D E LTA G R O U P
“It is also a bit of an
addictive industry to be in. You never
get to demolish the same building
twice. So it keeps
you on your toes, keeps it interesting
and challenging”
being innovative in the way they develop their methodologies, programmes and equipment for their projects. They manage their own projects and generally don’t need a third party management team between them and the clients, meaning that they work directly with the clients as principal contractor. This, says Papalia, is a method that works well. “We generally engineer our projects to be the safest, the most practical, and the most viable options. Clients will give us a scope of work that may or may not include a methodology in it. We will put in a bid that allows them to see alternate options that can be undertaken that will best suit the outcome they are trying to achieve,” he says. Undoubtedly cost savings are important for clients, and Delta prides itself in being able to identify these, aided in part by the ability to selfmanage projects, but also by the fact that they are set up in many ways as a one stop shop, that can offer their clients turnkey solutions. As well as having multiple specialist divisions that complement their demolition business including hazardous removal, remediation, civil construction, rehabilitation, concrete crushing, recycling and rent they also have over 900 pieces of plant, and are able to do work both onshore and offshore. Sustainability has grown in importance, or as Papalia describes it “being able to do more with
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