach to respect the people inside them.
- We design our site footprint around your daily routines.
- We stage works around your commitments and delivery imperatives.
- We manage our presence to minimise disruption on your services.
We keep clients and stakeholders informed at every stage, so there are no surprises where they count. Clear scheduling, honest updates and early flags on anything that might affect operations mean no one is ever left guessing.
- Timelines and expectations agreed upfront.
- Proactive updates for site stakeholders.
- Challenges handled with practical judgement.
- Following through on every promise.
Our systems, accreditations and documentation are built to stand up to procurement, risk and compliance review. Ascot Group directly employs a significant proportion of its workforce, including more than 65 in-house tradespeople, giving greater control over quality, safety and scheduling.
- ISO-certified safety and quality systems.
- Comprehensive cover, licences and insurances.
- Information ready for pre-qualification and tender.
For 15+ years, Ascot Group has worked in environments like yours – retirement living communities, aged care homes, schools, hospitals, commercial facilities and government sites. We understand your operational realities, so you spend less time explaining your world and more time seeing it understood.
- More than 15 years of experience working in live environments.
- Proven success in facilities like yours.
- Reliable outcomes across single and multi-site rollouts.
- A dependable team you can rely on and trust.
The experience is the difference
Better experiences create better outcomes
We know that great outcomes aren’t achieved through big promises, but through hundreds of small decisions made well. By focusing on the little things, we ensure your essential services keep operating and your communities keep thriving while we build.
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No one is left guessing
Clear communication helps clients, site teams and stakeholders understand what is happening, when it is happening and what comes next.
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The site keeps moving
Works are planned around access, timing, daily routines and operational needs, helping reduce disruption while the project moves forward.
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People stay front of mind
We consider the residents, staff, students, customers and stakeholders who continue to use each space while works are underway.
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Problems get sorted
Issues are handled with practical judgement, clear accountability and the follow-through needed to keep things moving.
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Live environments
Specialists in live environments
Live environments aren’t our side offering – they’re our specialty. For 15+ years, Ascot Group has delivered construction, refurbishment and minor works in places where people continue to live, learn, work and receive essential services. We plan around access, routines and safety to keep disruption and risk to a minimum, and operate with a level of respect and care that reflects well on you. It takes skill, experienced teams and careful planning – and it’s exactly what we’re built for.
Supporting clients across VIC, SA, NSW and QLD with a consistent approach
We’re trusted across retirement living, aged care and health, education, commercial and rovernment – and many clients come back to us, project after project.
The whole journey
Your partner from start to finish
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Start with the site
Every project begins with understanding the environment, the people using it and the pressures that need to be managed.
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Shape the work around reality
We plan around access, routines, safety, timing and operational needs, so the approach works in practice, not just on paper.
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Keep everyone aligned
Clear updates, practical conversations and responsive decision-making help clients, site teams and stakeholders stay on the same page.
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Follow through properly
We stay accountable from planning through to handover, taking ownership for the result and standing behind the work we deliver.
Our standards are anything but standard
Confidence behind the work
Certainty starts with strong systems and clear evidence. For procurement, risk and executive stakeholders, Ascot Group backs its delivery with recognised accreditation, comprehensive cover and documented governance – so you can be confident in the way we work before the work begins.
Ascot Group works to a documented, ISO 9001-certified quality management system, applied consistently across every project and state.
We use safe work methods required across sectors to ensure clear processes, checks and accountability from planning through to handover – so the standard you’re promised is the standard you get.
Our ISO 14001-certified environmental management system helps us plan and deliver works responsibly – managing waste, materials and site impact with respect for the surrounding environment and community across the sectors we work in.
Ascot Group holds the building and trade licences required to deliver across the states and sectors we work in, and carries comprehensive insurance, including public liability, professional indemnity and workers compensation.
Our quality, safety and environmental systems support the documentation, reporting and assurance that Government, Health, Education and large portfolio clients require – so we can meet compliance and pre-qualification obligations.
The experience is the difference
Trusted to deliver
Good people build great projects
Much of Ascot Group’s team is its own. Around half the workforce are directly employed trades, so the people on your site are known, consistent and invested in the outcome.
Employing a big portion of our trade workforce directly means the people on your projects are our own. We also use a trusted subcontractor network to extend that capability without losing our consistency and because we take a long-term view of every relationship, the team behind your first project is there for the next.
- 65+ in-house tradespeople.
- A trusted subcontractor network.
- Long-term partnerships.
- An extension of your team.
Our People
Leadership that stays connected
Our leaders set the standards we deliver to and stay close to the work and the people behind it. It’s a team that leads with heart, backs its people, and takes ownership for the experience clients receive. They also share a willingness to innovate and forge a new path – to pioneer better ways of delivering in live environments, rather than settling for how it’s always been done.
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ANDREW KAVANAGH
Director
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JOHN PAUL KAVANAGH
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JOEL EGAN
Director
Chief Executive Officer
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