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The annual Hazell Bros Corporate Golf Day has teed off at Kingston Beach Golf Club, with organisers hoping to beat last year’s impressive $25,000 fundraising total for workplace mental health research.
20 teams hit the greens for the second annual event on Friday, with all proceeds going to the Menzies Institute for Medical Research through The Mind Games initiative.
Hazell Bros, now a Gold Sponsor of The Mind Games 2025, drew support from big-name companies including William Adams CAT, Wilson Homes, Komatsu, Toyota and Isuzu.
"Understanding mental health is at forefront of our business," Hazell Bros managing director Geoffrey Hazell said.
"We're getting tremendous support from our industry. We’ve got people coming from the north of the island, people from the mainland coming down to be part of the day."
The day featured hole sponsorships, raffles, and a silent auction, with prizes generously donated by Qantas, Pennicott Wilderness Journeys, Wicked Workwear and other local businesses.
Sherri Ring, creator and CEO of The Mind Games, said the golf day was a welcome addition to the growing movement.
"[It] is a fantastic addition to The Mind Games, helping to spread the important message about the value of preventive mental health initiatives in workplaces across Tasmania," she said.
The main Mind Games event will be held at Hobart’s Princes Wharf 1 on November 6.
Hydro Tasmania has marked a major milestone on upgrades to the Tarraleah hydropower scheme, with the intake tower excavation now complete.
Almost a quarter of a million cubic metres of rock and soil were removed to create the deep excavation where the new concrete tower will be constructed. Tasmanian company Hazell Bros Group delivered the works over the past 27 months.
An innovative plastic concrete cut-off trench was designed by Entura. The trench protects the deep excavation from seepage from the mighty waters of Lake King William. It also provides flexibility for construction and timing of future works associated with the intake excavation.
Hydro Tasmania’s Interim Executive General Manager, Construction, Tammy Chu, said it was an exciting time for the upgrade works project.
"This has been an impressive effort, removing 240,000 cubic metres of rock and soil and using 3,700 rock bolts (some up to 6 metres long). We overcame challenges with complex geology
and typical Tassie winter weather. Plus local jobs were created, with a peak workforce of 30 people on the ground delivering this work," Tammy said.
The intake tower construction is the next planned phase of work. A tender for the intake tower construction was recently released, marking another major project milestone.
Designed by Entura, the intake project includes a 30m high concrete structure housing intake screens, a large steel gate and associated hydraulic hoist.
Work on the 950 metre connecting tunnel is also well advanced. It will connect the new intake to a future new conveyance to feed water into Tarraleah Power Station. Hazell Bros
Group is working alongside tunnelling experts, Tunnelling Solutions, to complete around 260 blasts, removing 100,000 tonnes of material along the tunnel length.
These are important upgrades on a scheme that has been delivering clean energy to Tasmania since the 1930s, making it one of our oldest schemes.
“Hydro Tasmania is proposing a major redevelopment, so Tarraleah will be ready to help meet the growing demand for energy and power the state for generations to come,” Tammy
said.
The Federal Government has committed up to $65M in funding for the upgrade works.
Ends. Media contact: 0409 722 359 / media@hydro.com.au
Hazell Bros Concrete was awarded the contract for the concrete supply for the New Bridgewater Bridge by McConnel Dowell in 2022. The supply includes the concrete for piles, piers, bridge segments and all other civil works.
We worked closely with QualTech TAS, our NATA accredited testing laboratory who designed some of the most technically challenging concrete mixes to ensure the successful delivery of the project. Hazell Bros Concrete will supply / (has supplied) in excess of 47,000m3 of concrete for the entire project (approximately 120,000 tonnes).
Key Highlights for the Concrete Supply:
This project is a prime example of Hazell Bros’ vertically integrated business model, showcasing the seamless collaboration between our Concrete, Quarry, and Transport divisions, as well as our testing laboratory, QualTech TAS. It also highlights the successful partnership between the head contractor and subcontractor, working together to deliver an iconic, high-quality outcome.
2025 sees Hazell Bros engaging 16 new apprentices across our Automotive, Fabrication, Quarries and Civil Construction areas. This group consists of a mix of 7 first-time apprentices, 2 continuing apprentices joining Hazell Bros from another organisation and 7 dual traders embarking on their second apprenticeship with Hazell Bros.
Our people are our most important assets, growing the capability of our existing staff as well as welcoming new talent into the business ensures that Hazell Bros continues to grow and succeed throughout the future generations.
Members of the Hazell Bros Team with Lifeline Program Manager
Hazell Bros, a company employing over 800 individuals and deeply anchored in family values and community support, acknowledges the profound impact of domestic abuse on countless Australians. In our commitment to combat this tragedy, we have partnered with Lifeline to introduce a domestic abuse awareness program within our organisation.
The primary goal of this program is to foster understanding about domestic abuse: what it entails, how to identify its signs, and how to initiate conversations around this sensitive issue. Additionally, the program aims to equip employees with information on the support services available, both within Hazell Bros and in the broader community, for those affected by domestic abuse.
Participation in this initiative is entirely voluntary, and we are pleased to report that nearly half of our Tasmanian employees have already engaged with the program. We are preparing to extend the rollout to our teams in South Australia and Queensland, shortly.
Hazell Bros takes pride in the proactive involvement of our employees and encourages other employers to collaborate with Lifeline in tailoring similar programs for their own employees. By increasing awareness and understanding of domestic abuse and its warning signs, we believe we can collectively contribute to reducing its prevalence in our communities.
Together, we can make a difference.
Hazell Bros is pleased to announce that it has recently been awarded the Road Upgrades and Civil Construction Works – Package 3 project for Sunwater. This contract focuses on essential improvements across several key sites:
• Booyal Dallarnil Road between Bruce Highway and Paradise Dam Road
• Paradise Dam Road Section 1 (Chainage 0 – 480m)
• Intersection of Booyal Dallarnil Road and Stanton Harcourt Road
• Intersection of Gooroolba Biggenden Road, Muan Road, and Coringa Road (Degilbo)
• Intersection of Gooroolba Biggenden Road, Seccombes Road, Emu Creek Road, and Coringa Road (Degilbo)
The scope includes realignment, pavement reconstruction, embankment widening, and upgrades to property access, signage, linemarking, and drainage. These upgrade works are part of a broader program to enhance the safety, efficiency, and durability of the road network leading to Paradise Dam, in preparation for the Paradise Dam Improvement Project.
We look forward to construction commencing very soon. Stay tuned for updates on our progress as we work on this crucial project to improve road safety and functionality for the local community.
Read more about this project here:
https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/101135
Six slips sites, $5m and 42 weeks sees Bilambil – Urliup Road open
Earlier this month Hazell Bros Concrete had a milestone achievement by pouring a pile that’s claimed by McConnell Dowell (Head Contractor) as the deepest drilled pile in the southern hemisphere as part of the new Bridgewater Bridge Project. The pile had an overall depth of 90m with a 2.4m diameter. We had a continuous pour for 10 hours and supplied 426m3 (71 truckloads) of concrete to this single pile which is equivalent to 1,100 tonnes of concrete.
The supply was fulfilled by utilizing our two concrete batch plants at Bridgewater and ten agitator trucks with a direct team effort of 15 concrete workers and 4 QualTech testers. The pile utilised one of the most technically challenging concrete mixes that was designed in conjunction with QualTech. The whole 71 truck loads that went to this pile were both visually and physically assessed for their compliance.
As a risk mitigation, before commencement of the pour, the stockpiles and cement storage were at its maximum of 600 tonnes of aggregate and over 400 tonnes of cementitious materials respectively, and during the pour day we had received 7 tankers of cementitious material (157 tonnes) and around 450 tonnes of aggregates from our quarry.
Great team effort and collaboration between Concrete, Quarry, Transport and QualTech, a true example of vertically integrated management model of Hazell Bros!
Hazell Bros is proud to be part of the New Bridgewater Bridge project, one of the most recent significant infrastructure projects delivered in Tasmania. Hazell Bros, in conjunction with its affiliated testing laboratory QualTech TAS, has designed a technically challenging concrete mix for this project. Engaged by lead contractor McConnell Dowell, Hazell Bros will provide nearly 120,000 tonnes of concrete to the project.
Hazell Bros is pleased to announce that it has again been named one of the nine leading private Australian companies recognised for outstanding business performance in Deloitte Australia’s 2023 Best Managed Companies awards.
Hazell Bros is honoured to have the hard work we have put into our strategy, approach to innovation, and capabilities recognised externally by Deloitte and the Best Managed Companies judges in this way.
Now in its fourth year – and run in association with Google Cloud and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia – the Best Managed Companies program identifies and celebrates privately owned and managed companies across Australia that set high standards of business performance, and shines a light on the power of private businesses as innovators and major contributors to Australia’s economy. The program’s independent judges challenged and evaluated the strengths of the applicants across four key pillars: strategy; culture and commitment; capabilities and innovation; and governance and financials.
Photo L-R: Michael Hazell, Damien Bones (Deloitte Australia), Geoffrey Hazell