From its early origins in the industrial city of Gladstone, Walz Construction Company has grown over the past three decades to be recognised today as one of Queensland’s leading independent and progressive group of companies.
With a strong focus on retaining employees with highly sought-after skills and specialist knowledge, Walz Group now has a stable team of 300 personnel comprising boilermakers, fitters, electricians, carpenters, pressure welders, riggers, scaffolders, truck and crane drivers, engineering, draftsmen, project management and administration support staff.
Today, Walz Group specialises in the following:
- fabrication and site erection of structural steel, such as conveyor galleries, tanks, bins, stacks.
- piping and installation of mechanical equipment.
- electrical services, such as heavy industry electrical installations, shutdowns, upgrades and maintenance programs.
- marine services, such as pile driving, wharf construction, sea bed leveling and marine towage.
- maintenance services, providing the full suite of industrial maintenance requirements.
- abrasive blasting and industrial painting services.
- pressure welding, specialising in class 1 full traceability pressure welding of pipe and vessels in carbon steel, stainless steel and chrome moly.
- shop detailing, specialising in general arrangements / marking plans, holding down bolt layout and details and detailed workshop assembly drawings.
- equipment hire with an extensive range of equipment and machinery available for site work, ranging from 8 to 400 tonne capacity cranes, prime movers and an inventory that includes two self elevating platforms to host marine works, all of which is supported by fully operational and resourced workshops.