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NT 2023 Budget - Quick guide for the built environment
Delivered by Treasurer Eva Lawler on 9 May, the Northern Territory 2023-24 budget includes infrastructure payments estimated at $2.11 billion, a record infrastructure budget within a $4.1 billion Infrastructure Program.
TAS 2023 Budget - Quick guide for the built environment
The Tasmanian 2023-24 Budget was announced on 25 May by Treasurer Michael Ferguson, who discussed their plan for dealing with priorities including the cost of living crisis, health and education. We’ve done the digging on relevant highlights for the built environment to inform your business’s next strategic move.
WA 2023 Budget - Quick guide for the built environment
The Western Australian State Budget 2023-24 was handed down by Premier Mark McGowan on 11 May 2023 with a net surplus of $3.3 billion. For the built environment, emphasis was on housing supply and improving health and mental health services. This digestible summary highlights key investments that may inform your business development strategy. Sources are linked for convenience if you wish to dive into the details.
Victorian State Budget 2023 - Quick guide for the built environment
Announced on 23 May, the Victorian 2023-24 State Budget involves funding initiatives that may inform your business’s strategy. From health infrastructure to boosting TAFE facilities, we’ve done the trawling for you, highlighting items most pertinent to our industry.
Federal Budget 2023 - Quick guide for the built environment
The 2023-24 Federal Budget provides a range of signals that can help inform your approach to business and professional development.
How To Create the Perfect Architecture Marketing Strategy
In this episode of ArchiBiz Unpacks, Bec Kempster sits down with New Doors Director, Alicia Brown to talk all about marketing strategies for architects.
Introducing Maysie Lecciones
Enter Maysie Lecciones - our Visual Design Specialist, recently appointed with an Associate role at New Doors, reflecting her diligence in project management and creative direction.
With diverse expertise in print and digital design, marketing, illustration, photography and branding, Maysie is a multidisciplinary designer with a passion for storytelling through images. The self-motivated creative joins us from a freelance position, where she developed characterful branding for small businesses and start-ups in the lifestyle, food, and beverage industry.
A Q+A with Sara Gross, Submissions Specialist and Senior Associate at New Doors
Brimming with experience and insight, the unflappable Sara leads our tenders arm with a sharp focus on detail, dedication to effective systems and talent for crafting a thoroughly tailored response.
Tendering: Your new secret weapon
Do any of these sound like you? “We haven’t done any/many tenders before.”, “We don’t have the resources to bid for all the opportunities we have available.”, “We’d like to produce better quality tender submissions.”
Learning Environment Awards Workshop
Education planner and Association for Learning Environments (Victoria Chapter) Chair-Elect Scott Alterator and New Doors Director and Founder, Alicia Brown will share their tips and tricks on preparing your Learning Environments Award entry.
Introducing Meg Calvo
At New Doors, we do our best to appear effortless as we deliver a range of tailored outputs for our clients. However, there is a lot that happens behind the scenes to enable this seamless delivery. Digital Marketing Assistant, Meg Calvo is a resourceful, organised all-rounder, who is our secret weapon for ensuring the timeliness and quality of our work.
Introducing Sandra Tan
A marketing strategy is nothing without great content. That’s where New Doors Content Specialist and Associate, Sandra Tan comes in. Sandra is a kindred spirit - an architecture and design nerd with a genuine passion for the built environment.
Education Planner, Scott Alterator's top 5 tips for winning your first Victorian school project
With a $1.18 billion on the table for upgrading existing Victorian schools, opportunity currently abounds for architects who want to break into the government schools sector. But for many architects, their exposure to the Victorian School Building Authority has been minimal and the process of tendering for a school project very unfamiliar.
How your hidden expertise can be leveraged to grow your business
At New Doors, we find the built environment industry endlessly fascinating. There’s just so much expertise that you can’t necessarily see or understand by simply looking at a finished building, precinct or landscape. It’s this hidden expertise that is the key to elevating your brand.
How New Doors found its niche
Get to know Alicia Brown, founder and director of newly launched communications agency New Doors, and find out why she was driven to start a niche marketing agency focussed specifically on assisting businesses involved in the built environment industry.
Planning to win work in overseas markets - AIA Lean in Session
The lessons from this session are transferrable to winning work interstate, but also a great refresher on business development and strategic thinking generally.
Bowerbird x Architeam - How to create awesome awards submissions
On Tuesday, 2 Sept 2020, Bowerbird ran a session on how to create great awards entries. The recording of the session is now available to watch.