Axis Services Group
About Axis

A thirty-year story of building services.

Our clients place their trust in us to design, build, and maintain the systems that keep their buildings running. Through a federation of specialist trades and in-house engineering, we deliver complete hydraulic, mechanical, fire and specialist services, defined by the discipline of a founder-led firm. As we move into our fourth decade, we continue to invest in our people, our safety culture, and the long-term partnerships that define our work.

Our history

From a single contract in Padstow to a group working across the region.

Axis Services Group was founded in 1994 by Clem Morfuni, with a single hydraulic plumbing contract in Padstow, New South Wales. The early work was lean and trade-led, but the standard was set from the first job — deliver complex scope to specification, on programme, without excuses. That reputation drew larger builders and more demanding sites, and the business grew in step with its clients.

George Spyropoulos joined as co-founder in 1996, and Axis took on its first tier-one subcontracts. By the mid-2000s the group had added mechanical services, medical gas and fire protection to its hydraulic base, and by 2010 had launched Axis Maintenance Services to carry that capability into the operational life of the buildings it had helped build.

Between 2015 and 2021, Axis established offices in Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia, New Zealand and Thailand, and formalised Axis Consulting Services to bring advisory and design capability in-house. Revenue passed one billion dollars for the first time in 2021, and today the group operates across every Australian state and territory as well as New Zealand, Thailand and the United States.

The headquarters remain in Padstow. The address has not changed. The ambition has.

Leadership

The executive board.

Axis is led by a founder-led executive with long tenure in the sector. The board combines operational depth across hydraulic, mechanical, fire and maintenance disciplines with the financial and commercial discipline of a diversified group.

Portrait of Clem Morfuni Founder and chairman

Clem Morfuni

Founded Axis in 1994 and has led the group through three decades of growth. He remains closely involved in operational standards and major client relationships.

Portrait of George Spyropoulos Group general manager

George Spyropoulos

Joined as co-founder in 1996 and sets strategic direction across divisions and geographies. He oversees major client relationships and group-wide operational performance.

Portrait of Jason Wagg National GM, AMS and ACS

Jason Wagg

Leads Axis Maintenance Services and Axis Consulting Services, the group's two fastest-growing divisions. Brings commercial and operational discipline to national delivery.

Portrait of Ennio Alberici Group financial officer

Ennio Alberici

Responsible for financial governance, reporting and treasury across the group, covering operations in four countries and multiple regulatory environments.

Portrait of Patrick O'Brien Group estimating manager

Patrick O'Brien

Leads large-scale tender estimating across the Sydney and Chiang Mai offices, with thirty-seven years of experience across hydraulic, mechanical and civil pricing.

Portrait of Michelle Stanford Group HR manager

Michelle Stanford

Leads people strategy, recruitment and culture for a workforce of more than seven hundred across four countries, including the group's apprentice and cadet programs.

What we stand for

Principles that have guided the work since 1994.

Three ideas sit behind the way we plan, staff and deliver our projects. They are not marketing positions. They are the basis on which our clients engage us and the terms under which our people stay with us.

Safety as a standard, not a target

We treat zero harm as the minimum acceptable outcome on every site, and we back that position with the systems, training and accreditations needed to hold it. Every member of our workforce goes home the way they arrived.

Quality delivered the first time

Three decades of complex projects have taught us that rework is a choice made at the start of a job, not at the end. We invest in planning, supervision and the right people so that work is done correctly the first time.

Scale without losing accountability

Our projects range from mid-sized fit-outs to large infrastructure packages. The systems and people scale with the work, but the point of accountability stays with a named team — the client always knows who is responsible.

A long view of our people

The group has trained multiple generations of tradespeople, engineers and managers. Our apprentice and cadet programs, and the tenure of our senior leadership, are the clearest evidence of how we think about the work.

Offices

Where we operate.

Axis maintains offices across Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and the United States. Each office is resourced to support local project delivery, backed by shared estimating, engineering and governance from the group.

Office State or country Address Phone
Padstow (Head office) NSW, Australia 5 Nelson Avenue, Padstow NSW 2211 +61 2 9708 5666
Melbourne VIC, Australia Level 4, 48 Hunter Street, Melbourne +61 2 9708 5666
Brisbane QLD, Australia Queensland state office +61 2 9708 5666
Perth WA, Australia Western Australia state office +61 2 9708 5666
Adelaide SA, Australia South Australia state office +61 2 9708 5666
Darwin NT, Australia Northern Territory office +61 2 9708 5666
Canberra ACT, Australia Capital territory office +61 2 9708 5666
Auckland New Zealand Auckland office +61 2 9708 5666
Bangkok Thailand Bangkok and Chiang Mai offices +61 2 9708 5666
New York City United States US market entry in progress +61 2 9708 5666
Start a conversation

Planning a project, or reviewing how your buildings are maintained?

We are happy to talk through capability, programme, and where Axis might fit alongside your existing team. A short conversation is usually the best place to begin.

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