Smithbridge’s civil engineering experience dates back almost 40 years to 1964 when John Smith formed John C Smith Contractors in near Christchurch, New Zealand. The business grew to undertake bridges, pipe laying, culverts, wharves and water and sewer treatment plants. In 1986 Albert Smith joined JCS Contractors as General Manager after working in Australia for seven years and formed the North Island operation, renaming the business Albert Smith Industries Ltd. In 1997 the company jointly won a contract to construct the 340m long Otira Viaduct with McConnell family interests and formed McConnell Smith Ltd. At the end of this three-year project, the Smith family regained control of the company, and its name was changed to Smithbridge New Zealand Ltd. The New Zealand business was sold to HEB Smithbridge Contractors in April 2003 and now trades under the HEB Smithbridge Ltd, name with a shift in focus to basic roading-related concrete structures. In 1992 Smithbridge commenced contracting in Guam, an American territory in the North Pacific and has since expanded its operations to include; heavy civil and mechanical contracting, heavy plant hire and its own quarry operation. Smithbridge Guam employs 100 staff and is now a leading local heavy civil engineering contractor. In 2001 Smithbridge ventured into Australia after winning a $2m wharf construction contract with BP and a $2m wharf piling subcontract for a Ports of Brisbane container wharf project. Smithbridge Australia aims to repeat the success it has enjoyed in New Zealand and Guam. In 2004 Albert Smith moved his focus to the management of Universal Cranes in Brisbane which was acquired in late 2003. Subsequently, in late 2005, Paul Brady was taken on as a 51% shareholder and Managing Director of Smithbridge Australia. Under this new leadership Smithbridge Australia will continue its focus on technically demanding civil and marine projects. The Company’s innovation has been recognised by receiving the following awards. 2001 Structural Engineering Society of New Zealand presented Albert Smith with the “Outstanding Application of the Science of Structural Engineering & Contribution to the Advancement of Bridge Construction” 2001 Institution of Professional Engineers NZ (IPENZ) and BP Oil NZ Ltd, presented McConnell Smith with the Environmental Award for the Otira Viaduct. 2000 Caltex Construction Awards presented McConnell Smith with a Merit Award in Category A for the Construction and relocation of Petroleum Storage Tanks from Whangarei to Tauranga for Gull Oil. 1999 Caltex Construction Awards Category A was presented to McConnell Smith for the Otira Viaduct. © 2006 - Smithbridge Group 55 Paringa Road • Murarrie • Brisbane • QLD • 4172 Tel: +61 7 3907 5809 • Fax: +61 7 3890 5873