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Wood & Grieve/Stantec

Australian engineering practice Wood & Grieve engaged BBS to advise on stakeholder and communication matters during their trans-national integration with global giant Stantec in 2018.

The Perth-based business operated offices in multiple Australian states and required strategic advice on the issues to be managed, staff and client communication, and external relations including media management. The goal was to ensure that Wood & Grieve staff and clients understood the reasons for the merger, the value of the integration to them personally and to their business and that the service and quality that they had become used to via Wood & Grieve would continue to be delivered once the transition to Stantec was complete.

The program required sensitive communication regarding to the timing and funding of the buy-out, the integration of the Wood & Grieve business in to the Stantec operating system, particularly around HR issues, plus the ongoing client service methodology and contractual arrangements.

BBS joined the project team including Wood & Grieve and Stantec executives and was responsible for establishing the master framework which drove early communication, particularly with Australian-based audiences. Following due diligence phase formal authorisation of the merger, our team joined the integration working group and supported both businesses with key messaging, issues management, with a particular emphasis on ensuring that staff morale was maintained and that support for the merger was fostered based on shared culture and values, and also future opportunities.

BBS’ value to the process came in our previous experience with large corporate mergers, an understanding of the transactional requirements and trigger points and also the key issues which emerge for staff and clients and which need to be proactively managed to mitigate any reputational and commercial risk.

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We accommodate trimester students and our program is open to applicants who are pursuing an internship of their own accord outside of the standard university semester calendar.

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Intern at BBS

BBS operates a University Internship Program which offers placements in line with the university semesters, plus holiday period intakes, generally June/July and December/January/ February.

We accommodate trimester students and our program is open to applicants who are pursuing an internship of their own accord outside of the standard university semester calendar.

As a BBS intern you can expect to work alongside experienced professionals on real client projects, an environment which provides an accurate picture of what life as a communications consultant is like. 

BBS interns are always considered first for our graduate roles and many of our former interns have gone on to senior roles within our firm.

Working in a consultancy is diverse, fast-paced. It’s often said that “you’ll learn more in your first year in consultancy than in your first 3 – 5 years in another role”.

To apply for a BBS Internship, please email the Intern Program Coordinators with the following: