Fulton Hogan’s founders, Julius (Jules) Fulton and Robert (Bob) Hogan, formed a partnership and began trading as J.H. Fulton & Co in 1933. However, it wasn’t until 1935 that they officially registered Fulton Hogan Limited as a company in New Zealand.
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Until the early 1950s, Fulton Hogan had no central depot but stored equipment and supplies in widely scattered yards, quarries or gravel pits. From 1950 onwards Fulton Hogan and Fairfield Asphalt established themselves at Fairfield in Dunedin.
From 1935-1939, Fulton Hogan carried out successful road projects across the south island of New Zealand, in coastal and Central Otago, South Canterbury, and the West Coast.
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World War II resulted in a critical manpower shortage and combined with a limited supply of bitumen in New Zealand throughout 1942, much of the civil construction industry to cease operations. This brought road work to a virtual halt for the duration of the war.
However, Fulton Hogan’s name and reputation carried on after the war and, from the 1960s through to today, the company has continued to grow and prosper. Growth has come from two sources: the acquisition of various smaller civil contracting and supplier companies; and organic growth as the construction industry grew.
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In 1981, Fulton Hogan entered the Australia market with a small operation based in Queensland. Committed to growing in the Australian market, the company purchased Standard Roads and Astec in Victoria in 2002. These well respected companies were integrated into Fulton Hogan’s Australian operations and re-branded as FRH Group, to pay tribute to the founding owners - Jules Fulton, Ron Rado and Bob Hogan.
The Australia operation continued to grow and was further enhanced with the acquisition in 2005 of Belmadar Construction, a New South Wales based project management company, which provided the company with a major construction capability on the eastern seaboard of Australia. Its operations were diversified with the inclusion of a precast facility in Bendigo, central Victoria.
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In 2007 FRH was rebranded as Fulton Hogan, to unite the Australian and New Zealand operations under one name.
Fulton Hogan has continued to grow and in 2008 acquired South Australian asphalt and quarrying business, PMP. This saw the addition of a quarry and asphalt plant in northern Adelaide and a remote office in Katherine, Northern Territory.
Today Fulton Hogan employs over 1200 staff in Australia and delivers products and services to almost every state and territory in Australia.
Regions:
Australia | New Zealand
