8 | Leaders 2013
Dawnus Construction Dawnus’ ‘tremendous ride’
Dawnus Construction has topped our operating margin and net margin Top 10 tables. The company is ranked in the Profit Track 100 as being one of the fastest growing companies in the UK
WELSH company Dawnus Construction is one of the fastest growing companies in the UK. That is according to the Sunday Times, which ranked Dawnus at 37th 2013.
in its Profit Track 100 league for
The league recognises the 100 fastest growing private companies in the UK in terms of profit based on three year audited accounts. And it is not the first time that Dawnus has appeared in the Profit Track 100 – in the 2009 report the company ranked 51st
.
Dawnus says of its higher position in this year’s report: “Our 2013 position of 37th
demonstrates
our continued growth in the UK and international markets.
In addition to making the Profit Track 100, Dawnus has been named South Wales Evening Post and Swansea Bay Business Life Business of the Year. It was named one of 12 companies and businesses short-listed for the top award, having been presented with one of last year’s monthly business awards in recognition of its contribu- tion to the economy of South-west Wales. The company was selected as the overall
winner, impressing the judges with its consis- tent levels of sustained growth not only in the region but also on an international level. The judges noted our high and consistent levels of local employment and impressive increase in our company’s pre-tax profit, which rose 296% from 2010 to 2011.
Dawnus commercial director Brian Dalling says: “We were very pleased to win this award and we were honoured by it, it is every bit as important for us to be recognised locally as well as nationally and internationally. When you think we were only started in 2002 it has been a tremendous ride really and we have enjoyed it. We have increased our geographical coverage in both the UK and Africa and look forward to building on these results.”
Dawnus Construction is an international civil engineering and building company established in 2002 with clients in the UK and West Africa. In September last year the company announced it had been selected as a Tier 1 contractor by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water across all the Welsh regions. The work covers the construction and maintenance of water and wastewater treatment works, tanks, pumping stations and other Dwr Cymru Welsh Water assets.
Operating margin % Dawnus
FM Conway J Murphy Imtech
Morrison US May Gurney MWH
Costain Trant
Mott MacDonald A supplement to WET News and WWT
Commented on the award, Dawnus said: “Whilst we previously enjoyed working for Dwr Cymru Welsh Water and their partners on their AMP4 and AMP5 in north Wales, we can now look forward to expanding our reputation across the whole of Wales.” The group’s work in the water sector has included installing the Bache Tank CSO in Ches- ter for Dwr Cymru Welsh Water. The £403,000 project, completed in February 2010 was to re- ducethe chances of pollution of the watercourse during periods of extreme run off into combined sewers. The 5m deep RC structure was built off line and made live via a five-day shutdown, where the existing flows up to 750l/s were over- pumped.
The CSO has two 6m long pump action
9.6 7
5.4 3.9 3.6 3
2.8 2
1.9 1.8
Net margin % Dawnus
FM Conway Carillion
J Murphy
Morrison US MWH
Imtech
May Gurney Costain
Mott MacDonald
9.2 6.4 5.7
5.4 3.6 3.6 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.4
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