Towers Of Ingenuity

Sydney Morning Herald

Wednesday October 22, 2008

Keeli Cambourne

Domestic engineering ability is being applied overseas.

AUSTRALIANS are renowned for their ingenuity and can-do attitude, characteristics Waterman AHW is exporting to the world.

Waterman AHW provides consulting engineering services, including mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, fire, civil, structural, ecologically sustainable design and environmental services for construction projects in Australia and overseas.

Business development marketing manager Godfrey Frederick says the company's strategy is based around the use of Australian engineering talent.

"Even within our own group of companies, it is the Australian arm of the business which has a reputation of being able to undertake complex projects by major architects and being able to deliver," he says, adding that AHW Waterman collaborates with architects and designers to guarantee the best service.

The company has been involved in developments including Workplace 6 in Pyrmont, NSW's first building to earn six stars from the Green Building Council of Australia and the Crown Plaza in Abu Dhabi.

It is also working on some of the largest and most prestigious international projects with some of the world's leading architects.

"Our international profile has grown steadily since 2003, when we began exporting our service, which is, quite simply, the superior abilities of Australian engineers to deliver complex and very often time-sensitive developments," Frederick says.

"Our design team has developed an innovative process that allows projects not only to be managed from Australia but simultaneously from multiple locations.

"The way we operate is we export the knowledge of our Australian engineers and their knowledge of major constructions in places [such as] the Middle East, the former Soviet states, Eastern Europe, even Africa. It means we are also retaining these engineers in Australia.

"Although they consult overseas and do go to specific meetings in various locations in the world, they are still Australia-based."

© 2008 Sydney Morning Herald

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