Earthmovers & Excavators

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Brendan Patterson heads up a family-run civil company based out of the Sunshine Coast, north of Brisbane.

With a civil engineering background Patterson eventually saw “the light” and crossed over that finite line which defines common sense, practical skills and knowledge from those whom tend to run a project based on “the book” which had to be sewn onto the palm of their hand pre-uni days and are yet to get rid of it.

I am always on the search to promote to best side of our industry, whether it is labourers, loader operators or leaders, but when I first drove past one of Brendan’s construction sites not far

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