Construction Magazine June 2017 | Page 79

AUSTRALIA
Project Protector was run by Gwydion Sherwood , who ran the operation in New Zealand and is still with the company today .
“ That involved a lot of our areas of skill ,” Viglione adds , “ like blasting , painting , concrete repair , carbon fibre strengthening , grouting and chemical injection .
It involved almost everything we do in our suite of services .”
Most of EPTEC ’ s supervisors have at least 10 years ’ service , and Viglione pays credit to the handful of founding employees , explaining : “ They ’ re the old stalwarts that rocked up and worked out of the back of their
HMAS Perth before launch

“ Hang around , contribute to the industry , in small to medium-sized organisations you can really fly if you ’ re prepared to make the effort ”