6 | Hutchins Bros erection. Bill is responsible for the day-to-day running of the business, co-coordinating all elements of the firm’s projects from tender, procurement, fabrication, finishing, transport and erection. When Bill and Heidi first took over the company, their main goal was to hit the major metropolitan areas by sending steel into places like Sydney. They began approaching some of the key builders in Sydney and providing quotes. From there, they gradually shifted from doing smaller, regional works to taking on large commercial and industrial projects in metropolitan areas. THE RIGHT WAY According to Heidi, Hutchins Bros Engineering has achieved such continuous success because they understand the importance of “doing things the right way, in the right order.” They understand that quality and accountability are the keys to making every project a success, and their attention to quality, detail and keeping records is what sets them apart from other steel fabricators. They also have lower overhead costs than their metropolitan competitors, she adds, as well as large spaces for storage and production. Their purpose-built facility at Red Hill Industrial Estate in Narrandera – which they relocated to in 2009 – is 18,000 square-metres and incorporates a range of state-of-the-art equipment. It features a new 1,120 square-metre fabrication workshop with an overhead crane, and a phython X beamline processing machine, as well as a dedicated 960 square-meter sandblasting and painting building with a modern six-metre-wide
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