QCLNG Project Update Newsletter Edition 1 June 2102 - QGC
QCLNG Project Update Newsletter Edition 1 June 2102 - QGC
QCLNG Project Update Newsletter Edition 1 June 2102 - QGC
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MILES SUPPLY BASE<br />
completed<br />
<strong>QGC</strong> has reached an important milestone<br />
with completion of a logistics base at<br />
Miles, about 340km west of Brisbane.<br />
The Miles base will deliver essential<br />
infrastructure support for the <strong>QCLNG</strong><br />
<strong>Project</strong> in the gas fields and will enable<br />
a substantial reduction in the number<br />
of truck movements on local highways<br />
Completed <strong>QGC</strong> supply base at Miles<br />
<strong>QGC</strong> PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE<br />
<strong>QGC</strong> in partnership with Hutchinson<br />
Builders has been successful in a joint<br />
bid to deliver the Construction Skills<br />
Queensland TradeStart Program to<br />
Indigenous school leavers and career<br />
seekers in the Toowoomba and Surat<br />
Basin catchment area.<br />
Under the program groups of 14 students<br />
will undertake a 12 week training program<br />
delivered by Hutchinson’s Gold Coast<br />
School of Construction to acquire a<br />
Certificate 1 Construction qualification.<br />
The construction training component<br />
part of the program is funded through<br />
Construction Skills Queensland.<br />
Training will closely simulate normal<br />
working conditions with students using<br />
Personal Protective Equipment, working<br />
on real construction projects and following<br />
normal industry work hours.<br />
<strong>QGC</strong> and Indigenous Workstars are<br />
working with the Gold Coast School<br />
of Construction to identify potential<br />
students, with the first group of 14 having<br />
already commenced their course.<br />
The program focuses not just on training<br />
but importantly, on maximising the<br />
opportunity for students to gain a work<br />
to transport project materials.<br />
Queensland companies Ostwald Brothers<br />
and Hutchinson Builders constructed<br />
the base after winning a contract worth<br />
about A$25 million. The base, comprising<br />
a 2500 square metre warehouse,<br />
60,000 square metre lay-down area,<br />
offices and a rail offloading siding,<br />
The inaugural TradeStart students with trainer Brett Lunney (far left) at Hutchinson’s Toowoomba Modular Facility<br />
placement at the end of the course. It is<br />
anticipated that a number of graduates<br />
will end up on the building site of the<br />
new <strong>QGC</strong> office in Chinchilla, for which<br />
Hutchinson Builders was recently awarded<br />
the construction contract.<br />
<strong>QGC</strong> is also seeking to optimise the work<br />
prospects for students in the program by<br />
will be operated by Toll Energy Logistics.<br />
The first rail deliveries of pipe, cables and<br />
other key materials are expected to arrive<br />
this month, eliminating an estimated 1315<br />
truck movements over the next year.<br />
Craig Reeves, <strong>QGC</strong> Deputy <strong>Project</strong> Director<br />
(Enabling) said: “The base was completed<br />
on schedule, within budget and without<br />
a single recordable incident which is a<br />
significant achievement.”<br />
<strong>Project</strong> Manager for Ostwald Brothers<br />
Keith Harris said: “This is a project that can<br />
be truly regarded as a ‘one team’ effort.”<br />
<strong>Project</strong> Manager for Hutchinson Builders<br />
Bob Tedford also praised the close working<br />
relationship that developed between the<br />
companies during construction.<br />
Indigenous career paths<br />
supporting selected students to obtain<br />
their driving licence, including helping to<br />
fund professional lessons.<br />
The lack of a driving licence can be a major<br />
inhibitor to sustainable employment<br />
and through its L’s2P’s program this is<br />
something that <strong>QGC</strong> is actively seeking<br />
to address.<br />
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