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Nrw Capability NRW CAPABILITY CIVIL ABOUT NRW CIVIL NRW is proud to be one of the leading civil and The strong success of NRW’s Civil Division has been mining contractors in the Australian resources and built on a foundation of consistently delivering project infrastructure sectors. Our ongoing growth and success works to the highest standards. Since beginning is a direct consequence of the commitment we make as a small civil construction contractor, NRW has to our clients, our people, the communities in which we demonstrated an outstanding safety record and the operate and our shareholders. capacity to deliver high quality projects on time and Our people are the basis of our success and we invest on budget. heavily in their growth and development. Keeping them NRW’s extensive plant list provides cost and scheduling safe at all times is paramount to the foundations on efficiencies on each project undertaken, and ultimately which our business is built. savings for clients. NRW has experience in construction Our flat management structure allows us to be proactive for both private and public infrastructure. in managing major projects whilst maintaining the NRW civil projects have included: required flexibility to respond quickly to client needs. • bulk earthworks; • seawalls; NRW has strong ties to the communities and the people • concrete installation; • airstrips; in the remote regional areas in which we predominantly • project rehabilitation; • greenfield mine operate. Our Indigenous training program, Powerup; our • conveyor line development; Indigenous joint ventures; and our ongoing sponsorship preparation; • bridges; of local organisations are just some examples of how we • construction of roads; • tunnels; maintain these ties. • drill pads; • accommodation NRW has an exceptional industrial relations record, with • rail formations; camps; and zero lost time due to industrial action across the • tailings dams; • iron ore storage whole business. • run-of-mine pads; facilities. 2 HEALTH & SAFETY AT NRW Keeping our people safe at all times is paramount to the foundations on which NRW is built. We want every single one of our employees, and our sub-contractors’ employees, to feel safe at work and our commitment to safety is reflected at every level of the organisation. We strongly believe all accidents are preventable and join existing and prospective clients in a shared vision of incident and injury free projects. As a result of these beliefs, NRW boasts an industry leading safety record. NRW is committed to achieving the highest possible performance in occupational health and safety across all business operations with a target to eliminate all safety incidents and injuries on every project. Implemented in 2012, NRW’s A Safe Day. Every Day. Program is the umbrella for all safety initiatives within the company. Since implementation, NRW has established a positive safety culture and an industry leading safety record. Safety at NRW is everyone’s responsibility and all employees are actively encouraged to contribute to the occupational health and safety plan through the identification and mitigation of risks. Every employee is also highly trained in the safety procedures relative to their role and the correct operation of plant and equipment. Our Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems are accredited to AS4801:2001, the applicable Australian Standard and subject to continuous audit. We stringently manage risk through a planned and careful approach focusing around hazard identification, minimisation, monitoring and control procedures, and by reviewing safety performance. To assist in achieving commendable safety record, our management plans have been based on a safety management systems, principles and guidelines that promote continuous improvement. SUSTAINABILITY AT NRW NRW is absolutely committed to the principals of sustainable practice with environmental management and social responsibility key drivers in day to day decision making. Our sustainability objectives are achieved by: • Strict compliance with environmental obligations • Minimising adverse environmental impacts through strong integrated management systems • Efficiency improvements in our use of energy, water and resources • Promoting innovative thinking and solutions • Promotion of our employees’ general health and well-being. • High level of engagement with stakeholders and local communities • Only doing business with suppliers and subcontractors who uphold the same high levels of sustainability commitment. 3 ABORIGINAL ENGAGEMENT NRW appreciates that many of our civil and mining projects have an impact on the local communities and traditional owners of the land on which we operate. Our company encourages Aboriginal businesses, contractors and employees to be a part of our success through employment, training and business development opportunities. • ABORIGINAL WORKFORCE NRW is committed to the engagement and growth of a highly skilled indigenous workforce. • ABORIGINAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT NRW is committed to strengthening ongoing relationships with local Aboriginal traditional owners. We will continue to recognise opportunities for joint venture partnerships to help support and develop sustainable Aboriginal businesses in the civil and mining industry. Wherever possible, NRW will contract local Indigenous companies for the provision of services and plant. POWERUP Powerup, NRW’s Indigenous pre-employment program, provides opportunities for Indigenous candidates lacking entry level skills to break into the civil industry. Each Powerup Program is tailored to meet specific project requirements and guarantees all candidates employment with NRW on successful graduation. The Program delivers competency based training using hands-on activities such as driving haul trucks and rollers, including OH&S practices and procedures, which is empowering for the candidates. Since its inception in 2008, Powerup has progressed steadily, and over 250 graduates have been placed into the NRW workforce to date. 4 5 6 BULK EARTHWORKS NRW’s growth has been built on the reliable execution of high quality, safely delivered bulk earthworks projects for blue chip clients in the resources and infrastructure sectors across Western Australia and Queensland. Works undertaken include earthworks for ROM walls, stackers and reclaimers, stockyards, causeways, conveyor construction, car dumpers, railtrack and related ancillary works. NRW’s capability and capacity to successfully deliver both large and small scale bulk earthworks contracts is self-evident with the subsequent award of variations to existing large contracts. Testament to this, were the award of the Nammuldi Haul Road overpass, Silvergrass Access Roads and Nammuldi Roads, all variations to NRW’s existing Nammuldi Below Water Table Contract for Rio Tinto. PROJECT HISTORY Project Name Client Value ($M) Western Turner Brockman Bulk Earthworks Rio Tinto $376 Cape Lambert Port B – Car Dumper 5 and Stockyard Earthworks Rio Tinto $110 Cape Lambert Port B – Car Dumper 6/7 and Stockyard Earthworks Rio Tinto $206 Cape Preston Bulk Earthworks and Breakwater CITIC Pacific Mining $290 Brockman 4 Rail, Road and Infrastructure Bulk Earthworks Rio Tinto $204 Karara Iron Ore Project Bulk Earthworks and Concrete Karara Mining Limited $203 Herb Elliott Port Fortescue Metals Group $203 Nammuldi Below Water Table Rio Tinto $186 Yandi Sustaining Project Bulk Earthworks Rio Tinto $131 Roy Hill Mine Site Earthworks Roy Hill $65 Mesa J TSF5 Earthworks Stage 1 & 2 Rio Tinto $6 CASE STUDY CAPE LAMBERT PORT B EARTHWORKS Client: Rio Tinto | Value: $316 million NRW, in joint venture with Indigenous partner, Ngarluma unsuitable excavation and disposal and two kilometres and Yindjibarndi Foundation Limited (NYFL), were on of culvert installation. site at Cape Lambert from April 2011. The JV undertook Following NRW’s performance on the initial project, major bulk earthworks in preparation for stockyards; NRW was awarded a subsequent $206 million contract car dumpers 5, 6 and 7; railtrack and ancillary works involving Car Dumpers 6/7, and Stockyard Earthworks. including pipe jacking and access roads. This project involved 1.8 million cubic metres of drill and The Project comprised of earthworks for the provision of blast, two million cubic metres of cut and fill, one million two new stockyards and three car dumpers, delivered cubic metres of unsuitable excavation and disposal and as two separate contracts over two and a half years. The four kilometres of culvert installation with a 2.2 metre first contract for $110 million involved bulk earthworks for diameter double pipejack under the live port railway car dumper 5, stockyard A and out loading berm which feeding the shiploaders. had two million cubic metres of drill and blast work up to Project challenges included stringent environmental 30 metres deep with 2.6 million cubic metres of rock and conditions and a high level of interface with other common cut and fill as well as 0.5 million cubic metres of contractors. 7 RAIL NRW has extensive experience in undertaking and successfully delivering major rail earthworks formations, duplications and sidings for major resource companies such as Samsung C&T, BHP Billiton Iron Ore, Fortescue Metals Group and Rio Tinto. The scope of works on these projects typically include drainage, drill and blast, culvert installation and bridge construction. NRW has undertaken rail formation works in the remote region of the Pilbara in Western Australia for over a decade. Most recently, NRW undertook
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