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← News Industrial B2B · Civil + Trades · June 2026

The Australian civil + trades + construction marketing pattern.

By Adam Ducquet · 8 June 2026 · 2 min read

Civil + trades + construction contractors have structurally specific marketing requirements. Local SEO + Google Ads for project enquiries, fast-turnaround quote workflows, capability marketing for tier-1 commercial / infrastructure pursuit, recruitment marketing for skilled-trade supply.

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Adam Ducquet
Managing Director - Head of Strategy · 121 Group · Senior strategist

Five civil-and-trades-specific disciplines

1. Local SEO + project-enquiry Google Ads

Civil + trades buyers search locally + transactionally. "Concrete contractor Melbourne", "scaffolding hire Brisbane", "civil works Perth". Local SEO + geo-segmented Google Ads with project-enquiry conversion tracking. Quote-form landing pages.

2. Capability collateral for tier-1 commercial pursuit

For specialist trades + civil contractors pursuing tier-1 commercial / infrastructure work, capability statement design at the same panel-pursuit standard as mining services. Berg pattern adapted for commercial construction.

3. Fast-turnaround quote workflows

Trade-buyer enquiries demand fast turnaround. Quote-request forms with sales-rep follow-up SLAs (2-hour, 4-hour callback standards). Internal CRM workflow for quote-pipeline management. Hybrid marketing + sales-ops integration.

4. Project-portfolio website architecture

Procurement-ready website with searchable project portfolio, head-contractor names, project-value bands, completion dates, methodology summaries. The procurement-officer experience design.

5. Skilled-trade recruitment marketing as paired programme

Skilled trades, apprentice supply, FIFO operator recruitment. SEEK + Indeed + Facebook Groups for tradie recruitment. Run as paired programme alongside the project-acquisition marketing.

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Adam Ducquet
Adam Ducquet
Founder and Managing Director, 121 Group. Twenty years building measurable growth programmes for Australian brands, and the senior strategist on every account.
About Adam · LinkedIn · Published 08/06/2026