Scope Building NT Business

SCOPE’S YEARS OF EXCELLENCE

After two decades operating in Central Australia, the milestone coincides with five years since the establishment of its Darwin base. The company has grown at a steady, sustainable pace from a small business with a handful of staff to a respected and innovative design, construct and project management company. Executive Director Matthew...

SITZLER Business

SITZLER SHOWS NT CAN DO THE JOB

The company is involved in a string of multimillion-dollar projects in the Territory and interstate. Many are contracts with the Department of Defence, which plans to spend $12 billion in Northern Australia in the next decade. Sitzler uses NT sub-contractors and buys supplies in the Territory whenever possible. It has even taken subbies...

McMahon Services Business

MCMAHON SERVICES NT: STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY

The company and its Indigenous owned partner Intract are knocking down the Chan Building, which has been used for everything from public service HQ to parliament since it was built in the 1960s. The Chan Building, at first called simply Block 8 but later named after late Legislative Assembly President and Darwin Lord Mayor Harry Chan...

Resources Week Business

RESOURCES WEEK GOES VIRTUAL

NT Resources Week is usually held at the Darwin Convention Centre. But the coronavirus crisis has forced leading events management company Informa to go online for everyone’s safety. The conference has been expanded by one day to three and will run from November 11-13. It will have two elements – SEAAOC, the South-East Asia and Australia...

Darwin Port Business

RESPONDING IN THE SAFEST WAY

The absolute priority was to keep the Port’s people and the Territory public safe without causing unnecessary delays to visiting ships. This is particularly relevant to the oil and gas sector where shipping delays can lead to significant operations imposts with corresponding negative financial outcomes. Absolute cooperation supported by...

INDUSTRY CAPABILITY NETWORK NT Business

GATEWAY TO PROSPERITY

Kevin Peters, chief executive of the Industry Capability Network NT, says Territory and Federal government stimulus packages were a “fantastic” help during the coronavirus lockdown. But he says: “There were projects underway before the pandemic – and these are still progressing.” ICN is the key link between companies that are...

GreenGlass Consulting Business

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

His Alice Springs-based company, GreenGlass Consulting, has trained dozens of Indigenous men and women since being founded in 2009. About 30 Aboriginal men and women have gained employment with the Yapa Crew at Newmont’s The Granites mine in the Tanami and about a dozen of them have successfully gained fulltime jobs with the mine. “Getting...

Universal Site Monitoring Business

KEEPING WORKERS SAFE

“No other provider has a system like ours,” says founder Emil Tastula. “It creates a safer work environment for people around the globe and can be custom configured to suit every operation.” USM’s life-saving equipment for mining and other hazardous industries has no boundaries. “Using Bluetooth-enabled technologies, we’ve...

City of Darwin Construction

COUNCIL EXCELS DURING CRISIS

It is widely recognised that the council succeeded beyond most people’s imagining. The response to Covid-19 had several stages, including: • Keeping things going – staff getting on with their jobs as effectively as possible; • Doing things differently – delivering services in different ways; • Supporting our city – special...

Home Improvement Scheme Business

HUMAN TOUCH REAPS REWARDS

The scheme was so popular that the Northern Territory Government extended funding for the Home Improvement Scheme from $30 million to $100 million to ensure as many Territorians as possible could benefit from the program. The Department of Trade, Business and Innovation are now flat out processing and auditing the applications. The scheme is...

Hohn's Anything Metal Business

METAL MAGIC

“We stock a wide range and work with top quality Australian steel, stainless steel and aluminium,” says owner Craig Hohn. They can fold, cut, bend, drill, mill it and more — as they say, they can do anything, even repair or modify anything metal. “We’re the only Katherine steel supplier that can also cut and fabricate to a...

Katherine Town Council Business

TRANSFORMING KATHERINE

“The square’s natural prominence will create green space for the community to relax and socialise while also benefiting the surrounding businesses,” says Katherine Mayor Fay Miller. “It will totally transform the area, adding colour and vitality to the CBD.” Designed by Darwin architects, the Ashford Group, the focus is on shade,...