A Prime crew laying and rolling new asphalt around a curved concrete kerb

Melbourne and surrounding suburbs

Construction and project management across Melbourne.

Residential, commercial, industrial, and government and school projects, from groundworks to full rebuilds.

Prime Building Solutions

One team for the whole job, led by Pat Messina.

Pat founded Prime Building Solutions and runs it as a complete solution from start to finish. His team brings 18+ years of industry experience to concreting, earthworks, demolition, housing developments and the project management that ties them together.

Led by: Pat Messina, Founder and Managing Director
Experience: A team with 18+ years in the industry
Where: Melbourne and surrounding suburbs

About Prime Call Pat on 0437 861 684

Prime crew in high-visibility clothing working beside a concrete truck on site — A Prime crew on a pour.

Selected work

Project stages · Factory rebuild in Melbourne’s north

Inside the fire-damaged factory: blackened walls, collapsed racking and debris

Site walkthrough inside the burnt factory, pointing out the damaged structure

An excavator pulling down the burnt wall of the factory

Stage 01 of 03

What the fire left

A factory in Melbourne’s north after a fire. The roof is open to the sky, the racking has buckled and the floor is covered in debris.

Project: Factory rebuild
Location: Melbourne’s north
Scope: Assessment of the damaged shell

View project: What the fire left

Stage 02 of 03

How the crew approached it

Before any machine moved, the team walked the building and worked out what had to come down and in what order.

Project: Factory rebuild
Location: Melbourne’s north
Scope: Site walkthrough and demolition planning

View project: How the crew approached it

Stage 03 of 03

Demolition

Two days of demolition, filmed from the ground and from overhead, cleared the site for the rebuild.

Project: Factory rebuild
Location: Melbourne’s north
Scope: Demolition ahead of a full rebuild

View project: Demolition

Capabilities

What Prime builds.

All capabilities

01Civil and groundworksExcavation, asphalt, line marking, kerb, channel and spoon drains. 02Concrete and structuresConcreting, pumping, concrete factory construction and safety handrails. 03Building and deliveryDemolition, housing development and project management. 04LandscapingOutdoor works that finish a residential or commercial build. 05Government and school projectsNew builds and upgrades for schools and public bodies. 06Not sure where your job fits?Describe it to Pat and he will tell you how Prime would approach it.

An excavator pulling down the burnt wall of a factory in Melbourne’s north — Prime’s project film, 6 min 16 sec. Film by Warnaar Direct Marketing.

Inside the work

After the fire, a factory rebuilt.

When fire gutted a factory in Melbourne’s north, Prime took the job from demolition of the damaged building through to the full rebuild. The film walks through the shell and follows two days of demolition.

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