Although McMahon Services has delivered work in New South Wales for many years, it was decided in early 2016 that if we were serious about promoting our company as a major operator in the state, we would need to establish permanent office in Sydney.
Operations Manager Mick Merriman had laid the foundations for asbestos removal and demolition works in both New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, through the successful delivery of many projects over recent years. Following this success, Shaun Emery, an 18-year veteran with McMahon Services with extensive experience across all disciplines of building and civil project delivery, volunteered to expand our New South Wales operations. Shaun and his family moved to Sydney in early 2017, and with the support of Mick Merriman and the rest of the team, rapidly grew our presence in the state.
An important early appointment was Construction Manager Paul Maccheroni. He has nearly four decades of experience in the construction industry and a strong background in the food and beverage sector – a key focus for McMahon Services in this growing market.
Today, we have 29 employees, a 400m² office and 1,100m² warehouse shared with our sister company ResourceCo Material Solutions, seven office-based support staff, and a growing fleet of plant and equipment. “We’ve worked hard to engage with the market, tendered for as much work as we can, and established our operations base,” Shaun said. “New South Wales and particularly Sydney is a tough market. There is significant competition, and many opportunities for subcontractors to pick and choice the clients they want to work for, so establishing long term working relationships is challenging. We are going to market providing a quality service founded on our knowledge, robust systems and an envious safety record – a strategy that is working.”
“New South Wales is Australia’s single largest economy. Managing a wide portfolio of work here is not really viable when run out of the Adelaide headquarters, so it was a strategy of get in or get out. We chose to get in, and it has paid off for us,” Shaun said.
“The Sydney team is excited at the opportunities that are now presenting themselves to the business as a result of the hard work done by the team this year.”
