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We build and project manage across a range of sectors, always with the same commitment to detail, safety and integrity.
Our team blends local knowledge with national experience, using modern methods, sustainable materials and digital tools to deliver smarter, more efficient projects.
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Joss delivers high-quality commercial buildings, creating functional, modern and durable spaces for businesses, government and communities.
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We deliver secure, purpose-built defence infrastructure across regional Australia, supporting capability and future growth.
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Our retail projects are delivered with a focus on functionality, flow and durability ensuring smooth operation and long-term performance.
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We create health and aged care environments that prioritise comfort, dignity and connection, supporting the people who live, work and heal within them.
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From warehouses to logistics hubs, Joss creates durable, high-capacity industrial spaces that keep supply chains running smoothly.
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Our residential and accommodation projects combine comfort, functionality and lasting quality for communities and residents.
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From schools and TAFEs to colleges and sports facilities, Joss delivers safe, functional and inspiring spaces that support learning, innovation and community growth.
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Bringing communities together through purpose-built sport, tourism and cultural facilities, from stadiums and gyms to cultural centres and pavilions.
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We deliver solar installations and renewable energy infrastructure that reduce emissions, lower energy costs and support regional Australia’s transition to a sustainable future.
Case Study: Garran Primary School, ACT
When Joss was engaged on the Garran P-6 School Modernisation, the team hit the ground running, immersing themselves in the client's vision and getting under the skin of what the school community truly needed. Joss was provided with PSP-level documentation developed over an 18 month period and rather than simply accepting the brief at face value, the team undertook a thorough review that identified critical gaps across solar access, traffic flow, flood management, people movement and budget.
Working proactively alongside project managers, architects and key stakeholders, Joss led the design team through 16 weeks of intensive weekly design and client meetings, translating concept ideas into a fully resolved new masterplan that covered buildings, landscapes and interiors in comprehensive detail. Every original contractual milestone was met.
Every corner of Garran Primary School was designed with purpose and care. Learning neighbourhoods were structured as ecosystems of interconnected spaces, from explicit teaching rooms and co-teaching clusters to reflective independent zones and hands-on STEAM labs, all connected to outdoor courtyards through sliding doors and floor-to-ceiling glazing. Staff areas were crafted to nurture educator wellbeing, with seamless transitions between collaborative workspaces, quiet focus areas and external breakout spaces, all underpinned by a warm material palette drawn from local Indigenous flora and fauna.
The library, known as The Hive, anchors the heart of the school, with curved yarning circles, a biodiverse rooftop garden and a co-located adaptable learning space. Throughout, the landscape design was developed in close collaboration with the Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation (TOAC), weaving Ngunnawal knowledge, endemic plantings and Aboriginal astronomy into the fabric of the school's everyday environment.
The Garran project presented a formidable set of construction challenges and Joss met each one head-on. Detailed flood modelling confirmed an existing overland flooding issue on the site boundary, which Joss resolved through a dual mitigation system of concrete upstands and sandstone blocks integrated naturally into the nature play landscape, a solution that proved its worth when the site received 110mm of rain in just 90 minutes. Restricted site access was managed through a dedicated telehandler and operator, with building layouts intentionally designed to allow 6.8m of clear material movement.
On quality, the standard was uncompromising: bricklayers dismantled and rebuilt their own curved Library walls until the lines were right, while Joss's air-barrier strategy, embedded from early design through to final commissioning, achieved an airtightness result of 0.77 m³/h/m², dramatically outperforming the ACT Education specification by a factor of nearly seven. This is what Joss means by delivering a world-class education facility.
Garran Primary School stands as a testament to what's possible when a builder genuinely invests in the people and communities it serves. From the earliest design conversations through to handover, Joss worked shoulder-to-shoulder with the client, architects, project managers and Traditional Owners, not just to deliver a building, but to deliver an outcome the whole community can be proud of.
At Joss, we understand that great projects are built on trust and that trust is earned through consistent, honest collaboration across every stage of a project. Garran is not just the ACT's first comprehensive public school modernisation, it is a benchmark for future focused education design and a reflection of our deep commitment to building lasting relationships and iconic places for the communities we have the privilege to serve.
