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