Founded in 1996, the company’s earliest work focused on refurbishing retirement village units. Those first projects opened a window into a highly specialised and sensitive area of construction. The team was not just renovating bricks and mortar; they were upgrading the homes of older Australians at pivotal stages in their lives. That experience planted the seeds of what would become a defining theme for the business: working with vulnerable communities, delivering quality and dignity, and doing it in a way that feels personal and trustworthy. From those beginnings, the Metcalf Group (SA) progressed into larger home renovations and extensions before expanding again into the construction of complete retirement villages. Over time, its capabilities grew in both complexity and scale. Today, the company’s portfolio spans government contracts with Housing Trust homes, ongoing maintenance and renovation work for public hospitals and other state facilities, and a meaningful presence in disability housing through the NDIS Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) sector. It also holds a significant contract with a major eastern seaboard private wealth organisation, building specialist disability homes in South Australia while continuing its long-standing retirement village refurbishment program. For Managing Director Gary Metcalf, that mix of work is a source of pride as well as responsibility. In the disability sector alone, the company has completed twenty new build SDA homes and currently has around eleven homes nearing completion that have and will soon become permanent, purpose-built residences for people living with disability. “We’re really excited about what we’ve been able to deliver to that community,” he says. “We’ve built a reputation for platinum-level homes in the disability space, and seeing people move into environments that truly support an independent, comfortable life – that matters to us.” The retirement living arm is equally active. The company recently completed a retirement unit project that has been entered into the HIA Awards, underscoring the quality and attention to detail that 25 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 07, ISSUE 12 METCALF GROUP (SA)
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