Latest News

We are looking for expressions of interest from anyone in the construction industry in Cairns, Townsville or Mackay (and surrounding regions) who might like to attend a Passive Fire Course run by the AWCI (Australian Walls & Ceilings Industry). A link to the course below. There is a half price offer going if we can organise a group of 10 prior to August this year.
http://www.awci.org.au/QLD/passive-fire

For more information please contact Steve Brown in the Cairns office.

Get ready for Tax time – it is just around the corner.
Plan now to minimise your tax and look at upgrading any of your tools.
Call into your local PMC store and ask what we can do if these specials aren’t what you need.

Click Here for our May-June 2017 specials brochure!

We wish to advise of an upcoming price adjustment effective 1st June 2017. The PDF Attached outlines products affected and the associated percentage increase.

For any further information please contact either our Cairns or Townsville office on 0740311277 or 0747256872.

Thankyou for your continued support.

Click Here to download the PDF Price increase details

The 2017 NRL season is almost upon is. This year PMC has corporate box at the stadium in Townsville. We are offering lucky punters the chance to win tickets to come along and be our guest at selected cowboys games! All you have to do is register and join our NRL tipping comp –
https://tipping.nrl.com/tipping/index.html#/comp/19645/about?code=3TKMKWP9

It is free to join – and free to tip – so there’s nothing to lose!

Townsville store signage now in place! Come say hi next time you drive past on Bayswater Rd in Garbutt!

Our Cairns store has finally received the new signage and is up and looking great!

When meeting someone one of the first things they ask (aside from how are you) is highly likely to be “What’s Happening?”. Most of us usually respond with the same old things … – “well not much”, “this or that, the other”, or “flat out like a lizard drinking”. Generally it is just a bit of wasted small talk.

I like to be more specific. How much better to say “Well our housing market has been flat for the last few months, but since November it has improved 20% – we are hoping to capitalise on that growth in the next few months”. The conversation then may actually lead to something worthwhile – about leads or business growth or how you are going to achieve it. Let’s face it – anything other than small talk is probably a win.

One of the indicators of market activity in our (construction) industry is housing approvals. The graph attached shows monthly approvals of both houses and flats for the last 2 years. This is a great starting point for activity in our region and I would encourage anyone to get in touch with their HIA/Master Builders/AWCI industry representative if you need more specific data.

Aside from generalisations about the industry I use this data to measure our business against the market. Let’s face it you are never going to have 100% of the market share – and quite honestly you don’t want it. You do however need to find a good source of market data so you can try and gauge where you fit in. Do you want to grow or are you happy with your market share? Get the numbers/facts first and see if your dreams of growth are actually realistic.

Source: HIA Housing Approvals data.

The price of iron ore has increased significantly and as such
there has already been a number of price increase notifications to watch out for if you are quoting.
Please see some of these increase notifications affecting our industry below.

The Association of Wall and Ceiling Industries (AWCI) and the Australian Paint Manufacturer’s Federation (APMF),
recognising the need for a clear and concise position on the finishing and decoration of plasterboard,
have collaborated on the publication of this Information Sheet.

For a full download of this please click the link below

AWCI/APMF Information Sheet