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INDUSTRIAL
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Autumn Issue
Issue: 13
Maintenir - We Do
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Inside this Issue......
A Word Bruce
Staff Recognition
Scaffolding Growing
Qualifications
2
Leroy’s Rigging Team 3
Engineering
Photo Gallery
4
Regional Round Up
New Staff
5
Jokes
Stores & Purchasing
6
Flu– Bomb Recipe
Natural Death and Its
Causes
7
Health & Safety
8
Early last year Refining New
Zealand indicated that they
would look at new ways of
delivering the maintenance
required for the refinery.
Contractors were invited to
submit their proposals that
would assist RNZ to develop
a more efficient, cost effective and safe maintenance
structure. ISS combined
forces with Culham Engineering Company Ltd, Untied Civil Construction Ltd
and Mackay Electrical Ltd to
develop and present a proposal that would achieve
RNZ’s aims. We are pleased
to announce that the combined knowledge, experience and vision of these four
companies led to a successful bid.
As a result of this collaboration a new joint venture
company has been created
called Maintenir. The four
companies listed above are
equal shareholders in this
company and it will deliver
approximately 80% of the
maintenance requirements
to RNZ. The individual companies contract to
Maintenir. The advantage of
this collaboration is that the
companies that own
Maintenir are the companies
that supply the services to
Maintenir. This allows control of the processes and
develops consistency across
all the tasks undertaken
from beginning to end under
the Maintenir banner.
Maintenir brings together
120 years of site experience
under one company.
Maintenir’s core services to
RNZ are:
 Mechanical & Crane Services
 Online Plant & Maintenance Services
 Scaffolding, Abseiling,
Rigging labour & Equipment Services
 Electrical & Instrumentation Services
 Civil Services
 Safety watch, Fire Watch,
Labouring & Cleaning
Services
 Off Site Blasting &
Painting Services
 The four companies that
own Maintenir are mov-
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ing in one direction as
one team with one vision
that is committed to delivering:
World-class HSE and
standards
Substantial cost savings
Ongoing performance
gains
Innovative and efficient
processes and systems
Continuous improvement
and performance culture
through innovation and
technology
Development of a worldclass workforce
Opportunities for employment and professional development
to the client, Refining
New Zealand.
Maintenir believe that this
new model will allow opportunity for other industries
like Refining New Zealand to
work directly with the one
company that will deliver
maintenance to their industry. It may be a case of
watch this space.
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A word from BRUCE
CONGRATULATIONS:
People who were
nominated for our staff
recognition awards are:
Brent Steadman
For
Taking ownership of the
scaffolding in his area
Shalayne Wellington
For
Going beyond the call of
duty to ensure staff were
paid on time.
Sergio Tedero
For
His excellent team leadership and commitment to
the job. You are an excellent role model.
Kerry Fraser
For
Going beyond the call of
duty to ensure staff were
paid on time.
Each of you will
receive scratchies good luck!
**Winner**
EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AWARD
Sergio Tedero
recipient of an ISSL belt
buckle.
Well hasn’t this year gone
quickly nearly half way
through already! Health and
Safety is still our first focus in
particular doing the little
things right and reporting all
incidents no matter how big or
small they are. We find that
quick and accurate reporting
of incidents increases efficiency and untimely leads to personnel being able to get back
to 100% sooner.
The first half of this year was
spent finishing up some big
project such as the RNZ C
Block shut, Waipuna an Ti
Rakau Bridges and The CD
Shut down in Kawerau. With
the completion of these projects it has freed up our work-
force to move on to other large
long term projects. Our focus
now is on the Mill Creek Wind
Farm down in Wellington which
is due to be completed in the
late third quarter of 2014. The
Snow Town project is also due
for completion in May. With the
completion of these big projects
it has given us the opportunity
to train up a great site project
management team.
I would also like to give my personal thanks to the families of
our employees and the employees that worked on the CD and
C Block shuts. A lot of hard, long
hours were put into these projects and all work was done to
very high standard. I am happy
to say that we are starting to
get back to normality now.
Thank you.
As we are a company experiencing growth, we have a
habit of running out of space
and outgrowing our yard and
building. This year we have
decided not to move to a bigger location but to renovated
and expand within our current
yard. This will take some very
lateral thinking and good use
of space. We plan to have the
first stage, the operations
work area, complete by the
end of this year with the main
administration block renovations starting in early 2015.
Well that’s it from me. Enjoy
the rest of the news letter.
Bruce.
Scaffolding Growing...
Waikato
Hospital
ISS’s scaffolding sector has a
new manager, Rod Hudson,
who took over from Barry Harvey in early February. They
have been very busy so far this
year. House scaffolds and the
stripping of Te Rakau and Waipuna Bridges are a few of
the jobs completed early this
year.
A
few
other
jobs are detailed below.
Waikato Hospital
Scaffolding was used to suspend a roof in order to allow
replacement of water proof
membrane. (Photo to Left) The
scaffolding was needed to protect the radiation units for the x
-ray machines for wet weather.
Once the roof was lifted contractors were brought in to
completely shrink-wrap the
entire scaffold. Positve feedback
was received by both the client
and the Hospital Engineers. The
structure stood up to the resent
high winds which on top of the
hospital were the scaffold was
erected reached 140km per
hour.
Fonterra Waitoa
The Winter shut at Waitoa has
just started and ISS has approximately 80 % of the scaffolding
ringing contract. As of the
writing of this
newsletter there are 11 personnel there. Shut period is from
the 14th April to the 21st July
Glenbrook Steel Mill water
tower scaffold the complete
so blast and paint can be completed starts 7th of May which
will be a 7 day build and stay
erected for approximately 7
weeks.
Contact energy Te Rapa outage commences on the 19th
May to the 27th June
We have also been approach
to quote for the camera towers at Seddon Park for the
2015 FIFA youth world cup
Rod would like to thank his
scaffolding team for a job well
done so far and to keep up the
good work it is much appreciated
With the new leadership and
new projects coming up we
look forward to a safe and
profitable rest of this year
Qualifications
Working At Heights GWO — Haden Anderson, Bede Cudby,
Troy Fagan,Jonathan Hainsworth, Neil Horn, Richard King, Barry Larkins,
Harley Lennox, Bruce Sole, Te Aroha Te Rongamau, Harold Tihi,Chris Wolstenholme
Arc Welders Qualification — Ben Neilson
F Endorsement — Stan Nutley
Also congratulations to anyone else that has completed training but was unfortunately
missed out
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Hamilton Office
The Administration Team
would like to welcome Josie
Fyfe, who has joined us in a
n administration support
role. She will be working
with and assisting Kerry in
the Northland region.
Nicky’s Notes
Hi guys with winter fast approaching you will all start feeling the drop in temperature, I
am waiting on a new shipment
of pants. If you’d like a pair
please let me know so I can get
your correct size placed on the
order list. We currently have a
As we launch into a
good supply of shirts so send
new financial year, we look your orders through to me for
system and procedures and
as a result we are looking
for a Payroll Support person for Shalayne, along with
a review of system.
Thanks to all the Team over forward to the challenges
the busy shut period during and opportunities that this
March and April. Our em- year
will
bring.
ployee numbers increase
from approximately 130 to
over 300. Your long hours
and commitment to the job
are very much appreciated.
Steve would also like to
thank the Human Resources
Team for their assistance
with getting all the extra
staff set up on our systems.
The increased numbers have
The erection of a Wind
certainly tested our Payroll
Turbine at Mill Creek
them. You may also like to
consider, for the winter
months, an oil skin vest these
are great for wearing while
working as they keep you
warm and dry but don’t restrict
your movement. Please get in
touch with Nicky via email, txt
or phone for pricing and to
order.
Leroy’s rigging team
Our rigging team have
been all over the place
from down in Wellington
up to RNZ and all the way
over to Snow town,
Australia. Leroy went over
to Australia to replace
Barry as site supervisor
earlier this year. With
Leroy’s absence Colin took
many of the riggers down
to Mill Creek to start up
another wind farm down
there. Brin and Mike stayed
in Hamilton to cater to any
local jobs with casual
employees being able to be
called in to help if need be.
Riggers down in Kawerau
assisted with the recent CD
Shut and also helped with
the huge C Block shut up at
Refining NZ
An Update from Engineering
Engineering is keeping busy
been stripped and a minor
with the beginning of some
amount of painting is left to
new projects and the closure
be done.
of some old ones.
Waipuna and Ti Rakau
Bridges
Tahiwi is now the project
supervisor for Ti Rakau
bridge consequently Ben
Neilson has taken on the
role as workshop leader.
Waipuna is all wrapped up
and Te Rakau is down to the
last stages of ISS involvement. All the scaffolding has
Te
RakauBridge
Bridge
Waipuna
is
All Wrapped Up
Fabrication of Pipes
The stainless steel pipes
which were manufactured
for Windsor Engineering
were completed successfully. The pipes are set to be
installed into Hampton
Downs Reclaim Area: a huge
waste facility just out side of
Hamilton.
Waikato Hospital
Miscellaneous welding jobs
are being done for Thermosash and Clearwater at various sites around the hospital. This work is on going. ISS
is continuing to work with
these companies on stage 3
of the hospital.
New Zealand Police
The workshop has manufac-
The Spreader Beam
tractable spreader beam,
designed by our own Tahiwi
Magner, is being fabricated
for RNZ. This is another
example of our team creative and innovative ways to
help our clients solve their
problems. Numerous small
jobs are being done in the
workshop including a beam
for Ma Shani’s new garage.
The workshop also has a
new apprentice, John Gillies.
Three of our welders were
working up at the RNZ shut
very good feed back from
Work Shop
Currently a 25 ton re- Cullams and The Refinery.
tured brackets and other
attachment for several
police
communication
towers
around New Zealand. Out
at Raglan it was a bit more
challenging due to the fact
that the site could only be
accessed by helicopter .
Richard King and Bruce
Sole were both flown in
with all the welding equipment and the job was
completed successfully
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Photo GALLERY
Suspended Roof At Waikato
Hospital
One of the Sheds at Fonterra
Waitoa
House Scaffolding at
Dip Road Kamo
Waihi Gold Open Day
elivery to Avco
A Cooker For d
in Whanganui
e at Confined
Dakota Ngahu
In Kawerau
Space TrainingHouse at Dip Road Kamo
Waihi Gold Open Day
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New staff and REGIONAL ROUND-UP
NEW STAFF:
Alana
O’Brien
HR Assistant
I
have
recently
graduated
from my
three year
degree at
the University of Waikato, majoring in
Industrial Human Relations and
Psychology. I have been extremely lucky to gain a job in
my chosen field of study and I
am really looking forward to
my year working alongside the
ISS team.
KAWERAU
Every one has been very busy
as they prepared for and have
now completed the March CD
shut. One of its challenges being the production of a hanging
inside a CD2 which was a job
no one in Kawerau had done
before. This was done great
success and the shut also went
well.
The CD shut started and then
came along cyclone Lucy. Graham would like to congratulate
Tom King and Richie Butler on
their excellent crane work in
the difficult conditions that
the cyclone presented us with.
A unique aspect to this years
shut was the job of weld two 4
meter overlays. An over lay is a
stainless-steel weld on the
inside of a pipe. In this particular case fiber optic machines
were used. It took 64 hours and
more than 90 bottles of gas to
complete each of the welds.
ISS worked with a company
from Sweden called Arvea to
complete this difficult task.
The team continues with work
for the pre shut work at Fonterra Edgecombe
Last week the team did a
short notice job up at the
Ohakuri Dam. It involved the
removal and reassembly of a
Hanger. The hanger was situated over the Waikato river and
the job was completed over
night.
NORTHLAND
Work is continuing at a steady
pace up in northland. There
have been a few commercial
jobs but most of the work has
consisted of scaffolding residential houses. New houses
requiring roof edge protection
scaffolding so that the tradesmen have a safe platform to
work on and old houses have
varying requirements ranging
from complete scaffolding to
roof edge protection for roof
replacements. One particular
job was interesting due to
the shear size of the building.
This new 500m2 single storied
home had a scaffolding deck
erected around the perimeter
of the house one meter below
the roof line. John Cooper,
James Hawea and a labour
hire employee successfully
erected
the scaffolding in
8hrs.
Everyone has also been keep
busy due to the huge increase
of staff at Refining New Zealand (more about this on the
front page).
WAIHI
On Saturday the first March
an open day was held for the
families of all the workers to
be able to come along and see
what their husbands, wives,
partners actually do at the
mine.
It was a great day especially
for the kids as they were able
to sit in a variety of machines
used in the underground mining. The underground was
open to allow people to walk
in for several hundred meters
and sit inside one of the refuge chambers.
ISS were asked to scaffold the
front and side of one of the
dump trucks at the pit to allow
people to have a look inside
the drivers cabin and into the
truck tray. At the WGM site
ISS painted the sides of the
underground water truck then
erected scaffolding on both
sides and the back to allow
whoever wanted, to leave a
hand painted print on the
truck. This was then clear
coated over the following day.
Minor scaffolding was erected
in some no go areas.
Scott has been giving great
support to our Team also in
Australia.
Other than maintenance at
WGM there were several
house scaffolds and a recovery
of a boat that had tipped off
its trailer onto the main highway. Four men completed this
job in half an hour.
MILL CREEK
Mill Creek is underway in Wellington with Isaac Matthews
as the Site Supervisor. He is
leading a Team of 20 men in
installing 26 x 2.3meg Siemens
Turbines.
Some new staff joined our
Team a few with previous
experience in wind energy as
well as several personnel who
are trying to build up a career
in this sector.
The bulk of our Team have
completed the new GWO
Training which was carried out
on ISSl’s Hamilton site. A purpose built tower has been
erected for the guys to complete their height and rescue
training.
Siemens Level 2 and 3 Training
is underway at present.
SNOW TOWN
As reported in our last newsletter we have been involved
in the installation 90 x 3meg
Siemens
in Snowtown in
South Australia.
This project will have been
completed by the end this
month, and our TEAM have
done a great job assisting Siemens and Windhoist in what
has been a very challenging
project with harsh weather
conditions. A big thanks to
our staff’s families and partners in being so supportive.
The Team have been away
since July 2013. Our Site Supervisor on this project, Barry
Hoskins, has now come back
to New Zealand and Leroy and
Trevor Harris have done a
great job in bringing this project to a successful end.
Installation of a
Walkway In Kawerau
Removal of Hanger at
Ohakuri Dam
Wind Turbine Tower
Before Erection
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Stores & purchasing
Purchasing / Stores / Transport
The year started with a bang and hasn’t stopped.
To help out in the Store with purchasing we have employment
Mark Ryan. Just take it easy on him for a while as he gets used
to the way we do things.
Stores
We have flown through the first 4 months of the year. C Block
maintenance shut at the refinery, CD shut at Kawerau, both
Auckland bridges completed, Mill Creek start up, plus all the
normal scaffolding, rigging, and engineering jobs. Whew!
A big thank you to all branches as we all had to share and borrow left over scaffolding. The C Block shut plus other project
work at the refinery ran us down to our last 65 ton of scaffolding
in Hamilton. Every one worked hard to use that stock as efficiently as possible. Quite a challenge.
With the C Block shut now over returning your scaffolding to
you. Many thanks. We will also start rolling out stock takes this
month. This will include all branches and sites. Once completed
we will be up loading this into the workbench inventory system.
If you need any help with your branch or sites please let us
know
Transport
Our Mitsubishi Shogun is currently on assignment in Wellington
region, and will be down there for the next 6 months
We have replaced the Hino 9M Flat deck with a more modern
Scania.
We will be setting up NAVMAN to help track Rego, COF and RUC
in the next 3 months. We are constantly reviewing vehicles,
usage for safety and the best fit and profitability. Our annual
review is due next month and once completed we will develop a
spreadsheet tool to help quoting basic transport requirements.
Weekly Vehicle Checks
If ALL staff could remember to do these it would help us out. If
our General Manager can do them, I cant see why everyone
cant. While most staff are great at filling these out, we still have
a few falling through the cracks.
Currently in the fleet – Class 1 = 33 / Class 2 = 4 / Class 4 = 7 (2
Cranes) / Class 5 = 3 / F = 4 Tractors = 3 / Scissor lifts = 1 / Cherry Pickers = 1 / Manitou = 1 / Small Trailers = 4
Purchasing/ Order Numbers
We are constantly updating our systems with information. Trying to get our suppliers to put our purchase order number on
correctly hasn’t been easy. Going forward our system has proven its worth. Suppliers not invoicing us correctly may have there
invoices held up. To avoid delays please use the correct purchase order.
Supplier Updates
Now with over 3 years of history we have been building reports
based on this information. We are getting better understanding
of trends, equipment usage, stock shortages and how much we
spend. We are starting to review suppliers and supply agreements. We need everyone on board to help rationalize our supplier base without losing sight of quality and services. We have
already been in negotiation with some suppliers and this will be
ongoing.
Keep in mind if you don’t have a official Industrial Site Services
Ltd purchase order then DON’T place an order or organize work
to be done on behalf of Industrial Site Services Ltd. This is the
same message we are giving our suppliers.
In other news
Congratulation to Dave Mackenzie for joining the protection of
jokes
animals league. The only
man to go out for 4 days of
the roar and not fire a shot.
The Famers Pigs
A farmer had five female
pigs. Times were hard, so
he decided to take them to
the county fair and sell
them.
At the fair, he met another
Farmer who owned five
male pigs. After talking a bit,
they decided to mate the pigs and split everything 50/50. The
farmers lived sixty miles apart. So they agreed to drive thirty
miles each to a field in which the pigs could mate.
The first morning, the farmer with the female pigs got up at 5
A.M., loaded the pigs into the family station wagon, which was
the only vehicle he had, and drove the thirty miles. While the
pigs were mating, he asked the other farmer, "How will I know
if they are pregnant?" The other farmer replied, "If they're lying
in the grass in the morning, they're pregnant. If they're in the
mud, they're not."
The next morning the pigs were rolling in the mud. So he hosed
them off, loaded them into the Station wagon again and proceeded to try again. This continued each morning for more than
a week and the farmers were about worn out. About two
weeks later the farmer with the female pigs was too tired to get
out of bed. He said to his wife, "Honey, please go look outside
and tell me whether the pigs are in the mud or in the grass."
"Neither," replied his wife, "they're all in the station wagon and
one of them is honking the horn.”
Biker Gang
A tough looking gang of bikers were out riding when they
spotted an attractive young lady about to jump off a bridge - so
they stopped.
The gang leader, a big burly guy, gets off his bike and says,
"What are you doing?"
"I'm going to commit a suicide," she says.
While he did not want to appear insensitive, he didn't want to
miss an opportunity either, so he asked, "Well, before you
jump, why don't you give me a kiss?"
So, she did, and it was a long, lingering, passionate kiss.
After she finished, the biker said, "Wow! That was the best kiss
I have ever had. That's a real talent you'll be wasting. Why are
you committing suicide?"
"My parents don't like me dressing up like a girl......"
One Liners
A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that
you don’t need it.
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
It's so cold outside, I actually saw a gangster pull his pants up.
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Flu Bomb Recipe
As we are coming in to the winter season colds and flus will start
to go around. Here is a Drink that is sure to ward off any snivels
and sniffs. Although not the most pleasant thing to drink, is however better than having a lingering cold or flu. It contains great
immune boosting ingredients, and the cayenne pepper will assist
your circulation which will help you heal faster! If you feel a cold
or flu coming on, or if you are already sick give it a try to assist
your immune system.
Lemon
1. Lemons are rich in vitamin C and flavonoids that work against infections like the
flu and colds.
2. When there is insufficient oxygen and
difficulty in breathing are very helpful.
The first man to reach the top of Mt. Everest, Edmund Hillary,
said that his success on Mt. Everest was greatly due to lemons.
3. Lemons have powerful antibacterial properties and also contain 22 anti-cancer compounds
This article should not be used in place of a call or visit to a competent health-care professional. You should consult a health care
professional before adopting any of the suggestions in this article or before drawing inferences from it.
Ingredients:
• 2 large cloves fresh NZ garlic peeled, squashed and chopped
into very small pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1 teaspoon ginger, chopped finely
A Natural Death?
On the morning of his 42nd birthday, Bill jones awoke to a peal
of thunder. Glancing out the window he saw written in fiery
letters across the sky “Someone is trying to kill you, Bill Jones.”
With shaking hands, Bill lit his first cigarette of the day. He didn’t
question the message. His only question was who?
At breakfast as he salted his fried eggs he told his wife, Sally,
“Someone is trying to kill me.”
“Who?” She asked in horror.
Method:
1. Blend all ingredients together until thoroughly mixed.
2. Take 2 tbsps. 3-5 times a day. This mixture is very hot so drink
it quickly!
Health Benefits of Some of These Ingredients:
Ginger
1.Feeling airsick or nauseous? Chew on ginger, preferably tossed in a little honey.
2. Tummy moaning and groaning under
cramps? Munch on ginger.
3. Reeling under joint pain? Ginger, with its anti-inflammatory
properties—can bring relief. Float some ginger essential oil in
your bath to help aching muscles and joints.
Garlic
1. Garlic contains high levels of iodine which
makes it a very effective treatment for hyperthyroid conditions. Treatment with garlic has been shown to greatly improve this
condition.
2. Cardiovascular disease can be reduced by ingesting garlic.
3. Fungal and bacterial vaginal infections are toast when treated
with garlic!
4. Garlic is a great source of vitamin B6 which is needed for a
healthy immune system and the efficient growth of new cells.
5. Garlic can aid in the prevention of multiple types of cancer.
6. Garlic regulates blood sugar as it enhances the level of insulin
in the blood.
Bill Slowly stirred the cream and sugar into his coffee and shook
his head.
“I don’t know,” he said .
On the way to the office Bill tried to think of a way to outwit his
would-be murderer. But the frustration of making time by
beating traffic lights and switching lanes occupied him wholly.
Nor, once behind his desk, could he find a moment to resolve
the mystery, what with jangling phones, urgent memos and the
problems and decisions piling up as they did every day.
It wasn’t until is second martini at lunch that the full terror of his
position struck him. It was all he could do to finish his lasagne
Milanese. “I can’t panic,” he said to himself while lighting his
cigar. “I simply must live my life as usual .”
So he worked till seven as usual. Drove home as fast as usual.
Ate a hearty dinner as usual. Had his two cocktails as usual.
Studied business reports as usual. How took his usual two sleeping pills in order to get his usual six hour of sleep.
As the days passed he manfully stuck to his routine. His pride
grew as he managed to go on living for years. But, as it must to
all men, death came at last to Bill Jones. It came at his desk on
one particularly busy day. He was 53.
His grief-stricken widow demanded a full autopsy. But it showed
only emphysema, arteriosclerosis , duodenal ulcers, cirrhosis of
the liver, cardiac neurosis , a cerebrovascular aneurism, pulmonary enema, obesity, circulatory insufficiency and a touch of
cancer.
“How glad Bill would have been,” said the widow, smiling proudly through her tears, “to know that he died of natural causes.”
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Refining New Zealand C-Block Shut
March 2014
The C Block Shut happens every
four years. This was the first
time the ISS was completely incharge of supplying all the
scaffolding, rigging and safety
watch labour and all the rigging and scaffolding gear for this
massive shut that takes place over three weeks. Although ISS
increased it staff numbers from 87 to just over 200 the site as a
whole increased by 1000 staff. That’s a lot of new personnel to
come on to such a safety sensitive site. Well done to all those
both in ISS and all the associated companies that helped Refining
New Zealand have a safe and successful shut.
The C Block shut involves shutting down one of the plants that
takes the crude oil and refines it into is different components so
we can have a variety of petroleum products. These range from
jet fuel to sulfur. In between are fuels like petrol, and diesel,
and products like bitumen.
Simplistically all this is done over three processes.
Separation- the crude is distilled, and then further separated by
chemical reactions and solvent.
Conversion- the different hydrocarbons produced are then
chemically altered to make them more suitable for their intended purpose.
Purification- the hydrogen sulfide gas that is produced in step 1.
is converted to sulfur which is sold in liquid to fertilizer manufacturers.
During the shut work pipes are checked, values are replaced,
maintenance was done. Work that ISS was specifically involved
in was around the catalyst regeneration, refactory insulation and
replacement, removal and installation of the heat exchangers,
some fitting and welding work, pipe tie-ins with the Te Mahi
Hou project and keeping everyone safe when they were in confined spaces. This involves many different trades. ISS supplied
83 riggers, 85 safety watch and 48 scaffolders.
Over 2013 ISS increased its workforce from 25 to 84 scaffolders.
This team was tasked with the job of erecting the hundreds of
scaffolds ready for kick off on March 10th 2014. The team needs
to be recognized here as this was no mean feat. In addition to
erecting the scaffolding the team were still required to work on
the daily maintenance that is required on site. As you can imagine the pathway to any major shut does not run smooth. Eddy,
Cory, Justin and his team were champions dealing will all the
daily frustrations that occurred erecting the 1400 ton of scaffolding that was required for the shut. Thanks you team.
The rigging team was run by Swish (Peter Shaw), Eddy, Max and
Wayne. Many of our site dual ticketed and experienced riggers
were seconded to work alongside the riggers that were brought
on especially for the shut. There were many cranes on site and
the standard of rigging was very high. Many experienced riggers
worked hard to ensure that each of their lifts were safe. People
had to be very aware of their surroundings during this shut as
the level of activity on site was extremely high. Well done everyone.
This was the first time that ISS organized and controlled the
safety watch for the shut. This band of mostly ladies made sure
that the hazardous environments that the laborers, scaffolder,
riggers, engineers, electricians, fitters, welders and all manner of
trades worked in was monitored for their safety. They worked
diligently to ensure that all the requirements of the work permits were adhered to. ISS would like to thank Damion Murray
and Ray Malone from MPI for all his help organizing and coordinating the 85 safety watch staff that were needed during this
time. A special thanks to Nicky and Sarah who help Damion
organize the day and night shift. No mean feat team.
A special thank you should go out to ISS’ HSE team. Dave Sopp
and Raymond Malone. Leading up to the shut and during it both
Dave and Ray worked hard to organize and inform staff of the
needs required around safety. Often the work done behind the
scenes ensures that no major events take place during a shut of
this magnitude. Thanks.
There are many cogs to any wheel and some of them are never
seen. One area of the company that worked very hard during
the shut was our administration team. A special thanks you
goes Steve Wackrow along with his team of Kerry, Northland
Administrator, Cholena, Senior Administrator, Shalayne, Senior
Payroll Administrator, Alana, HR and Keegan HSE. You all
worked many hours to fix the unforeseen bumps. This was very
much appreciated.
Finally, as a company we would like to recognize our General
Manager, Bruce Forsyth. He worked tirelessly for a year leading
up to the shut to ensure all the elements that ISS were responsible for came together to help make the shut a success for our
client. During the shut he decamped to Marsden Point for the
three plus weeks of the shut. His daily support was welcomed
by everyone in the team from Kerry our hard working Northland
office administrator to Eddy and the team. Thank you Bruce.
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ISSL HEAD OFFICE
PO Box 10-234
Te Rapa
Hamilton
13-15 Bristol Place
Te Rapa
Hamilton
0800 800 679
Fax: 07 850 1241
[email protected]
www.iss.co.nz
NORTHLAND BRANCH
17 Fraser St
Port Whangarei
Whangarei
Phone: 09 438 5320
Fax: 09 438 5324
[email protected]
EASTERN BOP OFFICE
2/4 Paroa Ave
Kawerau
HEALTH & SAFETY
With the hot and dry now behind us, I
thought we could take a moment to review safe work practices when in the
cold and wet weather of winter. Often
we think “a little rain, never hurt any
one.” but even a little rain can increase
the occurrence
of loss and
near loss incidents at construction sites.
While working
in the rain we
face additional
hazards, such
as poor visibility, slippery
surfaces, and
exposure to the
cold. Here are some tips that will help
prevent accidents when working in the
rain.

Wear appropriate rain gear. If you
are cold and wet, you are probably going to start concentrating
more and more on how miserable
you are rather than the work at
hand. Rain gear includes both a
coat and pants or overalls. Also,
wear rain gear that is the correct
size; if it's too large or too small it
may interfere with movement.

Move more slowly and carefully.
When working in the rain, our
natural reaction is to try to get the
job done and then get out of the
rain, However, because the rain
makes everything more slippery
you should do the exact opposite.
Work more slowly and deliberately to prevent slipping and falling,
especially when climbing scaffold-
Phone: 07 323 7112
Fax: 07 323 7712
[email protected]
WESTERN B.O.P. OFFICE
C/o Waihi Gold Mine
Baxter Rd
R.D.1
Waihi
Phone: 07 863 9868
Fax: 07 8639868
[email protected]
ENGINEERING
13-15 Bristol Place
Te Rapa
Hamilton
Phone: 07 850 1240
Fax: 07 850 1241
[email protected]
Word On The Street
ing. Take extra care to avoid numbness of hands and feet.

Be aware of the reduced grip on tools
and tool slippage. Use tool lanyards to
ensure tools are not dropped.

Make sure that you can see and can be
seen. No matter where you are working there will always be people and
vehicles that need to be aware of
where you are. On the flip side if you
cannot see them coming then it is no
good, no matter how bright a fluro a
vest is.

Always check around you for other
vehicles when working. The stopping
distance of cars and other machines is
greatly increased by wet weather and
poor visibility.
Remember there is a high probability of wet
electrical cables becoming live. Keep all cables off the ground.
Heavy rain can cause overflow of sewage
systems and can cause cave ins
Be careful when working Strong winds
which can loosen scaffolds, destabilize
cranes and other heavy machinery, and
make objects fly around
I would also like to congratulate Atiria Williams on the award she received from Carter
Holt Harvey for Excellence in her work.
Also Willie Campbell for his quick evacuation of everybody out of CD2 in under two
minutes.
Keep an eye out for lightning strikes .
Stay safe.
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