4 | Pierce Engineering combined and their welding facilities and milling machine facilities are stocked with an array of modern equipment. They also have a new environmentally-friendly sandblasting painting booth, which they spent $1.5 million constructing. That facility allows the company to paint in a controlled environment, no matter what the weather conditions are outside. It was built to stand up to the environmental regulations imposed by the Rockhampton council, who inspect it every six months. “Not a lot of fabricators in Rockhampton have that,” Wayne says. From a staffing perspective, Wayne adds that Pierce Engineering is also set apart by employing their own rigging crews – something that not a lot of companies in their field can claim to do. “We have our own cranes and riggers, and all our own equipment, so we can do the complete job,” he says. That commitment to doing a “good, complete job” has enabled Pierce Engineering to forge strong and long-lasting relationships with their customer base. The company’s competitive price points also help in that arena. “The price has always got to be right, but we pride ourselves on doing a great job, and we set a pretty high standard,” Wayne says. THE RIGHT SKILLS Pierce Engineering has relationships with certain clients that go back decades. Their internal relationships, with their employees, are even stronger. Some of their workers were hired by Wayne’s father, and have been with the business for more than 25 years now. Even more have been with the company for 10 years or more. One employee has actually been with the company 40 years. Wayne places a high value on that kind of employee longevity because it proves that Pierce Engineering has a positive and productive corporate culture. That internal experience is also reflected in the high quality work they deliver, as well as the efficiency in which they deliver it.
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