Our mission
Our mission is to deliver your expected outcomes and gain your trust through exceptional performance from every member of the construction team.
We’re a Melbourne-based construction company, with wide-ranging experience in healthcare, commercial, church and aged-care projects. Started by Des Nixon and now owned and run by Chris Bato, Des’ son-in-law, DNA Construction in its current form has been operating in Melbourne since 1996.
At DNA construction we believe that the most important thing we can build is relationships. That’s why our business is thriving after 25 years. We believe that the people who make up DNA – our project managers, supervisors, carpenters, labourers, estimators, and support team – are our biggest asset. Working together, we’re committed to excellence in our work, safety on our sites and to building good relationships.
At DNA Construction, we are committed to achieving excellent results for our customers. We pride ourselves on the principles of honesty, quality, efficiency and reliability.
Chris has 20 years of trade-qualified domestic and commercial construction experience, with the last 15 years leading projects as a Site Supervisor and now Project Manager, primarily in healthcare. Chris is the managing director of DNA Construction.
Des had 20 years of working within the Building Industries in Sydney then Melbourne before establishing DNA Construction in 1997. He ran the company until retiring in 2016.
Jason has 20 years of Corporate and ICT operations management experience in customer-facing team management, project management and process and business development.
Stuart has 25 years of trade-qualified construction experience, with the last 10 years project managing commercial fit out and refurbishment projects.
Trevor has over 40 years of construction and management experience in a variety of roles including as Construction Manager, Senior Project Manager, Site Manager and Services Co-ordinator in Victoria and interstate.