1/136 Railway Street, Claremont

Western Australia 6011

Telephone: (+61 8) 9384 7744
Facsimile: (+61 8) 9385 1113
www.highwayconstruction.com.au

Corporate Profile

Contents
Highway Construction has a vision to be amongst
Australias leading civil contractors.

To be professional, ethical, innovative and environmentally

sound. That is our Mission.
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Five key values.

Committed to transparency, technology and teamwork.

Excellence stems from integrating systems.

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Audited safety plans and procedures reflect

their importance.

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Strict quality means projects are completed on time,

within budget and to specification.

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Our reduce and reuse policy protects the environment.

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Our Company is dynamic. Our business is progressive.

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Investing in human capital pays better dividends

than investing in machinery.

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A history of successful projects.

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The future is around the corner.

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Highway Construction has a vision

to be amongst Australias leading
civil contractors.


We intend to grow our business and be

recognised as a leading Australian civil
contractor by demonstrating the highest
degree of quality, value, and integrity to our
customers and stakeholders.

To be professional, ethical,
innovative and environmentally
sound. That is our Mission.


Highway Construction delivers high quality

and innovative transportation infrastructure
in an ethical and environmentally sound
manner by supporting and encouraging
the professional development of our
employees, and by being responsible to the
communities in which we work.

SAFETY
Highway Construction recognises the
paramount importance of ensuring a healthy,
safe and accident free workplace for all our
employees, contractors, and visitors.

QUALITY
Highway Construction provides the technical
expertise to deliver excellence in road,
bridge and pavement engineering, and in all
associated civil works.

SUSTAINABILITY
By undertaking all our civil projects in a
manner that ensures the protection of
the natural and artificial environment, we
demonstrate our commitment to being an
ethical and environmentally conscious civil
engineering contractor.

INNOVATION
In applying ingenuity, innovation and
adaptability, we ensure our clients needs
are met and their expectations exceeded.

PEOPLE
By creating a workplace of shared
responsibility, our employees are recognised
for their initiative, professionalism, teamwork
and the trust they engender in our customers,
subcontractors, and the community.

Five key values.



Committed to
transparency,
technology and
teamwork.

In pursuing the highest performance

As we deliver projects, workplace health and

and being a business of first choice, we

safety is a top priority. The protection of the

continually innovate.

natural environment is also of the utmost

We conduct our business in an open manner.

Our strongest assets are our people and
their ability to lead by example. That is why
Highway Construction personnel will continue
to apply ingenuity to project management.
As a proficient contractor, we recognise that
improvements can be continually made.
We also understand the changing nature of
the industry and we are continually planning
to adapt and benefit from these changes.

with the community about projects is also

critical.
Innovation, teamwork, trust, and workplace
enjoyment are the defining qualities of our
company operations.
As the Managing Director of Highway
Construction, I want the company and our
staff to be recognised for their conduct
towards each other, the community and
other stakeholders.

We embrace ethical behaviour and we are

Dean Capelli

determined to maintain our reputation as a

Managing Director
Highway Construction

trusted civil contractor.

importance. We recognise that consulting

Excellence, then, is
a state concerned
with choice, this
being determined
by reason and in the
way in which the man
of practical wisdom
would determine it.
Aristotle (384322 B.C.)

Excellence stems from

integrating systems

Highway Construction believes that

fully integrated into all projects and company

engineering excellence can only be achieved

operations.

by having the right systems in place.

Highway Construction is committed to

That explains why our Safety, Quality, and

providing our customers, the community

Environmental management systems are third

and all our other stakeholders with sound

party accredited by Bureau Veritas Quality

management systems to ensure a high quality

International (BVQI) and why they are

finished product is achieved through costeffective, safe, and sustainable means.

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We also acknowledge that achieving a high

standard of occupational health and safety
involves shared responsibilities and teamwork.
Accordingly, the Company is committed to
fostering the enthusiastic involvement of
every employee, supervisor and manager

Audited safety
plans and
procedures reflect
their importance.

through consultation, cooperation and

Safety is critical to our company. That is why

participation. This is to ensure that practical

we implement project-specific Occupational

solutions to health and safety issues are

Health and Safety management plans.

achieved throughout our workplace.

These are regularly audited, both internally

and externally, and refined where necessary.
We recognise the increased safety risks and
hazards for workers in the civil construction

Highway Construction currently holds third

party certification through BVQI to Safety
AS/NZS ISO 14001

Standard AS/NZS ISO 4801:2001

industry. So our safety control measures are

thoroughly and clearly communicated to all

AS/NZS ISO 4801

employees, subcontractors, and visitors on

every project site, big and small.

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AS/NZS ISO 9001

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Success is a
process, a quality
of mind and way of
being, an outgoing
affirmation of life.
Science Monitor 1979

Strict quality
means projects are
completed on time,
within budget and to
specification.
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Our aim is to provide the qualified expertise,

construction materials and products. All of

experience and capability to complete

our products undergo thorough inspections

projects for both Government and private

and testing by accredited laboratories to

clients on time, within budget and to

ensure they conform to Australian standards.

specification. We recognise that a complete

To this end, trained and experienced

commitment to quality from beginning to

systems management representatives

end is the key to meeting this objective.

constantly undertake internal audits. A policy

We have therefore established a quality

of continuous improvement has led us to

management system that is certified by

implement new processes and controls to

BVQI to AS/NZS ISO 9001:2000.

improve our operations.

We provide the highest quality civil

AS/NZS ISO 14001

AS/NZS ISO 4801

AS/NZS ISO 9001

engineering processes using conforming

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Our reduce and

reuse policy protects
the environment

At a time of heightened global concern about

All of our operations are certified by

the environment, we aim to provide industry

BVQI to AS/NZS ISO 14001:2004. We

leadership in sustainable development and

aim to construct roads that enhance the

in minimising our carbon footprint. Highway

experience of our countrys unique natural

Construction has a reduce and reuse

surroundings and do not damage the

approach to civil works to prevent detrimental

environment.

environmental impacts. We also engage a

AS/NZS ISO 14001

specialist environmental services company

to provide land care and environmental
rehabilitation advice on all our projects.

AS/NZS ISO 4801

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AS/NZS ISO 9001

Our Company is dyn amic.

Highway Construction is a Perth based

numerous projects across the entire state

Highway Construction pro-actively seeks

Civil Contracting company founded in

of Western Australia. They range from

businesses to acquire to add synergy to our

1986. The company specialises in the

Margaret River in the south to the remote

operations and improve our financial base.

project management of road and bridge

and sparse landscape of the Pilbara and

Accordingly, we have acquired Materials

construction contracts. We also undertake

Kimberley regions in the north.

Consultants, a leading WA soils testing

road maintenance, major earthworks,

clearing, drainage works, pavement
construction, hydraulic installations and
traffic management services. Our major
client is Main Roads WA, with whom we are
pre-qualified to complete major road and
bridge contracts and with whom we enjoy a
strong working relationship. We are also prequalified by LandCorp to Prime Contractor
status.

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Capitalising on a buoyant economy and an

unprecedented demand for infrastructure
development in Western Australia, Highway
Construction has made a concerted,
strategic effort to expand its operations
and workforce in recent years. The most
significance development is the companys
pre-qualification in 2007 by the Department
of Main Roads Queensland to complete
road and bridge projects up to $40 million in

A co-founder of Highway Construction,

value. As a result, we are actively pursuing

Dean Capelli remains the Managing Director

contracts in Queensland and continuing to

of the company to this day. Since its

develop additional resources in order to be a

inception, the company has completed

viable and effective contractor in that State.

laboratory with a proven track record in

its field. Highway Construction also owns
Intersectional Linemarkers. This is a well
established business that provides high
quality line marking services on a variety of
pavement surfaces, including roads and
paths. Drawing on the direct resources of
both companies, we expect to improve
our operational efficiency and capability.
Highway Construction also holds a one-third
ownership of Best Roads Group alongside

Dean Capelli, Managing Director

joint venture partners, Boral Asphalt and Egis

Consulting. Best Roads has a 10 year Term
Network Contract to maintain the north
metropolitan road network for Main Roads WA.
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Our business is
progressive.

Highways Traffic is also part of the Highway

Group of Companies. It provides traffic
management services on all of our project
sites.
Highway Construction is serious about
expanding and pursuing large-scale
contracts in WA and Queensland. As a
result, we continue to recruit and invest
time and money in our people. It is they
who provide the foundation for our
growth. Moreover, as the industry moves
to alliance and joint venture contracting,
we have forged strong working
relationships with other well established
and professional companies. They include
design powerhouse Worley Parsons,
Downer EDI Works and Densford Civil.
Highway Construction continues to
communicate its success, build its
reputation and consolidate its brand
values. This is achieved by promoting our
professionalism, project experience and
technical capabilities through our regularly
updated website, national advertising,
responding to requests for the supply
of editorial content and by public
information exercises. We also promote
our commitment to the environment and
the community - all of which serves to
underscore the progress and pride we
take in our work.

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Investing in human
capital pays better
dividends than
investing in machinery.

We retain staff by providing excellent

customers, stake holders and the general

remuneration, entitlements, ongoing training

public.

and real prospects for advancement

within the company. Highway Construction
has always believed in rewarding well for
extraordinary performance through company
vacations and other bonuses.

Highway Construction is a registered

participant in the Priority Start Building Policy,
because we believe strongly in providing
young people with a head start. This is a
WA Department of Education and Training

As an equal opportunity employer, Highway

program to engage apprentices and trainees

Construction appoints staff members who

in the construction industry. We were also the

are committed to excellence and working as

first civil contractor to put a trainee through the

Our people are our most valuable asset.

Interestingly, many others in the industry have

a team. They must also demonstrate initiative

REACH Foundation, a Main Roads WA initiative.

Highway Construction has an excellent

now adopted this philosophy.

and work independently when required. In

Current trainees obtain vital practical learning

order to maintain performance standards and

and experience with Highway Construction

empower staff, we have a no blame culture,

on project sites whilst undertaking study in

set benchmarks for workplace satisfaction,

civil construction. We are very satisfied with

and encourage joint-decision making. Our

the development of our trainees and they all

staff are widely recognised for their respect

have a significant opportunity for advancement

and conduct towards each other, their

within the company.

record in retaining staff. The Company

has a philosophy of investing in its people
rather than in the ownership of plant and
equipment. This direction was established
in the late 1980s when the model was
somewhat unconventional and innovative.

Our engineers are mentored by senior staff

and given sufficient time and resources to
develop their skills in a friendly, supportive
environment. In this way, we build technical
expertise and deliver engineering excellence.

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A history of
successful
projects.
If the finished parts are going
to work together, they must be
developed by groups who share
a common picture of what each
part must accomplish.
K. Eric Drexler 1991

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Highway Construction has successfully

We have a proven track record of

completed numerous civil works contracts

consistent, dependable project

ranging in complexity and scale. In particular,

management and contract performance.

our company has a proven history of

successful projects for Main Roads Western
Australia with whom we are pre-qualified to
complete road and bridge contracts.

Highway Construction has developed skills

and extensive experience in construction
contracts for both urban and rural
environments. They range from minor

The Company is also pre-qualified with the

improvement works in Perth to a new road

Department of Main Roads Queensland to

construction through the remote Hamersley

undertake road and bridge projects up to

Ranges in the Pilbara region of WA.

the value of $40 million.

The $21.6 million Stage 1 construction of Tom

Highway Construction is the only Main

Price to Karratha Road in 2003 was a signature

Roads Western Australia contractor to

project for Highway Construction. Working in

regularly and consistently tender for major

very harsh conditions, the project team built

contract work throughout the State. As

more than 25kms of road plus a steel concrete

a proficient contractor, we always aim to

bridge over a Rio Tinto railway. This project

complete our projects within schedule, and

required significant earthworks, extensive

on budget. At the same time, we maintain

drilling and hard rock blasting.

the highest civil engineering standards.

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Safety concerns about blasting near the Rio

Tinto railway were addressed by direct liaison
with the local community and by providing
regular updates on the progress of the works.
Aboriginal heritage sites en route were also
protected. Besides wholesale accolades
received from our peers, the project offered
exceptional value for money for Main Roads
Western Australia.
In the metropolitan area, we completed the
Perth Airport extension and the duplication
of Welshpool Road. From 1992 to 1995,
Highway Construction completed the
$50 million Stage 1-3 construction of Reid
Highway. The Company is also experienced
in urban renewal projects. An example is the
civil works completed for the redevelopment
of the Wanneroo town centre in 2000.

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The future is
around the corner

To stand still in todays environment is

Thus, the company seeks and welcomes

to go backwards. That is why Highway

feedback on all its projects. Ours is a business

Construction has adopted a policy similar

which exerts considerable energy learning

to the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen, the

and understanding our clients culture so that

notion of continuous improvement.

we can better meet their needs. And we will

This is born from three dimensions; learning

from the past; Listening to the present; and
anticipating, then preparing for the future.

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continually trawl the world of civil engineering

- both locally and globally, looking for, and
developing new and better models to employ
in fulfilling our obligations.

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