Australian CEO Excellence Awards 2024 | 4 Most Innovative Building Materials CEO 2024: Mitch Barber In the construction industry, the quality of your materials is paramount. When undertaking any construction project, quality, durability, and longevity are tantamount to guaranteed success. Ensuring that products are not only top tier but also align aesthetically with the project objectives can be difficult, unless Ability® Building Colours is involved. Ability Building Colours is a leading company within the industry of wholesale building materials. Under the guidance of CEO Mitch Barber, the company delivers high quality, specialised materials suitable for a wide array of project requirements. Established in 1983, Ability® Building Colours is an Australianowned and operated company situated in Cambellfield, Victoria. Since its establishment, Ability® has innovated, developed, and provided performance enhancing admixtures designed to make cement based products outperform. As industry leaders, the company is renowned for its utilisation of leading-edge material technology, using special admixtures for cement-based materials and long-life, wearresistant solvent and odour-free paints and coatings. Its products have all been developed with a company-wide philosophy that respects the aesthetic value of colour in the design of materials, products, and structures. Ability Building Colours offers its clients a range of permanent paints, coatings, and sealers; a variety of admixtures that solve many of the problems associated with cement based materials, namely workability, strength, curing, efflorescence, and waterproofing; and an extensive range of ‘through’ colouring pigments known as abilox®, designed to permanently enhance the attractiveness of any structure. Guaranteed to never fade, abilox® is the company’s premier product and is available in an extensive range of over 240 shades of fine, UV resistant, permanent mineral oxide colouring pigments. Using abilox®, clients can add uniform, ‘through’ colour to concrete, asphalt, and mortars. After more than four decades of operations, the company has built extensive experience in fulfilling the professional needs of architects, landscape architects, designers, building contractors, landscaping contractors, trades persons, and various other creative minds in the building industry. Leveraging this experience, the team at Ability Building Colours have developed a refined understanding of common industry contracting problems and how to navigate their way through them. Alongside its commitment to quality, Ability® strives for stellar customer service alongside the provision of individual, customised products. Few competing companies can boast this offering, enabling Ability Building Colours to maintain its leading position within the market. The company is headed by CEO Mitch Barber, a dynamic individual driven by a stringent commitment to upholding the highest standards of quality the company is known for. Ability® has always believed in delivering products that are high not only in quality, but also in durability and longevity. As a result, all of Ability Building Colours’ products are made to last. Mitch joined Ability Building Colours in 2017 as a Client Consultant. Here, he developed an in-depth understanding of the products, along with strong inter-personal skills that are transferrable to any leadership role. In 2018, Mitch began to climb the ranks with his appointment as Sales and Marketing Manager. In this role, he was able to hone his leadership skills whilst making significant contributions to the operations of the company. 2019 saw Mitch taking on his current role of Chief Executive Aug24386 Officer of Ability®, a role he has held for over five years. He utilises the vital experience he gained whilst progressing through the ranks to effectively lead the Ability Building Colours team to success. Mitch is also quick to acknowledge this award was only made possible due to the unwavering support of his incredible leadership team. With special thanks going to his co-director, Michael Treacy and production Manager, Rhys Moule. Their unwavering support and dedication have been instrumental in Ability’s success. Michael’s enthusiasm for helping to implement Mitch’s strategic vision and Rhys’ meticulous attention to detail have helped to create a collaborative environment that keeps driving the business forward. In addition to his position within Ability Building Colours, Mitch is also a Board Advisor for the Veblen Directors Program. This is a community of executives, thought leaders, and entrepreneurs boasting a wealth of knowledge and connection within the areas of fund raising, financial oversight, and corporate governance. Mitch’s position on this board demonstrates his ambition, leadership skills, and his unwavering commitment to personal and professional growth. Ability Building Colours has developed numerous innovative products, not least of which is ‘duro paint®’. A standout product in the company’s line, ‘duro paint®’ is known for its durability and environmental friendliness. ‘duro paint®’ differs from others on the market due to its offering of colourful, high-build, durable, inorganic mineral coatings. Available in stipple, matte, and low sheen finishes, ‘duro paint®’ is the most wear-resistant surface coating currently available on the market. What’s more, mineral based ‘duro paint®’ is 100% acrylic polymer modified and reinforced, fireretardant, and water-resistant. This makes ‘duro paint®’ an incredibly advantageous choice for any and all construction projects. ‘duro paint®’ is easy to apply and odour-free, and being weather and traffic wear-resistant, offers durability for decades. It is innovative offerings like this that enable Ability Building Colours to surpass its market peers and deliver truly unique products to its deserving clientele. With no solvents and low Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s), ‘duro paint®’ can help to improve long-term indoor air quality, making the product not only long-lasting and effective, but also the healthier choice for industry workers. Operating for more than 40 years, Ability Building Colours has developed a loyal clientele base who view the company as the go-to place for their project needs. Many clients have left glowing testimonials detailing the remarkable work undertaken by the company, in addition to the efficacy of its products. “We chose to use Ability Building Colours’ abilox® oxides in all our concrete works; I find them very consistent and even in colour through the concrete,” reports Philip Stray of Crafted Landscapes. “I find the service and advice as Ability Building Colours excellent. The staff are extremely helpful and efficient. A good company to deal with, whether it is for their oxide colours, Geo concrete paint finishes, including ‘duro paint’
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