Owning and building this business is more than a job for me.  “Steel is in my blood.” 

It’s a multi generation thing… 

I’m a third generation and I now have 2 sons coming through learning the business as trade persons. 

My great-grandfather was a boilermaker working at Eveleigh Railway Workshops making steam locomotives.

Evolution of Eveleigh – The Railway workshops | South Eveleigh Heritage

My father, Barry, was the original founder of BRH Steel Constructions in 1976 in the garage at home in Chester Hill. I remember spending time in the workshop alongside Dad, watching and learning.  I was fascinated by the capability of steel, how it could be bent, rolled, and shaped into anything.   

I was 16 years old when I signed up for my apprenticeship on 30 March 1995 in Metals and Engineering.  I attended Mt Druitt TAFE as do all our apprenticeships to this day. 

This business has grown from a one-man operation to a company that now employs up 25 people, of which 4-6 at any one time are apprentices learning their trade, therefore keeping the Metal Fabrication trade alive and growing. 

Every job we take on is about providing a positive experience for our customers from the design, fabrication, and installation.   

I believe in transparency and have a solid belief in being honest, trustworthy, and respectful.  I feel that these qualities allow me to be an easy, approachable person which led to building great, sustainable relationships with builders within our industry.  

“Everything we do, we do for our customers – our work starts and ends with them.” 

What does the future hold… 

We always have grand plans, but honestly, I just want to come to work and do what I love.  I want to see my boys develop their own skills and find their niche in this business, I want to see my team grow and learn from the variety of work that comes through our doors. Everyone that works here has the capacity and the capability to become whatever they want to be in this business, and I hope that I can help them on that journey.  

As for our customers, I love that I have been working with some of them my entire working life, it tells me that they trust and like working with my team and me.  But I like that we are getting new businesses seeking our services, often by recommendation of existing clientele.  Again, this tells me that what we are doing is right. 

For my team, I encourage them to constantly look for ways to which we can improve our capability.