2 | Select Civil Select Civil Pty Ltd is a civil contracting, plant hire and waste management services company operating in Unanderra, just one hour south of Sydney’s CBD. They have 35 years of industry experience, are dedicated to excellent customer relationships, and offer a wide variety of contracting services including civil projects, landfills, quarantine, and system management. The company was founded in 1976, operating in Kemba as a smalltime family-owned contracting business. It continued its private status under an original owner up until January 2001, when it was purchased by Groupe Poisson S.A., a major contracting provider that spanned most of France. They have been a subsidiary ever since, bringing French contracting products and resources to the Australian market. “I’ve spent eight years now working with Select Civil here in Australia,” says RenaudChauvet, the General Manager of Select Civil and a representative of their parent company. “When we first acquired the company we were looking for geographic diversification, putting our foot somewhere else other than Europe.” “Australia seemed like a fairly safe country to put capital in, as it had a lot of things needing building,” he continues.“So we identified tencandidate companies and settled on this one because it was doing the same activities that we were doing in Europe – planned dry and wet hire, civil contracting, and similar things.” EFFICIENCY MEETS STRENGTH “Our operation is multi-national,” says Chauvet. “We’re present in Victoria, specifically Melbourne, and we also have activities inNew South Wales. I suppose you could say the South Coast is
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