Jules & Bob

Jules and Bob commence partnership with “a repair job" on the road to Mosgiel, using an old Boothmac sprayer they bought for £5 and a bitumen kettle towed behind their only vehicle, Bob Hogan’s Willys-Knight car.

First airport contract

First airport contract with the surfacing of the Taieri aerodrome

Cast coalmine started

Nile Hydro open cast coal mine started on West Coast (operated for 12 years)

Sealing crew

*Back Row from left: Jim McNamara, Alan Meikle, Bob Hogan, Ray Betton, Lou Connor(s), Jim Walker, Joe Johnston.

Front Row: Bill Robins, Bob Harvey, Jack Campbell, Gordon Lane, Fred Anderson, Alan Campbell.

In front: Gordon Chisholm

Fairfield Asphalt Started

The company's first asphalt business.

Walton Park sand was aquired

Walton Park sand was acquired – a significant sand plant

Maxwell Brothers Merged

Maxwell Bros (trucking company with eight trucks) merged into Fulton Hogan

Purchased Via Nova from Denmark

Purchase of a Via Nova semi automatic “mobile” 50t/hr asphalt plant from Denmark

South Island expansion

Expansion out of Otago / Southland into Nelson with 50% acquisition of Tasman Asphalt. First “region” to be established outside Otago / Southland

First Big Port Job

Upgrade of Port Chalmers container terminal.

Acknowledged long serving staff

25 year club started with 16 gold watches handed out (people would have started in 1952)

Pavroc Holding shares

First acquisition of shares in Pavroc Holdings (now Fulton Hogan's Canterbury region)

Expansion to Australia

Fulton Hogan commences operations in Australia for the first time with the formation of Rowe Asphalt in Brisbane

First forestry acquisition

Expansion into upper North Island

Expansion into Auckland, Waikato and Northland with acquisition of Reliable Roads

Shell takes 38% stake in
Fulton Hogan

Fulton Hogan begins land development for the first time

STAYSAFE programme commences

Growth in Australian business

Acquisition of Standard Roads / Astec represents step change in size of operations in Australia

1000 new staff members

in Australia with the acquisition of Pioneer Road Services

Celebrated 80+ years of Years Of Operation

Entered the concrete market

Acquisition of Stevenson’s four ready-mix plants, Drury Quarry, transport and laboratory business

Asphalt plants commissioned

New asphalt plants commissioned at Bushnell Ridge, NSW and Eastern Creek, NSW.

New ready mix concrete plant

New ready mix concrete plant opens at Stevenson's Drury quarry

Jules & Bob

Jules and Bob commence partnership with “a repair job" on the road to Mosgiel, using an old Boothmac sprayer they bought for £5 and a bitumen kettle towed behind their only vehicle, Bob Hogan’s Willys-Knight car.

Fulton Hogan registered

Fulton Hogan registered on 30 December 1935, with capital of £10,000

First airport contract

First airport contract with the surfacing of the Taieri aerodrome

Diversified into lime business

Diversified into lime business at Fernhill Limeworks in Southland (using working horses for the only time in the company’s history)

Cast coalmine started

Nile Hydro open cast coal mine started on West Coast (operated for 12 years)

Sealing crew

*Back Row from left: Jim McNamara, Alan Meikle, Bob Hogan, Ray Betton, Lou Connor(s), Jim Walker, Joe Johnston.

Front Row: Bill Robins, Bob Harvey, Jack Campbell, Gordon Lane, Fred Anderson, Alan Campbell.

In front: Gordon Chisholm

Fairfield Asphalt Started

The company's first asphalt business.

Fulton Hogan Holdings incorporated

Walton Park sand was aquired

Walton Park sand was acquired – a significant sand plant

Maxwell Brothers Merged

Maxwell Bros (trucking company with eight trucks) merged into Fulton Hogan

Sealed Mossburn
to Te Anau highway

Sealed the main highway from Mossburn to Te Anau (59km)

Purchased Via Nova from Denmark

Purchase of a Via Nova semi automatic “mobile” 50t/hr asphalt plant from Denmark

Extended into waste management

Maxwell Bros extend into the waste management business
(with one waste disposal truck and 20 bins)

South Island expansion

Expansion out of Otago / Southland into Nelson with 50% acquisition of Tasman Asphalt. First “region” to be established outside Otago / Southland

Staff Share Scheme started

First Big Port Job

Upgrade of Port Chalmers container terminal.

Acknowledged long serving staff

25 year club started with 16 gold watches handed out (people would have started in 1952)

First office computer set up

First computing system installed and departmental structure started

Pavroc Holding shares

First acquisition of shares in Pavroc Holdings (now Fulton Hogan's Canterbury region)

Shell takes 25% stake in Fulton Hogan

Expansion to Australia

Fulton Hogan commences operations in Australia for the first time with the formation of Rowe Asphalt in Brisbane

First forestry acquisition

First pacific island project

with the overlay of Nadi Airport in Fiji

Expansion into upper North Island

Expansion into Auckland, Waikato and Northland with acquisition of Reliable Roads

Shell takes 38% stake in
Fulton Hogan

Fulton Hogan begins land development for the first time

Fulton Hogan enters civil construction

for first time with acquisition of Husband Construction

STAYSAFE programme commences

Growth in Australian business

Acquisition of Standard Roads / Astec represents step change in size of operations in Australia

Expanded into Western Australia

through road maintenance contracts

1000 new staff members

in Australia with the acquisition of Pioneer Road Services

Celebrated 80+ years of Years Of Operation

100 new staff in Tasmania

With the acquisition of Venarchie Contracting in Tasmania, we are now present in all states of Australia.

Entered the concrete market

Acquisition of Stevenson’s four ready-mix plants, Drury Quarry, transport and laboratory business

Asphalt plants commissioned

New asphalt plants commissioned at Bushnell Ridge, NSW and Eastern Creek, NSW.

New ready mix concrete plant

New ready mix concrete plant opens at Stevenson's Drury quarry