THE JOSEPH GALLAGHER GROUP
The ambitious company is forging a reputation for quality work across the region after adding several complementary businesses to strengthen and diversify its offering
Specialist civil engineering contractor Joseph Gallagher is taking its ambitions to the next level after strengthening and expanding its capabilities with key acquisitions in recent years and entering the booming Middle- East .
The Group has enhanced its services via the shrewd acquisition of four companies : crawler crane specialist N . R . C . Plant Ltd ; hired tunnelling equipment expert Specialist Plant Associates ; Iseki Microtunnelling ; and Johnston Trenchless Solutions .
The latter pair have allowed the company not only to expand northward from its Orsett , Essex base , but has opened a path to new opportunities further afield .
Middle-East Tunnelling Director Richard Dexter said : “ We have in the last four years , through the acquisition of Iseki and Johnston , started business in the Middle-East and now have offices in Bahrain and Kuwait . We operate up and down the GCC . Half the Iseki machine fleet is kept in the Middle-East and can be quickly brought back to the UK if required .
“ The region has a massively growing population and huge oil and gas reserves . We do a lot of microtunnelling in oil and gas pipes , road crossings for the oil and gas industry , and with a growing population and a need to house and utility these people there ’ s significant capital
54 November 2014