Kmart Horsham endured an impressive 8 week make over, with the de fit and demolition of parts of the old store, and the complete refurbishment of the rejuvenated Kmart Horsham.

Harbuosl Project Manager, Patrick Dromgool and his team did a phenomenal job to complete the vast scope of works in such a short period of time. Site Mangers; Scott Bond and Sean Timms, coordinated their 50 plus team of tradesmen over a 24 hour, seven day per week roster to complete the scheduled works quickly, whilst minimizing the disruption to customers, as the store kept trading during renovations.

Maintenance jobs during September and October were constant, with all of our staff and contractors being kept busy across Australian and New Zealand.

The introduction and implementation of scheduled maintenance visits throughout a number of sites has proven to be extremely effective and efficient, by reducing the costs on casual service calls for odd jobs and maintaining focus on continually lifting the standard of the sites on a regular basis proves to be a very successful model.

The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics Retail Trade figures show that Australian retail turnover rose 0.6% in August 2011.

Turnover rose in Household goods retailing (1.7%), Food retailing (0.6%), Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (1.2%) and other retail (0.3%). Turnover fell in Department stores (-0.8%) and Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (-0.3%).

Happy Birthday to Peter Barker of sunny Queensland, who celebrates his birthday on the 3rd November.

Harbusol’s Special Projects Manager, Terry Scanlan has a birthday on the 11th of November and the last staff birthday on the calendar belongs to OEH&S Guru, Russell Bozkewycz, who will celebrate his birthday on November 18.

To everyone else who celebrates their birthday during the month of November, the Harbusol Team would like to wish you a happy birthday; we hope you enjoyed your special day.