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20 Mar 2013
William Loud is a civil construction and sports surfacing company operating predominately within Victoria, but also Australia-wide for specific projects.
William Loud is a civil construction and sports surfacing company operating predominately within Victoria but also Australia wide for specific projects. The company was established by its founder in 1874 and worked on many significant projects in Melbourne’s early history.
In 1956 they constructed the warm up track for the Olympic Games. Since that time a significant and specialist part of its business has involved the installation of sports and specialist surfaces on many significant projects including:
- Asphalt works for MCG Southern Stand
- 1987 construction of the original tennis courts at Melbourne Park
- Construction and resurfacing of a number of athletic tracks throughout Australia and Cook Islands
- Surfacing of many McDonalds and Hungry Jacks playgrounds with Polyflex Softfall
- Full reconstruction and resurfacing of all tennis courts at Melbourne Park Tennis Centre including Rod Laver and Hisense Arena
- Long standing relationship with Netball Victoria and Netball Australia
Its team of workers are highly skilled and dedicated with a significant number of workers having contributed between 10 and 40 years of service.
The current directors represent the company’s ongoing commitment to smooth succession with involvements of 40 years, 15 years and 3 years respectively.
Its current market position is enhanced by its appointment as the official surface supplier to the Australian Open tennis Tournament as well as a number of significant relationships within local government and sporting associations.
WM Loud currently employs 3 full time Civil Engineers with significant experience with their field as well as 3 sports surfacing experts with close to 100 years collective experience in their field.