ALS is a group of companies each specialising in either the rental of specific earthmoving equipment or contracting to the civil, construction or open pit mining industries. The Group also includes companies involved in property development, farming and HR solutions. In business since 1989, the ALS Group was born when the Joubert brothers and a friend, James Honiball, started building dams in order to utilize their tractors in the off seasons on their farms in the Newcastle area.