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Fire season preparedness

According to the CFA Victoria is one of the most fire-prone areas in the world. So, holding an understanding of fire…

Time is now on their side*

When milking stretched out to 10 hours every day, Alex and Robert Robertson knew something had to change at their…

Cobden Gift

We are stoked to have been able to support this year's Cobden Gift, held 26 October at the Bendigo Bank…

Interested in working with us?

It's a rare week that passes by without someone asking whether we've got any job opportunities. While the answer is…

We do a bit more than ‘just’ build dairies…

We were recently asked about what other sort of work GreenCon does, outside the agricultural sector (and the dairy industry,…

South West Dairy Ladies Luncheon 2024

GreenCon was delighted to support this years South West Dairy Ladies Luncheon, held at Deakin University's Warrnambool campus earlier this…

TrakRite TR-330: reduce claw wear – minimise lameness – maximise traction

We’ve always got an eye on the horizon, looking for anything that may help us be better at what we…

50-cow Rotary Dairy

Earlier this decade we were commissioned to design and construct a dairy to accommodate a 50-cow rotary platform, plus a yard…

We’re recruiting: Project Manager

We have had an exciting role come about, for a Civil Construction Project Manager. While the ideal candidate will bring…

Thank you Cobden, and the southwest.

60 years ago a 23 y.o. bloke called Lawrie and his wife, Thelma, started a construction company in Cobden, called…

Good Knights become Great

Late in the afternoon of Saturday 16 March Cobden’s good Knights became great. At the Cobden Recreation Reserve, Cobden’s division one premiership…

We’re supporting the Hampden Football Netball League

“Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy and choosing to…

2024 Warrnambool and District Careers Expo

For the first time in our history we’re attending the Warrnambool and District’s Careers Expo at the Warrnambool Greyhound Racing Club on Tuesday,…

One more to add to the world’s 38,000 robotic dairies

Towards the backend of 2023 we finished construction on a robotic dairy on a 113-hectare farm located about 20 minutes…

Merry Christmas!

It's almost time for James and the crew at GreenCon to pull up stumps for 2023, so they're taking this…

Who is the principal? (And how is that relevant to construction?)

The latest (14th) version of Victoria’s 2017 OHS Regulations landed in July 2023. Among other things they specify how to…

What three words?

On any given day GreenCon can have staff working on a dozen or more different sites. While some sites are…

Robotic dairying for a 500 strong herd, in a compost bedding barn

GreenCon has close to six decades of experience in Victoria's dairy industry. In that time, we've constructed hundreds of dairies…

Sunrise BBQs raising funds and awareness for local volunteer organisations

In early 2022 one of our guys was doing some cleaning in our Cobden shed. He lent on his broom,…