Journey to Best-in-Class
 



History

1987     Erbacon Construction was established by its founder member, Dave Erskine, starting out initially as a specialised concrete repair contractor and later evolving into a full-service civil engineering contracting operation.
       
2007     Erbacon Investment Holdings Limited listed on the Alternate Exchange (AltX) of the JSE Limited on 7 December 2007.
       
2008     Armstrong Building Contractors acquired, adding building capacity to the Group.
       
2009     Erbacon finalised an agreement with Medu Capital, a black-owned private equity investment company, effectively giving Medu an initial 29% stake in Erbacon as its BEE partner.

Erbacon acquired the entire share capital of Civcon Construction.

Erbacon achieved a CIDB rating of 9GB for the Group, and Civcon a 9CE rating.
       
2010     Civcon obtained the OSHAS 18001:2007 safety accreditation.

Dave Erskine resigned as CEO, effective 1 June 2010, and Sean Flanagan was appointed Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 June 2010.
       
2011     Erbacon Construction merged with Civcon to form one civils construction business, trading as Civcon.
       
2012     Business of Bo's Hire and Sales (Pty) Limited (formerly Erbacon Small Plant (Pty) Limited) sold to a management consortium on 29 February 2012.
       
2013     Armstrong Building Contractors (Pty) Ltd ceases trading. Building capacity introduced into Civcon.