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Bank ( ADB ) that ’ s spending a lot of money in the area .
“ There ’ s dredging to be done , sea walls to be built , sewage treatment plants to be done for world health reasons , and we ’ re tendering for everything we can there ,” he adds , explaining that 99 % of jobs come by open tender .
“ We have to be pre-qualified and meet certain qualifications in terms of turnover , in terms of experience and our ability to actually do the job . ADB is very strict about this .
“ If we win the tender , we ’ re then handed over to the local government to execute the jobs .”
Thanks to the Kiribati project and an onslaught of new long and shortterm projects , the last year has been much more fruitful that previous 12 months , netting an annual turnover has increased considerably .
“ We ’ ve had a lot of tenders coming up from government ,” adds Lambay , “ and fairly major projects , like KIPT and OMSB , but at the same time our bread and butter contracts , like with the Department of Transport in South Australia , have kicked off .
“ We have long-term dredging contracts , and long-term construction contracts with the SA State Government maintaining jetties and harbours . Thankfully the last 12 months – the last six months especially – have been fantastic .
“ We ’ re looking positive in terms of Australia .”
Lambay says that in his nine years with Maritime Constructions , which currently has about 105 staff , he ’ s proud of being a part of taking the company to the next level – of being an engineering contractor . “ What we ’ ve now achieved
“ Thankfully the last 12 months – the last six months especially – have been fantastic . We ’ re looking positive in terms of Australia ”
– Imran Lambay , GM – Western Region constructionglobal . com 123