About QBuild
QBuild is a vital part of Queensland’s $59 billion building and construction industry and employs 270,000 Queenslanders*.
As the Queensland Government’s builder, QBuild plays an important role in communities across the state by building and maintaining government-owned assets such as schools, social housing, police stations as well as correctional and health facilities.
Our commitment to continuous improvement in everything we do ensures we deliver high standards of build quality and safety, as well value for money for our clients.
With over 1,600 staff and a network that includes 20 offices and 35 depots, and three Rapid Accommodation and Apprenticeship Centres across the state, QBuild is well positioned to support the sector to deliver construction and maintenance services to communities including those in regional and remote areas.
QBuild has re-established its role in educating and training young people, especially apprentices, contributing to a trade-qualified future workforce and ensuring the stability of the state’s building and construction industry.
QBuild staff are among the first on the ground in response to severe weather events, completing repairs and building works to help communities to get back on their feet.
*National Institute of Industry and Economic Research, Queensland and Queensland Region Construction Activity: 2023-24.
Building on solid foundations
QBuild is strengthening its capability to support Queensland’s building and construction sector to deliver a massive pipeline of work over the next decade and beyond.
QBuild’s capacity uplift will:
- create jobs for trade-qualified staff
- provide education and training to people looking for a trade career
- help deliver more construction and maintenance services to regional and remote areas of the state
- improve the government’s ability to respond to natural disaster events
- help address housing needs of Queenslanders
- support the critical infrastructure development required for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
It will also strengthen QBuild’s existing regional footprint.
Modern Methods of Construction program
QBuild’s Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) program is accelerating construction of more and better-quality homes in less time to help relieve housing pressure in regional and remote areas of Queensland.
Our goal is simple: to build more high-quality homes in less time, with innovation at the core.
The MMC approach – an innovative partnership with the modular homes industry – means manufacturing and assembly is able to occur at the same time as site preparations, minimising costs and accelerating delivery timeframes.
The MMC program is on-track to manufacture more than 600 modern homes by December 2025.
These homes will be used as much-needed social housing in communities with high demand and also to accommodate essential frontline workers such as teachers, health professionals and emergency services personnel who would otherwise rent privately and impact local housing supply.
Rapid Accommodation and Apprenticeship Centres (RAACs)
To support our industry partnership in the production of prefabricated homes, QBuild has established RAAC facilities at Eagle Farm and Zillmere in Brisbane, and at Portsmith in Cairns, Far North Queensland.
The MMC program employs QBuild tradies and apprentices, support staff as well as local workers through industry partnerships and on-site completion contracts.
Working with QBuild
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What we do
With a legacy spanning over 160 years, QBuild plays a vital role in building and maintaining key public infrastructure across Queensland.
Our work includes schools, social housing, emergency services facilities as well as large-scale capital projects.
We are among the first responders in disaster events, helping communities to repair and rebuild so they can get back on their feet as quickly as possible.
QBuild offers a range of professional and technical functions spanning four core services: Plan, Build, Maintain and Respond.
eBusiness
Our innovative eBusiness systems enhance the ability of our agency customers, contractors, consultants and suppliers access to administer their business needs with QBuild.
Access our eBusiness systems:
See the logins page to access the applications that support our products and services.
Partnering with building suppliers
Registering with QBuild
If you are a contractor, consultant or supplier and would like to work with QBuild, complete our registration process.
Prequalification System
Contractors and consultants must register through the Prequalification System if they wish to perform the following work:
- contractors: compete for major capital works contracts worth at least $1 million
- consultants: perform consultancy services on government building projects expected to exceed $60,000 in value (or with a service risk rating of 3 or 4 where the consultancy fee is less than $60,000).
Upcoming tenders
See Queensland Government's online QTenders for:
- upcoming, current and closed tenders invited on an open list
- view awarded tenders including construction projects.