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THE
MAGAZINE OF THE CIVIL CONTRACTORS FEDERATION WESTERN AUSTRALIA EDITION 3 2019
Earth Awards Special Feature
Project profiles
Innovators
James Johnson
Asphaltec
It’s time
Scrap metal reform
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THE
Edition 3 | 2019
contents Cover photo: Members of the
BMD Constructions team
celebrate the completion of the
Bow River Bridge Upgrade, one of
five 2019 CCF WA Earth Award
MJB Industries Pty Ltd is a state wide supplier of concrete winning projects. Our Earth
04 26
Awards special feature starts p37.
pipe and precast products that prides itself on quality and From the President Comment
David Della Bona Shiftwork or overtime?
service. Contesting an adjudication
PPSA the real security
Established in 2006 as an Australian Private Company,
MJB Industries Pty Ltd has built a reputation as a supplier
06 From the CEO
Andy Graham
Scrap metal reform overdue
Mentally healthy workplace
of choice for many civil companies and contractors
throughout the state of Western Australia. 08 Advocacy
Tendering reform
37 Earth Awards Special
Feature
All the finalists profiled
Infrastructure investment
CIVIL CONTRACTORS FEDERATION
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From modest beginnings, MJB has grown and diversified Events CCF WA Ltd
12 Earth Awards Earth Awards Gala Dinner 70 Verde Drive
into a large enterprise which is now one of Western Winners honoured Civil Sundowner Jandakot, WA 6164
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CCAA Awards
Main Roads recognised
Andy Graham
Chief Executive Officer
Email: agraham@ccfwa.com.au
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Melissa Calcott
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ABOUT ENVIRO
INF RASTRUCTURE
WHO
ARE
WE?
Formed in Port Hedland in 2010 and rebranded in 2015,
Enviro Infrastructure is a civil
Enviro Infrastructure are a dynamic construction company
construction, infrastructure with a focus on safety, innovation, quality and sustainability.
maintenance and steel fabrication We are licensed builders and deliver services to state and
company based in Bibra Lake, Western local government entities across WA.
Australia, Port Hedland, Western
We are PTA and MRWA panel contractors with staff operating
Australia and The Waikato region, New
from facilities in Perth, Port Hedland and New Zealand; we
Zealand. offer our clients a “one stop shop” for project design,
management and delivery. Enviro operate under an
Enviro specialise in operating in high- Integrated Management System externally certified to
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and have significant operational
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Enviro maintain an internal Rail Safety • Development, review, and submission of Railway Safety Management Plans (RSMPs) for both
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Division and offer rail safety
• Project Rail Safety Assessments
management and track protection • Provision of track protection- track closures, isolations and rail reserve access
services across the state. • Provision of track protection officers for supervision of works within the rail corridor
• PTA (PO1)
We pride ourselves on delivering • PTA (PO2)
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
Unbundling
Marble Bar Road - Coongan Gorge
Marble Bar Road - Coongan Gorge
Realignment
Realignment
34.5
34.5
31.6
31.6
needed to
nneroo Road Duplication Stage 3 -
nneroo Road Duplication Stage 3- 31.0 12.3
Joondalup Drive to Flynn Drive 31.0 12.3
Joondalup Drive to Flynn Drive
South Coast Highway - Albany to
30.0 10.8 19.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
achieve a
South Coast Highway - Albany to
Jerramungup 30.0 10.8 19.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jerramungup
a Heavy Haulage Deviation - Stage
a Heavy Haulage Deviation - Stage 27.5 0.1 0.1 11.4 13.5
1 27.5 0.1 0.1 11.4 13.5
1
healthier mix
Western Highway - Donnybrook to
Western Highway - Donnybrook to 23.7 5.1 5.2 0.2 0.0 0.0
Greenbushes 23.7 5.1 5.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 South West NC
Greenbushes South West NC
Bow River Bridge Replacement 23.2 16.0
Bow River Bridge Replacement 23.2 16.0
Thomas Road and Nicholson Road
Thomas Road and Nicholson Road 20.0 1.0 4.0 7.0 7.0
Oakford 20.0 1.0 4.0 7.0 7.0 Check - NC?
CCF WA- Walgoolan
at Eastern Highway Oakford
has been to taking a close look at the 2019 State Budget Check - NC?
at Eastern Highway - Walgoolan to some concerns18.0 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
papers andSouthernwe’ve got
Cross 18.0 about a potentially 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Check - NC?
itchell FwyunbalancedSouthern
Hutton Streetmix Cross
to Cedric Check - NC?
of contract opportunities
15.0 in WA’s upcoming
2.0 13.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
itchell Fwy Hutton Street
Street to Cedric
- Northbound
pipeline of transport projects. 15.0 2.0 13.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Street - Northbound
Karel Avenue Upgrade 15.0 6.4 6.6 0.2 0.1 0.0
We looked
Karel
t Eastern Highway
Avenue
- Anzac atUpgrade
the Asset
Drive to Investment
15.0Programs for 6.4
Main Roads 6.6 0.2
look a lot healthier 0.1 creative unbundling
with some 0.0 such as:
and the- Anzac
t Eastern Highway Public Transport
Drive to 14.0which show in9.1
Authority, detail the 4.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gatacre Drive 14.0 9.1 4.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
• Delivering PTA’s program of level crossing removals on the
ing Brook -annual
Bridge 24spend
Gatacre onDrive
and Williamsprojects worth more than $10 million. Our
ing Brook -analysis
BridgeRiver
24(sumarised
and Williams 12.0 10.5 Armadale line as separate projects
- Bridge 25in the chart below)
12.0 shows that 10.5from next
BUILDING A
River
financial - Bridge 25 • Unbundling components of the Morley-Ellenbrook rail
Ashton Avenueyear (2020/21)
- Bridge 903 onwards, there could be 4.2
11.0 a shortage of
Ashton Avenue - Bridge
opportunities 903$10 million 11.0
in the 4.2
- $150 million contract range. project, e.g. earthworks, stations, roadworks.
Total 12,244 1,159 1,600 1,485 1,721 1,243
Total 12,244 1,159 1,600 1,485 the Tonkin
1,721Highway grade
1,243separations and
The$150M+
analysisprojects 9743 and 2019/20
shows that in 2018/19 712combined, 998 • Unbundling
1228 1580 1117
$150M+ projects 9743 712 worth 998 1228 the Stage
packaging 1580
3 extension as1117
multiple contracts.
SUPER FUTURE
just under 40%
$10-$150M of State Government
projects 2,501 road/rail projects
447 602 257 141 126
$10-$150M projects 2,501 447 602 • 257
Selecting 141 (or partners)126
$10M or more will be delivered
checksum via $10-150M1,159
12,244 contracts, with1,600 1,485 a ‘junior 1,721
partner’ 1,243to participate in the
to be delivered12,244
checksum
just over 60% 1,159 $150M.1,600
via contracts exceeding 1,485 Outer Ring
Bunbury 1,721
Road Alliance.1,243
This 60:40 ‘split’ is a reasonable balance, when you consider With ideas like these, we can get closer to the current 60:40
the large number of local ‘mid-tier’ contractors active in the
$10-150M market, and the fact that very
in the WA market have the financial capability
$150M+ projects (% by value)
deliver contracts
$150M+ over $150M.
projects
few contractors
2018/19
2018/19
active
2019/20
2019/20
to independently
(Joint ventures are
(% by value)
61 62
61one option for62
mix. This is essential to ensure our local contracting industry
stays strong and continues to provide safe, secure jobs for
2020/21
thousands
83
2021/22
2020/21 of Western
2021/22
92
83 that Main Roads
We’re mindful
2022/23
Australians.
2022/23
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90
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contractors (%
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$10-$150M projects value) in larger contracts,
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issues, and will continue 10
to advocate for stronger
inherently introduce additional risk for contractors who would
resourcing for these agencies so that they can manage their
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independently.) 6 10 11 11 10
Active $150M+ projects 6 10 project workloads
11 most effectively,
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So, the balance
Active $10-150M projects
is pretty good at the moment, but 23from next 19 to the WA 99
economy. CCF WA 6 has written 6to the Premier and • Invest in property developments across Australia
Active $10-150M projects 23 19 6 6
financial year onwards, our analysis shows the share of $10- Transport Minister advocating for the transport agencies to be
150M contracts in the transport pipeline could drop from 38% better resourced in project procurement/management capability. • Create jobs in the building and construction industry
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2019/20per market
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participant*
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participant* 1.28 1.06 CCF WA 0.50
President 0.33 0.33
delivered as single head contracts. But the contract mix starts to
d on CCF analysis of WA market - 3 active contractors in $150M+ market and 18 active contractors in $10-150M market
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2018/19
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4 Q3 2019 | CCF WA BULLETIN
FROM THE CEO
Meaningful action
needed on safety,
not a bigger stick
The State Government’s recent announcement that it plans to
introduce the offence of industrial manslaughter into workplace
safety legislation seems to have come out of nowhere and with
no consultation. It comes less than a year after the Government
introduced much higher penalties for serious workplace safety
offences, including fines of up to $680,000 and 5 years’
imprisonment for individuals, and fines up to $3.5 million for
A FEW MONTHS ago I was contacted by Jack van Bemmel, who
companies.
worked for CCF WA Member DM Civil for 32 years prior to his
Those are huge penalties that send an unequivocal message retirement in 2013. Jack emailed me asking if CCF WA could
to anyone who might believe it’s OK to cut corners on safety. assist in promoting a project he’s involved with in the Solomon
The Government says it is responding to community concerns, Islands.
but we wonder how many in the community are aware how
“Through my church connections I had the opportunity in 2014
tough the current penalties are. There’s certainly no evidence to
to go to the village of Samasodu which is situated on Isabel
suggest that even bigger penalties will help save lives.
Island,” Jack wrote. “This village is 200 km from Honiara and can
The civil construction industry fully supports the Government’s only be reached by boat.
commitment to workplace safety. The leadership shown by
“While working in that village to install a 2km, 50mm poly
Governments at the State and Federal level have helped our
pipe for their water supply, a request was placed before us to
industry to raise the safety bar. The fatality rate on Australian
construct a high school plus facilities to cater for the children of
construction sites has nearly halved in the past 20 years,
about seven surrounding villages that have at the moment no
but as the Premier says, one death is still too many. So, we
opportunity for further studies after completing primary school.”
strongly encourage the Government to do even more to reward
companies that demonstrate a strong commitment to safety. And so began the Katova High School Project, with Jack in
charge of the earthworks.
Improvements in site safety haven’t come about through threats
of bigger penalties; they have been achieved because clients “Up to now we have managed at our own cost to provide and
and contractors have worked together to continually raise transport to site the necessary earthmoving equipment like
standards. dozers, loaders and excavators to do the site work,” Jack wrote.
“It is not an easy site to prepare as there is a big variation in
CCF WA encourages the Government to place greater emphasis
the contours of the site and the daily rain does not help the
on safety in its project procurement and delivery processes. For
progress.
example, by placing a higher weighting on safety systems and
performance when assessing bids for government contracts. “We have now come to the point where we need financial
And by instituting an Unusually Low Bid policy which would help assistance for this project and in particular for the ongoing earth
remove pressure on contractors to cut corners, sometimes at works. “Being aware of the exposure and influence the CCF
the expense of adequate preventative safety measures. has in WA, I am writing to you if in some way that you could
assist us through your membership with the continuation of this
Small businesses would also benefit from more practical
project.”
assistance on how to improve their safety systems, so we
look forward to hearing more about the State Government’s We are of course happy to spread the word about this
proposed Better Worker Safety campaign. wonderful initiative, and you can read more about this project
on page 22. If you’re able to assist, the contact details of the
Safer workplaces are created through a strong workplace safety
project coordinator are included – and please let us know as we
performance and culture. A strong culture is not created through
would like to be able to report on any involvement by Members.
harsh penalties – we have seen that in our own workplaces.
We want to work with the Government to improve safety and
make sure every worker gets home to his or her family. Industrial Andy Graham
manslaughter laws are just a distraction from the practical CCF WA CEO
measures that can be taken to achieve that goal.
The Essential First Step.
6 Q3 2019 | CCF WA BULLETIN
ADVOCACY
Two steps to tendering reform CIVIL
Western Australia’s civil construction them the confidence to reject a bid that is fair, standard contracts and subcontracts
industry group supports the State clearly too low – and of course to accept on Government construction projects.
Government’s commitment to improving a bid that offers value-for-money and “The Government needs to make its own
tendering processes and addressing quality at a realistic price. construction contracts less complex and
the ‘race to the bottom’ on public onerous, and ensure the subcontracts on
Mr Graham said the Queensland
infrastructure projects, and has proposed its projects are fairer and simpler,” he said.
Department of Transport and Main Roads
two effective and achievable reforms. “Many Government infrastructure projects
Procurement Policy summed up the
are built using ‘design and construct’
CCF WA CEO Andy Graham said damaging consequences:
contracts that impose huge risks on
Premier Mark McGowan’s comments,
Unusually Low Bids may indicate a culture head contractors – risks they shouldn’t
reported on WA Today (July 15, 2019)
where: be expected to take on. In turn, head
that his Government wanted to ‘develop
• unsustainably low prices are tendered to contractors pass on those risks to their
tendering processes that work’ were
win work subcontractors and suppliers. Everyone is
welcome.
• the Contractor may ‘bid shop’ to under stress, struggling to break even –
“There are two steps the Government can
take that will go a long way to addressing
artificially reduce subcontractor / supplier
rates
it’s a recipe for disaster.
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“There’s a huge red tape issue here
the under-bidding issues, contractual
disputes, and financial struggles we have
• the quality of work suffers due to
insufficient allocation of resources
too. Many Government agencies and
corporations use their own unique
Experienced WA Team
seen on some major projects,” Mr Graham
• ambit claims of significant value are construction contracts, creating a field day
said. The first step was a Government-
submitted, and for lawyers but a minefield for everyone
wide Unusually Low Bid policy. “The
• poor relationships are fostered between else.
Government needs to send a clear We continue to offer:
message to its agencies that they don’t the Principal / Contractor / Administrator. “Even with the simplest and fairest of
always have to accept the cheapest price,” “We’re seeing evidence of all of the above contracts, sometimes disputes will arise.
he said. “Agencies need a good strong on WA government projects,” he said. But there are some relatively simple
mechanism; a clear process that will give
Mr Graham said the second step was
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ADVOCACY
CCF renews calls for infrastructure
investment to stimulate economy
Australia’s peak voice for the civil Government to adopt the following people our cities will experience
construction sector has repeated its 3-point plan as a matter of urgency: worsening congestion, whilst rural and
call for urgent action to stimulate the regional Australia will continue to fall
1. With interest rates at historical
Australian economy by increasing the further behind on both economic and
lows, utilize debt funding to roll out
infrastructure spend in the wake of social grounds.
an increased volume of productive
the 2019 Australian Infrastructure Audit
infrastructure projects over the next “The Australian economy needs an
released by Infrastructure Australia.
10-15 years as an effective means to immediate and ongoing injection of
The 2019 Audit covers transport, energy, stimulate the economy; ‘shovel ready’ productive infrastructure
water, telecommunications, and for the projects, followed by a 10-15 year
2. Launch and fund a nationwide skills
first time social infrastructure, and looks pipeline, a position that the CCF has been
campaign and training agenda that
at the major challenges and opportunities pushing since 2016,
helps to retain, upskill, and attract
facing Australia’s infrastructure over the
skilled workers into the sector; “Whilst the Federal Government’s
next 15 years and beyond.
10 year, $100 billion infrastructure
3. Cut red tape on the ‘extractive
The CCF has also endorsed the view of investment program is welcome, it’s
sector’ to ensure a sufficient supply
Infrastructure Australia Chair, Julieanne simply not enough. Successive Reserve
of raw materials needed to build our
Alroe that “a new wave of investment and Bank Governors have backed ‘debt
roads, rail and civil infrastructure.
reform is needed to ensure Australia’s funding’ to boost productivity growth
infrastructure continues to support our CCF National CEO Chris Melham said: through initiatives that encourage
quality of life and economic productivity “Every Australian should be concerned research and innovation, as well as
over the next 15 years”. with the audit report handed down investing in productivity-enhancing
by Infrastructure Australia – as our infrastructure.
The CCF is urging the Federal
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10 Q3 2019 | CCF WA BULLETIN
2019 EARTH AWARDS
2019 CCF WA Earth Award
Winners Honoured
The winners of the 2019 CCF WA Earth Awards, Western success due to BMD’s focus on meeting unprecedented targets
Australia’s annual celebration of excellence in infrastructure, were for Indigenous engagement by supporting reconciliation and
announced at a gala dinner on Friday, Augsut 16 at Crown Perth. making valuable contributions to leave a lasting legacy within two
Indigenous communities.
CCF WA CEO Andy Graham said the high quality of the 17 Earth
Awards finalists was testament to the skills and diverse capabilities
of WA’s civil contracting industry. “The Earth Awards are all
about showcasing our fabulous local industry, and we’ve certainly
achieved that aim again this year,” Mr Graham said. “our judges had
a huge task in trying to separate all these great projects and find
the winners.
CCF WA President David Della Bona said it was an honour
to welcome special guest Chris Tallentire MLA, who attended
representing the State Government. “It’s fitting Mr Tallentire
joined us for this annual celebration of infrastructure excellence,
because 11 of the 17 finalists were State Government projects.
The number of Government infrastructure projects in the Earth
Awards shows how important Government works are to our
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most interesting and challenging, and that they bring the best out
of our industry.” The $5 million - $10 million Earth Award was won by Downer EDI
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The Earth Award for Excellence in Civil Construction – project
value $30 million to $75 million went to Civmec Construction
and 1B Civil Works. Downer developed six commercial lots within
the Fiona Stanley Hospital Precinct, a highly visible and heavily
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2019 EARTH AWARDS
Foam Bitumen Stabilised (FBS) basecourse pavement that lifted
the bar on design criteria and construction compliance to levels
Cape achieved a first for WA by installing a large diameter,
high wall thickness PE pipeline with a high degree of accuracy.
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safely, to a high standard, on time and on budget. accomplished the complicated project through a highly important
sensitive ecosystem with no environmental damage.
On the recommendation of the judges, a special Highly
Commended award was presented to the Water Corporation,
Georgiou Group and BG&E for the Ellenbrook Water Tank Friday 8th November 2019
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NEWS
WAIPS v2 launched DBYD
CCF Members scoop CCAA Awards The State Government has streamlined
the Western Australian Industry
Government projects are required to
submit Participation Plans which outlines adopts one
day rule
Participation Strategy (WAIPS), their commitments to employment and
introducing a single Participation Plan involving local businesses in supply
that can be used for all contract types. opportunities. WAIPS aims to provide
CCF WA Members have taken out Grove Quarry Automated Truck Load
The new single template will replace the local businesses with full, fair and
a number of awards at the Cement System. The overhead aggregate loadout Dial Before You Dig users can now
three templates implemented in October reasonable opportunities to access
Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA) bins at Boral’s Orange Grove Quarry have lodge an enquiry to obtain asset location
2018 at the commencement of WAIPS. and perform State Government supply
Innovation Awards 2019, held at Crown been refurbished and automated to load information from the Dial Before You Dig
contracts.
Perth on Friday August 2. product into road trucks without the need Under WAIPS, contractors tendering for referral service for work they would like
for a sales loader. to commence the next business day. This
WA Limestone subsidiary WA Premix won
IWA board named
the Environmental Innovation Award. The Health & Safety Innovation Award change, from a two to a one-day horizon
WA Premix’s Bayswater Concrete Plant was won by Hanson Australia for the to register a project, has been introduced
has gone beyond traditional compliance Midland and Gnangara Concrete Plants in response to user feedback and the
requirements to set a new benchmark for RMX Concrete Plant Guarding. To changing nature of work.
The appointments to the inaugural also four board members appointed
the design, construction and operational improve safety around the concrete Infrastructure WA Board have now to represent the Government - the The next day business rule will apply if
standards achievable for concrete plant equipment, guarding panels were been finalised, with John Langoulant Director General of the Department the enquiry is lodged before 7:00pm
batching plants in Western Australia. mounted on a rail system. This guard AO appointed Chairperson and of the Premier and Cabinet, the Under Melbourne Time, after which the start will
Internationally recognised best practice design addressed the critical elements of: Nicole Lockwood appointed Deputy Treasurer, the Director General of the roll over to the following business day.
technologies have been implemented compliance to current standards, reducing Chairperson. The EOI process for Board Department of Planning, Lands and
at the plant to deliver greater levels of exposure to risks, combatting human The new rule does not change the
members received a strong response, Heritage and the Director General for
environmental performance and control behaviour in finding the path of least Duty of Care responsibility to obtain
with more than 150 nominations Transport.
of emissions. resistance and increasing plant efficiency all necessary information and take all
received from highly experienced
by streamlining guarding design. The board will shape development reasonable precaution to prevent damage
Boral Australia was Highly Commended in candidates across the country.
of Western Australia’s first State and injury prior to commencing work.
the Environmental Innovation Award for Holcim (Australia) won the Diversity Other board members appointed include Infrastructure Strategy, which will This is highlighted in the Duty of Care
the Forrestfield Airport Link Segmental & Inclusion Award for its Maternity Terry Agnew, Kerryl Bradshaw, Andrea identify WA’s future infrastructure needs statement that is provided on all enquiry
Tunnel lining, a tailor-made concrete Workwear Range, a brand new maternity Sutton; and Wayne Zekulich. There are and priorities. confirmations.
Jessica Shaw MLA (left) presents Wally Lukic mix designed for a 120-year service range added to Holcim’s Australian
(right) of WA Premix with the Environmental
life with stringent concrete quality and corporate and industrial workwear
Innovation Award.
performance requirements. Boral was catalogue. The new range includes hi-vis
also Highly Commended in the Health & drill shirts, knit tops and pants all designed
Safety Innovation Award for its Orange for an expectant mother.
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of Corporate Social Values, for their Aboriginal engagement were implemented mechanisms including a 'Work Ready' Total project workforce outsourcing
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Finance and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Women in non-traditional roles
Aboriginal people and businesses.
Four major projects in the Kimberley Ben Wyatt said: "I congratulate Main
region combined to win Main Roads the Both the Bidyadanga Access Road and Roads for the leadership they have Regional & remote delivery
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Asphaltech commenced operations at market. “In 1995, after only few months
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subdivision roads were being constructed Asphaltech Academy in 2018, and
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with the company today.
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can be laid.” “Asphaltech’s paving teams used two we are a small industry, or are not well
pavers in echelon to accommodate a known to high school graduates, or maybe
However, Mr Rimpas warned that modern 10m wide pavement with no longitudinal it’s just because laying hot black stuff on a
procurement practices were increasingly joints. We had lots of rolling power to 40 degree day just isn’t that attractive.
stifling such innovation. “In the past, achieve very high compaction. The asphalt
Local Governments were able to support “My previous employer, Ertech, found
surfacing of the 2.41 km racetrack was
innovation without too much red tape. a way to address this issue in the civil
completed in two days.”
That has come to a grinding halt in the industry by establishing an academy
name of governance. If we cannot find a Asphaltech General Manager Peter where they run a traineeship for year 11
way around this, innovation will become Rimpas said the opening of the new and 12 students over a two-year period.
stifled.” asphalt plant was the culmination of a After discussions with Ertech, I realised
busy 12 months for the company. “We that with a small amount of specific
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asphalt plant was producing a special ‘race the number of employees and machinery, graduates into asphalt industry ‘job ready’
spec’ 7mm Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) and we have certainly grown in physical recruits.
for the resurfacing of Barbagallo Raceway size,” he said.
for the Western Australian Sporting Car “The Asphaltech Academy was born. Five
Club in Wanneroo. “Knowing that we could produce faster students graduated from the Asphaltech
with the new plant, we needed to grow Academy in 2018, and all of them hold
Asphaltech Managing Director Tony Tufilli our asphalt laying capabilities, which full-time positions with the company today.
said the 7mm SMA product provided meant recruiting more people to form a This year we will carry out version 2 of the
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Jack Van Bemmel worked for CCF WA Member DM Civil
for many years. He has led the earthworks component of
the High School project. Jack has made the 20-plus hour
boat trip over six times and spent almost three months in
the village of Samasodu conducting the earthworks – all
as a volunteer and at his own expense.
Moving mountains for education Education isn’t compulsory
in the Solomon Islands and
just one in five students
goes to high school. By
Even for the largest of contractors, The Kotova District High School Project is local villages we need to build 50 buildings
working in a village on a remote Pacific a 10-year vision to build a boarding school including classrooms, dormitories, Year 3 or 4 most kids have
island in a third world country has more
than its share of challenges.
to cater for 400 students from Samasodu
and six surrounding villages, which make
kitchens, administration facilities and staff
housing,” Katova District High School
realised they won’t be
The physical isolation alone means
up the Katova District. Project organiser Rod Peet said. among those going on
everything — from machinery and building
materials through to food, staff, medical
Education is not compulsory in the
Solomon Islands where just 20 per cent
“It’s a massive project but over 400 kids
will get the chance to go to high school.”
to high school and lose
supplies and even basic sanitation — has to — or one in five students — go on to high
It is precarious work. Loading and interest.
be brought in by landing craft. school.
unloading excavators and dozers directly
Once on site, there is the ever present But by Year 3 or 4 most kids have realised onto the beach, clearing a one kilometre
challenge of tropical storms, flash flooding, they won’t be among those going on to track through dense jungle to the site and “We’re from a predominantly Dutch centre. Two years later they travelled to It is an investment not lost on the people of
equipment failure and mosquito borne high school and lose interest. bringing in tonnes of gravel and fresh cut heritage and being Protestant there’s Samasodu to complete the project. the Katova District.
diseases to name a few. hardwood logs is no easy feat. a certain pragmatism. We have a lot of
Even if they are among the smartest There were no toilets, no fresh water and Samasodu Chief Derek Vunagi said the
And in the event something does go skilled people in our church so we wanted
capable of going onto high school, it often It is made more so by tropical storms, everything had to be brought over in a infrastructure works and the new high
drastically wrong, the only way out is to build something.”
means leaving home and travelling to which quickly render new tracks shipping container at inordinate cost. As a school project had made his village the
by medevac helicopter or a 14-20 hour boarding schools or living with relatives in impassable with earthmoving equipment The SWIM Base in turn contacted the result Mr Peet said a lot of people got sick. envy of others, while giving hope to
boat trip depending on the availability the nation’s capital. spending almost as much time repairing Solomon Islands Ministry of Health before hundreds of children from the surrounding
Since then Mr Peet has organised project
of a seaworthy vessel and the prevailing access to the site as clearing the land to coming back with two options: a toilet villages that they may receive a high school
After negotiating with the seven chiefs of trips roughly every two years to build two
conditions. make way for new buildings. block at one village or a medical centre at education.
the Katova District for a suitable site just additional medical staff houses, toilet and
Imagine then, doing it on a shoestring another.
outside Samasodu, teams last year cleared The Katova High School Project is the sanitation blocks throughout the village, Meanwhile work on the high school
budget with an entirely volunteer almost one square kilometre of land and culmination of what started in 2004 when As worthy as the toilet block project and a new water supply, which saw more continues with another trip planned for
workforce using decades old excavators ran more than 3km of piping through thick Mr Peet contacted the Short Workshops In sounded, Mr Peet said they wanted to aim than 50 stand pipes installed to almost late October.
and dozers hired from nearby logging jungle to connect the site to a reliable fresh Mission (SWIM) Base in Honiara. up and build the medical centre. every hut.
We have now come to the point where
camps. water supply.
The SWIM Base was established in “Samasodu was the next village on the Word of the trips has grown quickly and we need financial assistance for this
But that is exactly what one grassroots They also sent $25,000 worth of tools, the 1990s by the Christian Reformed [government’s] list for a medical centre but today more than 230 people from across project and in particular for the ongoing
Australian charity has been doing for a second hand Toyota Landcruiser and a Churches of Australia to connect just because it was on the list it didn’t mean the country, including machinery operators earthworks. If you would like to assist
the past 15 years to build a medical Lucas Mill to cut timber on site. international charities with grassroots it was going to get one,” Mr Peet said. from Western Australia, have travelled to you can contact the project coordinator
centre, sanitation system and water needs. Samasodu where an estimated $2 million direct on the below details. All work on this
This year 32 people, the largest team “The village had also built a `rest house’
supply infrastructure to the tiny village of worth of infrastructure has been built. project is self funded and all workers are
ever assembled, flew into the Solomon Mr Peet, an elder with Wamberal from an EU [European Union] grant, which
Samasodu in the Solomon Islands. volunteers. Financial contributions are tax
Island capital of Honiara before travelling Reformed Church on the NSW Central was one of the conditions that we have All the materials and supplies have either
And now, this small band of Australians 27.5-hours on a landing craft to Samasodu deductable.
Coast, called expressing a desire to help on accommodation, so that’s how it came to been donated by suppliers or purchased
have committed to one of largest and most on Isabel Island to start work on the first of a project of SWIM’s choosing. be Samasodu, it was as simple as that.” through the fundraising efforts of For more information contact Rod Peet
ambitious non-government humanitarian two classroom buildings. participants who pay their own way and on repeet777@hotmail.com or phone
“Our church was looking to do some kind In 2004 a small group set about drawing up
aid programs the Solomon Islands has ever volunteer their own time. 0412058848
“Together with the government and the of mission work,” Mr Peet said. plans and fundraising to build the medical
seen.
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FROMPEOPLE
THE CEO
with the rush by communications majors install mains power cable for
to jump on the cable TV bandwagon, Western Power (processes
Trenchless Utilities was one of just six that are still in use for
contractors engaged by Telstra to bring underground power programs)
brand-new horizontal directional drilling and live main replacement for
technology to its national rollout. Western Water and Alinta Gas.
One of the keys to success in In 2000, James was engaged
entrepreneurial operations is the ability to as a consultant by leading
apply new skills and find better ways to Indian conglomerate Reliance
do existing jobs. Industries advising on the
rollout of 72,000km optic fibre
James undertook a heavily funded
rollout linking every major city
research and development program for
in the country.
the trenchless installation of sewer mains
using HDD. He returned to the
subcontinent later leading
In those pioneering years, Trenchless
a team of 20 hand-picked
Utilities developed further systems to
HDD specialists overseeing
the deployment of more than Trenchless Utilities’ Caterpillar Challenger
100 HDD rigs in a three-year crawler tractor is the prime mover for the
program operating out of a next generation of its SAFETRENCH cable
head office in Mumbai. plough/trench and pipe laying system.
Back in Australia, James has
developed the patented With so much going on, James gives no
SAFETRENCH system that sits between indication of slowing down. His focus
HDD and heavy dozer ripping and remains very much on his hands-on role in
Above (from top): Installing cable television
using HDD for Telstra, 1996; Installling ploughing techniques, with future the company, saying it’s a role he finds he
power cable for Western Power at Cottesloe developments to include the deep vertical can work without stress.
Beach, 1996; Installing cable for Western installation of geotextile blanket for a
Power with a vibratory plow, early 2000s. range of applications including pond In one significant change from his own
seepage barriers, pollution control and formative times, James says he is able to
earth retention. provide an important mentoring role to
the company’s next generation, his son-
James and his team also designed and in-law Craig Carty, the company’s general
‘Comeback kid’ drives 40
built the Terraform-300 stabilisation manager, and son Adam Talbot Johnson,
A 1949 photo of Jim and Eunice Johnson system that enables the construction of
with their first Massey Ferguson tractor. its site supervisor and management
James Johnson presented his mother with hard stand areas and road remediation trainee.
years of innovation
an etched stainless steel plate showing this using on-site materials mixed with binding
agents to create concrete-like surfaces. – John Feary
picture to mark her 89th birthday last year.
When James Johnson first visited family farm. It was, by modern standards, over the family farm and adopt modern
Western Australia as a young man, he left a very small farm of about 250 hectares ways.
after a dismal year determined never to dedicated to the intensive cultivation of
His expectation was cruelly taken from
come back. brassica vegetables.
him when the business failed and had to
It’s our luck that he decided a few years
later to give us another go because his
The farm was decidedly old fashioned
even by the standards of the day. His
be sold. Cardno is making a difference to
return has to date triggered nearly four father had begun with a horse-drawn
Finding his way back to Western
Australia in the early 1980s, James saw
communities across Australia.
decades of innovation in the application plough, before graduating to a tiny
a Perth newspaper advertisement for a We provide professional, quality infrastructure and environmental services,
of trenchless technologies and techniques Massey Ferguson, and many of the farm
turbocharger technician and spent three with experience in the development and improvement of physical and social
to the state. implements were still made of wood. infrastructure for communities in Australia’s metropolitan and regional areas.
days reading up in a library – doing it well
And now, at an age when many would be Although his father took a valiant role enough to maintain the job for four years. Our Western Australian team prides itself on providing tailored and innovative solutions through
ready to slow down, the CEO of specialist in trying to advance the farming sector, strategic professional advice across a diverse range of services that add long-term value to our
From there, James set up his own clients’ projects and surrounding communities.
utilities contractor and international in the face of bureaucratic barriers, the
contracting business as just the second Whether it’s creating transport infrastructure to connect people; urban precincts which support
consultant Trenchless Utilities continues combined impacts of modernisation and
contractor in Perth to team rockbreaker life and industry; energy projects which power our communities; environmental assessment
to identify and develop new applications mechanisation were transforming the
attachments with a backhoe. The and remediation safeguarding our natural lands; or holistic water strategies that manages this
of trenchless techniques for a whole economics of farming. essential resource, we strive to deliver excellence and make a positive, lasting difference.
Rock Busters business grew quickly by
range of tasks far outside the common
James, with the advantage of training specialising in hard rock excavation, For more information contact:
range.
in agricultural management and high demolition and work for major utilities +61 8 9273 3888
perth@cardno.com.au
Yet when James was growing up in a rural technology equipment in the UK and on throughout the state. www.cardno.com
village in Lancashire, in the northwest of exchange visits to Canada and Australia,
By the mid-1990s, he was eyeing another
England, the focus of his ambition was the expected he would be the one to take
new dawn of the digital age. This time,
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