{"id":91075,"date":"2025-10-30T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/?p=91075"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:06:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:06:58","slug":"australia-general-construction-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/case-studies\/australia-general-construction-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia General Construction, Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Australia-General-Construction-inc.png\" alt=\"Australia General Construction, Inc.\" class=\"wp-image-94219\" style=\"width:403px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Australia-General-Construction-inc.png 1000w, https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Australia-General-Construction-inc-810x810.png 810w, https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Australia-General-Construction-inc-450x450.png 450w, https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Australia-General-Construction-inc-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Authors:<\/strong> Saverio Bozzolan, Fabio Accardi, Roberto Rosato<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"display:none;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"display:none;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Richmond, a thirty-eight-year-old with a degree in Construction Engineering with a MBA,<br>is the Chief Audit Executive (CAE) of Salmon Creek Engineering and Construction LLC (SCE&amp;C).<br>SCE&amp;C is listed in the New York Stock Exchange, and it operates on a global scale in the large infrastructure industry, with General Contracting, Project Financing and Operation &amp; Maintenance Divisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John became the Chief Audit Executive since few months, after working for four years in a large international auditing company and following for about two years as Controller of a medium-sized construction company. It was a quite Friday afternoon and John started to plan his weekend making order on his desk when the phone rang. The CEO&#8217;s assistant told him that Robert Marshall (CEO) needs to meet him immediately. When John entered in the CEO\u2019s office, the CEO went immediately to the reason for the meeting. &#8220;Dear John&#8221; he began &#8220;you have been with us for a few months and we are very happy with how you are working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The position of CAE is covered by a person who does not limit himself to verifying that &#8220;the procedures are respected&#8221; but that is able to make a contribution to the achievement of our strategies&#8221;. &#8220;For this reason,&#8221; Robert continued, &#8220;I would talk about an ambitious and reserved project that we have for our expansion abroad. As you know the SCE&amp;C\u2019s objective, in the execution of our worldwide strategy as per 2019 &#8211; 2022, is to enter into the Australian market. With the aim to minimize environmental and market risks, we have been looking for potential acquisitions of an existing company (M&amp;A). After a very careful analysis of possible target firms, the choice is going towards the Australia General Construction, Inc. (AGC).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"button arr featured-links\" href=\"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bozzolan_Accardi_Rosato_TC.pdf\" title=\"\">Download Case Study<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"button arr featured-links\" href=\"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/australia-general-construction-inc-teaching-notes\/\" title=\"\">Request Teaching Notes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Saverio Bozzolan, Fabio Accardi, Roberto Rosato<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":94220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1189],"tags":[1627,1600,1727,1597,1728],"Master":[],"class_list":["post-91075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies","tag-environment-2-en","tag-environment","tag-market-risks","tag-strategy-en","tag-worldwide"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91075"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94937,"href":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91075\/revisions\/94937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91075"},{"taxonomy":"Master","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/Master?post=91075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}