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Quanta Services to expand pipeline business in Australia


Mon, 25 March 2013


Quanta Services, owner of North America’s largest pipeline construction contractor Price Gregory International and world-wide horizontal directional drilling and pipeline integrity contractor Mears Group, has signed Australian pipeline industry executive Mark Twycross as President of Mears Group Australia to expand existing operations and create new opportunities in the Australian market.


Mark Twycross has 40 years’ experience in the pipeline industry having worked in South-East Asia, Africa, Central Asia, Middle East, United Kingdom and Australasia.

A well-known face in the Australian pipeline industry, Mr Twycross is a former President and Director of the Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA) and was integral in winning contracting work for Australian companies from the three current CSG–LNG projects constructing in Queensland, as well as the PNG LNG Project.

Specialising in electric power, telecommunications and pipeline infrastructure, the Australian market presents opportunities for Mears in the Australasian region. The company’s head office will be established in Brisbane, Australia, with focus for the first year on the Queensland and northern New South Wales market.

Mears Group President Scot Fluharty said the move would enhance competition in the Australian market.


“Mears is eager to show the Australian market a new and different offering to what they currently have,” Mr Fluharty said.

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