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140 | Business World Australia | April 2014 we can, with the expectation they look after us in return,” Blake explains. “We make sure payments are made appropriately and on time, and we make sure we’re working closely together to make things as simple and effi- cient as possible. “A good portion of the trades that we have working with us are ones that are constantly working with us,” Blake says. “We have never had anyone turn down a job. We work with them to make them happy, and the result is they work very hard to make us happy.” Blake says those kinds of equitable rela- tionships have allowed Vis Constructions to live up to their reputation for delivering qual- ity work in a timely manner. That reputation, he reiterates, is what attracts the attention of their clients – though it also attracts the at- tention of industry bodies such as the MBA. Over the years, Vis Constructions has won a long list of industry accolades, in a va- riety of categories reflecting their diversity of skills. Since 2000, for example, they have taken home awards ranging all the way from Best Individual Home, to Best Innovation in Environmental Management, Best Industrial Building up to $4million, andBest Low-Rise Multi-Residential Housing (Townhouses). “It gives us pleasure to be recognised for the hard work that we have been doing,” Blake says of that recognition. “It is a tough industry, and it’s even tougher at the mo-