CIVMEC
Established late in 2009 , Civmec wasted no time in making itself the go-to multidisciplinary service provider to the Western Australia ( WA ) contracting market , winning its first contracts to construct two 400T precast intake pump structures for the Binningup Desalination Plant and site civil works in the same year . 2009 also marked the start of construction of its waterfront facilities on the Australian Marine Complex ( AMC ) at Henderson south of Perth .
Today , Henderson is the largest undercover fabrication facility of its kind in Australia at 120,000 square metres . Roughly a quarter of the facility is dedicated to the fabrication , assembly and commissioning of smart modularised structures up to 4,000 square metres and 18 metres high under a single roof . “ It couldn ’ t be in a better location ,” says Civmec CEO Pat Tallon . “ We can do pretty much anything that any customer can throw at us , and we can do it very efficiently and very quickly .”
According to Tallon , all of Civmec ’ s sites , spread from
Western Australia to New South Wales , Queensland and the Northern Territories , were chosen for optimum access to ship , road and rail logistics . In its first four years , Civmec targeted the booming mining and offshore oil and gas ( O & G ) sectors . Despite recent falls in commodity prices , which have hit Australia ’ s iron ore , coal and hydrocarbons sectors particularly
160 May 2016