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Edward & Christie the trusted name in the construction industry in Sri Lanka celebrated its 40th anniversary at Water’s Edge Battaramulla with pomp and grander on 21 June.
The company also announced its plans to expand into the aviation industry by forming its new company Edward & Christie Aviation, to the distinguished invitees at the 40th anniversary celebrations. The long-serving staff of Edward & Christie were also honoured with the presentation of awards.
Directress Charita Arawwela, Director-Construction Sarath Munasingha, Assistant General Manager Newton Perera, Procurement Manager Inoka de Silva, Senior Account Executive Dharshana Harath, Logistics Officer Chamila Welarathna, Quantity Surveyor Thanuja Mohottala, Senior Accounts Executive Eranga Perera and Quarry Manager Vijitha Bandara were presented the awards.
A special honorary award was presented toEdward & Christie Group of Companies Chairman and Managing Director Christie Arawwela for the splendid leadership provided by him.
Christie Arawwela expressing his views, said during four decades by contributing to several national projects the company in the construction field had been victorious on land and now had begun the operation to conquer the air. Due to such virtues of honesty, dedication and delivering on time, by today the Group had achieved huge success amid various challenges.He expressed his gratitude to the staff members who were behind the success.
Edward & ChristieLtd., which was inaugurated in 1979 by Edward and Christy (father and son) as a family business, by now has grown into a huge group consisting of five companies. The company has received the highest rating a construction company can achieve and also received the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 local and international certifications.
Under the guidance of the Board of Directors Nirmala Arawwela, Charitha Arawwela, Ravishanth Madappuli, Sarath Munasinghe and Sampath Ekanayaka, over 1,500 skilled employees are employed at the Edward & Christie Group of Companies. Edward & Christie Company which showed it prowess and excellence in the construction field by receivingthe National Construction Award consecutively for two years is contributing to several large scale projects which expedite the national development process. The companyis well-known in using modern technology to efficiently carryout construction activities such as the construction of expressways and highways, bridge constructions, designing and constructions of buildings, water supply and sewerage projects, irrigation and land drainage works, storm water development systems, removing earth and construction and the disposal of garbage. By now the company has taken its name overseas.
