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In one form or another, Coates Hire has been supplying general hire equipment in the Northern Territory for over 30 years.
In 2012 the company mobilised compaction and earthmoving equipment to the Ichthys Project onshore LNG facilities at Bladin Point, after registering for work packages listed by ICN NT. The company now has more plant and equipment at the site as well as other locations around Darwin.
To support the rapidly growing amount of plant and service support required for the Project, Coates has invested over $15 million in additional fleet to the NT over 12 months, increased field service mechanic and branch staff by 10 new additions and leased additional property in Darwin.
Coates Hire NT Area Sales Manager Simon Dring said the branch in Winnellie had stayed true to its roots, built strong capability locally and enjoyed sharing its knowledge.
“Coates involvement with this project has provided the company with great opportunities to build our people and our business,” Simon said.
“But we also remain committed to providing the same high level of service to our local customers as we have in the past.”
Welcome to our June Bulletin. In this edition you’ll be able to read about some winning apprentices, what’s happening on the Harbour, the Starlight Children’s Foundation Star Ball and more. Don’t forget to check out www.ichthysproject.com for more information.
Community BulletinIssue 10 | June 2014
Coates growth.
Thanks for continuing to share the roads with us safely. This 90-day forecast gives you an indication of the overall Project transport movements across our primary routes (return trips, per day) over a few months. For more detailed, specific and frequent transport information, head to the website or drop us a line. Please keep safety number one.
90-day transport look-ahead.
With over 30 years of experience supplying general hire equipment in the NT, the Ichthys Project is lucky to have Coates Hire onboard.
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Apprentice boilermaker Riley Hendy is JKC’s 2014 School Based Apprentice of the Year. The former Darwin High School student received the award at the GTNT Training Awards last month.
Riley began his SBA last year with host employer Transforming Skills and now works with BAM Clough on the Ichthys Project onshore processing facilities at Bladin Point.
JKC is the lead onshore construction contractor for the Project. JKC Project Director John Bramley said Riley had exhibited a positive attitude from day one to all challenges – school, trade school and work – and was developing into the ideal tradesman.
“Riley was chosen for his excellent grades in year 12 and for displaying leadership beyond his years.”
Apprentices Josh Carling and Tyler Moon were each winners of the JKC SBA Commendation Award. The 2014 Encouragement Award was given to Sam Junsomran.
John said Riley and JKC’s other apprentices were needed on the construction of the Project, but they also helped secure the city’s future.
“These young people will contribute to the skilled workforce that JKC needs to ensure the safe completion of this project and have the potential to create a wave of new talent within the NT.”
JKC currently has 42 students in its School Based Apprenticeship Program, a genuine school to work transition opportunity for local students.
The Project’s Manigurr-ma Village in Howard Springs is set to reach 1,000 people next month
The Ichthys Project’s onshore LNG facilities contractor JKC Australia LNG (JKC) has a Construction Employment Mobilisation Centre (CEMC) in the Darwin CBD. If you have an employment enquiry go to www.ichthysjobs.com to register your interest. If you have any difficulties or want to speak to someone in person, please drop in to the CEMC at 22 Mitchell Street from 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, or call (08) 8980 9999.
Employment enquiries.
JKC apprentices celebrated.
Local apprentice boilermaker Riley Hendy, is the JKC School Based Apprentice of the Year 2014. Tyler Moon, Josh Carling and Sam Junsomran received commendation and encouragement awards.
Josh Carling Sam JunsomranTyler Moon
Hard hats off to lead onshore construction contractor JKC who recently celebrated the centenary edition of their weekly bulletin. For 100 weeks, the team at JKC has been providing the community with a weekly snapshot of detailed information to keep you informed.
Transport numbers, road-train routes, hours of operation, updates on Manigurr-ma Village, park n’ ride facilities, marine
safety information about the module offloading facility and jetty, local business – it’s all in the JKC weekly, along with stories from all over site.
You can keep up-to-date on all the latest Project information by signing up to be a subscriber of the JKC Community Bulletin on the Project website.
One hundred and not out. There were celebrations at site when
the last of 1,938 piles for the main civil works was driven in at Bladin Point. Piling Contractors, a subcontractor to Leighton Contractors, successfully completed the work with five pile-driving rigs, three rotary drilling rigs, seven support cranes and a crew of around 75 people. The piles form the foundations for the construction of the LNG plant and associated facilities.
Piling it on.
There’s been a lot of important marine activity on Darwin Harbour as the Ichthys Project takes shape. As dredging gets closer to completion, large modules will be arriving and pipe-lay is scheduled to start this month.
Be on the lookout for the 188 metre-long SEMAC-1, which will be here for about a month to install part of the Project’s Gas Export Pipeline, connecting onshore facilities in Darwin to offshore facilities in the Browse Basin.
The SEMAC-1 will start work near the shore at Middle Arm and then continue to lay pipe across, through and out of Darwin Harbour. It has 12 anchors on wires – three at each corner – so you’ll need to observe safety zones of between 1.4 and 2.5 kilometres, depending on the vessel’s job and location.
That’s a much larger safety zone than for dredging, so keep an eye out for anchor buoys that will be visible on the surface around the perimeter and will move with the vessel.
The first of more than 200 very large modules will also start arriving in Darwin Harbour as part of the construction of the Project’s onshore LNG facilities. For up-to-date details on modules and more, subscribe on our website to the JKC Community Bulletin.
With these new activities scheduled for the harbour, it’s as important as ever to keep a safe distance from working vessels and to always check for the latest hazards and safety zones in the Mariners’ Notices at www.darwinport.nt.gov.au.
For the safety of all harbour users, a larger safety zone will be in place around the SEMAC-1.Bringing in the gas.
Cardno’s team of environmental scientists use traditional angling and potting techniques to monitor fish and crab catches (number, length, sex) and health in Darwin Harbour and surrounding waters for the Project.
The latest survey in March found that fish and crabs in Darwin haven’t shown any signs of ill health other than what can be expected naturally.
Other than natural daily and seasonal variation, catches of fish have been generally consistent since prior to the commencement of dredging in August 2012.
As commonly found by recreational fishermen, around the end of the wet season (i.e. March 2013 and March 2014) catches of mud crabs were dominated by males, whereas during the dry season there have commonly been more females than males in catches.
Environment Update.There’s been a lot of important marine activity on Darwin Harbour as the Ichthys Project takes shape. Things will get even busier this month, with a number of Project milestones taking place, so it’s important to keep safety number one.
Grab a copy of our latest Marine Activity Fact Sheet and have a read. You can call us for a copy or download it from the Project website.
Safety Update.
The Ichthys LNG Project stands as one of the country’s most
exciting and challenging developments. The Project includes
some of the world’s biggest and most advanced offshore facilities,
onshore processing facilities in the Northern Territory and an 889
kilometre pipeline to unite them.In Darwin, a number of major Project milestones are expected to
be achieved before the end of 2014 and will keep the Harbour busy.
One of the most significant is the laying of the gas export pipeline
(GEP) that will connect Bladin Point to the Ichthys Field, which is
located about 220 kilometres offshore Western Australia. With dredging of a trench having commenced on the western side
of the Harbour for the Project’s 889 kilometre pipeline, about 18
kilometres of 42 inch pipe is scheduled for laying in the Harbour
from mid-year by the SEMAC-1 (pictured).The Project’s dredging program is expected to be completed by
the end of July and could even be earlier, which will mean a new
shipping channel through to Bladin Point. The first of the Project’s more than 200 pre-fabricated modules,
which weigh up to 7,000 tonnes, will be transported through the
Harbour on large vessels to the module offloading facility (MOF)
at Bladin Point from mid-year. Work is also continuing on the
construction of the Y-shaped jetty.
Major milestones ahead
Marine Activity Update
Ichthys Project Marine ActivityApril 2014
There’s been a lot of important marine activity on Darwin
Harbour as the Ichthys Project takes shape. Things will get
even busier over the next few months, with a number of Project milestones taking place. The safety of the community and our workforce will continue to be our top
priority. We will keep you updated on when and where we’re working, and how you can access information to help plan your next day or night on the Harbour, so that we can keep sharing the water safely.
A variety of small and large vessels will be operating at different
locations and times around the Harbour, including at night. Some
equipment will operate continuously for periods: 24 hours per day,
7 days per week.
All Harbour users need to observe the safety zones around these
working vessels to help keep everyone safe on the water. Keep a
good lookout and proceed at a safe speed.The Project’s comprehensive, scientific environmental monitoring
program continues. The data gathered over the last two years has
shown the Project’s impact on the Harbour is in line with, and often
less than, expected.The dredging program to create a safe shipping channel and
berthing area for LNG vessels through Darwin Harbour to
Bladin Point is getting closer to completion.The gas export pipeline (GEP) will be laid through the Harbour
from mid-year. Five vessels are now working to dredge the trench
for the pipeline.
Barges will place about 750,000 tonnes of rock on the pipeline
through the Harbour to protect it.Construction of the jetty and module offloading facility (MOF) is
continuing at Bladin Point. The large pre-fabricated modules to
construct the Project’s gas plant will start arriving by vessel in the
second half of the year.
Ichthys Project first production is scheduled to start by late 2016 with an expected operational life of at least 40 years.
Keeping our waterways safe togetherSafety is our number one priority We want to thank you for sharing the water with us to keep
Darwin’s waterways safe. We’re proud to have leading local, national and international
companies working on the Project. We have well-developed
safety and environmental procedures in place and we’re
committed to working safely with commercial and recreational
Harbour users. The Darwin Port Corporation (DPC) is responsible for the safe
execution and coordination of marine activities across the
Harbour. Like all other Harbour users, large and small, the Project
will notify the DPC ahead of activities so advice can be issued to
us and other vessels operating in the Harbour.
• Always observe instructions from the Harbour Master, including
Mariners’ Notices. Find them at www.darwinport.nt.gov.au• Observe the safety zones around marine construction sites and
working vessels, including dredgers• Never anchor in the shipping channel• Some of our work runs 24 hours a day. Be aware of night
lighting on channel markers, vessels, obstructions and buoys• Don’t navigate between the orange flashing lights on floating
equipment.
We want to make sure you can stay up to date with the
Project’s activities on the Harbour so that we can minimise any
inconvenience to the community and keep safety number one. There’s a number of ways we let you know about when
and where we are working and our environmental management programs. • Head to www.ichthysproject.com for the latest information,
fact sheets, bulletins and more
• Check out our monthly bulletin in the NT News• Read more about the Ichthys Project Dredging Expert Panel at
www.ichthys-panel.org.au• Find our environmental monitoring results at www.ichthysproject.com/environment• Check the Darwin Port Corporation’s website for all activities
in the Harbour, including hazards and safety zones at www.darwinport.nt.gov.au • Call the GEP and dredging feedback line on 1800 705 010.
Want to know more?
Construction job enquiries www.ichthysjobs.com
Contact usGEP and dredging feedback 1800 705 010 Onshore construction feedback 1300 724 795 [email protected] Ichthys LNG Project is a Joint Venture between INPEX group companies (the Operator), major partner TOTAL
and the Australian subsidiaries of Tokyo Gas, Osaka Gas, Chubu Electric Power and Toho Gas.
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Cardno environmental scientist Lachlan Barnes preparing crab pots for deploying in the harbour.
The Ichthys LNG Project is a Joint Venture between INPEX group companies (the Operator), major partner Total
and the Australian subsidiaries of Tokyo Gas, Osaka Gas, Chubu Electric Power and Toho Gas.
Construction job enquiries www.ichthysjobs.com
Contact usGEP and dredging feedback 1800 705 010
Onshore construction feedback 1300 724 795
A star shines. INPEX has been a proud sponsor of the Starlight Children’s Foundation Star Ball Darwin since 2011, helping to raise much needed funds for sick children across the Territory. At the event last year ‘A Day On Site Experience’ was auctioned off and recently four winners, – two who had flown in from Queensland and two Darwin locals – donned their PPE and set off on a day in the life of an Ichthys Project worker.
After a full site induction, the morning was spent on the Athena learning about the dredging program in Darwin
Harbour. The team then had lunch at Manigurr-ma Village (and a tour) before experiencing the action at Bladin Point.
For this year’s Starlight Ball, a team of 40 INPEX staff from Bladin Point and the Darwin office banded together to offer 250 hours of their skills and services to the community.
Led by Onshore Construction Manager Chris Wheeldon and Deputy General Manager Darwin David Gwyther, ‘Project Man Power’ recently went for a whopping $25,000 on the night. Matt Holmes Concreting & Steel Fixing donated concrete works worth $12,000 as part of the manpower package, which will be generously donated on to Nemarluk School.
President and CEO of INPEX CORPORATION Mr Toshiaki Kitamura and a delegation from Japan enjoyed a visit to the Charles Darwin University North Australian Centre for Oil and Gas facilities. The Ichthys LNG Project donated $3 million towards NACOG’s establishment to support educational and research needs targeted at the oil and gas industry.
Freds Pass Rural Show was back on again this year. INPEX had a stand and the Ichthys Project sponsored the family fireworks on Saturday night. Lots of families came up to visit the stand to say hello and show the kids what mum and dad did on the Project.
INPEX and JKC team members from Darwin and Perth spent time talking to hundreds of people from the community at the Darwin Life Home and Lifestyle Show.The expo, held at the Darwin Showgrounds, was a great display by local businesses and talent to showcase what the city has to offer.
The Northern Territory Government announced it has funded construction of a brand new, state-of-the-art NT Open Education Centre at the grounds of Darwin High School, Bullocky Point. INPEX and its joint venture participants in the Ichthys LNG Project have jointly donated $3 million to the Centre, to benefit students right across the NT.
Star Ball Darwin prize winners Wayne Ratcliffe, Marc Selby, Michael Coleman and Tony Coleman experienced a day in the life of an Ichthys Project worker, while raising money for the Starlight Children’s Foundation.
