GRT aligns with SMEC to deliver a $500M pipeline of quality instant road projects
Australian
instant
infrastructure
company Global
Road Technology
(GRT) today
announced it
has aligned
with
international
engineering
firm SMEC to
deliver GRT’s
pipeline of
$500 million in
global road
work
projects.
Under
the new
partnership,
SMEC will
provide
specialist
support to
assist GRT to
deliver its
rapidly
expanding suite
of instant road
contracts to
world-leading
quality
standards.
GRT’s
growth has seen
it write more
than $500
million worth
in business in
2014, with
projects
underway in
Australia,
Indonesia,
India, Brazil
and the United
States.
GRT
Chief Financial
Officer Herman
Allison said
GRT’s road
stabilization
and dust
control
products enable
it to make
instant roads
far quicker and
cost-effectively
than
conventional
road-building
methods.
He
said the
Queensland-based
business has
expanded
rapidly in
Australia and
internationally
with its
instant road
applications
providing
quick,
affordable and
environmentally
friendly
solutions for
heavy industry,
military and
public
transport
purposes.We
have made a
strategic
decision to
work with SMEC
based on
SMEC’s
international
reach and
experience
delivering
large-scale
infrastructure
contracts,
Mr Allison
said.SMEC
has an
international
reputation for
providing
industry-leading
consultancy
services on
major
infrastructure
projects.
GRT is committed to delivering our infrastructure projects on time and on budget. Our partnership with SMEC aligns with our dedication to excellence in delivering high quality roads for our clients across the world.
Mr
Allison said
the partnership
arose after
SMEC was
contracted by
Deloitte to
supply critical
costing for a
recent
independent
cost-benefit
analysis study
carried out on
GRT.
SMEC
confirmed to
the Deloitte
cost-benefit
analysis that
GRT’s
products and
road
maintenance
software
program offered
significant
savings over
conventional
road
construction
methods.
SMEC
subsequently
approached GRT,
attracted to
the value
provided by the
company as well
as GRT’s high
growth.
Mr
Allison said
SMEC would
provide local
and offshore
expert
engineering
support to GRT
as well as
pavement design
services.SMEC
is ideally
placed to
provide GRT
with a range of
road building
support
services drawn
from our
workforce of
highly skilled
engineering and
construction
professionals