Building strong connections
Wurtulla Plumbing and Drainage has grown from a single-operator business in 1988 to become one of the largest plumbing companies on the Sunshine Coast, servicing domestic, commercial and industrial clients.
Recently celebrating 30 years of membership to the Master Plumbers' Association of Queensland, Wurtulla is a registered green plumber and have established long-term relationships with major local trade suppliers.
“We are proud to have established and fostered the careers of numerous local tradesmen by mentoring 30 apprentices,” said Les O’Keefe.
All of Wurtulla’s operating regions from North Brisbane through to Gympie were affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their procurement policy was immediately actioned and implemented to keep the business running, resulting in maintaining safe and secure work for their teams and continued services for their clients.
“All of our staff were instructed on new company protocols on how to deal and operate through the pandemic to ensure the health and safety our staff as well as our clients and the public, said Karen Brush.
“Our tender business included services for QBuild, Sunshine Coast Regional Council, Queensland Health, City FM (Coles) and JLL (Australia Post) where we made sure we implemented the Queensland Health COVID directives, helping to keep Queenslanders safe.”
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- Last updated:
- 15 December 2023