Watpac Information

Watpac is a company that draws its strength from its unique diverse skills sets and the relationships we have built with our clients and business partners. Both of these assets have allowed the Company to develop and continually build on an impressive portfolio of works around Australia.

We now have offices in Brisbane, Townsville, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, and undertake work in the fields of construction, property development, specialist construction, refurbishments, civil landscaping, civil infrastructure, and mining.

Listed on the ASX for over 25 years, we remain committed to achieving great things so that our shareholders, employees, clients, business partners, and the wider community are able to reap the rewards of this Australian success story. 

Watpac History

Watpac’s success story first began in 1983, when the Company — then known as Watkins Pacific — established itself in Brisbane as a construction and property development business. After two years of rapid growth, which included completing projects such as the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, the Company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 1985.

In these formative years, Watpac stretched its operations further into Queensland, at one point opening offices in Cairns and the Gold Coast. In 1998, the Company established its Townsville office, which continues to service the northern region of the state.

In recent years, Watpac’s strategy of growth through strategic acquisitions has seen the Company expand into New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory, and add civil infrastructure, civil landscaping, and mining services to its portfolio. Now with over 900 staff based on sites and in offices around Australia, and an annual turnover approaching $1.5 billion, Watpac can truly be considered an Australian business success story..