About Us
Gioscaff - A Perfect Provenance
Our History
The patron of Gioscaff is Claudio Giovenco. Claudio’s oldest brother, Bonaventura (“Bon”) was captured by the Australian Army in Egypt while serving in the Italian Army in World War II and brought to Australia as a prisoner of war.
After being repatriated, Bon, his wife, Maria, and their daughter, returned to Australia as Italian immigrants. A short time later, Arturo (“Arthur”), Gaitano (“Guy”), Vittorio (“Vic”) and the youngest brother, Claudio, joined him with their parents in Australia.
The brothers sought work and took (at that time) the worst of jobs, blasting and painting at a time when OH&S regulations protecting employees were “light on the ground”. The brothers created a very successful business, Giovenco Industries (Aust) Pty Ltd.
In Gary Lester’s history of the Kurnell Refinery “Refining at Kurnell: The Caltex Story”, pages 120 and 121 are dedicated to the Giovenco brothers.
The business was sold in 2015 and Claudio, from that date, has no association whatsoever with that business nor does Gioscaff.
Claudio has outlived his four other brothers.
Claudio brings to Gioscaff 60 years of on the job experience in undertaking the most complex of scaffolding projects and access solutions worldwide.
The safety of his employees has been a passion for Claudio and that passion continues today as the patron of Gioscaff.
That passion for safety is imbued within the corporate philosophy of Gioscaff.
Long Term Onsite Experience – Meet the Gioscaff Team
Business Development
Carlo, Claudio’s son, worked on the job with his father for some 30 years and brings to Gioscaff that experience. Most importantly, Carlo brings the protection and safety of employees, honesty and integrity in business to the business of Gioscaff.
Carlo is the director responsible for new business in Gioscaff and works day to day in business development.
Contact details: cgiovenco@gioscaff.com, 0408 203 554
New South Wales Manager
Leon Kelly is the New South Wales manager for Gioscaff and has been involved in the specialised access industry for 20 years, bringing a wealth of experience and management expertise to Gioscaff. He brings to Gioscaff skills in HSE, project management, technical knowledge, stakeholder engagement, relationship management, logistics and finances.
Leon has experience in all sectors of the construction industry including commercial, infrastructure, industrial, marine, defence, government and residential. He is specialised in all aspects of the industry including cantilevered scaffolds, swing stages, engineered access, suspended scaffolds and other difficult access solutions. Leon has also specialised in the remedial building sector especially managing the projects with ‘live’ sites involving tenants and owners.
Contact details: lkelly@gioscaff.com, 0487 411 888
Queensland and Northern Territory Manager
Richard Bilsland is the Queensland and Northern Territories manager for Gioscaff and brings to Gioscaff over 22 years of experience within the industry, 15 of those years by way of the UK market. He has expertise in varying sectors from energy and renewables, government and defence, through to commercial construction and has progressed from an operational foundation through to managerial positions in varying disciplines.
Richard’s ethos towards safety, culture and customer satisfaction strengthens the Gioscaff team positioning the business to deliver on client expectations.
Contact details: rbilsland@gioscaff.com, 0499 111 606
Production
Don MacKinnon worked for Gioscaff as a project manager in scaffolding.
When Claudio and Warren decided to establish Gioscaff, the joining of the experience of Claudio and Warren with the on-the-job experience of Don was the obvious choice for both.
Don has been a scaffolding project manager for many years and has worked within a regime of honesty and integrity in business and reflects that in his business dealings. Don has a long experience in work safety and is the work safety officer for the Gioscaff group in all States.
Don as the safety officer for Gioscaff instils in all its employees the “Think Safety – Work Safely” regime that underpins the workplace protocol on every Gioscaff work site.
Contact details: dmackinnon@gioscaff.com, 0407 919 236
Client Communication and Public Relations
Margaret Sharp brings to the Gioscaff team a history of client communication and public relations experience.
Margaret undertakes the role of client communication and public relations and will interact with clients and their employees as and when necessary in order to make certain that Gioscaff delivers on time, on cost and in excess of the client’s expectations.
Margaret is the eldest daughter of our patron.
Contact details: msharp@gioscaff.com, 1300 576 744
