Killarnee Managing Director Paul Thompson and his son and co-pilot Mitchell "The Hard Man" eagerly await Targa 2009 on the streets surrounding Perth

Team Killarnee are preparing hard to significantly better their results from 2008. Even though they crashed out in last years contest Team Killarnee held sufficient race position to still come 7th in their class.      

 Not to be unsettled by their last foray into racing at Targa Team Killarnee are ready to go again.

SUMMARY

Killarnée Civil & Concrete Contracting is pleased to announce the awarding of the Pluto Site A Project The Project is a large scale Civil Concrete Construction Project of as part of the new Woodside Pluto LNG Gas Plant, involving the construction of:

• A Bund Wall (8m high – 600m long) and 
• A series of 150 pipe rack footings

LOCATION

The project is located on the Burrup Peninsula near Dampier in the Pilbara Region.

CLIENT

Decmil Australia

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES

• The main construction activities on the project include:
• Manage construction teams
• Place and finish blinding concrete for bases 
• Supply, construct and place formwork
• Place and tie steel reinforcing and embedded items 
• Place and finish concrete
• Apply Killarnée Formwork HS&E Systems in accordance with site requirements Compliance with site procedures

ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES

Associated activities include:

• Contract management 
• Human resources management, including recruitment and mobilization of personnel 
• Plant management, maintenance and operation 
• Application of the Killarnee Formwork Business Management System

KEY PERSONNEL

The key personnel on the project are:

• Project Manager – Darcy Kealley 
• HS&E Advisor – Bill Bertolini
• Engineer – Aiden Dorgan
• Superintendent – Raymond Perkins
• Superintendent – Larry Innes
• Site Administrator – Rina Pirie

AIM

Killarnée considers Health, Safety and Environment (HS&E) to be an integral part of its business, we place the safety of our people first.

The company is committed to the philosophy of zero accidents or environmental incidents (including pollution prevention).

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

We are continually working to develop and improve our systems to achieving measurable objectives and targets.

In order to achieve our objective of Zero Incidents we aim to involve all levels within the organisation in the planning, development and implementation of health, safety and environmental controls that will ensure we continually improve our performance in all areas of HSE performance. 

HAZARD MANAGEMENT

Using the Hierarchy of control we aim to reduce all hazards in the workplace by:

• Elimination
• Substitution 
• Engineering 
• Administration 
• Personal Protective Equipment 
• Follow-up Actions

MONITORING

Killarnée is committed to establishing monitoring programs that are not only site specific but also include client and other stakeholder’s requirements.

COLLABORATION

The use of Killarnée Contract Management Systems enables a collaborative approach to implementing HS&E requirements on each of our sites. We encourage early participation by all of our clients and other contractors on our sites to ensure that no worker, asset or the environment is put at unnecessary risk.

Killarnée Civil & Concrete Contractors have undertaken a quality assurance certification program with auditing and certification being conducted by SAI Global. Commenced in mid 2008, Killarnée now has established systems in place to ensure we are providing our services in accordance with:

• AS NZS ISO 9001-2000 Quality Management Systems
• AS NZS 4801-2001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems 
• AS NZS ISO 14001-2004 Environmental Management Systems.

OUR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The Killarnée Business Management System (BMS) is a documented linked system that details the way we do business. The system is broken down into 11 sections that have been written in “our language”. Access to the system is provided to all staff via either:

• Direct Access
• Web Link 
• Hard Copy

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Killarnée understands that no system is perfect for all occasions, as such management is committed to the ongoing improvement of the way we do business in all areas. Management also recognise the need for client input. As a result we will be seeking regular feedback from our clients on how we operate and necessary changes to the BMS will be implemented.