Five years ago, then defence minister David Johnston said he wouldn't trust ASC to build a canoe. Now a massive $90 billion ship-building program centred on Adelaide is transforming the shipyard and the navy.
A hard-hatted David Knox is enthusiastically pointing out a 50-metre high, 80-metre-wide, pre-constructed Australian steel wall gradually being raised into a vertical position.
David Knox, a former chief executive of Santos, is well used to major projects. David Mariuz
