not meet wikipedia s general notability guideline . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources ae smith news newspapers books scholar jstor free images may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message it has been suggested that this article be merged into spotless group . discuss proposed since may 2016 . ae smith type mechanical services contractor industry construction founded melbourne australia 1898 headquarters melbourne australia key people brian pollock chairman of the board andrew permezel ceo services air conditioning & mechanical services environmental controls & building technologies sustainability & energy services number of employees 700 2009 website www.aesmith.com.au ae smith is a commercial air conditioning and mechanical services contractor in australia focusing on heating ventilation air conditioning electrical controls fire protection construction and commissioning . the company employs over 1100 people today and was acquired by spotless group in 2015 . history edit ae smith was founded in richmond victoria australia in 1898 by albert edward smith 1871 1923 . albert smith was a qualified plumber . the establishment of the melbourne and metropolitan board of works mmbw in 1891 and melbourne s first underground sewerage system facilitated considerable growth in the plumbing industry and the success of the company itself . albert edward smith was succeeded by his son albert edward smith junior or bert smith . bert served the company for over forty years in which time he extended the services of the business to include heating ventilation and air conditioning . this significantly expanded the scope of the business and enabled it to take on larger projects . citation needed bert smith s son barry smith took leadership of the company in 1953 initiating an era which witnessed the expansion of the company across australia and abroad . by the end of the twentieth century ae smith gained significant recognition as a mechanical services company after taking part in many landmark projects involving shopping centres hotels universities hospitals in the city of melbourne . this success resulted in a new branch being opened in hobart in 1967 followed by offices in brisbane gold coast sydney mackay townsville perth and abroad in auckland new zealand . in february 2015 spotless group acquired ae smith in order to strengthen their capabilities in air conditioning and mechanical services . references edit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ae smith & oldid 722542923 categories heating ventilating and air conditioningcooling technologyhidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from may 2016all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles to be merged from may 2016all articles to be mergedall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 may 2016 at 20 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view