The Interview - EXCLUSIVE
MICK POWER & SCOTT POWER
With Rob Langton
BMD GROUP
project management sectors. A family business at its core, BMD was established five decades ago as a partnership between Mick Power, his wife Denise, his brother in law Bevin and sister Beverly, and whilst Mick and Denise acquired the remaining shares in the business from Bevin and Beverly twelve-months after launching, the firm’s unwavering commitment to its people remains evident through its emphasis on ‘family’ as a fundamental value within its operating model. Mick Power AM has served as the company’s Founder and Group Board Chairman for more than forty years - he commenced his career aged 19 with Leigahton Contractors in 1969 as their first cadet, working on major infrastructure and mining projects as Manager of Central Queensland before steadily rising through the firm to eventually become the Area Manager of the Gold Coast region. Following a decade with Leighton and combined with the firm’s move away from smaller scale (sub-$200k) contracts, Mick saw an opportunity to launch his own business, BMD, and utilising a $12,000 superannuation payment from Leighton, began undertaking lower-priced residential subdivision work with Hooker Rex (now known as
Mick Power AM & Scott Power are the father-son pair behind one of Australia’s largest and most successful privately owned urban development and construction firm, the BMD Group. Established in 1979, the BMD Group has grown exponentially throughout the course of more than four decades - from humble beginnings in Brisbane to a leading National business that now boasts an international footprint, encompassing 2,000 team members, revenues exceeding $2bn per annum and over fourteen offices positioned strategically across Australia. Though its early foundations concentrated largely around providing engineering services on a smaller- scale in the residential subdivision space, the BMD Group has evolved and expanded rapidly, with the firm now incorporating five distinct business divisions, including BMD Constructions, BMD Urban, Empower Engineers & Project Managers, JMac Constructions and Urbex - the sum total of which combine to provide their public, institutional and private clients a full-service offering across the property development, engineering design, transport infrastructure, civil construction and
8 – February /March 2024
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