Gardner Vaughan Group

Family-owned Brisbane builder-developer, founded 1989 by Guy Gardner and Darryl Vaughan as a structural timber engineering consultancy; design + construct from the 2000s, development brought in-house 2004. Fully vertically integrated: acquisition, in-house architects, construction (GVG Design Construct Pty Ltd), sales/marketing, defect management, property management. Notable: built Monterey Kangaroo Point, Australia's tallest residential timber tower (CLT, 5-Leaf EnviroDevelopment, 2021 Urban Developer Construction Innovation Award). 2023 UDIA QLD Best Medium Density (Renovare Yeronga); 2023 QLD Project of the Year finalist. Active geography: Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast. Directors (excluded from talent mapping): Guy Gardner, Sam Gardner, Simon Betteridge, Darryl Vaughan (retired). CROSS-CUTTING PATTERNS QUT dominance: Ahmet, Button, Humzy, Bell, Loechel, Hackney — same channel as Riviere. Sponsoring a QUT construction management event covers both. School network: Brisbane Grammar (Button, Ahmet), St Joseph's Geelong (Fyfe), Ipswich Grammar (McMahon), All Hallows' (Cowan-Dillon), Immanuel Lutheran (Humzy). Feeder companies: Condev (collapsed) — Dinnen, Button. CPB — Batzloff. John Holland — McGovern. Stockland — McMahon (13 yrs). Hutchinson — Kong. Alroe — Button, Alford. RCQ — Wevar. No shared staff with Riviere Constructions. HIGHEST-VALUE POACH TARGETS 1. Simon Dinh — KPF London high-rise pedigree, UniMelb MArch, sitting as Design Coordinator. Overqualified, highest flight risk. 2. Warren Batzloff — ex-CPB Construction Manager (Christchurch Hospital 62,000sqm). Health/infra flight risk. 3. Robin Kong — Bond + UNSW postgrads, The Star GC Tower 2, Hutchies. Under-utilised at CA level. 4. Mark McMahon — Sunshine Coast senior DM, Stockland precinct experience. Strategic 2-3 year target, not now. RECENT DEPARTURES: Taylor Saunders (Site Foreman 2022-Apr 2025, to MELROSE as Structural Foreman); Mario Cavallo (Site Supervisor, 5 months 2022); Simon Collins (Site Foreman, 9 months 2024); Christopher Wicht (Design Manager then Head of Design & Planning, Nov 2023-Jul 2024, to Mosaic Property Group — very short tenure, worth understanding); Joel Clotas (Asst Construction Manager, to City of Moreton Bay as Senior PM); Hannah Morrison (Architectural Graduate); Andrian Amin (Architectural Technician, to MAS Architecture Studio); Miranda Hackney (Design Assistant); James Graham (Cadet CA, 7 months, to Inbilt Projects then JH Dixon); Brydon Tweddell (Marketing Manager, Mar 2025-May 2026).