Matt Woodley's Mini Adventure: Driving for a Cause
Our very own CEO Matt Woodley once again has taken a week away from his desk to embark on a meaningful journey across New Zealand, all in the name of helping children in need.

Our very own CEO Matt Woodley once again has taken a week away from his desk to embark on a meaningful journey across New Zealand, all in the name of helping children in need.
DonoBrace is an innovative product backed by the credibility of Donovan Group. It was developed based on industry experience and with expert engineering. DonoBrace is a reflection of Donovan Group’s drive towards innovation and efficiency.
Every year, the Coresteel Buildings network gathers from around the country to celebrate the Coresteel Annual Awards. There are several category awards and the winners are judged on a range of criteria throughout the year. We’re proud to announce the winners of the 2023 Coresteel Annual Awards are:
Donovan Group is on par with Australia’s industry leaders DonoBrace has been endorsed by Shearform. Donovan Group and Shearform are excited to be going into partnership together
Open water endurance swimmer Jono Ridler completed a record-breaking 80km and 33-hour swim from Aotea Great Barrier Island to Campbell's Bay on Auckland's North Shore on April 25th.
Donovan Group has taken aim at the market for light-gauge framing for housing and smaller-scale commercial buildings. Its latest business unit, MODNframe is already a major disrupter of the traditional timber-frame approach – but one element of the business will be key.
John Lawson joined Donovan Group with a passion for enabling better efficiencies within the construction industry. As part of the DonoBrace development team, John worked extensively with customers to ensure that the product was not only a clever piece of engineering, but was also simpler to use, design and install.
Creating steel buildings structures with up to 40% less embodied carbon is a phenomenal achievement, and one that Donovan Group is proud to own. We talked with Director Gavin Tonnet to understand more about how Donovan Group has worked with Building 4.0 and Monash University to verify this figure, the carbon journey so far, and his huge optimism for the future.
It’s now more than twelve months since Matt Woodley was appointed to the role of Chief Executive of Donovan Group, charged with bringing formalised structure to the vision of Donovan Group’s directors.
Being from a small country lends Donovan Group an important advantage in the American construction industry: its products are developed and refined in what is possibly the perfect prototype market, right here in New Zealand.
For most of the year the Donovan Group team is getting on with the mahi: The hard work involved in technical development, manufacturing, design, marketing and sales – and all the myriad aspects of business operations.
Warren Dingle is National Sales Manager for Modern Building Product – the arm of Donovan Group selling New Zealand designed construction products direct to industry. A one-man powerhouse of customer service excellence.