working across all sectors
a Majority-owned indigenous enterprise
community support initiative
Percentage of profits used
to help support Indigenous Schools
THE RIGHT TEAM FOR THE JOB
Fitouts | Building Refurbishments | Maintenance | Quality Furniture
Formula RBA acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
Welcome to Formula RBA, a majority-owned indigenous enterprise. Formula RBA is a proudly Australian entity created through the collaboration of RBA Abbott and Formula Interiors to offer the benefit of 60 years’ experience in construction, coupled with the ability to recruit, deploy and manage the best human resources. Supply Nation Certified.
We exist to support and grow the Indigenous business sector to empower Indigenous Australians.
Our Indigenous Action Plan ensures we deliver key outcomes in the areas of Community, Employment, and Awareness to support the Reconciliation Framework within Australia.
Our mission
We are committed to providing service that exceeds expectations, delivering exceptional customer satisfaction, and to becoming the national leader in fully integrated fitouts, maintenance and interior systems.
Our approach
Formula RBA prides itself on working closely with its clients to achieve the same goals. You can be assured of a level playing field at all times, team mates you can rely on, and a positive can-do attitude that means the job gets done well, on time and always on budget.
Our capability
We are involved in every aspect of construction, refurbishment, and maintenance, and offer a national operation with offices and staff in three states, with the resources, capacity and people-power to handle any job, big or small, anywhere around Australia.
Positive change
The business is committed to making a real difference and active contribution to the communities in which we work. It starts by providing building and fitout services that can help, change or improve community life. We encourage supplier diversity in our supply chain and all working relationships.
The success of Formula RBA delivers greater support to indigenous employment and encourages both talent and supplier diversity, underlying our committed to closing the gap on indigenous disadvantage and to ensuring first Australians are trained and recognised for excellence in the nation’s workplace.
Key strengths
Choose to work with us and you will enjoy a transparent, harmonious and rewarding relationship built upon trust, expertise and ability driven by our key strengths.
- A specialist interiors builder with over 60 years’ experience
- We have proven systems and processes and a commitment to high performance.
- A team devoted to quality & client satisfaction above all else
Government experienced
The Formula RBA team are specialists in delivering tailored solutions for the federal government and has expert knowledge and proven experience working with departments at all levels.
Clontarf Foundation
In July 2022, Formula RBA partnered with the Clontarf Foundation. Clontarf exists to improve young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men’s education, discipline, life skills, self-esteem, and employment prospects to equip them to participate more meaningfully in society.
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MITS | Melbourne Indigenous Transition School
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Supplier Diversity September
@BoeingAustralia recently posted on LinkedIn;
Great teamwork is when you share the same vision as your suppliers.
As we continue to recognise #SupplierDiversitySeptember, we say thanks to FormulaRBA, a majority-owned Indigenous enterprise and certified supplier of Supply Nation. The team used their talent and expertise to support the recent construction and fit-out of our Brisbane office.
Jarjum College
Formula RBA and Zenith RBA have developed a community support initiative where we contribute and work directly to support indigenous schools as an area of focus. Student wellbeing goes beyond education, and being able to help improve the school environment, helps provide a foundation for participation and engagement in education, which supports student achievement and positive opportunities.
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Polly Farmer Foundation
Formula RBA are delighted to partner with the Polly Farmer Foundation, which has been delivering outcomes for Aboriginal children across the country for over 25 years and aims to ensure all Aboriginal Australians are able to have an enriching and successful education and a wide range of career and life choices.
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Burragah Kindy Project
As part of our social support program, with close collaboration with ATSICHS (formerly known as Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service), FormulaRBA were able to supply the necessary labour and materials to resolve building issues identified and provide some much needed TLC for the Burragah kindy building.
A Christmas Wish 2018
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at ATSICHS Brisbane. Formula RBA and Zenith RBA staff donated 44 presents for the kids of ATSICHS most vulnerable families within their ‘Family Wellbeing Service for jarjums of all ages.’ Putting a smile on children’s faces for Christmas puts an even bigger one on ours. Thanks to the team for putting this together.
“Woweee! That’s amazing! I’m so so excited to see the glee on the children’s faces this Christmas!
“Thank you so much to Gary and his team, and to Kirsten too. This will make an enormous difference to our families’ Christmases.”
Leisa Bennett
ATSICHS Brisbane