Our story

Before AM PM existed, I was working in the field for someone else. That's where this whole thing started for me. I'd watch a site go from bare dirt to a standing tower carrying a national network, and I couldn't get over how impressive that infrastructure was. I knew pretty quickly that this was the work I wanted to build a career around.

I got my rigging and dogging qualifications in 2007 — dogging, advanced rigging, crane scheduling, elevated work platforms and OH&S — and spent years learning the trade properly on live sites with another team. Once I had the experience behind me, I went out on my own. It started with my own gear. Then a crew. Then the clients, the compliance, the paperwork and everything else that comes with running a real infrastructure business.

Since founding AM PM Telecommunications in 2009, I've grown it into a company that's worked for Telstra, Optus and Vodafone, and alongside major infrastructure players like UGL, Downer, Ausgrid and TransGrid. What hasn't changed is that I'm still on the tools with the team, still climbing, still on site through the journey of running the business. I think that's the difference — when I quote a job, I know exactly what's involved, because I'll likely be up there doing it.

None of it happens on my own, though. The team on the tools are the ones actually getting the work done on site, and looking after them properly — training, gear, being straight with them — matters to me as much as looking after the clients. It's a team effort from the ground up, and that's how we keep delivering the standard we're known for.

— Abdullah Boksmati, Director

Still on the tools — on site across NSW and regional Australia.