Industry Leaders, R J Vincent & Co. Win Platinum Award In The Official Australian Construction Magazine

General Manager, Andrew Pilgrim spoke to The Official Australian Construction Magazine on the success of R J Vincent & Co. and the importance of subcontractors and suppliers

by Paris Brooks

(WireNews+Co) - Sydney, Australia - 13 February 2013

As Australia’s construction industry grows in complexity and nature, RJV has capitalised on the opportunity to diversify its operations to keep up with these changes.

General Manager for the company Andrew Pilgrim explains: “Over the past 18 months we’ve expanded on what we know best: large-scale bulk earthworks and civil works around the Perth metro area. We’ve also diversified into mining services and marine infrastructure. Even though we’ve constructed marinas and carried out regional works over the years, we’ve now produced three divisions in the company to deliver a more specific service to our clients.”

But in order to unify the direction of the company, Andrew says: “Communication between all divisions is essential. We have set up the divisions to be operationally independent, but have kept a very open line of communication between plant maintenance, HSEQ (health, safety, environment and quality), human resources (HR) and administration.”

He continues: “Our divisions are not separate companies; they’re separate arms. We didn’t want the civil infrastructure arm to be affected by the mining and marine arms, so we sourced additional specialised personnel and purchased more machines specific for mining and marine. We are fully aware of the potential impact of growth on existing personnel and clients, so there was a really strong push not to disrupt our current operations.”

Open and clear channels of external communication help RJV successfully convey their expectations to suppliers and subcontractors.

Read the full story on R J Vincent & Co. here (http://www.beanmedia.com.au/profiles/RJVincent%26Co.pdf).

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