Science and Language Centre - Condobolin High School, NSW - Building the Education Revolution stimulus program |
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The Engineering & Construction – Southern NSW team recently completed new state-of-the-art facilities at four schools in the central west of NSW under the Federal Government’s Building the Education Revolution stimulus funding. Condobolin High School and Henry Lawson High School (Grenfell) received new science centres and Forbes and Parkes High Schools received new language centres. The Science and Language Centres house state-of-the-art technology, including a science laboratory, seminar room, chemical storage room, preparation room, staff room, outdoor learning space and a general learning space equipped with interactive classrooms and whiteboards. |
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Maintenance contracts - NCIG, Kooragang Island, NSW - Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group |
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Our Hunter Industrial team have just secured maintenance contracts at Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG) for the inbound process electrical, mechanical and lubrication services. NCIG is responsible for the construction and operation of a new Coal Export Terminal (CET) at Kooragang Island in Newcastle. This expansion project is very significant for the Hunter region and will see the port expand its export capability to 53 megatons per annum by 2012. The contracts will see our team working with NCIG in a partnering-style arrangement where we share an aligned vision to deliver asset utilisation and preventative maintenance regimes which will see the facility running cost-effectively and at optimal capability. |
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CHPP maintenance contract - Mt Arthur Mine, Hunter Valley, NSW - BHP Billiton |
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Thomas & Coffey's Hunter Mining team have just secured a two-year contract for maintenance of the coal handling prep plant (CHPP) at Mt Arthur Mine. We are now the preferred contractor for on and off-site mechanical works and the support contractor for electrical works. The Hunter Mining team has been delivering maintenance works at the CHPP for several years. At its peak, the contract will see up to 30 staff utilised for plant shutdowns and up to 10 staff utilised for regular daily works. |
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Physical Fitness Centre - Amberley RAAF Base, Brisbane - Department of Defence |
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Thomas & Coffey have just completed a $36 million physical fitness centre for the Department of Defence located just outside the Amberley RAAF Base in Brisbane. Works included demolition of the existing club house and construction of a new building to house a gymnasium, two indoor basketball courts, spin and boxing studios, cardio and weights rooms, two squash courts, central change and shower facilities, administration areas, mezzanine plant room, storerooms and a 50-metre indoor pool with associated plant rooms. Externally, various other facilities were constructed by the project team, including a separate team change building, all-weather athletics track, rugby league field within the athletics track, full-size AFL oval, four tennis courts, two beach volleyball courts, run/dodge/jump course and cricket nets. Civil and road works, site services and landscaping were also included. |
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Solar Outdoor Learning Area (SOLA) - Millner Primary School, NT - Building the Education Revolution stimulus program |
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The Darwin office delivered an innovative solar power project under the Federal Government’s Building the Education Revolution (BER) stimulus funding. The $1.2 million project at Millner Primary School has seen the construction of a Solar Outdoor Learning Area (SOLA). This is the first and only school in the Northern Territory to use their stimulus money for a solar learning facility instead of a hall or canteen (or other standard stimulus building). Works included the removal of an existing shade sail over the school’s outdoor basketball court and the construction of a large structural steel frame and roof cover in its place. The roof was then covered with solar panels and, at one end of the structure, the team built a viewing platform designed for students to observe the solar panels. Also included in the scope was construction of an inverter room containing gauges to read the rate of energy production and flow. This provides a very interesting and valuable ongoing learning experience for students at the school. |
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E-waste facility - Villawood, Sydney - Sims Recycling Solutions |
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An e-waste facility for Sims Recycling Solutions will divert as much as 20,000 tonnes of electronic waste from Australian landfills. The plant in Villawood, Sydney, is said to be a great start to boosting Australia’s ability to effectively manage e-waste. Thomas & Coffey Penrith installed the conveyor systems, magnets, shredder and separating machines which form the automatic sorting system within the plant. The system separates steel, aluminium, copper, plastic, and printed circuit boards from the input material of computers, printers and other electronic waste once the material has passed through a primary shredder. Every tonne of e-waste recycled at the plant means a saving of between three and five tonnes of CO2 emissions (depending on the mix). The plant recovers over 98 percent of materials from the e-waste received through its gates, most of which comes from IT manufacturers, general businesses and some councils. The recovered materials are then used as raw materials in the manufacture of new products. |
Sinter processing plant upgrade - Port Kembla, NSW - BlueScope Steel |
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Thomas & Coffey played a significant role in BlueScope Steel’s recent sinter processing plant upgrade at its Port Kembla smelter. Thomas & Coffey was awarded the contract to test, install and commission the sinter plant’s 40-metre diameter cooler. The work initially involved an off-site trial assembly to ensure the prefabricated components would function correctly. The cooler was then disassembled before being transported to the production site for installation – a process which took place over a 112-day plant shutdown which saw 110 personnel working in continuous 12-hour shifts. The sinter plant upgrade was part of a $134 million refurbishment to the site’s ore preparation facility. Thomas & Coffey has been providing maintenance and project management services at BlueScope’s Port Kembla site for over 20 years. The steel industry is a major focus for the company. |
Depot works - Miranda, Seven Hills, St Marys & Daceyville, Sydney - Sydney Water |
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The last in a suite of four depot projects Thomas & Coffey is delivering for Sydney Water Corporation has just wrapped up at Daceyville in Sydney. Works included a combination of new depot, extension and refurbishments for Sydney Water at St Marys, Seven Hills, Miranda and Daceyville. Projects included: Miranda – Refurbishment and extension to existing depot - $1.9M |
New mine infrastructure area - Clermont, QLD - Rio Tinto Australia |
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A new mine infrastructure project has been delivered for Rio Tinto’s Clermont Mine. Thomas & Coffey Mackay designed and constructed the $22 million project in preparation for the closure of nearby Blair Athol Mine. Project works included heavy and light vehicle workshops, refuelling stations and wash bays, warehouse, a tyre changing bay, a water fill station, a bulk lubrication storage facility, a nuclear store and an explosive magazine storage bunker. On the back of this successful project, the team were awarded two more contracts on the Clermont site – a $3.5 million contract from Rio Tinto to install the industrial area’s reticulated underground services and one from explosives company, Dyno Nobel, to build their mine site facility. The latter included an explosives workshop, emulsion plant and ammonium nitrate bins. Clermont Mine will be brought online in late 2010. |
Pot rebuilding services contract - Kurri Kurri, NSW - Hydro Aluminium Kurri Kurri P/L |
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Thomas & Coffey secured a contract to deliver integrated pot rebuilding services for Hydro Aluminium Kurri Kurri Pty Limited. Annually, this contract is worth up to $15 million and will see more than 50 people utilised on the smelter site. The scope of work includes delivery of all reconstruction works for pots installed in the smelter’s three potlines (long buildings which contain a series of ‘pots’ – large electrolytic cells in which aluminium is made) – effectively taking control of the pot at the time of shutdown through to hand-back. Thomas & Coffey is responsible for all elements of the reconstruction process. This is inclusive of all subcontractor procurement and management, programming, production interaction management and equipment scheduling. Hydro Aluminium has provided Thomas & Coffey with on-site offices and workshops where all superstructure and associated mechanical and electrical equipment will be refurbished as required. This includes superstructures, hoppers, anode clamps and anode doors. |