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Duratec to carry out remediation works at BHP WAIO port facilities

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Duratec says it has secured a major contract with BHP WA Iron Ore (BHP WAIO) that will see it carry out wharf remediation works at the BHP Berth C&D at Finucane Island, in Port Hedland, Western Australia.

The A$48 million ($32 million) project award follows a successful competitive tender (following early engineering input by Duratec’s technical engineering team), with work set to commence immediately, with a start on site scheduled for March 2023. The project is anticipated to be completed by February 2025.

The project’s key objectives on the wharf include:

  • Repair to steel piles and steel members;
  • Replacement of steel ladders;
  • Concrete remediation;
  • Pile wrapping repairs;
  • Pile jacket installation;
  • Fabrication and installation of a new raw water line and hose connection points;
  • Approach jetty and maintenance jetty repair (Berth D); and
  • Demolition of two access landings (Berth C and between Berth C&D).

Duratec’s Managing Director, Phil Harcourt, said: “Duratec continues to demonstrate its ability to secure work through its early contractor involvement engagement model by working with its clients early in partnership to deliver project solutions that are beneficial to all parties.”

Monadelphous banks work with Fortescue Metals and BHP

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Monadelphous has secured new contracts and contract extensions in the resources and energy sectors totalling approximately A$150 million ($96 million), including work with Fortescue Metals Group and BHP.

The company has been engaged to provide construction services at the Iron Bridge Magnetite Project, an unincorporated joint venture between Fortescue subsidiary FMG Iron Bridge and Formosa Steel IB, in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The work, which includes the provision of structural, mechanical and electrical and instrumentation services at the wet process plant, is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.

Monadelphous has also secured the following work with BHP:

  • A contract for the remediation of balance machines at the Finucane Island and Nelson Point ports in Port Hedland in Western Australia, with work expected to be completed by mid-2024;
  • A 12-month extension to its existing contract to provide general maintenance and shutdown services at BHP’s Western Australian iron ore operations;
  • A 12-month extension to its existing maintenance, shutdown and project services contract across BHP’s Nickel West operations in Western Australia; and
  • A two-year contract to provide construction services under the Olympic Dam Construction Panel Framework Agreement at Olympic Dam in South Australia.

BHP factors wind fence into Pilbara Air Quality Program

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BHP has unveiled its plans to construct a wind fence at Finucane Island, in Port Hedland, Western Australia, as part of the company’s Pilbara Air Quality Program at its iron ore operations.

The fence would be the first of its kind in Australia, and designed for the Pilbara’s unique weather conditions, it said.

BHP Port General Manager, Nilson Davila, said: “We recognise we have a shared responsibility to address dust issues at Port Hedland. The wind fence will be constructed using global best practice dust management and air quality control technology.

“This planned investment forms part of our Pilbara Air Quality Program and demonstrates our commitment to improve air quality in the area and contribute to the revitalisation of the West End.

“Subject to government approvals, the 30-m high fence supports our intention to improve and build on our existing dust control measures as we continue to increase production towards 290 Mtpa in the medium term.”

It is intended to be located on the western side of BHP’s Finucane Island port operations, and will include mesh panels designed to reduce wind speeds, shielding the stockyard and reducing the potential for dust lift-off, BHP said.

The system has been designed to deal with the extreme wind conditions often experienced in Port Hedland. As the wind speed reaches a certain limit, the mesh curtain opens to let the air flow through the fence.

“We continue to work closely with government, industry and the local community to further improve air quality controls at our operations and for the communities in which we operate,” Davila said. “We want to help improve local amenity while also continuing to provide jobs and economic opportunity for the region.”

The project is still subject to all necessary internal and state government approvals.

Monadelphous set to take on more BHP work in Australia, Chile

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Monadelphous Group has gained a further foothold in numerous BHP majority-owned projects as part of its latest construction and maintenance contract awards in the resources and energy sectors that come with a combined value of around A$100 million ($72 million).

Under its recently awarded WAIO Site Engineering Panel Framework Agreement with BHP, the company has been awarded the following contracts in the Pilbara region of Western Australia:

  • A contract for the supply and installation of the Jimblebar Transfer Station project, with work expected to be completed by December 2020; and
  • A contract for the refurbishment of Car Dumper 3 at Nelson Point, Port Hedland, with work expected to be undertaken during the second half of 2020.

Further, Monadelphous has also been awarded a contract under its WAIO Asset Panel Framework Agreement with BHP for the Port Availability Improvement project to provide multidisciplinary brownfield modification works to conveyors and transfer chutes across the Nelson Point and Finucane Island facilities, in Western Australia. The work is expected to be completed in the second half of the 2021.

Then, in Chile, Monadelphous has secured several new contracts through its maintenance and construction services business, Buildtek, which it acquired late last year.

This includes two contracts with Minera Escondida BHP, for the construction and assembly of a communications tower and associated infrastructure at the Escondida copper mine, as well as an upgrade to the conveyor system feeding the Filter Plant Warehouse at Coloso Port, both in the Antofagasta region.

These contract awards were announced the day before Monadelphous released its 2020 financial year results, which showed the company generated A$1.65 billion of revenue in the 12 months and produced a net profit after tax result of A$36.5 million.