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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.
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is scheduled
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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
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r waterway
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what can be expected naturally.
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water with
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us to keep
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d to have lead
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companies
working on
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national
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to working
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safely with
Harbour user
commercial
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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.
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a lot of impo
rtant marine
Harbour as
the Ichthys
activity on
Darwin
Project take
even busier
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over the next
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community
safety of the
and our work
force will cont
priority. We
will keep you
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updated on
we’re work
when and whe top
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you can acce
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help plan your
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next day or
on to
night on the
we can keep
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sharing the
water safely.
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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
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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
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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.
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• 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
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rt Panel at
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• Find our envi
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monitoring
www.ichthysp
results
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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
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Major milest
ones ahead
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LNG Project
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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
enquiries@INPEX.com.au
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.