SA builder with clear direction

Adelaide Advertiser
29/09/2007 Page: 30

Built Environs, a construction company at the forefront of the mining and resources boom, is forging new pathways for its workforce, particularly in the fields of civil and mechanical engineering. South Australian-owned, Built Environs is a multi-disciplinary company, offering expertise across engineering, building, and specialised interior works.

From large-scale mining installations and major engineering ventures, Built Environs has set itself apart through its range of capabilities. "Engineers with Built Environs know the thrill of being part of a company that is often involved in pivotal, cutting-edge projects and developments across SA and interstate," says chief executive Bill Gill. "Since its inception in 1987, Built Environs has steadily built a portfolio of work that reads like a 'what's what' of SA infrastructure, design and lifeblood." Projects have ranged from complex industrial processes, roads, bridges and civil structures, to major high and low-rise buildings.

From the Hindmarsh Island Bridge to the Southern Expressway, Outer Harbour grain wharf, and redevelopments of the State Library and Adelaide Oval, Built Environs has been at the forefront of many state projects. The company's recent portfolio has included the BHP Billiton base at Olympic Dam and BHP Billiton Ravensthorpe Nickel in Western Australia. Windfarms is an arena Built Environs has become involved in, constructing windfarms at Hallett, Wattle Point and Snowtown.

In a coup for the company, Built Environs is the partner in a joint venture which has been awarded the $220 million maritime defence project known as the Common User Facility at Osborne - which will see Adelaide become home to a world-class shipbuilding hub supporting the Federal Government's $6 billion Air Warfare Destroyer program.

Built Environs is also behind the innovative, the interesting and the unique - Adelaide Zoo's South-East Asian rainforest orangutan and tiger enclosure, the University of SA's City West Campus Hawke Building, and the Botanic Gardens' Amazon waterlily pavilion. "We are a company with the benefit of clear direction and focus - which goes hand in hand with our reliable and progressive systems and excellent management team," Mr Gill says.

Link: www.buittenvirons.com.au