Reward and Recognition
I’m sure that everyone gets a warm special feeling of achievement when you get a pat on the back from the boss or receives an award in recognition for something that you have done.
I had that feeling of pride recently at the Orange Business Chambers Banjo Business Awards night.
I was saddened to hear that CGU won’t be the major sponsor of the awards next year.
Here is a golden opportunity for a major business to gain serious recognition as a major sponsor of an ever improving awards program.
Perhaps Cadia Valley Operations could see themselves as a sponsor. What a way it would be for them to support local business and provide excellence to the awards process.
More good news to share with you is that we are now a 50% shareholder of a new company namely Australia Wide Industries Civil and Construction (AWICC). The other 50% shareholder is ISOASH owned by a Paul Montagliani. AWICC have just won a contract developing roadways underground at Cadia East. Work should commence early April. Twenty-seven employees will be involved. This development for Horts is the culmination of a synergy that has developed between two organisations that has borne good fruit where as individual businesses neither was able to meet the demands of the contract. Hort Enterprises now has a civil construction capability and diversity through AWICC that can add value to any future bid for complex contracts.
Cheers
Jeff H
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| Tony Healey congratulates Jeff Hort (Managing Director) of Hort Enterprises for the wins in three categories at the 2014 Banjo Business Awards |
Young and Growing Stronger Every Day
March the 5th 2015
Hort Enterprises celebrated 20 Years in Business. I caught up with Jeff Hort
earlier this week and asked him a few questions.
20
Years is a long time has it been an easy?
No, it has been
anything but easy. Exciting? Yes, educational? Yes, rewarding? Yes, profitable? Not so much, demanding? Very, worthwhile? Absolutely. Would I do it again? Yes. Would I do things
differently? Yes of course. Given what I know now about running a business, I
would make less mistakes and do some things differently.
So,
20 years on, what are you celebrating?
We’re proud of the
fact that we have met the challenge, survived and prospered where others have
failed. We’re proud of the fact that we
are still here, still learning and getting stronger every day. We are working smarter today than yesteryear
and will be even smarter tomorrow. In retrospect, we have much to be thankful
for.
What
are some of the milestones along the way? 2014 was definitely a very
busy year for Hort Enterprises. The year saw the completion of our new workshop
and abrasive blasting facility located at our industrial property on Clergate
Road Orange. Our company has been
rebadged and is now called Hort Enterprises to better reflect members of the
Hort family involvement in the business rather than just one member. We realise success is never final and failure
is not fatal - It is the courage to continue that makes the difference.
Congratulations Jeff
your family members and staff I hope to see you again in another 20 years.
Reliability Engineering…..Non Destructive Testing
It is widely known
that asset reliability engineering is a core focus for many companies
that strive to ensure the continual and safe operation of their
assets. This is becoming more important in recent times as
companies try to endure the current downturn in
the resources market.
Hort Enterprises
offers a wide range of Non-Destructive testing services including
ultra-sonic testing, radiography, magnetic particle testing,
& dye penetrant testing. Each method
serves a unique specific
purpose in locating any potential problems that
may arise during the
service life of your plant & equipment.
Having a cost
effective reliability service, means that you can plan for the repair or
replacement of components as they wear, before they become costly
breakdowns that stop production and costs you time & money.
It is also helps you
to fulfil your legal responsibility as the asset owner to ensure that
certain types of plant & equipment are inspected and
certified for continual safe use to conform to WorkCover legislation.
Reliability
Engineering...A way to predict the future
by understanding the present
For more information,
please contact
Peter Warren - m. 0498
990 002
p. +61 2 6391 4100 –
f. +61 2 63613244
e. engineering@hortenterprises.com.au
