HC Brochure (v12)

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1/136 Railway Street, ClaremontWestern Australia 6011

Telephone: (+61 8) 9384 7744Facsimile: (+61 8) 9385 1113

www.highwayconstruction.com.au

Corporate Profile


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Contents

Highway Construction has a vision to be amongstAustrali as leading civil contractors. 2

To be professional, ethical, innova tive an d envir onmentally

sound. That is our Mission. 4

Five key values. 7

Committed to transparency, technolo gy and teamwo rk. 8

Excellence stems from integrating systems. 10

Audited safety plans and procedures reflecttheir importance. 12

Strict quality means projects are com pleted on time,within budget and to specification. 14

Our reduce and reuse policy protects the environment. 16

Our Company is dynamic. Our business is progressive. 19

Investing in human capital pays better dividendsthan investing in machinery. 22

A history of successful projects. 24

The future is around the corner. 28


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We intend to grow our business and be

recognised as a leading Australian civil

contractor by demonstrating the highest

degree of quality, value, and integrity to our

customers and stakeholders.

Highway Construction has a visionto be amongst Australias leadingcivil contractors.


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Highway Construction delivers high quality

and innovative transportation infrastructure

in an ethical and environmentally sound

manner by supporting and encouraging

the professional development of our

employees, and by being responsible to the

communities in which we work.

To be professional, ethical,innovative and envir onmentallysound. That is our Mission.


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SAFETYHighway Construction recognises the

paramount importance of ensuring a healthy,

safe and accident free workplace for all our

employees, contractors, and visitors.

QUALITYHighway Construction provides the technical

expertise to deliver excellence in road,

bridge and pavement engineering, and in all

associated civil works.

SUSTAINABILITYBy undertaking all our civil projects in a

manner that ensures the protection of

the natural and artificial environment, we

demonstrate our commitment to being an

ethical and environmentally conscious civil

engineering contractor.

INNOVATIONIn applying ingenuity, innovation and

adaptability, we ensure our clients needs

are met and their expectations exceeded.

PEOPLEBy creating a workplace of shared

responsibility, our employees are recognised

for their initiative, professionalism, teamwork

and the trust they engender in our customers,

subcontractors, and the community.

Five key values.


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In pursuing the highest performance

and being a business of first choice, we

continually innovate.

We conduct our business in an open manner.

Our strongest assets are our people and

their ability to lead by example. That is why

Highway Construction personnel will continue

to apply ingenuity to project management.

As a proficient contractor, we recognise that

improvements can be continually made.

We also understand the changing nature of

the industry and we are continually planning

to adapt and benefit from these changes.

We embrace ethical behaviour and we are

determined to maintain our reputation as a

trusted civil contractor.

As we deliver projects, workplace health and

safety is a top priority. The protection of the

natural environment is also of the utmost

importance. We recognise that consulting

with the community about projects is also

critical.

Innovation, teamwork, trust, and workplace

enjoyment are the defining qualities of our

company operations.

As the Managing Director of Highway

Construction, I want the company and our

staff to be recognised for their conduct

towards each other, the community and

other stakeholders.

Dean CapelliManaging Director

Highway Construction

Committed totransparency,

technology andteamwork.


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Excellence stems fromintegrating systems

Highway Construction believes thatengineering excellence can only be ac hieved

by having the right systems in place.

That explains why our Safety, Quality, and

Environmental management systems are third

party accredited by Bureau Veritas Quality

International (BVQI) and why they are

fully integrated into all projects and companyoperations.

Highway Construction is committed to

providing our customers, the community

and all our other stakeholders with sound

management systems to ensure a high quality

finished product is achieved through cost-

effective, safe, and sustainable means.

Excellence, then, is

a state concerned

with choice, this

being determined

by reason and in the

way in which the man

of practical wisdom

would determine it.

Aristotle (384322 B.C.)


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Audited safetyplans andprocedures reflecttheir importance.

Safety is critical to our company. That is why

we implement project-specific Occupational

Health and Safety management plans.

These are regularly audited, both internally

and externally, and refined where necessary.

We recognise the increased safety risks and

hazards for workers in the civil construction

industry. So our safety control measures are

thoroughly and clearly communicated to all

employees, subcontractors, and visitors on

every project site, big and small. .

AS/NZS ISO 4801

We also acknowledge that achieving a high

standard of occupational health and safety

involves shared responsibilities and teamwork.

Accordingly, the Company is committed to

fostering the enthusiastic involvement of

every employee, supervisor and manager

through consultation, cooperation and

participation. This is to ensure that practical

solutions to health and safety issues are

achieved throughout our workplace.

Highway Construction currently holds third

party certification through BVQI to Safety

Standard AS/NZS ISO 4801:2001


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Strict qualitymeans projects are

completed on time,within budget and tospecification.

Our aim is to provide the qualified expertise,

experience and capability to complete

projects for both Government and private

clients on time, within budget and to

specification. We recognise that a complete

commitment to quality from beginning to

end is the key to meeting this objective.

We have therefore established a quality

management system that is certified by

BVQI to AS/NZS ISO 9001:2000.

We provide the highest quality civil

engineering processes using conforming

construction materials and products. All of

our products undergo thorough inspections

and testing by accredited laboratories to

ensure they conform to Australian standards.

To this end, trained and experienced

systems management representatives

constantly undertake internal audits. A policy

of continuous improvement has led us to

implement new processes and controls to

improve our operations.

Success is a

process, a quality

of mind and way of

being, an outgoing

affirmation of life.

Science Monitor 1979

AS/NZS ISO 9001


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At a time of heightened global concern about

the environment, we aim to provide industryleadership in sustainable development and

in minimising our carbon footprint. Highway

Construction has a reduce and reuse

approach to civil works to prevent detrimental

environmental impacts. We also engage a

specialist environmental services company

to provide land care and environmental

rehabilitation advice on all our projects.

All of our operations are certified by

BVQI to AS/NZS ISO 14001:2004. Weaim to construct roads that enhance the

experience of our countrys unique natural

surroundings and do not damage the

environment.

Our reduce andreuse policy protectsthe environment AS/NZS ISO 14001


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Highway Construction is a Perth based

Civil Contracting company founded in

1986. The company specialises in the

project management of road and bridge

construction contracts. We also undertake

road maintenance, major earthworks,

clearing, drainage works, pavement

construction, hydraulic installations and

traffic management services. Our major

client is Main Roads WA, with whom we are

pre-qualified to complete major road and

bridge contracts and with whom we enjoy astrong working relationship. We are also pre-

qualified by LandCorp to Prime Contractor

status.

A co-founder of Highway Construction,

Dean Capelli remains the Managing Director

of the company to this day. Since its

inception, the company has completed

numerous projects across the entire state

of Western Australia. They range from

Margaret River in the south to the remote

and sparse landscape of the Pilbara and

Kimberley regions in the north.

Capitalising on a buoyant economy and an

unprecedented demand for infrastructure

development in Western Australia, Highway

Construction has made a concerted,

strategic effort to expand its operations

and workforce in recent years. The most

significance development is the companys

pre-qualification in 2007 by the Department

of Main Roads Queensland to complete

road and bridge projects up to $40 million in

value. As a result, we are actively pursuing

contracts in Queensland and continuing to

develop additional resources in order to be a

viable and effective contractor in that State.

Highway Construction pro-actively seeks

businesses to acquire to add synergy to our

operations and improve our financial base.

Accordingly, we have acquired Materials

Consultants, a leading WA soils testing

laboratory with a proven track record in

its field. Highway Construction also owns

Intersectional Linemarkers. This is a well

established business that provides high

quality line marking services on a variety o f

pavement surfaces, including roads and

paths. Drawing on the direct resources ofboth companies, we expect to improve

our operational efficiency and capability.

Highway Construction also holds a one-third

ownership of Best Roads Group alongside

joint venture partners, Boral Asphalt and Egis

Consulting. Best Roads has a 10 y ear Term

Network Contract to maintain the north

metropolitan road network for Main Roads WA.

Our Company is dynamic.

Dean Capelli, Managing Director


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Highways Traffic is also part of the Highway

Group of Companies. It provides traffic

management services on all of our project

sites.

Highway Construction is serious about

expanding and pursuing large-scale

contracts in WA and Queensland. As a

result, we continue to recruit and invest

time and money in our people. It is t hey

who provide the foundation for our

growth. Moreover, as the industry moves

to allia nce and joint v enture c ontrac ting,

we have forged strong working

relationships with other well established

and professional companies. They include

design powerhouse Worley Parsons,Downer EDI Works and Densford Civil.

Highway Construction continues to

communicate its success, build its

reputation and consolidate its brand

values . Thi s is achie ved b y pr omot ing o ur

professionalism, project experience and

techni cal c apabi lities throu gh o ur re gular ly

updated website, national advertising,

responding to requests for the supply

of editorial content and by public

information exercises. We also promote

our commitment to the environment and

the co mmuni ty - all o f whi ch s erves to

underscore the progress and pride we

take i n our work .


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Investing in humancapital pays betterdividends than

investing in machinery.

We retain staff by providing excellent

remuneration, entitlements, ongoing training

and real prospects for advancement

within the company. Highway Construction

has always believed in rewarding well for

extraordinary performance through company

vacations and other bonuses.

As an equal opportunity employer, Highway

Construction appoints staff members who

are committed to excellence and working as

a team. They must also demonstrate initiative

and work independently when required. In

order to maintain performance standards and

empower staff, we have a no blame culture,

set benchmarks for workplace satisfaction,

and encourage joint-decision making. Our

staff are widely recognised for their respect

and conduct towards each other, their

customers, stake holders and the general

public.

Highway Construction is a registered

participant in the Priority Start Building Policy,

because we believe strongly in providing

young people with a head start. This is a

WA Department of Education and Training

program to engage apprentices and trainees

in the construction industry. We were also the

first civil contractor to put a trainee through the

REACH Foundation, a Main Roads WA initiative.

Current trainees obtain vital practical learning

and experience with Highway Construction

on project sites whilst undertaking study in

civil construction. We are very satisfied with

the development of our trainees and they all

have a significant opportunity for advancement

within the company.

Our people are our most valuable asset.

Highway Construction has an excellent

record in retaining staff. The Company

has a philosophy of investing in its people

rather than in the ownership of plant and

equipment. This direction was established

in the late 1980s when the model was

somewhat unconventional and innovative.

Interestingly, many others in the industry have

now adopted this philosophy.

Our engineers are mentored by senior staff

and given sufficient time and resources to

develop their skills in a friendly, supportive

environment. In this way, we build technical

expertise and deliver engineering excellence.


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A history ofsuccessfulprojects.

Highway Construction has successfully

completed numerous civil works contracts

ranging in complexity and scale. In particular,

our company has a proven history of

successful projects for Main Roads Western

Australia with whom we are pre-qualified to

complete road and bridge contracts.

The Company is also pre-qualified with the

Department of Main Roads Queensland to

undertake road and bridge projects up to

the value of $40 million.

Highway Construction is the only MainRoads Western Australia contractor to

regularly and consistently tender for major

contract work throughout the State. As

a proficient contractor, we always aim to

complete our projects within schedule, and

on budget. At the same time, we maintain

the highest civil engineering standards.

We have a proven track record of

consistent, dependable project

management and contract performance.

Highway Construction has developed skills

and extensive experience in construction

contracts for both urban and rural

environments. They range from minor

improvement works in Perth to a new road

construction through the remote Hamersley

Ranges in the Pilbara region of WA.

The $21.6 million Stage 1 construction of Tom

Price to Karratha Road in 2003 was a signatureproject for Highway Construction. Working in

very harsh conditions, the project team built

more than 25kms of road plus a steel concrete

bridge over a Rio Tinto railway. This project

required significant earthworks, extensive

drilling and hard rock blasting.

If the finished parts are going

to work together, they must be

developed by groups who share

a common picture of what each

part must accomplish.K. Eric Drexler 1991


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Safety concerns about blasting near the Rio

Tinto railway were addressed by direct liaison

with the local community and by providing

regular updates on the progress of the works.

Aboriginal heritage sites en route were also

protected. Besides wholesale accolades

received from our peers, the project offered

exceptional value for money for Main Roads

Western Australia.

In the metropolitan area, we completed the

Perth Airport extension and the duplication

of Welshpool Road. From 1992 to 1995,

Highway Construction completed the

$50 million Stage 1-3 construction of Reid

Highway. The Company is also experienced

in urban renewal projects. An example is the

civil works completed for the redevelopment

of the Wanneroo town centre in 2000.


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To stand still in todays environment is

to go backwards. That is why HighwayConstruction has adopted a policy similar

to the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen, the

notion of continuous improvement.

This is born from three dimensions; learning

from the past; Listening to the present; and

anticipating, then preparing for the future.

Thus, the company seeks and welcomes

feedback on all its projects. Ours is a businesswhich exerts considerable energy learning

and understanding our clients culture so that

we can better meet their needs. And we will

continually trawl the world of civil engineering

- both locally and globally, looking for, and

developing new and better models to employ

in fulfilling our obligations.

The future isaround the corner

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