Friday, May 03, 2013
12 Citywide delegates attended this year's National Arboriculture Conference at Melbourne's Hilton Hotel.
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Friday, May 03, 2013
In the spirit of ANZAC day our Citywide crews worked closely with local council and Victoria Police to guarantee the success of the parade and the upgrade of a local community shrine.
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Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Citywide is known for its involvement in local communities but recently it has provided support to a worthy international cause – helping the children of Cambodia.
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Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Two of Citywide’s most iconic parks have been recognised as world-leading public parklands by winning the prestigious Green Flag Award.
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Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Mt Kosciusko provided a stunning backdrop for the recent stabilisation works undertaken by Citywide this month.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Citywide’s multimillion-dollar redeveloped asphalt plant was officially launched last Wednesday, 20 March, with many of Melbourne’s industry and municipality leaders flocking to the opening.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Thousands of Australians around the country turned out in support of this year’s ‘Clean Up Australia Day’, and in Melbourne many Citywide staff gave up their weekends to join in the worthy cause.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Melbourne was bathed in lights last weekend when the all-night cultural festival White Night was held in the city.
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Friday, February 15, 2013
The year of the snake slithered in with a bang in Melbourne’s Chinatown over the weekend, with Citywide providing crucial traffic management for one of the most popular events of the year: Chinese New Year.
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Great Ocean Rd has been restricted to one lane due to stabilisation works occurring along the Apollo Bay stretch.
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Melbourne cyclists will be able to take a safe new route between Docklands and the city’s east with Citywide Infrastructure undertaking works on dedicated bike lanes this month on La Trobe Street.
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Citywide has continued its support of local community groups through sponsorship of the Ballarat Regional Tennis Club.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
A Sterling apprentice has displayed exceptional skill and dedication to both his work and schooling and as a result has recently received a number of awards in recognition.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
A message from Citywide Managing Director Kerry Osborne.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
With two degrees and international experience working for engineering companies around the world, IT Projects Manager John Lane is a man that knows his way around information systems.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Technological advancements are allowing Citywide to proactively manage assets throughout Australia.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Social media begun as a peer to peer platform, when brands realised the power of this new technology it quickly became a B2C tool, and now social media is proving effective in building B2B and B2G relationships.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Over the past six years, Citywide has proudly supported the ‘Carpets for Communities’ program. This initiative is a not-for-profit social enterprise which aims to break the cycle of poverty by supporting education through the creation of sustainable development solutions in underdeveloped regions.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
A supersized garbage truck is an unlikely vehicle to bring cheer to young children. However on a sunny Monday morning in mid-December, the young patients at the Monash Children’s Hospital were delighted to hear that such a vehicle had arrived carrying Christmas gifts for all.
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Friday, December 14, 2012
Bayside Carols in the Park was a huge success, bolstered by Citywide's sponsorship and support on the night.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
It’s one of the first warm November days of the year and in many of the reserves around Bayside a sound vaguely reminiscent to the ‘popping’ of popcorn can be heard among the indigenous brush. In actual fact, this is the sound of Small-leaved Clematis’ pods bursting open with new seeds, and to the trained ears of Citywide Horticulturalist Erika Anderson from Bayside Community Nursery it signifies the start of the seed collecting season.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Whittlesea Civic Centre has recently received a major landscaping facelift, leaving the municipality’s Council Offices looking resplendent for spring. The project focused on revamping the main entrance and other areas around the civic centre gardens, and while the project was completed just prior to spring, it is only recently that the beds have sprung to life with new foliage.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
In remote East Gippsland in Victoria’s picturesque high country, historic McKillops Bridge has undergone significant works to restore it to its former glory.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
As Citywide’s growth phase continues, the need for a strong training and hiring program has presented itself.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The phrase ‘lest we forget’ is synonymous with the legacy of our ANZACs, and is firmly entrenched in the hearts and minds of all Australians.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Pollution taxes are a regulatory tool that have been in use since the early nineteenth century. Applied by post-Industrial Revolution governments, these taxes internalise the social costs of environmental degradation, with the fundamental aim of pollution taxes is essentially to reduce harmful atmospheric concentrations by creating a charge for emissions and an incentive to use environmental resources more efficiently.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Following Indonesia’s pledge to reduce carbon emissions by 26 per cent by the year 2020, Citywide’s asphalt plant recently hosted a group of international delegates keen to increase their knowledge of greener asphalt alternatives.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
As Citywide Group Systems Software Manager, Robyn’s work on restructuring the software systems has already earned her the respect of her colleagues, who appreciate the ease in which she translates complicated data into easy-to-process information.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Sizzling snags and a rainbow of lush native plants created the ultimate Aussie atmosphere at the final Bayside Community Gala Open Day.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Six delegates from Citywide’s Open Spaces division braved the Tasmanian chill to attend the Arboriculture Australia 2012 conference.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Last year, Le Page Primary School in Cheltenham was rocked by the discovery that vandals had stolen or destroyed most of their newly planted trees and shrubs.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
In the midst of a significant skills shortage currently gripping Australia’s horticultural and agricultural industries, Citywide is overcoming the challenges of finding great staff. With over 1.2 million trees in its care, one of the greatest challenges Citywide must overcome is the recruitment of skilled arborists.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The Dynon Road Waste Transfer Facility in Melbourne’s west recently launched a new hook lift disposal service targeting customers with high volumes of waste and recycling.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Sterling (a Citywide Group Company)’s exceptional turf and field knowledge has caught the eye of a major city council in Sydney’s outer west.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Some of Canberra’s top government officials, business leaders and international delegates will gather next week in a seminar that is set to unveil an innovative theory used by governments and global corporations alike.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
This month Citywide commences operations on its most recent expansion into Queensland: the Townsville Open Spaces contract.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
As the summer comes to a close and autumn sets in, we look forward to 2012 being a highly successful year.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
While most people took a hard-earned break over the holiday period, relaxing and spending time with family and loved ones, the Citywide Citylink crew worked around the clock to ensure required works on the Western link sections of the Citylink network were completed on time, despite adverse weather conditions.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Citywide joined hundred’s of Melbourne’s most prominent business people in the Governor’s Conservation Charity Golf Pro Am last month.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Digging holes and distributing mulch around our parklands can be time consuming, labour intensive and hard work, but Citywide has found the ideal tool with the purchase of two Toro TX Compact Utility Loaders in mid 2011.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
With twelve years experience Justin Hollis knows a thing or two about landscaping and has been a key driver behind Sterling’s success.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Sydney’s streets are currently awash with vivid colours and fragrant smells as part of the City’s ‘Living Colour’ floral displays.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
In an effort to transform the Queen Victoria Market into one of Australia’s leading environmentally conscious and sustainability focused market places, Citywide has adopted the innovative approach of using of an electronically powered waste compactor for all cardboard boxes and cardboard off cuts.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Despite an overcast and chilly start to the morning, the Citywide Bayside Open Spaces team once again successfully headed the annual ‘Dog’s Breakfast’ initiative.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Government House is one of Victoria’s most iconic and stunningly picturesque landmarks. Home to some of the most prestigious gardens and elegant floral displays in the State, for 13 years Citywide has proudly been the provider of horticultural maintenance services to this Victorian institution.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Citywide took some time out over the holiday period to spread Christmas cheer to local communities, proudly sponsoring the Bayside Christmas Carols in the Park and the Manningham Carols by Candlelight. The events were heralded as huge successes by their respective communities and congratulations must go to the Citywide team for providing the support that made both the events such a triumph.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Sterling has “thrilled” the University of Western Sydney by creating a socially interactive garden in a previously neglected area of bare soil at the Bankstown campus.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Regarded as one of the key drivers of Citywide’s Infrastructure Division, Mike North has for the past eight years, worked tirelessly with Citywide’s senior management and executive teams to help build the Infrastructure Division into a $100+ million per year business.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The federal government’s carbon tax, which passed through the Senate only recently, will come into effect on the 1st of July 2012. While everyday Australian families can expect an increase in their electricity bills, significant public concern has also been voiced over the effects the new legislation will have on not only local businesses but also the 565 Local Governments located throughout Australia.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
A sun soaked Melbourne day at Commonwealth Park, in Williamstown, greeted the Citywide Trees Team earlier this month for the 15th Annual Victorian Tree Climbing Championships.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The preceding weeks have seen Citywide’s Environmental Division take possession of 13 new waste vehicles.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Neither gale force winds nor a long drive down the Calder Freeway could stop hundreds of engineers from around Victoria descending upon the major regional city of Bendigo for the Municipal Works Officers Associations (MWOA) 18th National Works and Engineering Conference.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
It’s back to school for the Sterling Group who have recently acquired the prestigious grounds maintenance contract for the Queenswood School for Girls.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Transurban’s green thinking is well and truly paving its way onto Melbourne’s expansive roads network. Recent profiling and resurfacing works undertaken by Citywide on its CityLink network have provided a boom for the environment and the recycled asphalt industry.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
City of Whittlesea, in conjunction with open spaces maintenance provider Citywide, will plant more than 18,000 indigenous shrubs and trees throughout the municipality this financial year.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
As part of the company’s rigorous ISO compliance regime, Citywide recently underwent a complete division by division audit of its operations for the purpose of recertification. The company’s processes that were put under the spot light included safety, quality and environmental.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Canberra’s National Capital Authority is considered the jewel in the crown when it comes to providing open spaces services to an iconic and prestigious Australian landmark.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Following the destructive floods that occurred over January of this year, Citywide’s regional infrastructure teams have been actively working around Victoria repairing the damage inflicted to the state’s various road arterial networks.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
After another year of remarkable performance, I am pleased to report Citywide is in an excellent position for the year ahead. A combination of strong organic and acquisition-led growth has seen Citywide further establish its leadership in the local government physical services sector.
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Monday, September 05, 2011
The City of Whittlesea’s parks and gardens maintenance provider, Citywide, has partnered with the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) in an effort to create employment opportunities and work experiences for people with intellectual and learning disabilities.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
To mark National Tree Day 2011, Citywide’s dedicated crew of ‘environmental warriors’ in cooperation with Bayside City Council led the charge to help restore Sandringham’s foreshore to its original condition.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
In today’s litigious environment, public liability and risk management are critical factors in the effective delivery of civil infrastructure and open space maintenance services. A structured ongoing maintenance and risk management program is instrumental in maintaining and protecting our customers’ valued investments.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Pest and disease control is instrumental in the management and maintenance of trees. Tree care professionals, have a number of tools available to control pests and disease. For many years, insecticide sprays and soil treatments have been the traditional approach. As people become increasingly aware about the adverse effects stemming from the prolonged use of these agents to the environment, tree injections are rapidly becoming a viable alternative.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Regarded as one of Australia’s most esteemed and picturesque educational institutions, the University of Melbourne recently selected Citywide as the successful provider of Open Space, Grounds Cleaning and Horticultural Maintenance Services.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
The City of Melbourne is now paving its streets ‘green’ with Citywide’s environmentally friendly asphalt Greenpave.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Earlier this year, we decided to further strengthen and enhance the management of our most important relationship – YOU our customer.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Citywide’s Infrastructure division recently announced a new weapon in their asset maintenance arsenal. Referred to as a ‘QuickView’ camera, the devise has been designed to safely view all aspects of pipeline infrastructure in an easy and convenient manner.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Neither rain nor hail could stop the thousands of arborists from around the world who descended upon the western Sydney suburb of Parramatta for the International Society of Arboriculture’s Annual Conference and Tree Climbing Championships.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Even though Australia’s drought conditions may be over, tens of thousands of established trees are still at risk of premature death. Water can take months if not years to permeate to the trees root system. Recent rainfall may have replenished our water storage levels and helped green our lawns, however many of our much treasured assets are still waiting for this precious commodity to reach them.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Citywide’s Vic Regional Infrastructure teams have had another major win to kick off the 2011 financial year. This time they received news that their three year VicRoads Routine Maintenance contract for the Colac-Otway Shire has been re-won for an additional seven years.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
In the darkest and coldest part of Melbourne’s winter, our very own Kerry Osborne, flanked by a number of CEO’s and even an ex-Prime Minister, braved Melbourne’s weather and slept ‘under the stars’ as part of the St Vincent De Paul’s annual CEO Sleep Out to raise money and awareness for Australia’s homeless.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
On a crisp autumn morning in April, Citywide’s team of enthusiastic runners competed in the Angela Taylor Memorial Fun Run and Walk.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
For the better part of 28 years, Craig Nisbet has held various Senior Executive roles with leading organisations like Fosters Group, ANZ Bank, Price Waterhouse Coopers and Deloitte Australia.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
April saw the Bayside Community Nursery conduct their first of four Gala Open Days for the year
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
What do the ANZAC Day Parade, the Spring Racing Carnival, the St Kilda Festival, Moomba, the Grand Prix, AFL games and the Boxing Day Test have in common?
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Environmental Services Division Manager Chris Ryan recently announced that Citywide was once again the successful contractor for the provision of waste collection services to the City of Moreland.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
As a Carbon Tax looms on the horizon, Australian businesses are going to face some dramatic challenges over the next few years.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Citywide was recently awarded a major maintenance service contract for the provision of road resurfacing services to CityLink. Commencing April 8, the contract will initially involve Citywide performing extensive work to a number of sections on the Western Link sections of the network.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Increasing community and government concerns surrounding the effects of climate change has seen Citywide, in partnership with Shell Bitumen, develop Australia’s first environmentally friendly warm asphalt mix - Greenpave.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Conversations between people are nothing new. Technology is. The scarcity of qualified talent has seen Citywide enter the social media arena, as it seeks to fill roles in its tree services division.
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011
It’s business as usual at the City of Port Phillip, with Citywide continuing its recent purple patch of good form by securing five open spaces contracts retendered by Council.
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Following many years of achieving remarkable worker safety records and improved return to work statistics, Citywide is on track to become an industry leader when it comes to providing safe working conditions for its employees.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Citywide Service Solutions Pty Ltd has purchased New South Wales-based open space services company Sterling Group Services Pty Ltd.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Following the deluge brought about by unseasonal rains in Victoria this year, the state’s regional communities were told to prepare for a “one-in-200-year” flood event.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
In a departure from conventional hiring practices, Citywide has embraced social media technology and ventured into cyberspace to establish a site solely dedicated to the engagement and recruitment of Arborists.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Citywide is once again proud to support Sydney’s Living Colour initiative. The theme for summer 2011 is ‘Live Green’. It focuses on lifestyle choices that affect the future of our planet. Brilliant splashes of colour intertwined with environmental messages abound Sydney for all to see.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
A warm welcome to all our customers and friends.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Some 70,000 tonnes of waste later, Citywide’s moving floor waste pit conveyor system is celebrating its first anniversary. Billed as one of the largest walking floor projects in Australia, it was part of an extensive $1.6 million upgrade of the Dynon Road Transfer Station.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Citywide welcomed the New Year in style with knowledge that its City of Whitehorse Open Spaces Contract win, has propelled the company’s managed tree asset numbers to well over one million.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
The City of Whitehorse has become the latest municipality to join the ever growing ranks of Citywide Open Space customers.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
For the fourth consecutive year, Citywide proudly sponsored Bayside’s Christmas Carols in the Park.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Jim Dunstan - Chief Operating Officer
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
It‘s with great pleasure I report that financial year 09/10 was indeed successful for Citywide. Our efforts in securing strategic, long-term contacts has further confirmed our status as one of the nation’s leading providers of civil infrastructure, open space and environmental services.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
In late October, six beautiful gardens were opened to the public in the picturesque bay side suburb of Brighton, Victoria. As part of the ‘Open Garden Day’ initiative, its purpose was to raise money for Family Life - a not for profit community organisation that helps struggling families by providing counselling, support groups, training and community development services in the Southern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Citywide’s Dynon Road Waste Management Facility now processes over 6000 tonnes of cardboard for recycling purposes each year.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Unperturbed by the wettest spring for over 30 years, Citywide’s Infrastructure Division recently completed one of their most challenging projects in Victoria’s picturesque high country.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
In what has become a time honoured tradition, each year Citywide’s dedicated ‘Bushland and Nursery’ teams take part in National Tree Day activities throughout the communities in which we serve.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
After seventy years of decimation by suburban developments, weed infestations and in more recent times severe drought, dedicated volunteers from the Bayside Community Nursery have nurtured Victoria’s floral emblem the Pink Heath back from the point of extinction.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Citywide, with the City of Melbourne and the Shrine Trustees recently relocated the Ex-Servicewomen’s Memorial Cairn. This monument was established in the memory of over 70,000 Australian Ex-Servicewomen who proudly represented our country from the Boer War through to 1985.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Citywide has achieved impressive growth for a seventh consecutive year. In the current economic climate, this makes Citywide a standout success story in the competitive physical services market.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
In October, Mr. Barry McGuiness retired as Director from the Citywide Board. Originally appointed in 1996, Barry has been a driving force in attaining Citywide’s impressive growth.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Graham Evans is Citywide’s team leader at the Old Parliament House Depot in the heritage listed Parliamentary Triangle of Canberra. Having arrived into Canberra in 2004, Graham brought a wealth of experience with him.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
A hugely successful second half of the year has seen Citywide grow its operations and client base at an unprecedented rate.
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Rebecca Barnes recently won “Dux of the Class: 2009 Certificate III in Horticulture (Arboriculture)” at EMG McMillan. There is no question of Rebecca Barnes’ love and talent for the Horticulture (Arboriculture) industry.
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Sam Sweeney recently won “Apprentice of the Year for Cert III in Aboriculture” at NMIT Fairfield.
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Friday, June 11, 2010
Another 10 years of safe driving on Melbourne’s Bolte Bridge has been secured with Citywide completing one of the toughest challenges in Victorian infrastructure. Over two weekends in May, the Citywide Infrastructure team replaced over a kilometre of asphalt in a quality-driven, deadline-heavy job for leading toll road operator, Transurban.
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Friday, June 04, 2010
Today it was officially announced two career gardeners are set to join forces with local volunteers on Canberra’s most prominent gardens. Duncan Howard returns to his roots, literally, on the parliamentary gardens in which he did his training years ago. On his team is Graham Evans, whose application to new garden maintenance company, Citywide, came with written support from local volunteers.
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Friday, June 04, 2010
An information and talent gathering exercise at the Chelsea Garden Show will deliver even more experience to Citywide’s current crop of best-of-industry flowering credentials. Business Unit Parks Manager, Lisa Carty and Open Space Divisional Manager Dean Grant will take a 10-day trip to Europe’s most influential garden showcase.
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Friday, June 04, 2010
Citywide recently leaped forward in Australian drought-proofing parkland management and tripled staff productivity. The Air Raider Pro 2010 is a dedicated soil-aeration device designed by and custom-built for Citywide.
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Thursday, June 03, 2010
The gardens of Australia’s capital, at the foot of the federal parliament, are set to bloom under Citywide’s management. April 2010 brought the anticipated announcement that Citywide was successful in winning the hotly contested tender to manage the parklands of the National Capital Authority. The contract includes the Parliamentary Triangle, the National Rose Gardens, Commonwealth Gardens, Acton Peninsula, King’s Park and Old Parliament House. Representing the foremost in Australian public space and a priority destination for millions of domestic and international tourists every year, it’s as high profile as a job gets!
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