Last year, the theme of 2024 International Women’s Day (IWD) was ‘Count Her In: Invest in Women, Accelerate Progress’ – in other words, giving women opportunities to build their capabilities, and strengthening their capacity to learn, earn and lead. These topics are always relevant to us at UPco. So, as we ready ourselves for IWD […]

At UPco, two of our Directors recently celebrated significant anniversaries: 30 years with the business for Amanda Ring, and 20 years for Hugh Smyth. We caught up with Amanda and Hugh to reflect on the journey so far: what’s changed, what’s stayed the same and how they feel about the future. Thanks for catching up, […]

While he is a country lad at heart, Robert Murphy has spent the last twenty years delivering some of Melbourne’s most exciting developments as part of the SMA Projects team. During that time, he’s worked closely with the UPco team on countless occasions and is certainly someone we now count as a friend! We sat […]

Building a large residential development in Melbourne’s education precinct turned out to be more challenging than expected, with both the Minister for Planning and the City of Melbourne weighing in on the proposed design. But, thanks to the perseverance of the project team, North Melbourne will soon welcome some much-needed new Purpose Built Student Housing […]