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Justin Giles accepts the Gas award from\u00a0 Queensland Gas Association president Darrel Vecchio
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Michael Giles with his award (Photo: MPAQ)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 29, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

A family-based Goomeri business has won a prestigious Queensland award for designing and installing a large LPG system at a cotton gin in Emerald.<\/p>\n

James Giles Plumbing Pty Ltd was presented with the Queensland Gas Association’s 2015 Commercial & Industrial Gas Installation of the Year Award at a gala function in front of more than 530 industry representatives at the Brisbane Hilton on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Head of Gas Department Justin Giles said the award was won for the design, installation and commissioning of a large Type A and B\u00a0 LPG system at the gin.<\/p>\n

To top off the night for the company, Justin’s brother Michael, a 3rd Year apprentice at James Giles Plumbing , won the Construction Skills Queensland – CSQ Merv Harris Memorial Bursary Award.<\/p>\n

The Master Plumbers’ Association of Queensland 2015 Plumbing and Gas Awards are the peak industry awards for the State.<\/p>\n

“Five of us went down to the night,” Justin told southburnett.com.au<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It was massive. We were told we were a finalist but when it came up on the screen it was a big shock.<\/p>\n

“I knew that we had the skills and experience to take it out, but we were competing against some big companies.”<\/p>\n

James Giles Plumbing Pty Ltd was formed from a merger of Justin’s gas business, his brother James’ plumbing business and their father Bill’s business.<\/p>\n

The company specialises in commercial and industrial gas systems.<\/p>\n

“We offer a service that not many people can offer,” Justin said.<\/p>\n

“We have four industrial gasfitters on staff,\u00a0 and it’s extremely hard to achieve that as it can take up to 10 years of training. And they all live locally.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We are doing projects across Queensland and NSW. We go up to Cairns and down into the heart of NSW.<\/p>\n

“We were down in Narrabri and Moree last week.”<\/p>\n

Other recent projects have included designing and installing gas back-up systems on macadamia farms and a gas fruit drying system for Gaypak at Gayndah.<\/p>\n

Justin said the company involved other Goomeri businesses as much as possible in their jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“At Gaypak, we got our local engineering company and electricians to do all the the duct work,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We get jobs all across Queensland and we take locals with us.”<\/p>\n

Another example was a 59m imported grain dryer which had no access or walkways.<\/p>\n

“The local engineering company was invited to quote on building all the Australian Standard walkways,” Justin said.<\/p>\n

“It’s a way of looking after the locals. They will travel to do the work.”<\/p>\n

Justin obviously loves his job.<\/p>\n

“It’s good because you get to see something everything different, work on something different every day of the week,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It’s good fun! And now we have won an award to prove that we are one of the best in Queensland.”<\/p>\n

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