Luigi Grollo

Grocon Facts

Luigi's contribution to Australia

• Three generations of the Grollo family have been involved in managing the company.

• Grocon employs more than 1200 staff.

• Grocon is the largest construction company in Australia .

• Grocon serves areas in New York, United Arab Emirates and of course, Australia.

• Grocon has built four of the five tallest buildings in Australia.

• Grocon has broken many building records across the world.

• This year, Grocon was named the ideal developer for the 2018 Commonwealth games in Queensland.

• Grocon's completed property developments in Australia:
• over 24 in Melbourne
• over 9 in New South Wales
• 3 in Queensland
• 400 houses requested by the government, in Darwin after Cyclone Tracy hit.

• There are over 5 famous international developments in Dubai.

Luigi Grollo has contributed to Australia by started the business Grocon which is Australia's largest construction company. Grocon revolutionized Australia's construction industry through original customs and fair treatment of workers.

Luigi has also contributed to Australia by building many famous landmarks that shape Australia.

Conclusion

Luigi Grollo is an Italian migrant who started the family business, Grocon. Luigi has contributed to Australia by starting the business Grocon, building many famous landmarks, setting high standards and records that shape Australia as we know it.

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Luigi Grollo's end

In the year 1994, Luigi died in late December aged 85. His son's were so close to selling the family business but held back. In the year 2000, the two sons divided the company to pursue their own goals. Bruno and Rino currently own the business Grocon.

Migration Story

Famine is when you suffer severe shortage of food through crop failure. This then results in violent hunger, starvation and death.

Due to the extreme famine that Luigi and his family were suffering, Luigi was forced to migrate to Australia. When Luigi left Italy he was only 19 years old. He came to Australia on a ship called The Lloyd Sabaudo Principe Di Udine. Luigi arrived in Port Melbourne on the 24th of July 1928.

Grocon - The family business

In 1984, Luigi set up his own concrete business, called Grocon. It started off with just Luigi completing minor tasks such as paving foot paths. Luigi began to worry about his business. But his worries disappeared as the business expanded rapidly. Luigi's sons, Rino and Grollo joined the family business, skyrocketing it off even further towards success.

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What happened in the 70s - 80s

Luigi Grollo was born in the north of Italy in 1909. He lived on a farm with his family. The Grollo family were very poor at the time and they had to harvest crops for food and money.

The Grollo family were faced with climatic catastrophes that wiped out everything they had several times, leaving Luigi and his family in famine.

Grocon moved onto concrete construction such as shopping centers, high-rise buildings and their own projects. In this decade, Luigi handed over Grocon to his two sons for further improvement. In 1975, Grocon received a large contract for rebuilding after Cyclone Tracy in Darwin.

In the 1980's many developments were sold by the Grollo family.

At this stage, the Grollo family only had one major development left, the Rialto Towers.

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