Winter 2014

CELEBRATING 80 YEARS

BUILDING A NATION
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MDs

MESSAGE
2014 is our 80th anniversary - a significant achievement in our industry.

The Thiess story begins in 1934, in the middle

of the Great Depression, when five brothers
Les, Pat, Bert, Cecil and Stan Thiess banded
together to pioneer our industry. Its a story of
courage, determination and entrepreneurship
that embodies the great Australian spirit. While
over 80 years many things have changed, our
tenacity to embrace innovation and keep moving
forward has stood the test of time.
From humble beginnings on Queenslands
Darling Downs, Thiess has grown into a multibillion dollar company, with an international
footprint across Australia, Indonesia, India
and New Caledonia.
Since those early days, weve seen remarkable
change economically, socially and politically.
From horse power to mechanical power, from
analogue to digital to fibre optics, from
earthmovers to the largest tunnel boring
machines ever used in Australia, Thiess has been
at the forefront of progress. From helping the

    

Australian and American Armies during WWII,

to connecting the nation through the Beef Roads
Network, to pioneering Australias coal export
industry, to distributing Toyota Land Cruisers
and playing a major role in the delivery of iconic
infrastructure that has helped shape our nation.
In our industries, we have a history of firsts
including:
1944 pioneering open-cut coal mining at the
Blair Athol Coal Mine in Central Queensland and
Muswellbrook Coal Mine in New South Wales
1958 becoming the first Australian company
to be awarded a major contract on the Snowy
Mountains Hydro-electric scheme
1962 exporting the first shipment of
Queenslands high-quality coking coal to Japan
1972 partnering with Petrosea to build the
Sembawang dry dock in Singapore one of the
largest dry docks in the world and the beginning
of our foray into Asia

1988 delivering Australias first immersed road

tube tunnel under Sydney Harbour
1993 securing some of the first privatised water
services contracts ever awarded in Australia
1996 remediating the Maralinga Nuclear Test
Site in South Australia - Australias most toxic site
2003 leading the trend in Public Private
Partnerships projects beginning with
Lane Cove Tunnel
2012 delivering Australias largest road
infrastructure project Airport Link in Brisbane
2012 completing the Southern Hemispheres
largest reverse osmosis desalination plant, the
Victorian Desalination Project
2013 mobilising the largest plant fleet in
Australia at Lake Vermont Coal Mine, including
12 new Liebherr T282 Ultra Class haul trucks and
two 800-tonne Liebherr 9800 excavators.

Along the way, we have navigated the highs

and lows of an ever-changing, competitive global
marketplace. In 1958, Thiess floated on the stock
exchange to make our work on the nationbuilding Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric
Scheme possible. This decision provided
the platform for growth and as the company
became more and more successful, it left Thiess
vulnerable to a corporate takeover. What was
unthinkable for the Thiess brothers happened in
dramatic fashion and in 1979, CSR set its sights
on Thiess mining interests, succeeding in a
hostile takeover. Following negotiations,
Sir Les bought back, with the help of Hochtief
and Westfield, the construction arm ensuring
the Thiess name continued. By 1983, Hochtief
had acquired Westfield shares and negotiated
with Leighton Holdings to sell Thiess in exchange
for increasing their shareholding of Leighton
Holdings to 40 per cent.

Hochtief has once again increased its share

in Leighton Holdings to nearly 70 per cent,
signalling change in our company once again.
As Hochtief continues to review the business,
I am confident that we will emerge bigger and
better as we have over the past 80 years.
While the sound of change heralds in the
background, our priority is to deliver our clients
even greater value. In Construction, three Thiess
projects were finalists in this years prestigious
Australian Construction Achievement Awards.
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and energy infrastructure designed to help our
communities and industries grow. In Mining,
we are partnering with clients to maximise
opportunities for continual improvement.
Leveraging state-of-the-art technologies and
equipment, our people are managing some
of the industrys leanest operations with
outstanding safety and production rates.

In Services, our teams are also using leading

edge technology to give our clients the high
standards that communities demand.
As you are aware, Leighton Holdings is
restructuring the companys operating model
and Thiess will be moving forward with a focus
on building a global mining enterprise. While this
transition takes place, our number one priority
remains to serve our clients and deliver
excellence across all our projects.
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partnerships. We would not be here today if it
wasnt for our clients and business partners who
have allowed us to grow with them and work
alongside them to deliver extraordinary projects.
Thiess began with five inspirational entrepreneurs
and today I pay tribute to them and our talented
people who carry on their legacy.
BRUCE MUNRO
Managing Director!

    

80 YEARS STRONG
The Luna Park and Cloudland Ballroom earthworks (1939)

Inspecting Machinery at Blair Athol Coal Mine (1940s)

SINCE

1934

Mining at Callide Coalfield

The brothers brought the

countrys first D8 dozer (1940)

Burleigh Hill Roadworks (1930s)

The first Thiess Bros. company plane called Progress

revolutionised the way the brothers did business (1947)

    

Nick Vucelic holding explosives

at Blair Athol (1940s)

80 YEARS STRONG

BUILDING A NATION
Les

Cecil

Stan

Pat

Bert

Heifer Creek Cutting (1939)

DONT TELL US WHAT WE CANT DO,

TELL US WHAT WE CAN DO.

Set against the backdrop of the Great

Depression, five young brothers had a dream to
help build a nation. Joining forces, the brothers
- Les, Pat, Bert, Cecil and Stan registered
Thiess Bros. in Toowoomba in 1934. They turned
their unwavering passion for construction,
plant, innovation and taking on battles into
building an empire. These brothers-in-arms
had an uncanny ability for finding people
who may not have shared their name but did
share their can-do spirit which today we call
blue blood. Together, they broke ground and
persisted through incredible wins, personal loss,
enduring partnerships and much more. Their
tenacity created the foundation of a company

Working on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme (1959)

that has been part of Australias story, shaping

construction, mining and services history.
Their epic Aussie tale of entrepreneurship was
powered by vision, guts and determination that
have been immortalised in the words dont
tell us what we cant dotell us what we can do.
Eighty years later, Thiess is one of the countrys
leading construction, mining and services
contractors with operations in Indonesia, India
and New Caledonia. From the heart of Australia
at Uluru to almost every major port in the
country, weve been there. In many ways the
Thiess story is a small reflection of Australias
own coming of age.

    

80 YEARS STRONG

CONSTRUCTION

Pioneering
Construction
SINCE 1934, THIESS HAS BEEN THE FORCE BEHIND SOME OF

AUSTRALIAS MOST ICONIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJCTS.

From so-called beef roads that were built
through outback Australia to move cattle around
the country and ports for export, to roads linking
new and developing towns that were springing
up to service a growing population, Thiess forged
an enviable reputation as a remote-area builder.
In 1958, Thiess became the first Australian
contractor to win work on the nations biggest
engineering masterpiece the Snowy Mountains
Hydro-electric Scheme. Three consecutive
contracts were completed over 25 years,
concluding with the construction of the Talbingo
Dam and Tumut 3 Power Station. By this time,
Thiess had successfully carried out one-quarter
of all contractual work on the scheme and it
set the business on its path for future success.
Thiess has since established a reputation
for delivering high-quality, large-scale and
technically-complex projects. Its capabilities span
highways and railways; airports, dams and ports;
hospitals and commercial buildings; through to
mine and energy infrastructure. In alliance and
joint ventures, Thiess has delivered some of
Australias award-winning and largest transport
infrastructure projects including Brisbanes
Airport Link, West Gate Freeway Upgrade and
EastLink in Victoria, and Sydneys Harbour and
Lane Cove Tunnels. The company has also been
responsible for some of the countrys most vital
regional and metropolitan rail projects.

1934

Thiess Bros.
registered

1939
Heifer Creek
    
Cutting, Qld

Preparing concrete
batches at Mt Isa,
Qld (1960s)

The company has built 84 dams in 80 years and

this experience in the water sector extends to the
provision of desalination and treatment plants,
pipelines and pump stations. In joint venture,
Thiess delivered the internationally-recognised
$3.5 billion Victorian Desalination Project,
the largest desalination plant in the Southern
Hemisphere.
Thiess has also emerged as a leader in the
delivery of specialist, technically-advanced
structural, mechanical, electrical and piping
projects across the energy and resources sectors.
Since 1986, the company has supported many
of Australias LNG projects including the recent
Chevron-operated Gorgon and Wheatstone
projects in Western Australia, and BG Groups
Queensland Curtis LNG project.
As one of the nations largest building
contractors, Thiess continues to offer flexible
and intelligent solutions to deliver fit-forpurpose health, Defence, correctional services
and commercial facilities. These are most
recently evidenced by the multi-award winning
redevelopment of the Royal North Shore Hospital
in Sydney, and the redevelopment and expansion
of the Lotus Glen Correctional Facility and
Lavarack Barracks in North Queensland.

1959
Snowy Mountains
Hydro-electric Scheme, NSW

1960
Beef Roads
Scheme, Qld,
NT, WA

Murray 1 Power Station Pressure Tunnel, NSW (1950s)

1974
Talbingo Dam and
Tumut 3 Power Station,
NSW

1989
Sydney Harbour Tunnel, NSW

1984
Wivenhoe
Dam, Qld

1991
Dawesville Channel,
WA

INDUSTRY

INSIGHT
Macrossan Bridge,
Qld (1961)

The next few years will be exciting for all of us in the

national infrastructure sector because of the scale of
projects that will be delivered and the scale of change
in the public sector that will inevitably occur to make
them possible.
Both of these themes are important as they point to
an exciting opportunity for Thiess and others.
Julius Dam, Qld (1973)
Constructing the Mt Isa Townsville Rail Line, Qld (1961)

From the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme and

Sydneys Harbour Tunnel to some of the largest and most
complex energy, mining, transport and utility projects,
Thiess has delivered a legacy of projects that have, in
part, defined our national identity.
Indeed, Thiess was recently recognised alongside the
Commonwealth and Victorian Governments and other
companies for its role in the delivery of the highlycomplex Regional Rail Link Project in Victoria.
This proud legacy sees Thiess well positioned and
well-credentialed in engineering construction, with
a proven record to compete for a forward public
infrastructure programme that will be of an
unprecedented volume and scale.
As Thiess looks to the next 80 years, its likely that we
will see substantial changes to the roles of the public
and private sectors in infrastructure, particularly as the
public sector looks to bring down the costs of
infrastructure services.
From motorways through to complex health and social
infrastructure projects, public sector clients are looking
at how new thinking and new approaches can deliver
materially better outcomes.
Thiess commitment and track record in driving new
approaches, coupled with proven excellence in delivery,
leave the company well positioned to sustain and
enhance the proud record it has amassed over the
past eight decades.

Earthmoving equipment demonstration, Qld (1953)

BRENDAN LYON
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Infrastructure Partnerships Australia
Inspecting a derelict tank, PNG (1940s)

1999
Balambano Hydroelectric Dam, Indonesia

2007
Lane Cove Tunnel
Project, NSW

2005
Regional Fast
Rail Project - Vic

2012
Royal North Shore
Hospital, NSW

2012
Airport Link, Qld

2012
Victorian Desalination
Project, Vic

2013
2014
Hunter
Queensland Curtis
    
Expressway, NSW LNG Project, Qld7

2009
Epping to Chatswood
Rail Line, NSW
Image courtesy NSW Health

80 YEARS STRONG

MINING

Mining New Heights

BY THE EARLY 1940s, THE THIESS BROTHERS

HAD MINING IN THEIR SIGHTS.

Dragline in operation at
Callide Coal Mine, Qld (1940s)

The Muswellbrook Workshop, NSW (1940s)

With a national shortage of coal-fired energy,

they were at the forefront of a boom. The 1944
Blair Athol Coal Mine contract catapulted the
business into the sector, with the Muswellbrook
and Balmoral Coal Mine contracts soon to follow
the same year. These early mine projects were
formative in developing Australias coal industry.
Les Thiess ambitions led him to seek a market
overseas in Japan and what followed was one
of the companys most enduring partnerships
between Thiess, Mitsui and American company
Peabody. Having started prospecting in the late
1950s, Thiess Peabody Mitsui Coal Pty Ltd
started operations at Kianga-Moura coal mines
in 1962, exporting Queenslands first coking coal
to Japan. This relationship with Peabody
continues today where Thiess operates the
Burton Coal Mine on behalf of the company.
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in 1988, PT Thiess Contractors was established
in Indonesia, quickly winning four of six mining
contracts. Thiess operations in Indonesia have
been among the companys most outstanding
success stories. This includes the industryleading Balikpapan Training Centre, which has
trained hundreds of locals, in turn raising the
standard of mining practices in Indonesia.

Kianga-Moura Mines, Qld (1960s)

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1934

Thiess Bros.
registered

1962
Kianga and Moura
Coal Mines, Qld

1944
Blair Athol Coal Mine, Qld

    

1944
Muswellbrook
Coal Mine, NSW

1948
Callide Coal
Mine, Qld

1994
Mt Owen Coal Mine, NSW

1988
PT Thiess Contractors
Indonesia contracts

1995
Burton Coal Mine, Qld

Les surveying Muswellbrook Coal Mine, NSW (1940s)

INDUSTRY

INSIGHT

Australias minerals industry is a highly-competitive,

cyclical and globalised sector. To thrive, as Thiess has
done over 80 years, requires strength, agility and a
pioneering spirit.
In our industry, no two projects are ever the same.
Developing high-risk, high-cost, long-lived ventures
requires a commitment to continuous improvement
and a culture that embraces innovation.
Continuing growth and development of emerging
economies, particularly in Asia, will continue to underpin
long-term demand for Australias minerals, but supply
competition will be strong.

Today, Thiess is one of a select few contractors

worldwide with a mining capability that spans
planning and design, operations and technical
services, plant and asset management, product
handling and processing, and mine infrastructure
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working with a range of mining clients in
different countries and with varying pit sizes,
complexities and conditions. In 2013 alone, we
mined more than 7 million tonnes of copper ore,
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BCM of overburden across 13 projects.

The rapid progress developing the rich natural

endowment of mining regions in Africa and South
America is one of the challenges the Australian industry
confronts - together with declining ore grades, escalating
capital costs, ongoing capacity constraints and additional
global scrutiny.
The highest standards of safety, a forensic approach
to productivity and cost management, and an approach
to the environment and community that exceeds
compliance are each critical to success in the modern
mining operation.

With a replacement value of $3 billion, Thiess

operates and maintains one of the largest and
most diversified mining fleets in Australasia. This
equipment and the companys experience helped
transform our clients resource projects into more
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includes providing long-term mining services for
open-cut coal mines such as Lake Vermont,
Burton and Curragh North in Queensland;
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Hill Copper and Gold Mine in South Australia;
and the iron-ore producing Roper Bar Project in
the Northern Territory.

Thiess is well placed to develop the innovative systems

and processes to address these issues and participate
in the delivery of Australias next generation of minerals
projects.
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) advocates public
policy and operational practice for a globally-competitive
minerals industry that is safe, profitable, innovative and
environmentally and socially responsible. Thiess has been
a partner in this pursuit for 20 years. It is a valued
member of the MCA and the industry and we wish the
company, its shareholders, management and workforce
every ongoing success.

BRENDAN PEARSON
Chief Executive,
Minerals Council of Australia

1996
Collinsville
Coal Mine, Qld

2000
Senakin Mine,
Indonesia

2004
Curragh North
Coal Mine, Qld

2003
Mt Keith Mining
Alliance, WA

2007
Lake Vermont
Coal Mine, Qld

2005
Prominent Hill Copper
and Gold Mine, SA

2007
Tarong Coal Project
Meandu Mine, Qld

2010
Pakri Barwadih
Coal Mine, India

2007
2014
Wilpinjong Coal
Roper Bar
Project, NSW     
Iron Ore, NT

80 YEARS STRONG

SERVICES

The Services
Advantage
THE SERVICES BUSINESS COMPLETES THE MODERN

THIESS STORY, HAVING GROWN INTO A LEADING PROVIDER

OF INTEGRATED WATER, ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT IN JUST 27 YEARS.

The Services business began in 1987 when
the team repurposed an earthmoving fleet
to manage landfill contracts in Queensland.
Thiess won all of Brisbane City Councils landfill
management contracts while delivering step
changes in safety, productivity and innovation.
This success led to new areas including, water,
remediation, energy, telecommunications and
infrastructure where the team quickly gained a
reputation for optimising the life of clients
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Waste Hawk truck with the first side-loader grab arm, NSW (1989)

In water, Services forged long-term partnerships

with Melbourne Water and South East Water as
governments began to outsource more services.
Within a few short years, Thiess had fitted its
South East Water fleet with the latest GPS
technology and real-time data reporting
a revolution at the time for the industry. In 1995,
Services acquired the Hydrographic Services
Group from the Rural Water Corporation of
Victoria, which proved instrumental to building
Thiess environmental monitoring capability.
Today, Thiess is delivering key contracts in
environmental monitoring and water maintenance
services, including a major program for
Sydney Water.
With its first remediation contract in the 1990s,
Thiess rapidly became Australias leading
contractor delivering challenging projects such
as the Maralinga Nuclear Test Site, 90 per cent

1934

Thiess Bros.
registered

10

1987
Wollongong City
    
Council collection
contract

1998
Maralinga Nuclear
Test Site Remediation

1993
Melbourne Water and
South East Water contracts

1993
Homebush Bay
remediation
projects

Port Kembla Processing Plant, NSW (2007)

of the Homebush Bay remediation works for

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Hong Kong (now Hong Kong Disney) and the
internationally-acclaimed Hunter River
Remediation Project in Newcastle.
Thiess powered on, winning key energy contracts
with Ergon and Energex in Queensland and
Western Power in WA. Thiess and client teams
work side-by-side to maintain services and
restore connections in the wake of natural disasters.
In 2007, the business moved into asset and
facilities management as Thiess saw the future
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Royal North Shore Hospital and the Victorian
Desalination Plant.
Thiess moved into telecommunications, winning
major Telstra contracts and further expanding
market share through joint venture company
Silcar. After the full acquisition of Silcar, its
communications, energy and infrastructure
services have been integrated with the broader
Services team. Today, the business is delivering
its biggest contract the National Broadband
Network across Queensland, New South Wales
and the ACT, and stands ready to deliver more of
the largest publicly funded national infrastructure
project since the Snowy Mountains Scheme.

2002
Pennys Bay Remediation
Project, Hong Kong

2000
Major Tesltra contracts
through Silcar

2002
Water Corporation of
Western Australian Alliance
(Swan Water)

Pipeworks for South East

Water, Vic (19932012)

INDUSTRY
Maralinga Rehabilitation,
SA (2000)

INSIGHT

Looking back over 80 years, Thiess should be immensely

proud of its contribution to building the nations
infrastructure including countless major road, rail and
dam projects. While not always widely recognised, Thiess
has provided the foundations to many important works
often in a behind-the scenes yet incredibly important way.
Wellcome Australia remediation
Cabarita, NSW (1995)

In addition to construction, the company has also had

an ongoing role, providing key services to a number
of industries. This commitment to the welfare of the
broader community is reflected in the operations and
maintenance of major utilities including energy and water.

Little Manly Point remediation, NSW (1991)

Thiess has always had a strong focus on safety and

best practice and this is well known throughout the
construction, services and related industries. Its also
acknowledged at a government level as a result of
the many partnerships across Australia which have
delivered high-quality infrastructure and services.
The Australian Industry Group has had a long and
positive relationship with Thiess. We have worked
together on developing and advocating many policies
and approaches that have improved the delivery of
important infrastructure.
Congratulations again on this incredible milestone.

INNES WILLOX
Chief Executive,
Australian Industry Group
Melbourne Water maintenance contract, Vic (19932012)

2004
Ergon energy contract

2008
Royal North Shore Hospital
& Victorian Desalination
Plant O&M JV contracts

2005
Energex energy contract

2010
Western Power
energy contract

2009
Hunter River
Remediation Project

2012
Platypus Remediation
Project

2011
NBN contract in
Qld, NSW and ACT

2013
Five-year Sydney Water contract

    

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CONSTRUCTION

04

MINING

Building
a nation

Surprising new role for Sydney

monorail delivers benefits

22

Relationship contracting key to

advancing industry outcomes
Taking relationship contracting to a new
level could hold the key to our future

Celebrating 80 years of achievement

across Construction, Mining and Services

New CFO
takes the helm

20

Creative reuse of monorail

steel fast tracks NWRL

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Pushing
productivity
boundaries at
Mt Owen
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program is improving maintenance
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New South Wales

Thiess welcomes Theresa Mlikota to

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Six community groups have

benefited from the latest

round of funding from Thiess

community grants program

SERVICES

Community groups
receive $50K boost

38

New gauges
cut flood
monitoring
costs
A new flood monitoring device
created by Thiess is delivering
cost savings of up to $40,000
on traditional fixed-monitoring
stations

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26

Alliances
set new road
benchmarks

Aerial innovation achieves

remarkable outcomes
Two worlds have combined to achieve
remarkable survey outcomes

28

Alliance models continue

to deliver infrastructure
excellence

Iman contract
unites a tribe
A fledgling Indigenous enterprise has
landed a major contract with Thiess

Photographer credit: Christian Pearson (Misheye)

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Radar technology
fundamental to success
Leading radar technology is overcoming

formed a unique relationship to deliver

at Burton Coal Mine in Central Queensland

significant savings at Prominent Hill

Copper and Gold Mine

Experience, track record

secures NT contract
Thiess has returned to iron ore mining

Mobile technology
transforms
maintenance delivery
Thiess Assets and Infrastructure teams move
to a full mobility platform is transforming the
clients approach to planned and responsive

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challenging site and environment issues

with a contract in the Northern Territory

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Integrated mining
team drives savings

asset maintenance

Fostering local talent

in New Caledonia
The team delivering operations and
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Koniambo Power Station is set to leave
behind a proud legacy

IN BRIEF

RTL PRAISED

for firefighting response

Employees working on the Thiess-led RTL joint
venture at Morwell in Victorias Latrobe Valley
have been praised for their role fighting an
out-of-control bushfire which spread to the
Hazelwood open-cut mine.
The team was on hand to support emergency
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in an attempt to extinguish the blaze and stop
it spreading. While the initial fire was contained,
a change in weather conditions saw it move
quickly within the mine.
The entire Morwell mine fire was finally declared
safe after more than 45 days of intensive
firefighting.
RTL Mining and Earthworks General Manager
Craig Nuttall said the team made a significant
contribution helping to battle the blaze while
maintaining its commitment to deliver mining
services safely.

We provided around 100 team members, as well

as plant and equipment to help in the firefighting
effort on a 24/7 basis until the blaze was
extinguished, he said.
We also ensured
mining operations
continued to
operate smoothly,
providing support
to all of our
Latrobe Valley
clients including

Hazelwood, Loy
Yang Power and
EnergyAustralia.

I would like to thank all of

the contractors, agencies
and individuals who
worked on the fire [and]
assisted in dealing with
the challenges facing our
Morwell and Latrobe Valley
communities.

George Graham, Asset Manager,

It was a
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significant effort
by all involved, particularly our site management
and labour during what was undoubtedly a
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no reportable safety incidents.

NICB MEETS KEY TARGETS

WORLD-LEADING
METHODOLOGY

The Shortland to Sandgate section of the

Newcastle Inner City Bypass (NICB) has
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of the $143 million four-lane carriageway
between Sandgate Road at Shortland and
the Pacific Highway at Sandgate.
Thiess assumed responsibility to complete the
Shortland to Sandgate section of the NICB in
July 2012, in an Alliance with the Roads and
Maritime Services of NSW (RMS).
The project involved building 1.8 kilometres of a
four-lane, divided road, including five specially14

    

EXEMPLARY

SAFETY RECORD

designed bridges built to combat the soft soil

in the surrounding wetlands and limit
environmental impacts.
Project Manager Matt Quinn said the team
delivered the project with world-leading
construction methodology including launching
twin bridges over the Main North Rail Line
one of Australias busiest rail corridors using
hydraulically-linked jacks incorporated into the
temporary launch bearings. It was one of just
a few times this method had been used in
Australia.

100% GREEN
RATING

The team achieved an exemplary safety record

with zero lost time injuries and 100 per cent
green rating from client inspections. This was
in recognition of our exceptional environmental
management which included sediment basins
to control run-off and providing habitats for
the endangered green and Golden Bell Frog.
Work will continue in the area as the project
team rebuilds the existing roundabout near the
Hunter Wetlands Centre on Sandgate Road and
the southbound on-ramp to the Jesmond to
Shortland bypass.

IN BRIEF

REMEDIATION
PROJECTS
EXCEED 130

Thiess Services team has successfully

remediated a former gasworks site in
Toowoomba for Energex, bringing the total
number of completed remediation projects
to more than 130.
The $20 million project took two years to
complete and was awarded based on Thiess
earlier success on a similar project in West End,
Brisbane.

and the by-products, which include ash and tar,

are highly odorous when disturbed.
As part of the remediation project, Thiess
removed more than 113,000 tonnes of
contaminated material to depths of 10 metres.
During works, the team controlled odours by
using a large purpose-built diffusive odourcontrol enclosure, including fragranced misting
sprays to neutralise any escaping smells.

The site had been contaminated by the

manufacturing process used to make gas

NEW CONTRACT
TO POWER
SA & NSW

CONTRACT EXTENDED
AT CURRAGH NORTH
Meeting the expectations of client Wesfarmers
Resources through improved performance and
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four-year, $570 million contract extension at
Curragh North Coal Mine in the resource-rich
Bowen Basin.

A reputation as a trusted partner

has helped Thiess Asset and
Infrastructure business unit secure a
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diesel power stations three in South
Australia and one in New South Wales.
The unique contract involves
maintaining and operating four super
peaker stations which only power up
when the electricity pool price rises
above $300 Mw per hour.
Its a significant contract for client
Infratil because they rely on these
power stations to be fully operational
and ready to perform at the optimum
level during peak electricity times
throughout the year, Project Manager
Infratil Power Erik Rimsa said
The contract was awarded based on
our solid reputation delivering reliable
power station asset operation and
management on projects including
the TRUenergy Yallourn Power Station
Alliance and Loy Yang Power Station
Alliance in Victoria.

$10

MILLION

5-YEAR

O&M

84 DAMS
IN 80 YEARS
Thiess is set to undertake its 84th
dam project after securing a contract
from Melbourne Water to upgrade the
Greenvale Reservoir.

Executive General Manager Australian Mining

Michael Wright said the new agreement is
testament to Thiess ability to adjust to changing
market conditions and complements our current
10-year agreement signed in 2010.
Wesfarmers decision not to go to market is
testament to the working relationship developed
throughout the life of the project.

4-YEAR
EXTENSION

$570

MILLION

The project firmly positions Thiess as the

countrys leading dam contractor, having
delivered more projects than any other
company.
Greenvale Reservoir has a 27.5 million litre
storage capacity and was constructed in
1971. It is Melbournes largest urban dam,
located just 20 kilometres from the CBD.
Thiess has been engaged to upgrade
the earth dam in order to utilise its full
storage capacity so it can meet growing
demand and to ensure it complies with
new design guidelines.
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IN BRIEF

MD CHAMPIONS DIVERSITY

Achieving real change in gender diversity requires

committed and inspirational leaders working
together to achieve better outcomes.

Thats what Thiess Managing Director

Bruce Munro told CEDAs recent Women in
Leadership Forum, following the release of the
first Queensland Male Champions of Change
(QMCC) report, Get in the Game.
The message was reiterated by all of the
champions on the panel, who also addressed
the 900-strong crowd in Brisbane.
The QMCC members were selected for their
willingness to improve diversity and inclusion
in their particular workplaces and represent a
range of Queensland-based companies including
Ausenco, Aurizon, A P Eagers, Cardno, Super
Retail Group, Wesfarmers Resources, Bank of
Queensland and the University of Queensland.

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addressing gender imbalance, particularly in
the male-dominated mining and construction
industries.
To begin with, we have to immerse ourselves
in the agenda or as the title of the report
suggests, Get in the Game, Bruce said.
We need to move past developing ideas and
focus on taking action, and thats a leadership
challenge that we all need to take up.
Partnering with other leaders to look at gender
imbalances and committing to doing something
about it makes good business sense.

As business leaders, its beholden on us to lead

change and I look forward to a day when gender
equity is part of our culture.
As detailed in the report, Thiess has also
participated in pay equity reviews and has
facilitated focus groups and roundtable
discussions with women from across the
businesses and we will ensure this continues.
I am convinced that diversity will improve our
business, but that can only be achieved through
an inclusive culture where different perspectives
are heard and valued, Bruce said.
I have two daughters and I would like to think
that they have as much opportunity as my sons
have in any industry, doing any role they choose.

ROY HILL SMPEI WORKS

CONTRACT SECURED
Thiess has been awarded a $330 million contract
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plant facilities for the Roy Hill iron ore mine in
Western Australia.
The contract includes construction of the
structural, mechanical, piping, electrical and
instrumentation works (SMPEI) which are being
designed and supplied by Samsung.

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The company has a long association with iron

ore projects in the Pilbara and this contract
represents a continuation with a new client.
Work is expected to commence on site in July
and generate up to 1,000 jobs for approximately
14 months.
The Roy Hill deposit is located about 280
kilometres south of Port Hedland.

$350

MILLION

JULY
START
1000

JOBS

IN BRIEF

WOMEN IN MINING

13.1%
IN 2013

STRATEGY WINS ACCOLADES

THE OVERALL FEMALE PARTICIPATION RATE AT THIESS AUSTRALIAN MINING BUSINESS HAS
NEARLY TREBLED IN JUST TWO YEARS, RISING FROM 4.7 PER CENT IN 2011 TO 13.1 PER CENT
AT THE END OF 2013.

4.7%
IN 2011
FEMALE PARTICIPATION AT
THIESS AUSTRALIAN MINING

This commitment to gender diversity has been

recognised with four major industry awards and
puts the company on track to increase female
participation to 17 per cent by 2015.
Australian Minings efforts to promote gender
inclusion and accelerate the progression of
women into senior management roles have
earned top honours with the resource industrys
peak national employer group.
The Women in Mining strategy won the
Australian Mines and Metals Association
Australian Women in Resources Alliance Award
in recognition of the industry-leading strategies
to help attract and retain women in the
workplace.

Thiess Diversity Advisor Penny Hamilton, Mining Superintendent Leah Ross

The team has also been acknowledged by

the New South Wales Minerals Council as the
Best Company Initiative at its annual Women in
Mining Awards and the Excellence in Leadership
Women in Resources category at the South

Australian Premiers Community Excellence

Awards.
There was further recognition at the Queensland
Resources Council Resource Awards for Women
when Leah Ross, Mining Superintendent at
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Award. As Thiess first female superintendent,
Leah has been a trailblazer for women in the
industry.
Thiess Executive General Manager Australian
Mining, Michael Wright, paid tribute to his teams
diversity commitment.
I am proud to say that the energy and focus
that our team has put into diversity is starting
to make a real impact, not only in our business,
but across the industry, he said.
Research indicates a diverse workforce increases
an organisations effectiveness, resulting in
improved services to clients.

and Mining Coordinator Lauren Beresford at the Queensland Resources

Councils Resources Awards for Women

TEAM CELEBRATES

NINE YEARS LTI FREE

THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM ON THE SOROWAKO PROJECT IN INDONESIAS

SOUTH SULAWESI REGION HAS CELEBRATED A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY MILESTONE,
ACHIEVING MORE THAN 6 MILLION PROJECT HOURS LOST TIME INJURY (LTI) FREE.
Thiess commenced working on the Sorowako
Project in 1996, conducting maintenance, civil
and construction works to support PT Vale
Indonesias nickel process plant facilities and
mine. The team has not had a LTI since 2004.
Thiess Project Manager Yosia Rantemangiling
(pictured) said the outstanding accomplishment

reflects the effort of every single team member.

Safety is a priority for everyone on the project
we all want to go home safe every day,
Yosia said.
This achievement reflects the teams dayin, day-out commitment which has remained
constant for more than nine years.

6HOURS
MILLION
LTI FREE
    

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NEW CFO

TAKES THE HELM

$%!//3!(+)! $!.!/ (%'+00+0$!.+(!+"$%!"%**%(!.
in April, following the departure of Sue Palmer who announced her retirement
late last year after a successful three years in the role.
Theresa brings to Thiess more than 20 years experience, having worked
primarily across the resources sector in a number of senior finance positions.
Joining Thiess in its 80th year, Theresa and her team will help lead the
company through the next important phase of its evolution and continue
to deliver robust governance structures that will underpin the companys
continued success.

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MORE THAN

20
YEARS
EXPERIENCE
WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO THIESS?
It was the passion of the people that I found compelling.
When I met with MD Bruce Munro he spoke about the
companys culture and he used the term band of brothers.
Culture permeates an organisation from the top down and
the strong Thiess culture is testament to Bruces leadership
and values. The passion of the Executive Team is also palpable
and Im looking forward to working with them to make Thiess
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workplace where the people are united in their focus isnt
easy and its a great privilege to have found the real deal.

FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, WHAT

DO YOU BELIEVE HAS BEEN THE KEY TO THIESS
SUCCESS OVER THE PAST 80 YEARS?
Its that entrepreneurial spirit which is so ingrained in the
companys DNA. Thiess has been a trailblazer in many respects
especially when you think of how far its come from a
humble road builder on the Darling Downs to an industry leader
in Australia. This longevity stems from its agility and innovative
thinking, as well as its ability to continually evolve to meet
market opportunities. These strengths have been prevalent
since the beginning and remain key to Thiess future.

EXTENSIVE

RESOURCES

SECTOR KNOWLEDGE

WHAT ARE THE GREATEST MARKET CHALLENGES

THAT COMPANIES LIKE THIESS FACE?
The industries in which we operate are becoming increasingly
price competitive as the number of competitors grows and the
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deliver excellence on our projects while delivering greater value
to our clients. Moving forward, we will need to be even more
,.+ 10%2!!%!*0* 001*! 0++1.(%!*0/*!! /+#!0$!.
with my team, we will ensure the systems and processes we
have in place continue to support us and deliver the best
possible outcomes for our clients and partners.

JOINED THIESS

APRIL 2014

WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE BIGGEST

OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIESS
IN THE FUTURE?
Theres a list of exciting infrastructure projects being planned
in Australia in the years ahead that Thiess is well positioned to
deliver. These include the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing
and Brisbanes Bus and Train Project (BaT) in Queensland, as
well as the WestConnex M4 Widening Project in Sydney and
East West Link packages in Victoria.
In services, the demand for optimising the long-term value of
our clients assets will increase as major infrastructure projects
are completed and come on line.
Coal development in the Galilee Basin and iron ore production
in the Northern Territory and Western Australia continue to
present many opportunities for our mining business, despite
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focus on emerging markets in Asia. These are all important
opportunities for Thiess and Im very excited to be in a position
to support the companys continued growth and future success.

    

19

CREATIVE REUSE OF

MONORAIL STEEL
FAST TRACKS NWRL

AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION TO REDUCE COMMUNITY IMPACT FROM

CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTH WEST RAIL LINK (NWRL) PROJECT

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HAS GIVEN THE FORMER SYDNEY MONORAIL A SURPRISING NEW


  

 

ROLE IN DELIVERING THE CITYS RAIL FUTURE.



 
 

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ALLIANCES SET NEW





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DRIVING
GREATER VALUE


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ACHIEVES
REMARKABLE
 

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UNITES A TRIBE

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CHALLENGE

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LNG INDUSTRY WINS
SUSTAINABILITY
AWARD

Sixty steel beams removed from the monorail last

year many from Pitt Street in the CBD have
been refurbished and used to build a temporary
road bridge at the site of the new Norwest railway
station. Norwest is one of eight new stations on
Australias biggest public transport project.
Project Director for the Thiess John Holland
Dragados (TJHD) Joint Venture which is delivering
the tunnel and station civil contract for NWRL,
Terry Sleiman, said his team was looking around
for the steel needed to build the bridge when they
heard the demolition of the Sydney Monorail was
underway.

We immediately said well take that and began

working on a design that could use the monorails
beams to form the main structural part of the
temporary bridge, he said.
There were substantial benefits in purchasing the
monorail sections from the demolition company
that went beyond the substantial savings on the
costs of raw steel.
The monorails box girder design and beam
lengths eliminated the need for precast concrete
panels in the formwork and enabled us to pursue
a much simpler construction methodology using
bridge girders.

THE NORTH WEST RAIL LINKS TWIN 15KM

TUNNELS ARE THE LONGEST RAIL TUNNELS
TO BE BUILT IN AUSTRALIA, FORMING PART OF
SYDNEYS BIGGEST PUBLIC TRANSPORT PROJECT
SINCE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HARBOUR BRIDGE
ALMOST A CENTURY AGO.

THE FIRST NORTH WEST RAIL LINK TUNNEL

BORING MACHINE (TBM) WILL BE IN THE
GROUND BEFORE THE END OF OCTOBER AS
WORK MOVES FORWARD RAPIDLY ON THE
$8.3 BILLION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.
THE REMAINING THREE TUNNEL BORING
MACHINES WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY AFTER.

It also means demolition will be simpler,

potentially saving several months off the typical
removal schedule expected for a bridge with a
traditional beam design.
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2!
at the intersection of Norwest Boulevard for up
to three years to allow the underground train
station to be built.
We met the challenge to minimise disruption to
the community using a temporary bridge
constructed at road level which would allow the
road to re-open and the excavation of the new
station to continue underneath, Terry said.

This would mean Brookhollow Ave was only

closed for about four months while the
temporary bridge was built.
The monorail beams were welded and
refurbished in Sydneys west to make 29 bridge
girders, weighing between 11 and 17 tonnes each
and spanning more than 32 metres in length.
Due to their size, they could only be transported
from the fabrication workshop to the site
between the hours of midnight to 5am,
Terry said.

measures were implemented such as using slings

rather than chains to reduce noise that might
affect nearby residents.
The complex operation took place over three
nights, eliminating the need to unload and re-lift
during the day.
This solution helped minimise the impact on local
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safety risks associated with a second lift.

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using a 200-tonne crane and a number of

    

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RELATIONSHIP CONTRACTING

KEY TO ADVANCING
INDUSTRY OUTCOMES

THE WORLD OF CONTRACTING BRINGS A UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENGES

AS PARTIES OFTEN FACE COMPETING INTERESTS IN THE PURSUIT OF
DELIVERING LARGE-SCALE AND COMPLEX INFRASTRUCTURE.

Thiess Managing Director Bruce Munro says if our

industry is to prosper in the future, we need to
find better and smarter ways that allow us to
reduce the extraordinary waste in tender costs,
equitably share the risk, unlock innovation and
collaboration, and drive overall project
performance. He believes the key to reaching
these outcomes is for clients and contractors to
take relationship-style contracts to a new level.
If our industry is serious about cutting costs and
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is to eliminate the enormous waste caused by an
archaic and flawed tendering process that tries
to equate low price with value.
Australian contractors are spending an excessive
amount of money on bid costs. I would suggest
up to half a per cent of the project value. The
industry (including resources and infrastructure)
procures approximately $120 billion worth of
work each year and as each project invites three
companies to tender, contractors will spend up
to $1.8 billion in tendering costs. This equates in
real terms to $900 million wasted on losing. If we
include the cost of engaging subcontractors, we
could add an additional 40 per cent, bringing
the real cost of lost tenders to approximately
$1.2 billion annually.

Australian contractors are

spending an excessive amount
of money on bid costs.

Its little wonder international contractors claim

Australia as the most expensive market in which
to tender globally.
With limited opportunities and lots of
competition, its certainly a buyers market.
Clients only have to sit back and watch as
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competitive forces drive prices down, pressuring

margins and putting profitability at risk.
A relationship style of contract that is
underpinned by transparency of cost, risk sharing
and a team approach incentivised to deliver
great outcomes will achieve the best price and
remove the potential battlefield of disputes that
in most cases arise when conventional contracts
are used.
Modern-day alliancing has its origins in the UK
where it was first used in the mid-90s to enable
step change improvements in the delivery of
complex offshore oil and gas projects. Sydney
Water Corporation embraced the idea of
alliancing to deliver a complex wastewater
project that had to be ready in time for the
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Thiess, like many other contractors, has seen
firsthand the benefits that alliances bring. Its
evident on projects like the recently-completed
M80 Ring Road Upgrade and West Gate Freeway
Upgrade in Victoria, and the award-winning
Hunter Expressway Stage 2 Project in New
South Wales.
These large complex projects delivered
exceptional results, many exceeding KPIs and
stretch targets. But the real value gained is the
enduring relationships and even more
importantly, the opportunity to bring innovation
to the fore in a culture that values good ideas
and team work.
Alliances continue to evolve in the UK with new
models emerging. These include ProCure21, a
national framework agreement implemented by
government whereby six key contractors have
been selected, via one tender process, to deliver
10 years of capital investment projects.
Delivering excellence is the driver as it forms the
basis of future work. This process eliminates
wasteful tendering costs and incentivises
performance in project delivery.
A similar framework has been implemented
closer to home. The Melbourne Water Program

Service Providers Framework is being used in

Victoria and two joint ventures, one of which is
the Thiess/Black and Veatch JV, tender for the
projects as part of the Water Plan 3 Capital
Program. The value of this program over the
five year Water Plan 3 period (July 2013
to June 2018) is $1.04 billion or approximately
$200 million per annum and individual packages
of work will be awarded on an ongoing,
competitive basis.
There are also other models to consider that
have been used on mega projects overseas.
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15 billion Crossrail project where government
appointed the private sector to take the lead in
delivering the packages of work. In contrast to
the single delivery partner model adopted by the
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10$+.%05.+//.%($/
assigned two private partner organisations - the
Programme Partner and the Project Delivery
Partner - working under a strict governance
structure imposed by Department of Transport.
Interestingly, on the surface this appears similar
to an EPCM but the big difference is the
introduction of an innovation incentive available
to all contractors on site.
There is a subtle shift that needs to happen here
one that requires a change in mindset, a
willingness to engage early and as one team.
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and executives who are prepared to challenge
the status quo and take a leap of faith that
theres a better way to move our industry forward.
Staying tuned to our clients, our markets and the
global economy is vital to ensuring success. If we
consider where we find ourselves today, there is
clearly a need that goes beyond our futile
attempts to drive down costs one that requires
early engagement, transparency and allows
innovation to be unleashed. Thats why taking
relationship contracting to a new level could
hold the key to our future.

MULTIPLE M80 INNOVATIONS

ENHANCE SAFETY
CONSTRUCTED IN A LIVE TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT, WITH MORE THAN 142,000 VEHICLES
CONTINUING TO USE THE ROAD EACH DAY, THE M80 RING ROAD UPGRADE HAS SET NEW
STANDARDS FOR MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS IN VICTORIA.

LOCATION Melbourne, VIC

CLIENT VicRoads
VALUE $660 million

2014 AUSTRALIAN
CONSTRUCTION AWARD

DATE July 2009 July 2013

FINA LIST

Delivered by the Tulla Sydney Alliance (TSA)

Under the largest single contract ever awarded

by VicRoads, the 9.7km Calder Freeway to
Sydney Road section was delivered safely, on
time and on budget by the Thiess-led Tulla
Sydney Alliance despite weather delays and
the significant risks associated with working
next to a major road corridor.
To overcome significant safety challenges, the
team developed the award-winning anti-gawk
screen design, significantly reducing the risk of
employees being injured at work.
The screens traditionally used were not rated
for impact and the team recognised a new
design was needed to guard workers against
large and heavy missiles, like runaway truck
tyres, which could inflict serious injury. It also
needed to address the critical risk of maintenance
workers having to remove old or damaged

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".+)/.!!*//3%*#%*#+10%*0+(%2!0.
The result was a revolutionary impact-rated
screen, capable of withstanding a truck tyre
travelling at 80km/hr. More than 4,000 of the
screens were installed between the Calder
Freeway and Sydney Road to protect the
workforce. They are now being used extensively
on the Regional Rail Link: Footscray-Deer Park
project and are now considered industry-best
practice by VicRoads.
The Alliance also worked collaboratively with
VicRoads to design out maintenance issues.
Asset handover information was provided in
a timeframe surpassing other projects and
was presented via an online portal a format
VicRoads has now adopted for future projects.

TSA implemented a wide range of innovations to deliver value-for-money and leave

a legacy that has made road construction safer in Victoria.

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placement and removal machine eliminated
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greater compliance with roadwork speed
limits, delivering a first for Victoria

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Attenuators to improve safety and achieve
consistency were developed and since adopted
by VicRoads

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construction sites on the M80 Upgrade,
and now under consideration by VicRoads
for all construction works throughout Victoria

HUNTER EXPRESSWAY EMBODIES

ENGINEERING
EXCELLENCE

2014 NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE AWARD
CONTRACTOR EXCELLENCE

W INNER

LOCATION Hunter Valley, NSW

CLIENT Roads and Maritime Services (RMS)
VALUE $885 million
DATE August 2010 August 2013

ALLIAN
SET NEW

2014 AUSTRALIAN
CONSTRUCTION AWARD

Delivered by Hunter Expressway Alliance

THE HUNTER EXPRESSWAY ALLIANCE TRAVERSED THE
RUGGED SUGARLOAF RANGE, NAVIGATING UNDULATING

FINA LIST

FORESTS, WATERCOURSES AND AREAS OF CULTURAL

HERITAGE, TO DELIVER ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST
COMPLEX PROJECTS IN NEW SOUTH WALES HISTORY.
Completing Stage 2 of the $1.7 billion Hunter
Expressway, the Thiess-led Alliance reduced
the amount of on-site construction in this
environmentally and culturally-sensitive area
by using precast segmented balanced cantilever
bridges. In total 177 column segments and
566 deck segments weighing up to 110 tonnes
each were produced to millimetre accuracy
and transported through the ranges via purpose
built access tracks.
A launching gantry 165 metres long, 16 metres
high and weighing approximately 1,000 tonnes
was used to erect the deck segments to
75 metre-long bridge spans.
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concept design and approvals on minimising
disturbance to vegetation, erosion management
and sediment control. Achieving outstanding

    

results, the team reduced clearing below the

agreed targets and managed cross drainage
sites and temporary controls to above-industry
standards.
The team also faced the logistical challenge of
drilling and filling the old mine workings and
simultaneously constructing the sub-structure
for the viaduct bridges in the steep terrain.
Requiring meticulous planning, out-of-the-box
thinking and precise coordination, it necessitated
one of the most sophisticated mine fill projects
to date and provided significant improvements
over standard industry practice. The supply of
grouting materials was a major operation
involving trucking of 174,000 tonnes of fly ash
and 13,500 tonnes of cement via access tracks
to the sites specially-adapted grout batch plants.

$40
MILLION
BELOW OVERALL TARGET

OUTTURN COST

COMPLETED MORE THAN

5 WEEKS

AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
PRESERVED AND
PROTECTED IMPORTANT

HERITAGE ITEMS

CES

ROAD BENCHMARKS

    

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Photographer credit: Christian Pearson (Misheye)

SMART DESIGN

BOOSTS WEST GATE FREEWAY CAPACITY

2011 AUSTRALIAN
CONSTRUCTION
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
W INNE R

SMART DESIGN ON THE AWARD-WINNING WEST GATE FREEWAY UPGRADE IN

MELBOURNE REDUCED TRAVEL TIMES AND INCREASED TRAFFIC CAPACITY BY
26 PER CENT, REJUVENATING MELBOURNES TRANSPORT SPINE AND PROVIDING
A SAFE, FREE-FLOWING JOURNEY FOR COMMUTERS.

LOCATION Melbourne, Victoria

CLIENT VicRoads
VALUE $600 million
DATE0+!.!!)!.

Focused on delivering exceptional project

outcomes, the alliance team made extensive
changes to the concept design to drive
significant improvements in functionality.
Innovations included the revised layout of the
Montague Street interchange to a single point
urban diamond, providing 30 per cent more
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queue safely.
The upgrade involved the construction of
elevated viaducts, ramps and a new intelligent
freeway management system, amid the
complex environment of Victorias busiest
road corridor. With more than 160,000 vehicles
passing through this section of the freeway
every day, the project site was an intense live

FOUR MONTHS

AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

0.!*2%.+*)!*03%0$(%)%0! +*/0.10%+*
access. Smart planning required only six of
the 16 full freeway closures originally planned,
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+((+3%*#0$!/0#! .),+,!*%*#/%*0+!.
2009, travel speeds on the freeway improved
by an average of 20 kilometres per hour
westbound and 10 kilometres per hour
eastbound during peak travel times.
As part of an award-winning alliance, Thiess
completed the West Gate Freeway Upgrade
- part of the largest state-funded road project
in Victorias history - more than four months
ahead of schedule and within budget.

ON BUDGET

Delivered by West Gate Freeway Alliance

The project team also implemented

sustainability initiatives that set new industry
benchmarks and contributed to changes in
VicRoads environmental specifications.

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by 34 per cent through the use of alternative
materials and the recycling material from the
demolition of the existing eastbound onramp
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replaced with the environmentally-friendly
E-Crete, which results in up to 80 per cent
"!3!.2 emissions and uses up to 65 per
cent less water.

$!0!)2+% ! 1/%*#)3 of landfill
space by eliminating more than 12,000 truck
movements on public roads and reducing
fuel consumption by 11,000 tonnes of carbon
dioxide equivalent.
    
    

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DRIVING GREATER VALUE

ON WESTCONNEX

IN LATE 2012, THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT TOOK AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH
TO HELP SHAPE ITS WESTCONNEX PROJECT, HIGHLIGHTING THE BENEFITS OF SEEKING
CONTRACTOR EXPERTISE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECTS LIFE CYCLE.
The Government initiated an Industry Partner
Development Scheme, commissioning
organisations from the construction industry
to lead a review of the various sections of the
project, ensuring the best value-for-money
solution was part of the project planning process.
Its this early consultation with industry that
can help deliver the best possible transport
solution, greater value for taxpayers and set a
benchmark for the way major projects are
shaped in the future.
Linking Sydneys west and south-west with
the CBD, Sydney Airport and Port Botany, the
WestConnex project is currently Australias
most significant transport undertaking. The
Government selected Thiess to lead a consortium
to develop plans for the Airport Access Link
and Inner West Tunnel.
Thiess General Manager Tunnelling, Steve Wille,
said the contractor-led review provided valuable
input into the WestConnex reference scheme.
The Government had previously commissioned
a number of consultant-led feasibility studies but
further development work towards a reference
design benefited from construction input,
Steve said.

functionality and our task was to find the

solution which best met all of their objectives.
While our core business will always be
construction, our involvement during the early
stages of major projects like this, ensures
constructability is built in from the very
beginning. It also means our clients can make
value for money decisions due to our thorough
knowledge of the project costs and construction
methodology.
Steve said all clients would benefit from seeking
contractor expertise in the very early stages of
major projects.
By looking at the project from a construction
point of view, we can offer the client an extra
level of value engineering which they are not
going to get elsewhere, he said.
The client benefits because they have all of this
information early and can ensure the best ideas
are fed into a concept design and the
development of the Environmental Impact
Statement.
We believe there is much more scope for this
type of work to be done with all of our clients
and hopefully reduce the timeframe for large
projects coming to the market.

The client was very explicit - they needed to

create significant savings without compromising

    

    

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This is Thiess innovation at its best, Bill said.

Were improving safety, saving time and vastly
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2488024890

2483024840

2486024870

2481024820

24800

14590

14640

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13600

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13200

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24790

2483024840

2477024780

2481024820

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13610

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13690

13700

13630

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13140

13210

13220

13230

13150

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27160

2478024790

2473024740

2476024770

2471024720

24700

14620

14670

14420

14370

13650

13710

13720

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13730

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13750

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13690

13760

13700

13710

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13720

13730

13790

13800

13740

13810

13750

13760

13770

13780

13820

13830

13840

13850

13790

13250

13240

13170

13180

13190

13260

13270

13280

13200

13210

13220

13230

13290

13300

13328.993

13240

13310

13320

CTP
13330

13250

13260

27180

2473024740

2468024690

2471024720

2466024670

24650

14630

14680

14430

14380

13860

13800

13810

13350

13340

13270

13280

13290

12860

12870

12880

12820

12830

12840

12890

12900

CT 12922.442

12850

12860

12910

12920

12930

12870

27190

2468024690

2463024640

2466024670

2461024620

24600

14640

14690

14700

14390

14440

14450

13870

13820

13300

13360

13370

13380

13310

12950

12940

12880

12890

27200

2463024640

2458024590

2461024620

2456024570

24550

14650

14660

14710

14400

14410

14460

13880

13830

13890

13900

13840

13400

13390

13320

13330

13340

13410

12900

12910

12960

12970

12980

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27210

2458024590

2453024540

2456024570

2451024520

24500

14670

14720

14420

13910

13850

13860

13920

13870

13930

13880

13940

13950

13890

13350

13360

13420

13430

13370

13000

12990

12930

12940

27220

2453024540

2448024490

2451024520

2446024470

24450

14680

14730

14430

13960

13900

13910

13970

13920

13980

13930

13990

13940

13450

13440

13380

13390

13460

12950

12960

13010

13020

13030

12970

27230

2448024490

2443024440

2446024470

2441024420

24400

14690

14440

13950

13960

13400

13410

13470

13480

13420

13050

13040

12980

12990

13060

13000

13010

13020

13070

13080

13090

13030

13040

13110
13100

TC 13126.108

618.382

400

AERIAL INNOVATION

26340

2443024440

2438024390

2441024420

2436024370

24350

14960

26350

2438024390

2433024340

2436024370

2431024320

24300

14950

26360

2433024340

2428024290

2431024320

2426024270

24250

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26370

2428024290

2423024240

2426024270

2421024220

24200

14930

26390

2423024240

2418024190

2421024220

2416024170

24150

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24140

2418024190

14920

26400

24120

24130 CT

2416024170

24110

24100

14910

26410

24090
24080

24120

2413024140

24131.793

24070

24110

24060

24050

24100

24090

24040

24080

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24060

24000

24010

24050

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23970

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14870

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240

23780

23740

23770

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26540

23710

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14820

250

23750

23740

14760

260

23730

23690

23720

23670.599

23680

23710

23670
TC

14750

24439'56"
L 96.645

23700

23650

23660

23690

15250

RL -100.000
101.128

23680

23640

23670

23630

23660

23671.042

15240

L30236'27"
6.070

TC

23620

15223.332

25.000
RL 29.794

23650

23600

23610

23640

15230

23419'33"
L 120.925

23630

23590

23620

23580

23610

23570

15200

210

23600

23550

23560

23590

15200

190

23580

23540

23570

23530

23560

23520

15190

180

23550

23500

23510

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200

23530

23490

15180

170

23520

23480

15150

240

23510

23470

15140

250

23500

23450

23460

23490

15150

220
CT 219.726

23480

23440

23470

23430

23460

23420

15130

160

23450

23400

23410

23440

15120

TC 234.027
230

23430

23390

23420

23380

23410

23370

15350

15110

150

23400

23350

23360

23390

15360

15120

22541'59"
L 141.637

23380

23328.269

23340

23370

CT

23330

23360

23320

15370

15100

270

23350

23300

23310

23340

15330

15380

15090

26550

23330

23290

23320

23328.712

23280

15340

15390

15400

15100

280

CT

23310

23270

15350

15360

15410

15080

26560

23260

23250

15370

15420

15090

290

23300

23290

15380

15070

300
300.000

23280

23240

23270

23230

23260

23220

3138'47"
L 1503.028
15430

15080

26570

23210

23200

15390

15440

15070

CT

23250

23240

3138'47"
L 1503.028

15450

15050

310

23230

23190

15400

15410

15460

15060

320

23220

23180

15420

15470

15050

330

23210

23170

15430

15480

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26580

23150

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23200

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23130

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23120

23160

23100

23110

23150

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23090

23130

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23110

23060

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15440

15490

15500

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340

23100

23090

23040

23080

23030

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23020

23060

23000

23010

15450

15460

15510

15020

350

23050

23040

22990

23030

22980

23020

22950

22960

22970

23010

15770

15470

15520

15030

26590

22940
22930

15780

15480

15530

15010

365.905 360

23000

22990

22980

22920

22970

22900

22910

22960

16230

16240

16250

15790

15800

15490

15540

15550

15000

26600

22890

16260

16270

16280

16290

16300

16230

16240

15810

15500

15510

15560

14990

26610

22850

16250

16310

16320

16260

16270

16330

16340

16350

16280

16290

16360

16300

16310

16370

16380

16320

15820

15520

15570

14980

TC

22950

22940

22880

22930

22870

22920

22860

22910

22840
22830
22820

22800

22810

20350

20300

16400

16390

16330

16340

16410

15830

15780

15840

15850

15790

15530

15580

15060

31312'24"
L 353.502

22900

22890
22880

22870
22860

22790

22780

22770

22750

20400

20390

20380

20370

20360

20340

17060

17070

17080

16650

16350

16360

16420

16430

16370

15800

15540

15590

15600

15040
31315'26"
L 360.914

22850

22840

22830

22760

22820
22810

22740

20450

20410

20420

20430

20440

20330

20320

20310

20290

2024020250

17450

17100

17090

16660

16670

16680

16450

16440

16380

16390

16460

15860

15810

15870

15820

15880

15830

15890

15900

15840

15550

14990

26620

22720

22730

22790

22800

22700

22710

21460

21470

21100

21090

21110

21120

20710

20720

20730

20740

20750

20800

20760

20770

20780

20790

20810

20620

20630

20500

20460

20470

20480

20490

20280

20270

20230

17460

17470

17110

17120

17130

16700

16690

16400

16410

16470

16480

16420

15850

15610

15560

14970

26630

22650

22780
22770

22690

22760

22670

22680

22740

22750

21500

21480

21490

21510

21520

21150

21130

21140

21160

21170

20850

20820

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20840

20860

20650

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20640

20660

20670

20680

20690

20520

20530

20540

20550

20560

20570

20580

20590

20600

20610

20510

20260TC 20259.888

20220

20210

2019020200

20180

20170

20160

17500

17480

17490

17510

17520

17150

17140

17060

17070

17080

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17170

17180

17090

16710

16720

16730

16660

16500

16490

16430

16440

16510

15910

15860

15920

15870

15930

15880

15940

15950

15890

15620

15570

14980

26640

22630

22640

22660

22730

22720

22710

22600

22610

21550

21530

21540

21560

21570

21200

21180

21190

21210

21220

20900

20870

20880

20890

20910

20420

20430

20440

2014020150

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20120

20110

2009020100

20080

20070

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2004020050

20030

20020

20010

1999020000

19980

19970

19960

1994019950

19930

19920

19910

1989019900

19880

19870

17550

17530

17540

17200

17190

17100

17110

17120

17130

17210

17220

17230

17140

16750

16740

16670

16680

16690

16760

16770

16780

16700

16710

16450

16460

16520

16530

16470

15960

15900

15910

15970

15920

15980

15930

15990

16000

15940

15630

15580

14970

26650

22550

22620

22690

22700

22680

22590

22580

22570

21600

21580

21250

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21080

21090

20950

20920

20700

20710

20720

20730

20740

20750

20760

20770

20780

20930

20940

20960

20970CT 20968.910

20610

20620

20630

20640

20460

20470

20480

20490

20450

20370

20380

20390

20360

20340

20330

20240

20140

19860

1984019850

19830

19820

19810

1979019800

19780

17440

17560

17570

17250

17240

16800

16790

16720

16730

16740

16810

16820

16830

16750

16760

16550

16540

16480

16490

16560

16010

15950

15960

16020

15970

16030

15980

16040

16050

15990

15590

15640

15650

14960

26660

22500

22670

22660

22560

22640

22540

22530

22520

22510

22490

22480

22450

22650

22630

22620

22610

22590

22470

21460

21590

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21470

21110

21240

21260

21270

21120

21100

21000

20790

20800

20810

20820

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20840

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20990

21010

21020

20860

20850

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20690

20650

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20580

20590

20600

20510

20500

20410

20400

20350

20320

20310

20260

20270

20280

20290

20300

TC 20251.782
20250

20230

20220

20210

20160

20170

20180

20190

20200

20150

20130

20120

20110

20060

20070

20080

20090

20100

20050

19770

19760

1974019750

19730

19720

19710

1969019700

19680

19670

19660

1964019650

19630

19620

19610

1959019600

19580

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1954019550

19530

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19960

19970

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20000

19930

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19890

19880

19870

19790

19780

19770

1949019500

19480

19470

19460

1944019450

19430

19420

19360

19370

19380

1939019400

19410

19940

19950

19900

19860

19810

19820

19830

19840

19850

19800

19760

19730

19720

19710

19120

19110

1909019100

19080

19070

19060

1904019050

19030

19020

18200

1934019350

19330

19320

19310

1929019300

19280

19270

19260

1924019250

19230

19220

1919019200

19180

19170

19160

19690

19680

18250

18210

18220

18230

18240

19210

19740

19750

19700

18300

18260

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18280

18290

17600

17580

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17460

17470

17480

17590

17610

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17260

17270

17280

17180

16850

16840

16770

16780

16790

16860

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16500

16510

16570

16580

16060

16000

16010

16070

16020

16080

16030

16090

16100

16040

15600

14950

26670

22400

21650

21630

21480

21490

21300

21280

21130

21140

21050

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20870

20880

20890

20900

20910

21040

21060

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21080

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20930

20940

18350

18310

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18330

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1914019150

19670

19590

19490

18400

18360

18370

18380

18390

19130

19660

19610

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19480

19470

19460

19410

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19440

19450

19400

18450

18410

18420

18430

18440

19010

CT 18651.876
18650

18600

18500

18460

18470

1899019000

18980

18970

18960

1894018950

18930

18920

18910

1889018900

18880

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18860

19390

19380

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19360

19330

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1884018850

18830

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1879018800

18810

19340

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19280

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19090

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19030

19020

19010

18990

18980

18970

18960

18940

18780

18770

18760

1874018750

18730

18720

18710

1869018700

18680

18670

18660

18640

18630

18620

18610

18590

18580

18570

18550

18560

18540

18530

18520

18510

18490

18480

17650

17490

17300

17290

17190

16900

16890

16800

16810

16820

16830

16840

16910

16920

16930

16600

16590

16520

16530

16110

16050

16060

16120

16070

16130

16080

16140

16150

16090

15660

15610

14940

26680

22350

22600

22460

22440

22430

22420

22410

22390

22380

22580

22570

22560

22540

22550

22530

22520

21850

21840

21860

21870

21880

21890

21910

21920

21930

21900

21950

22000

21940

21960

21970

21980

21990

21510

21640

21660

21670

21520

21500

21160

21290

21310

21320

21170

21150

18210

18220

18230

18240

18200

17850

17830

17840

17860

17500

17510

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17660

17670

17200

17210

17220

17310

17320

17330

16950

16940

16850

16860

16870

16880

16890

16960

16970

16980

16610

16540

16100

16110

16160

16170

16120

15670

15620

14930

26700

22050

22010

22020

22030

22040

22370

22300

22250

22100

22060

22070

22080

22090

22360

22340

22330

22320

22310

22290

22280

22270

22260

22240

22230

22220

22150

22110

22120

22510

22490

22500

22480

22470

22460

22430

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22200

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22190

22180

22170

22160

22140

22130

21840

21850

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21870

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21890

21900

21910

21920

21930

21940

22410

22380

22390

22400

22370

22360

22340

22330

22320

21960

21970

21980

21990

21950

21700

21680

21530

21540

21350

21330

21180

21190

18260

18270

18280

18290

19100

19050

19000

18950

18930

18920

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18880

18870

18860

18840

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18820

18810

18790

18780

18770

18760

18310

18320

18330

18340

18250

17900

17870

17880

17890

17910

17920

17930

17940

17950

18000

17960

17970

17980

17990

18010

17820

17830

17840

18020

18030

18040

18050

18100

18060

18070

18080

17850

17860

17870

17880

17890

18090

18110

18120

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18140

18150

18160

18170

18180

18190

17900

17910

17920

17930

17940

17950

17960

17970

17980

17990

18000

18010

18020

18030

18040

17700

17530

17540

17550

17560

17680

17690

17710

17570

17580

17590

17350

17230

17240

17260

17340

17360

17370

17250

17000

16990

16900

16910

16920

16550

16560

16620

16630

16640

16570

16580

16590

16130

16180

16190

16200

16140

15680

15630

15250

R -2994.000
L 460.750

26730

22010

22020

22030

22040

22000

21560

21690

21710

21720

21570

21550

21210

21340

21360

21370

21220

21200

18360

18370

18380

18390

20950

CT 20958.561

20960

20970

20980

20990

21000

21010

21020

21030

21040

18410

18420

18430

18440

18300

18060

18070

18080

18090

18050

17750

17720

17730

17740

17760

17610

17600

17400

17270

17280

17290

17380

17390

17410

17300

17310

17320

17420

17430

17440

17330

17340

17010

16930

16940

17020

17030

4027'50"
L 342.330

26750

22060

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L 835.743

Not only do we get to collect the data

much faster, we also get accurate information
on stockpiles which we didnt have time to
get before.

Thiess Chief UAV Controller Bill Norwood

regularly flies the 26.5 kilometre Pacific
Highway upgrade project between Frederickton
and Eungai in New South Wales. Hes fully CASA

The first component is a sophisticated model

aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with long
battery life and advanced remote control system.

R -3006.000
L 709.022

Thiess Survey Manager for the project, Ben

Dixon, says the aerial survey is a fantastic
innovation.
The result is a visual and data-rich virtual project
which shows the volume of material moved since
the last flight and the volumes remaining to meet
the design profile.

Now through the vision and innovation of Thiess

spatial engineering team, two worlds have
combined to achieve remarkable survey
outcomes.

R -2994.000
L 706.778

certified and applies the diligence of a pilot to

every flight.

The essential second component is

extraordinarily powerful software that automates
the flight plan, manages the output of the
aircrafts onboard camera and turns the visual
and GPS data into volumetric information.

Until now, the need to continually assess bulk

material volumes has required regular field
surveys. Constantly sending surveyors into
the project is labour intensive and potentially
dangerous with people operating in close
proximity to heavy machinery.

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competitive edge by replacing current
geotechnical monitoring procedures
which are hugely expensive and labour
intensive.
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SLASHES COSTS

Technical Services Group Engineer Dr Darren Huang demonstrates the features of the Geoview Dashboard

To get the same information from the

ground would take all my surveyors
weeks, now we can build an accurate
report in a few days.

Manager of Thiess Spatial Engineering

Services Del Rains believes surveying,
planning and environmental monitoring
by UAV will become the norm.

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processes, but ultimately, the
opportunities and benefits are endless,
he said.

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IMAN CONTRACT

unites a tribe
A FLEDGLING INDIGENOUS ENTERPRISE HAS LANDED A MAJOR CONTRACT WITH THIESS ON THE QCLNG PROJECT
JUST A YEAR AFTER IT WAS ESTABLISHED TO GENERATE JOBS AND BREAK THE CYCLE OF LOCAL UNEMPLOYMENT.

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unanimous Iman community decision to channel
traditional land revenue into a sustainable
business venture.
Initially focusing on land management, and
weed and seed control, around the western
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set its sights on much bigger opportunities.
Now after a rigorous tender process, Iman
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contract with Thiess and will employ up to
100 local people.

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10 years in the criminal justice system where he
regularly saw the depths of despair among
Indigenous people.
Now, having traded his suit for hi-vis PPE and
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is dispatching the most essential of all human
commodities, hope.
In a letter to Thiess MD Bruce Munro, Martin
stressed the enormous significance of the
contract to his people.
This contract allows our tribe to share this land
with dignity and optimism for the future,
Martin wrote.

We no longer need to observe others from

all over the country coming to our region and
making great careers and lives for themselves.
We too can now be part of that economic fabric.
Not only can we now experience genuine
economic advancement, we can also apply our
earnings to protect and enrich our cultural and
social obligations that we have to our community.
A contract like this unites a tribe and comforts
a tribe because there is a sense of justice that
comes with participating economically on our

It goes without saying that the

best way to close the gap, in
the long term, is to empower
Aboriginal people to address
the gap issues

MARTIN DOYLE
   


 

tribal land. The impact that a steady pay cheque

has on Aboriginal families is severely underestimated.
As an Aboriginal barrister, I can tell you that
Aboriginal homes that have at least one stable
income earner experience less domestic violence,
greater school attendance and more positive
health outcomes than homes with no primary
income earner.
It goes without saying that the best way to
close the gap, in the long term, is to empower
Aboriginal people to address the gap issues
ourselves through employment and education.
The Iman people understand that there are
genuine business requirements that must be
met before contracts like this can be awarded.
We know we had to build capacity and in effect
meet you halfway.
Your willingness to contract with our company is,
to me, evidence that your company is willing to
meet all Indigenous people half-way and we are
very grateful and promise to not let you down,
Martin concluded.
Martin also acknowledges the support of QGC
through its Indigenous Participation Plan and the
valuable business assistance provided by Social
Ventures Australia.

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TEAMWORK

OVERCOMES QCLNG LOGISTICS

CHALLENGE

TEAMWORK IS THE KEY TO OVERCOMING THE MASSIVE LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE OF WORKING

ON THE WIDESPREAD QUEENSLAND CURTIS LNG (QCLNG) PROJECT IN THE SURAT BASIN,
ACCORDING TO PROJECT DIRECTOR JOE DUJMOVIC.

Thiess has passed a major milestone in its

contract with QGC to deliver upstream
compression facilities, having now mobilised
on 21 sites for the four Central Processing Plants
(CPPs) and 17 Field Compression Stations
(FCS) which are spread over a distance of
200 kilometres from Dalby, on the Darling Downs,
north-west to Wandoan.
The company has handed over to QGC the
first of four CPPs which deliver processed and
compressed gas to the export pipeline for
transmission to QGCs liquefaction plant on
Curtis Island.

$2.4B
TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE
1,600

EXTRA JOBS CREATED

17
FIELD COMPRESSION
STATIONS

2,600
PEAK WORKFORCE

The completed Ruby Jo CPP near Dalby is a

significant construction project in its own right,
but its just one component in the vast network
of upstream compression facilities in the Surat
Basin.
If it was all in one location it would be challenging
enough, but 21 locations spread over such a large
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Joe explains.
Were getting people to come from all over
Australia and then sending them off to 21 sites,
all the while keeping control of project supplies,
delivery, quality, systems and most importantly,
ensuring this is done safely thats where the
challenge lies.
A dedicated travel and accommodation team
ensures the right people end up on the right
job site, while a centralised warehouse has been
established in Chinchilla to track, dispatch and
monitor the movement of materials and
equipment.

There are also specialist quality and safety teams

based at each site, and a best-practice program
in place which captures new ideas and innovations
and incorporates them into a central guidebook.
The learnings will significantly benefit phase two
of the project.
Joe is quick to stress that delivery of the project
is a team effort.
We are a team consisting of Thiess, our key
subcontractors and suppliers and importantly,
QGCs people with gas expertise integrated
within the team. No-one company has the
resources to deliver the whole project, Joe says.
Thiess Regional Manager on the Ruby Jo CPP,
Darryl Schultz, says QCLNG is a great
demonstration of Thiess capability.
We are now effectively delivering everything
from bulk earthworks, detailed excavation,
concrete civil works, structural work, piping and
electrical and instrumentation works, Darryl says.
Andrew Kinsey is in charge of delivering the
Jordan CPP and is preparing to gear up for the
process piping phase.
Its a very big job. Well be ramping up to a
total crew size of close to 450 people on this
site alone. This is very specialist work and Thiess
is now a leader in the field, Andrew says
The scale of the pipework is obvious even to the
layman, but not so obvious is the intricate
electrical and instrumentation work.
Each of the four CPPs requires more than
300 instruments and more than 100,000 metres
of cable to connect and interface with QGCs
Upstream Control Room in Chinchilla.

    

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FIRST UNDERSEA CROSSING FOR QLDS LNG INDUSTRY

WINS SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

THE EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS OF THE NARROWS CROSSING TUNNEL
CONSTRUCTED BY THIESS FOR SAIPEM AUSTRALIA AND SANTOS GLNG
HAS BEEN CAPPED OFF WITH A MAJOR AWARD.

FAST FACTS

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LOCATION: Gladstone Harbour

EXTERNAL DIAMETER: 4m

TBM LENGTH: 100m

PROJECT AWARDED: September 2012

INTERNAL CONCRETE DIAMETER: 3.4m

TUNNELLING STARTED: April 2013

TUNNEL LENGTH: 4.3km

TBM WEIGHT: 277 tonnes

SCHEDULED COMPLETION: August 2014

    

The extraordinary success of the Narrows

Crossing tunnel constructed by Thiess for
Saipem Australia and Santos GLNG has been
capped off with a major award.

compression and decompression, similar to that

required for divers.
Thiess General Manager Tunnelling Steve Wille
says it was tough.

In a major coup for construction in the oil and

gas industry, Thiess, Saipem
Australia and Santos GLNG
won the 2014 Queensland
Premiers Innovation in
Sustainable Technologies
2014 QUEENSLAND
Award and was a runnerPREMIERS INNOVATION
up for the overall Premiers
IN SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability Award.

TECHNOLOGIES AWARD

The 4.3 kilometre undersea

tunnel was recognised
because it provided a conduit
for Saipem Australia to
install the Santos GLNG gas
transmission pipeline without
the marine environment
disturbance associated with alternative methods
such as dredging or trenching.

WINNER

It was fitting recognition for the project which

has received plaudits for its engineering
standards and contribution to the local
community.
The quality of the finished tunnel is a tribute to
Thiess tunnelling team which overcame major
geological challenges on their undersea journey
to Curtis Island.
Tunnelling had to stop mid-journey for the crew
to repair the cutter-head, an operation which is
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cutter-head, 2.4 bar of compressed air pressure
was required to prevent soil and water ingress.
This meant repair crews had to go through

It cant be understated how

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and Im extremely proud of
the way our people fixed the
cutter-head and brought the
machine home, Steve said.
The tunnelling operation
employed a team of 75 people
and required a total of more
than 420,000 man-hours to
complete.

The TBM excavated

approximately 55,000 cubic
metres of earth which is
being used by the Gladstone
Regional Council to rehabilitate an ash pond
associated with a coal fired power station.
Named Rose-Ella by the children at the local
Rosella Park State School, the four-metre
diameter, 277 tonne TBM lined the tunnel as
it went, installing more than 21,750 pre-cast
concrete segments. The TBM was recovered
piece by piece via a shaft on Curtis Island in a
process that took nine days. It was then barged
to the mainland and transported to Brisbane.
The completed tunnel was stripped of all services
and thoroughly cleaned before being flooded
with seawater in early March in preparation for
Saipem Australia to install the pipeline. The water
provided buoyancy for the concrete-coated pipe
as it was pushed through the tunnel from the
mainland.

    

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PUSHING

PRODUCTIVITY

BOUNDARIES AT MT OWEN

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SUCCESS

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INTEGRATED MINING
TEAM DRIVES
SAVINGS

A STEP CHANGE PROGRAM INTRODUCED AT THE THIESS-OPERATED MT OWEN MINE IN THE

NEW SOUTH WALES HUNTER VALLEY IS IMPROVING MAINTENANCE EFFICIENCIES, RESULTING
IN BETTER EQUIPMENT AVAILABILITY AND INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY.
Building on the success of last years Target
6,000 project which aims to achieve 6,000
operational hours annually from both 996B
excavators, the 92TWENTY initiative is taking
operations at the mine to another level.
The focus is to achieve annual equipment
availability of 92 per cent and produce 20 million
equivalent BCMs, a stretch target according
to Thiess General Manager Mining, Douglas
Thompson.
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often results in selective mining practices being
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will be a benchmark performance by the team,
Douglas said.
Hitting the target will require a whole-of-site
collaboration and precision timing, but it can be
done.
The team made the decision to change preoperational procedures and shift change
protocols which has significantly reduced down
time and increased productivity.
Maintenance crews are working to ensure
70 per cent of total down time is for planned
maintenance work. The crews closer
collaboration with the production teams is also

bringing about changes in how the machines are

operated, resulting in reduced accident damage.
The team has also regained 90 minutes of
production every week following the introduction
of a new site-wide system which has cut blasting
shut-down times in half.
This has been achieved by the drill and blast
team agreeing on set times for blasting each
week, providing the operations team with
advanced notice so they can plan their breaks
accordingly. This in turn allows the plant team
to streamline the refuelling process, so the
equipment is available as soon as blasting is
finished.
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The team is looking at every aspect of the
operation to see how we can improve.
Fleet is redirected to other work areas as
operations change and its this type of innovative
mine planning and infield correction that we are
driving across our business.
We most certainly can achieve the 92TWENTY
target and I think we will find towards the back
end of the year it will be a goal that will be
celebrated and become normal practice.

Closer collaboration between

maintenance and production teams

Refining blasting program

Keeping machines
running at shift change

92TWENTY

92% AVAILABILITY 20M BCM WASTE OUTPUT

Improving tyre management by

monitoring early equipment failure
Streamlining on-site
refuelling

Targeting 70% scheduled

plant maintenance

    

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RADAR TECHNOLOGY
LEADING RADAR TECHNOLOGY AT THE BURTON COAL MINE IN CENTRAL QUEENSLAND
IS OVERCOMING THE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH A CHALLENGING HIGHWALL DESIGN,
220-METRE DEEP PIT AND HEAVY REGIONAL RAINFALL.
The introduction of a slope stability radar
12 months ago is helping the team adjust mine
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mitigating safety risks through the precise
monitoring of ground movement.
The radar tracks the movement of the slope
in real time and can be monitored remotely.
Its widely accepted as the best practice
technology for safety, according to Project
General Manager Gus Jorquera.
The monitoring system at the Burton Mine is
world class and is fundamental to our mining
operation, Gus said.

Given the geology of the mine and the depth

of the pit, we expect there to be some instability
in the slope and the radar allows us to track what
is occurring 24/7.
Thiess Strategic Mine Planning Manager
Dr Mehmet Doktan said the multiple daily
readings also inform both short and long-term
mine planning of the pit.
Knowing well in advance if an area we are
mining is becoming unstable gives us the time
we require to safely relocate the crew and
equipment and seal off the area, he said.
We also use the data to refine our long-term
mine planning activities such as the orientation

of working faces, the calculation of batter angles

and positioning of barriers.
He said the technology had proven itself in the
past on other Thiess mining projects which had
similar slope stability issues.
The radar allows us to safely mine sections of
the project that would otherwise be considered
too high risk. Without this key tool, we would
effectively be leaving coal in the ground.
The Queensland-developed technology is used
at mine sites around the world and there are
currently two radars in use at the Peabodyowned Burton Mine.

Dr Mehmet Doktan is a Mining

and Geotechnical Engineer with
more than 30 years international
experience.
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Mehmet completed a degree
in mining engineering and was
awarded a scholarship from
the Turkish Coal Enterprise to
undertake a Masters and PhD at
the University of Newcastle upon
Tyne in England.

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Prior to joining Thiess in 2012,

he worked for a number of
organisations including Sinclair
Knight Merz, RungePincockMinarco,
the JKMRC, CRCMining, BMA, Anglo
American and the University of
Queensland.

EXPERIENCE,
TRACK RECORD

SECURES NT CONTRACT

DA RW I N

Roper Bar
Iron Ore Project

THIESS HAS RETURNED TO IRON ORE MINING IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY,

SECURING A THREE-YEAR, $135 MILLION MINING CONTRACT FOR WESTERN
DESERT RESOURCES ROPER BAR PROJECT.

Thiess will supply 140 staff and mining

equipment to move approximately 80 million
tonnes of overburden and ore from the remote
greenfield iron ore mine, 600 kilometres southeast of Darwin.
Western Desert Resources Managing Director
Norm Gardner said the company was delighted
to award its mining services contract to a
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management team and proven track record.
Thiess has developed a low-cost, sustainable
mining solution for Roper Bar that will help us
become one of northern Australias leading iron
ore producers, Norm said.
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*1.5
the team has been working with Western Desert

Resources since November

last year, providing on the
ground mobilisation and
project support.

             

Thiess General Manager

Mining Western Region Viv Roberts said the
mobilisation phase had its challenges.
Weve had to deal with the issues that come with
working in the Top End including an unforgiving
wet season that created road closures not
to mention the intense heat but that hasnt
deterred us from staying on program, he said.
The majority of employees hired for the project
are local or will fly in from Darwin, in line with
Thiess policy of hiring locals first.

Thiess and Western Desert

Resources have also
committed to providing
opportunities for Indigenous
Australians.

We have a shared strategy with Western Desert

Resources to offer Indigenous Australians
training and employment opportunities, and this
includes a partnership with Rusca Bros Mining,
Viv said.
We have a target initially of around 15 per cent
Indigenous employment and envisage most
of these people will also come from the local
communities.
The Roper Bar Project workforce currently
comprises 20 per cent Indigenous workers.

    

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INTEGRATED MINING TEAM

DRIVES

THIESS AND CLIENT OZ MINERALS HAVE FORMED A UNIQUE

RELATIONSHIP, REORGANISING THE STRUCTURE OF THEIR
MINING TEAMS TO DELIVER SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS AT SOUTH
AUSTRALIAS PROMINENT HILL COPPER AND GOLD MINE.

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Since the implementation of the integrated team, productivity

has improved upwards of 10 per cent, with forecasts for project
cost savings of more than $40 million over the course of the
next year.

SAVINGS

General Manager Mining - Western Region Viv Roberts said

aligning the organisations operationally clearly demonstrates
Thiess flexibility and commitment to tailoring its services to
each individual contract.

$40

MILLION

FORECAST
COST SAVINGS

Every contract is unique and in a fluctuating economic

environment we are always looking at how we can better deliver
our services to match our clients needs, Viv said.
The new organisational structure at Prominent Hill is unlike
anything weve ever done before and its testament to the
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Bringing both teams together, literally under the one roof, has
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10%

INCREASE

IN PRODUCTIVITY

By working collaboratively, we have been able to implement a

series of cost saving initiatives through consolidating functions
and removing duplication of resources. We have proven its
possible to achieve more with less.
The new team approach has delivered a number of innovations
to increase productivity and better tailor its procedures to
meet mining requirements. This includes maximising haul truck
payloads, increased use of double benching and mining in three
flitches instead of four, providing an immediate 15 per cent
improvement against budget.
Arguably though, the biggest improvement is the adherence to
the mine plan.

ONE TEAM
APPROACH

With Thiess now actively involved in the planning stages we

are achieving significantly better compliance, with little to no
rework required, Viv said.
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structure had removed the barriers necessary for the mine to
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Instead of two teams operating independently, we now have a
single, aligned unit focused on a common goal, Mark said.
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improved communication and put us in a much better position
going forward.
I dont think we have reached the ceiling yet with
improvements and as a team we will continue to look for these.

    

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... the gauge can
be set up and
operational
within 30
minutes, and can
be relocated as
floodwaters move.

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MAINTENANCE
DELIVERY

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NEW
GAUGES

CUT FLOOD
MONITORING
COSTS

A NEW FLOOD MONITORING DEVICE CREATED

BY THIESS ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
TEAM IS DELIVERING COST SAVINGS OF
UP TO $40,000 ON TRADITIONAL FIXEDMONITORING STATIONS.

The Portable Automated Logger System

(PALS) has been developed for around one-sixth
of the price and delivers a broader range
of environmental monitoring data which has
since been used by the Bureau of Meteorology.

Broken Creek flood map

THE PALS ADVANTAGE:

    
   

  

 
  
   

      

VDV Web Portal

PALS was created in response to shortfalls

identified in flood monitoring following the
2011 Victorian floods and has been used
successfully in three subsequent flooding events.
The Victorian Government has purchased 20
units which have been deployed across the State
and its anticipated other state governments and
local authorities will follow once the cost benefits
are realised.
Systems and Innovation Manager Michael
Wheaton said PALS filled the gaps in the fixed
flood monitoring network and eliminated the
need for manual water level readings.
The units provide government agencies and
emergency services operators with the most
accurate information to determine when

communities need to be evacuated and also

when people can return home, Michael said.
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operational within 30 minutes and can be
relocated as floodwaters move.
In 2011, authorities in Victoria underestimated
the receding flood that impacted on communities
and this eroded their confidence in emergency
services agencies to provide accurate updates.
PALS measures, transmits and displays water
level information from remote sites on the Thiess
Vista Data Vision (VDV) website to enable more
informed decision making and they have now
been successfully deployed to three subsequent
flooding events in Victoria, Michael said.

The units also have the potential to improve

environmental monitoring. The designs
versatility means components can be added and
removed to support other monitoring activities
including water quality, water level, dust and
noise monitoring. The device now also includes a
camera, with images transmitted back to the
Vista Data Vision website.
Environmental monitoring underpins the
majority of our operations whether it is mining,
construction or services, Michael said.
The units have the potential to deliver a whole
new range of data to our clients, which can only
help improve operations. Their low cost and high
value makes them indispensable in flood-prone
regions.
    

39

SERVICES

M O B I LE
T EC H N O LO GY
TRANSFOR MS
MAINTENANCE
DELIVERY

THIESS ASSETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TEAMS MOVE

FROM A PAPER-BASED DELIVERY TO A FULL MOBILITY
PLATFORM IS TRANSFORMING QUEENSLAND URBAN
UITLILITIES (QUU) APPROACH TO PLANNED AND
RESPONSIVE MAINTENANCE OF ITS ASSETS.

GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT FOR

QUU OPERATIONS GARY SINNOTT
USES THIESS FIELD TECHNOLOGY
ON QUUS WATER ASSETS.

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SERVICES

As South East Queenslands largest water

retail-distributor, QUU is responsible for the
maintenance of more than 100,000 fire hydrants
across its service area, as part of its Fire Hydrant
Maintenance Program.
Thiess has developed a Geographical Information
System (GIS) software solution for the
program that has enabled QUU to achieve the
maintenance service standards stipulated in its
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Service.

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,!.0%+*/ *#!. (+()+00//% 0$!0/'
required a maintenance, planning and reporting
solution that minimised the substantial risks of
handling such large volumes of data.
A paper-based process would have required
significant administration for both QUU and
Thiess, and the quality of data captured would
have been poor, Malcolm said.
We collaborated with QUU to avoid failure
and identify a solution that was cost effective,
measurable and returned accurate high-quality
data, he said.

Together we determined that a GIS-based

solution provided on a mobile iPad platform was
necessary.
Thiess GIS team developed an app that enables
QUU assets to be located and a condition
assessment, including photos, to be recorded on
an iPad.
1..!3/%*/,!0* 1* !.0'!+* %0%+*
reporting and submit the information as live
maps direct to a GIS database that is fully
integrated to QUUs GIS system, saving time for
data extraction, transformation and data-loading
processes, Malcolm said.

QUU and Thiess collaborated

to develop a GIS software
solution that is cost effective,
measurable and returns
accurate high-quality data.

With the Fire Hydrant Maintenance Program

achieving its first year target in just 10 months,
the Thiess-driven innovation is an outstanding
success.
As a result of this program, we are now trialling
an expanded iPad application for the whole
maintenance cycle of QUUs water reticulation
network, Malcolm said.

QUU AND THIESS COLLABORATED TO DEVELOP A GIS SOFTWARE SOLUTION

THAT IS COST EFFECTIVE, MEASURABLE AND RETURNS ACCURATE HIGH-QUALITY DATA.
The benefits include:
Improved delivery through better forward
planning
High quality and accurate data that is easily
accessible to QUU for interrogation via a
web-portal
Critical data can be easily evaluated,
manipulated and integrated into QUUs GIS
system, saving time on data extraction,
transformation, and data loading processes

A streamlined process for auditing photos

and data collected from every hydrant
Reduced administration costs
Greater work productivity from field
crews who use the mapping function to
coordinate their work schedules and ensure
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geographical way.

    

41

SERVICES

FOSTE R I N G LO C A L TA L E N T

I N NE W C AL E DON IA

THE THIESS TEAM DELIVERING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M)

SERVICES AT THE KONIAMBO POWER STATION IN KON, NEW CALEDONIA,
IS SET TO LEAVE BEHIND A PROUD LEGACY.

$!,.+&!0%*2+(2!/0$! +")+ !.*

integrated 350Mw power plant for the KNS
nickel smelter, one of the largest nickel mining
and smelting operations in the world.
$%!//,!.0%+*/ *#!.+3!.* * 1/0.%(
3!*+3*%!/% /%#*%*0,.0+"0$!
project involved supporting local engineering
graduates so that one day they could run the
plant themselves.
As part of delivering our contract, we have taken
12 graduates from the New Caledonian University
and equipped them with the skills to operate and
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The comprehensive program involved an industry
familiarisation visit to Australia to view coal fired
and gas turbine power stations.
When they returned to New Caledonia, the
graduates started intensive training at the
power station under the close supervision of
our people, he said.

O&M
SCOPE

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They are now enrolled in the French Canadian

power station operators course and some will
go on to become power engineers.
They are totally engaged and meeting worldclass safety performance records,
Importantly, there has been a zero drop-out rate
from this highly-motivated team.
This area of New Caledonia is largely agricultural
and mining based, and projects like this are
required to demonstrate long-term benefits for
the local community.
The power station is now in the later stages of
commissioning and is progressing towards
supplying around 100Mw of power to the two
nickel smelters.
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achievements to date and continue to be
passionate about passing on their many years of
experience to this young and enthusiastic team.

Operations, maintenance management and asset

management of all electrical, mechanical, systems
in the power station and distribution network.

SERVICES

350Mw
GREENFIELD
POWER
STATION

2 x 3.5Mw black
start generators
2 x 45Mw gas turbines
2 x 135Mw fluidised
bed boilers +
associated steam
turbines

The local workforce on the

Koniambo power station
project had previously never
worked in an industrial
environment. Today, thanks
to the efforts of Thiess
Services team, they are
successfully operating
boilers, gas turbines and
complex power transmission
services.

OWEN DOWNIE

 



 


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COMMUNITY

COMMUNIT Y GROUPS

R ECEIVE
$ 5 0 K BOOST

THE BURNETT INSTITUTE

public health program
targeting groups with
complex health issues

SIX COMMUNITY GROUPS LOCATED

NEAR THE REGIONAL RAIL LINK
PROJECT (RRL) IN MELBOURNE
HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE LATEST
ROUND OF FUNDING FROM THIESS
COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM.

COMMUNITY WEST INCORPORATED

community education program to
support those affected by family
violence and sexual assault

The groups, from the Maribyrnong and

Brimbank municipalities in Melbournes
west, are sharing $50,000 in funding as
part of Care, Thiess corporate and social
responsibility program.
Executive General Manager Strategic
Communication Mary-Jane Bellotti said
the initiative builds on Thiess strong and
generous culture of giving.
As an organisation involved in projects
across Australia, we realise the importance
of supporting those communities where we
live and work, she said.
Weve already provided more than
$250,000 to organisations targeting the
areas of education, environment and health.

LOAVES AND FISHES

FOODBANK
purchase of a cold storage
van for food parcels

THE SMITH FAMILY

provides specialist
after school support
for children in need

These latest grants highlight our support

for local initiatives that need extra funding
to create brighter futures.

ST VINCENT DE PAUL
SOCIETY VICTORIA
provide essential school
items to local families
TOMORROW FOUNDATION
support to young refugees

More information about Thiess community grants can be found at

communitygrants.thiess.com.au

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P RO G RA M CH A N N E LS

PEO P L E S PASSI ONS

THIESS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) FRAMEWORK, Care, IS HARNESSING THE
PASSION OF THOUSANDS OF THIESS EMPLOYEES AND DELIVERING MORE SUSTAINABLE VALUE
TO CLIENTS, STAKEHOLDERS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
Launched in 2012, the program builds on
the companys generosity, guiding companywide community investments and promoting
opportunities for participation via charity
partnerships, fundraising and donations,
workplace giving, volunteer leave, community
grants, disaster relief funding, and Indigenous
engagement.
Thiess Executive General Manager Strategic
Communication Mary-Jane Bellotti says the
flexibility of the program is paying dividends.
Care has a comprehensive framework to ensure
theres synergy from our community contributions,
yet it allows significant room for our projects and

people to connect with the charities of greatest

value to them, Mary-Jane said.
Since Cares introduction, reported giving
has increased to $2 million and Thiess three
corporate partnerships with the Royal Flying
Doctor Service, International RiverFoundation
and The Engineering Link Group have collectively
benefited from $1 million in funding.
Thiess is now in the top 8 per cent of Australian
companies currently matching employee
giving and the structure has enabled dozens of
employees to volunteer hundreds of hours to help
charities in the education, health and environment
sectors.

$1M

GI VE N TO OU
R
CH AR IT Y PA
RT NE RS

TOP 8%

OF AU ST RA LI
AN CO M PA NI
ES
CU RR EN TLY
M AT CH IN G
EM PL OY EE GI
VI NG

450 HOURS

OF VO LU NT EE
R LE AV E

SC H O O L CHILDREN B E N E F IT
F R O M ST V IN N IE S S U P P O RT
THE ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY IN
VICTORIA IS USING ITS FUNDING TO
ESTABLISH A ME-2 ACCOUNT TO HELP
CHILDREN IN THE MELBOURNE SUBURBS
OF BRAYBROOK AND SUNSHINE WITH
ESSENTIALS FOR SCHOOL.
In the first few months of the year, the Society
receives many calls from parents struggling to
cover the cost of sending their children to school.
Many spend the school year without the basic
tools they need to support their education, often
resulting in them falling behind in their studies
* $2%*# %1(0500%*#%*3%0$+0$!.$%( .!*

The fund is providing local children with new

school back-packs, lunch boxes and water
bottles, pen and pencil sets, vouchers for school
uniforms, shoes and books, as well as grants to
cover excursions and school camps.
Families can access multiple items through the
program, depending on their circumstances and
the needs of their child. The fund is available
right throughout the school year, ensuring that
children and families can get the support they
need, when they need it.
The Me-2 fund could benefit up to 150 children
and their families.

    

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QLD
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MINING HEAD OFFICE

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VIC
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Tel: +61 2 8892 5900
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HEAD OFFICE

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WA
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221 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA 6000
Tel: +61 8 9214 4200

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