About us

About Placeworks Co

The Placeworks Co name is new. Our engagement experience isn’t.

We’ve worked with government and private sector clients across the ACT and NSW on projects ranging from planning and development to infrastructure, public spaces and policy.

Our work is informed by an understanding of how projects, places and communities are connected. We help clients understand community and stakeholder perspectives, identify opportunities and concerns, and translate what we hear into practical advice that informs their projects and decisions.

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Our team

Placeworks brings together specialists in strategy, engagement and place-based communications, supported by a broader multidisciplinary team within the C8 Group.

Our senior team leads each engagement from strategy through to delivery and reporting, drawing on expertise across research, content, graphic design, digital, photography, video and events as needed.

This gives clients direct access to experienced engagement professionals, alongside the broader communications and creative capabilities needed to support their projects.

By bringing these disciplines together, we provide a consistent approach from early planning through to engagement, communications and reporting, with each stage informed by an understanding of the project, its stakeholders and the place.

Our role

Our Role carries two responsibilities.
We work between our client and the communities connected to their projects

For our clients

Our commitment to clients

  • We explain the design thinking and trade-offs in a project, so communities can see the reasoning.
  • We focus engagement on what’s open to influence, so clients receive feedback they can use.
  • We identify engagement, communication and reputational risks early, and provide honest advice on how to manage them.
  • We translate community and stakeholder views into practical recommendations that help client strengthen their projects.
For communities

Our commitment to communities

  • We build on existing community insights, respecting the time, knowledge and effort already contributed to local planning and development decisions.
  • We explain complex and technical information in plain language, so people can participate meaningfully.
  • We’re upfront about what’s open to influence and what isn’t, so input goes where it can count.
  • We report community perspectives accurately, giving the project team a balanced picture of community sentiment.
Good engagement helps communities understand projects and gives decision-makers a clearer understanding of community and stakeholder perspectives.