FDC began in 1990 with a ute, a phone book and a simple belief that relationships matter. That if you show up for people, they’ll show up for you.
More than three decades later, that belief is still at the centre of everything we do. Not because it sounded good. Because it worked.
It worked because of the clients who trusted us before we’d earned it. The subcontractors who backed us when it counted. The site teams, project teams, support teams and leaders who have shaped this business over decades.
What FDC is today wasn’t made by one person, one decision or one standout year. It’s the result of thousands of people choosing to show up, doing great work and caring about the outcome.
This chapter belongs to all of you.
As Ben and Blake considered the future of FDC, one question mattered most:
How do you protect what makes FDC, FDC?
The relationships. The independence. The culture of showing up, doing things properly and putting people first. Over 36 years, those values have earned the trust of our clients, partners and people. They aren’t something we’re willing to leave behind.
That’s why this next chapter isn’t about handing FDC over. It’s about creating opportunities for more people to share in its future. It’s about ensuring the relationships, culture and principles that have defined the last 36 years continue to shape the next 36.
Made Personal™ Always
FDC is now an ASX-listed company.
What hasn’t changed is who we are.
Ben and Blake remain significant shareholders and members of the Board. The leadership, culture and values that have guided FDC for 36 years remains in place.
The name on the hard hat stays. The people you deal with working on your projects stay. The way we work stays.
What the IPO does is open up ownership more broadly. It gives employees, partners, clients and subcontractors the opportunity to hold a stake in the business they helped create.
This wasn’t about stepping away.
It was about creating opportunity while protecting what matters most.
FDC people have always had skin in the game. In the care they bring to every project. The relationships built over decades. The standards they uphold. The culture they protect. The IPO provided an opportunity to recognise that contribution in a tangible way. As part of the listing, eligible employees were gifted shares in FDC, becoming shareholders in the business they have helped shape. It’s a reflection of something we’ve always believed: FDC’s success has never belonged to one person. It has been built through the collective effort of thousands of people for more than three decades. Broadening ownership allows people to share in that success and strengthens the connection between the people who helped create value and the business they support every day. Because the next chapter of FDC should be shared by the people who helped make it possible.
Ben and Blake sit down to discuss FDC’s journey, the decision to list on the ASX and the values that continue to guide the business today.
Watch the film.
Some things have changed. The things that matter most haven’t.
FDC is now ASX-listed
We report publicly on our performance
We have new responsibilities to our shareholders
Ownership has broadened
We have a listed-company Board
Our leadership team
FDC remains majority-owned by existing shareholders
Our disciplined approach to growth and risk
Our commitment to doing things the right way
Our Made Personal™ philosophy
The way we report may have changed. The way we do business hasn’t.
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