This week, our Emerging Talent cohort came together for the fourth and final event of 2026. This time we left the site office behind and took our graduates, apprentices, and cadets on a tour of three of our valued suppliers.

Every material that arrives on a Taylor project has a story behind it: design decisions, manufacturing processes, specification requirements, and logistics. Seeing that work first-hand gives our emerging talent a clearer understanding of what they are ordering, checking, and installing, and why it matters to get it right.

Stop 1: Decor Systems

Our first stop was Decor Systems, where the group saw how acoustic panels are designed, manufactured, and specified on major projects. After a tour of the factory floor, the cohort spent time in the sample room working hands-on with the products, including materials we have used on Taylor builds.

Stop 2: Wire Industries

Next, the group followed reinforcement from scheduling through to production at Wire Industries. The factory tour showed how bar is cut and bent to specification and how mesh is made, and the cohort saw (and heard) the process at full scale. For anyone who has checked reo on a slab pour, it was a useful look at the work that happens before it reaches site.

Stop 3: Borgers Cranes

We finished the day at Borgers Cranes, where the team explained how the right crane is selected for a project, from lift requirements to site constraints. The group then toured the workshop and fleet that keep our sites lifting.

Building relationships early

The day gave our cohort valuable knowledge of the materials and equipment behind our projects. It also gave them the chance to meet the people at partner organisations they will work with throughout their careers on Taylor projects.

Thank you to the teams at Decor Systems, Wire Industries, and Borgers Cranes for hosting us and sharing your expertise so generously.

That brings our 2026 Emerging Talent program to a close. We look forward to building on it in 2027.