QCLNG Project Update Newsletter Edition 1 June 2102 - QGC

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$335M IN CONTRACTS for local suppliers Local suppliers continue to benefit from work generated as part of the QCLNG Project with over $335 million in contracts awarded in May. Queensland Building company J Hutchinson Pty Limited, trading as Hutchinson Builders, has been awarded a A$15.5 million contract to build a twostorey operations and production support centre for QGC in Chinchilla. The project will employ up to 70 people, creating up to 50 new jobs across a range of trades, administration and health and safety. Hutchinson Builders recently completed a A$7 million supply warehouse for QGC near Miles and in 2011 the company Top of page: Spider plough. Above: Tyco pipes PAGE 11 won a A$57 million contract through WorleyParsons to supply modular accommodation and facilities for QGC gas field developments. QGC has awarded a A$70 million pipe supply contract to Tyco Water, a whollyowned subsidiary of Tyco International. Tyco has sourced all materials from Australian suppliers for the carbon steel, concrete-lined trunklines and pipe fittings to support the water gathering process in QGC’s gas fields. Australian firm BlueScope Steel is suplying 20,000 tonnes of steel and 10,000 tonnes of cement mortar is being sourced from suppliers local to Tyco’s production facilities in Queensland and Victoria. Tyco is expected to employ an extra 100 people and has increased production from one to two shifts at its Wacol factory in Queensland to accommodate the contract. The finished pipes and fittings are also being carried to QGC’s gas fields by local transport companies, maximising the benefits for local business. Brisbane-based firm Murphy Pipe and Civil Constructions Pty Ltd has also been successful in tendering for a contract to install gas and water gathering pipelines throughout QGC’s gas fields in the Surat basin. The initial phase of the contract is worth about A$250 million and the company has indicated that fulfilling the contract could lead to the employment of an additional 250 people as well as increased work for its existing network of Western Downs suppliers and service providers. In its first decade the QCLNG Project is estimated to increase Queensland’s gross state product by up to A$32 billion and contracts such as these that are ensuring the benefits of QGC’s work are already being felt across the state.
MILES SUPPLY BASE completed QGC has reached an important milestone with completion of a logistics base at Miles, about 340km west of Brisbane. The Miles base will deliver essential infrastructure support for the QCLNG Project in the gas fields and will enable a substantial reduction in the number of truck movements on local highways Completed QGC supply base at Miles QGC PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE QGC in partnership with Hutchinson Builders has been successful in a joint bid to deliver the Construction Skills Queensland TradeStart Program to Indigenous school leavers and career seekers in the Toowoomba and Surat Basin catchment area. Under the program groups of 14 students will undertake a 12 week training program delivered by Hutchinson’s Gold Coast School of Construction to acquire a Certificate 1 Construction qualification. The construction training component part of the program is funded through Construction Skills Queensland. Training will closely simulate normal working conditions with students using Personal Protective Equipment, working on real construction projects and following normal industry work hours. QGC and Indigenous Workstars are working with the Gold Coast School of Construction to identify potential students, with the first group of 14 having already commenced their course. The program focuses not just on training but importantly, on maximising the opportunity for students to gain a work to transport project materials. Queensland companies Ostwald Brothers and Hutchinson Builders constructed the base after winning a contract worth about A$25 million. The base, comprising a 2500 square metre warehouse, 60,000 square metre lay-down area, offices and a rail offloading siding, The inaugural TradeStart students with trainer Brett Lunney (far left) at Hutchinson’s Toowoomba Modular Facility placement at the end of the course. It is anticipated that a number of graduates will end up on the building site of the new QGC office in Chinchilla, for which Hutchinson Builders was recently awarded the construction contract. QGC is also seeking to optimise the work prospects for students in the program by will be operated by Toll Energy Logistics. The first rail deliveries of pipe, cables and other key materials are expected to arrive this month, eliminating an estimated 1315 truck movements over the next year. Craig Reeves, QGC Deputy Project Director (Enabling) said: “The base was completed on schedule, within budget and without a single recordable incident which is a significant achievement.” Project Manager for Ostwald Brothers Keith Harris said: “This is a project that can be truly regarded as a ‘one team’ effort.” Project Manager for Hutchinson Builders Bob Tedford also praised the close working relationship that developed between the companies during construction. Indigenous career paths supporting selected students to obtain their driving licence, including helping to fund professional lessons. The lack of a driving licence can be a major inhibitor to sustainable employment and through its L’s2P’s program this is something that QGC is actively seeking to address. Page 12
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