MARITIME CONSTRUCTIONS

Thanks to a few tweaks such as branching out overseas , cutting costs and becoming a major EPC ( engineering , procurement and construction ) contractor , the award-winning Port Adelaidebased business is booming .

Its main divisions are Maritime Constructions , which does major projects , Dredging and Port Development , and Harbours and Marine making up the Maritime group .

Major projects in the pipeline include building the Onslow Marine Support Base ( OMSB ) at Beadon Creek in Western Australia , a long-term EPC contract with Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers ( KIPT ) to develop a bulk load-out facility , and dredging the mouth of the Murray River .

“ We ’ re coming out of a big recession as far as South and

Western Australia are concerned ,” says GM – Western Region , Imran Lambay . “ The last 24 months have been pretty bad for contractors and the fact we ’ re still here is testimony to us reacting to the market conditions . We adjusted across the business to and ride out the storm .”

As part of the consolidation initiatives , the fabrication workshop was closed and the business – which operates in South Australia , Western Australia , and Northern Territory – also began to look overseas .

The company recently installed three new sewerage ocean outfalls as part of an on-going water treatment project in the Pacific Ocean island of Kiribati for its government ’ s Public Works and Utilities Department .

“ Given what ’ s happened in the last 18 months in Australia , we decided to expand out of the country ,” Lambay adds . “ And we certainly see the Pacific region as a new emerging market .”

The business is particularly targeting jobs that are funded by the Asian Development

120 October 2017