The sounds of countless cars, trucks, aeroplanes and heavy machinery that make vibrations through the Earth’s crust have diminished as more people are forced to stay inside during the coronavirus pandemic.
The sounds of countless cars, trucks, aeroplanes and heavy machinery that make vibrations through the Earth’s crust have diminished as more people are forced to stay inside during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Alec Northover Award has been a bonus for Andrew Hauser after juggling the triple challenges of managing a quarry, undertaking professional education and raising a young family.
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Founded by joint managing directors Aaron Evans and Kylie Hall, earthmoving equipment rental operator AK Evans Earthmoving (AKE) initially commenced operations as a dry hire provider in 2006. Based in Port Hedland in northern Western Australian, the company has since expanded it’s suite of services, drawing on an in-depth knowledge of the Pilbara, Kimberly and Mid-West regions.
Company adds operational capacity in Townsville, the Western Downs and Mackay.
To provide increased support for customers and projects throughout the state, intelligent positioning solutions provider Position Partners has expanded its geographic reach throughout the state of Queensland.
Employees based in Townsville, Chinchilla and Mackay are on-hand to support customers with technical advice, support and installations, calling on the larger Brisbane-based team as required to offer customers full-service capabilities.
“We are pleased to announce these changes to give customers throughout the state local support,” said Harry Katsanevas, Queensland Regional Manager at Position Partners.
Position Partners offers sales, rental, service and training across its range of civil machine control, GPS and surveying technology, mining fleet management and high precision machine guidance systems.
“Our Queensland team includes some of our most experienced and capable people across the whole company, with extensive knowledge not only of the technology, but also our customers and the work they do,” Mr Katsanevas said.
“As the leader for our Queensland region I have one focus, and that is ensuring every aspect of our business is channelled towards our customers and doing everything possible to keep them working as productively as possible,” he added.
With dedicated teams for civil construction, mining and geospatial customers, Mr Katsanevas said that Queensland employees bring industry-focused expertise whilst working collaboratively across the business to meet the needs of customers.
“Our award-winning remote service platform Tokara is one example of a technology that’s been built by our team from the ground up and works across all industries we serve,” he said.
“Our service centres can repair and calibrate everything from a laser level through to survey drones, machine control systems and total stations. We also have applications specialists in areas such as on-board weighing, mass haul scheduling and more that can be called on across all market segments as required.”
For more information, please contact Position Partners on 1300 867 266 or visit www.positionpartners.com.au
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