February/March 2023 Update

Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Bennett Constructions as Managing Contractor to complete a next stage of the Lismore Buildings and facilities rebuild.

To read the article announcing this please visit: https://lismore.nsw.gov.au/news/bennett-constructions-appointed-as-managing-contractor

Brendan Logan (Chief Operating Officer – Lismore City Council) with Tim Cohen (General Manager – Bennett Constructions) and Mick Furchtman (Project Manager – Bennett’s Constructions).In February and March Council was also pleased to receive the announcement of several grant applications in relation to buildings requiring flood repairs. Council made submissions under the Infrastructure Betterment Fund, Community Local Infrastructure Recovery Package and Sports Infrastructure Recovery fund for specific betterment options and upgrades at flood damaged buildings. This funding will be used complementary to disaster recovery funding to provide betterment or variation to some building’s pre-disaster condition to improve the assets flood resilience.