THE global financial crisis had a marked impact on Western Australia's engineering contractors during the year as the slowdown forced resources companies to scale back and defer numerous new developments and expansions.
Rejuvenated engineering contractor Clough is looking to the flood of emerging LNG developments and potential consolidation of niche local service providers as the platform for continued growth over the coming years.
WA engineering and construction company Clough Ltd has appointed its third chief executive in less than seven months, with John Smith due to take over from John Cooper on August 1, the company has announced.