Building the Foundations of Australia
Welcome
SAFETY, QUALITY, CAPACITY & TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE. These are the foundation values that Piling Contractors embraces. Safety is our highest priority and it s why so many of the country s leading contractors choose us as their preferred partner. Piling Contractors reputation is for achieving outstanding quality in the products we deliver on land and over water. The fact that we maintain the most comprehensive plant fleet in Australia allows us to service our customers across the length and breadth of the country. I m proud to say we re leading innovators in the industry and regularly demonstrate the depth of our experience through the delivery of important and technically difficult projects. We look forward to the opportunity of working with you in Building the Foundations of Australia. Carl Voigt
Who we are Piling Contractors is Australia s premier specialist foundation engineering company. With a network of offices, fabrication and maintenance facilities around the country, the company s operations are fully supported by local expertise and resources. We have a long history of involvement in some of Australia s most challenging foundation construction projects including Brisbane s Airport Link and foundations for desalination plants in Perth, Sydney and on the Gold Coast, as well as mine infrastructure and resource projects in remote locations. Our team of more than 250 people includes qualified engineers, specialist operators, designers and mechanics among others. Several employees have been with us for 25 years and the company s foremen alone have accumulated over 400 years of foundation construction experience. We value the experience and stability of our workforce and, at the same time, we welcome new recruits and graduates with whom we can share our knowledge. Piling Contractors is committed to ongoing training and development of all employees and encourages innovative ideas from every level of the organisation. The company s continued growth over the past 25 years is testament to the success of this philosophy. In 2006 Piling Contractors became part of the Keller Group. With combined revenues in excess of $2600 million, Keller is a worldwide leading independent ground engineering contractor and Piling Contractors continues to further consolidate its role within the Group. PILING CONTRACTORS Building the Foundations of Australia
What we do Piling Contractors delivers outstanding results for our customers on civil, construction, building and mining projects anywhere throughout Australia. In doing so, we offer design and construction solutions as well as provide value engineered, alliance partnering and construct only services. We take pride in having built quality foundations for many of the country s iconic structures such as the Gateway Bridge Upgrade over the Brisbane River, the high-rise Soul apartments on the Gold Coast and the M7 Western Sydney Motorway. Once a project is completed, the foundations we have built can neither be seen nor inspected, yet they are required to perform for design lives of up to 300 years. This is a measure of our clients faith in the reliable, qualityassured work we deliver. Piling Contractors impressive range of stateof-the-art European built piling rigs, tools and hammers is complemented by an extensive fleet of ancillary equipment. This capacity allows us to meet a range of foundation problems with solutions tailored to each project s unique combination of loads and soil conditions. Our range of products includes: temporary/permanent cased bored hard/soft, hard/firm and piles with/without drilling fluid support hard/hard secant pile walls segmentally cased bored piles continuous flight auger piles displacement piles driven steel piles driven prestressed concrete piles diaphragm/slurry walls marine tubular bored and sheet piles contiguous pile walls soldier pile walls wick drains bulk sampling/blind shaft drilling mine filling PILING CONTRACTORS Building the Foundations of Australia
In the area of team excellence, Piling Contractors has shown a significant commitment to safety, quality and environment that has been marked by a hassle-free performance for their piling works at Teven, Emigrant Creek South and Cumbulum sites. Tony Stante, Alliance Project Manager Ballina Bypass Alliance Our environmental commitment Piling Contractors commitment to minimising our environmental impact is being realised as we strive to exceed industry standards. Site specific environmental management plans are established for projects and control measures are put in place to minimise dust, noise and air pollution. Other initiatives such as materials recycling and the use of low emission and organic oils are also employed. Every effort is taken to safeguard terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna and no work is undertaken in potentially sensitive areas until appropriate permits are obtained. Even then, great care is taken to minimise any disturbance in the construction area. On some sites the protection of archaeology and cultural heritage is essential and we understand the need to work around even the unexpected discovery of any area of high conservation and heritage value. As a matter of course, marine or river works include the use of measures such as floating booms, biodegradeable oils, mobile spoil bins and silt curtains to minimise the impact of our works. When appropriate, we can provide a full scale treatment plant to handle polluted groundwater, and we have developed an innovative groundwater level monitoring system to further reduce environmental impact. Even within our own offices, we are working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the introduction of energy and water saving devices and recycling programs. Caring for the environment has become part of the Piling Contractors culture. Some staff are actively involved in organisations that support the environment and protect our threatened and endangered native wildlife. PILING CONTRACTORS Building the Foundations of Australia
Building the foundations
Our history Piling Contractors began as a one rig operation in Queensland in 1983, a far cry from our position today as Australia s leading specialist foundation contractor. With a single crawler crane and operating from rented premises, the company s work consisted largely of the installation of driven piles. Shortly afterwards, a drill mount for the crane was purchased and Government contracts started to flow. A strategy of acquiring grouting and piling competitors fuelled the company s growth and eventually the rented premises were purchased and a head office established. The next significant extension of Piling Contractors capability was the decision to undertake work over water. To offer this service the company acquired a modular barge. This, along with our substantial holding of falsework, still differentiates Piling Contractors from its competitors. The company s expansion continued with establishment of a New South Wales Division in 1999 and the Western Australian Division in 2006. In that same year, Piling Contractors was acquired by the Keller Group, one of the world s largest specialist ground engineering contractors and, having been established in 1860, one of the oldest. Just as with Piling Contractors, Keller s principles are the delivery of engineering excellence and a commitment to continual innovation. Piling Contractors is a very active member of the Group and regularly contributes to the technological advances it employs. PILING CONTRACTORS Building the Foundations of Australia
Our senior management is not only committed to providing a safe and productive working environment but is always striving for continuous improvement. At Piling Contractors safety is part of our culture at every level of the organisation. Mal Rochester, Safety Manager Our responsibilities Our Quality, Safety and Environmental Management Systems are the foundations of our operations and we are committed to the ongoing certification of these systems. We recognise that our people are the foundations of our success and we take very seriously our responsibility for their safety. We also know that it is essential to maintain comprehensive training programs for our employees. Regular in-house and external training is provided to ensure skill sets are updated, current certifications maintained and new technologies employed. Within the organisation we offer a diverse range of technical capability and product enhancement, thereby ensuring we design the most effective products for our clients. In addition, membership of key industry associations keeps us at the forefront of industry changes. PILING CONTRACTORS Building the Foundations of Australia
Technical excellence At Piling Contractors, technical excellence is not achieved by accident. It is part of our culture and the result of a commitment to quality at every level of the organisation. Our in-house design teams make use of the best analysis techniques and latest data available, and between them have many years of experience in a wide variety of soils, rock and methods. This expertise gives us the ability to design and detail alternative, cost-effective solutions for our clients. We are helping to build the future of our industry by lecturing in Geomechanics at undergraduate level and delivering other lectures at various universities around the country. Our staff publish and present technical papers at local, regional and international seminars and conferences and we maintain a strong ongoing commitment to research and development. We take a lead role in the technical activities of the Piling and Foundation Specialists Federation and a high proportion of our engineering staff are Fellows and Members of the major national and international professional institutions. PILING CONTRACTORS Building the Foundations of Australia
We selected Piling Contractors to be our Sub-Alliance partner as we value the depth of their experience and the expertise of their team. The crew ensured the works were performed efficiently and to the professional quality we expected. Piling Contractors were a valuable member of our Sub-Alliance team, finishing critical works ahead of time, which resulted in a bonus being paid to the Alliance." Kim Hedley, Construction Manager Abigroup Working with you Piling Contractors approach always has been to reach beyond the industry s traditional comfort zone, to take on work considered by some to be too difficult and, in doing so, to find innovative solutions for our customers. We work collaboratively with clients in a variety of delivery arrangements, from traditional forms of contract to joint ventures, alliances and sub-alliances and less common relationships such as Early Contractor Involvement (ECI). Our clients are associated with road, rail and port infrastructure as well as the commercial building, heavy engineering and mining industries. They value our collaborative attitude and open communications. It is this, along with our rapid response and customer service focus, that keeps clients coming back to Piling Contractors. PILING CONTRACTORS Building the Foundations of Australia
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