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Downer in Western Australia Downer in Western Australia Location 1 Albany 2 Argyle diamond mine 3 Barrow Island Legend 4 Brockman 2 and 4 iron ore mines 5 Bunbury 6 Burrup Peninsula Transport Rail Utilities Services Technology & Engineering, Mining 7 Canning Vale Services Communications Construction Services & Maintenance 8 Cannington 9 Cape Preston magnetite mine 10 Carosue Dam gold mine 11 Channar iron ore mine 12 Christmas Creek iron ore mine 13 Collie Argyle diamond mine 2 14 East Perth 15 Eastern Ridge iron ore mine Engineering Road Services Utilities Mining Rail 16 Granny Smith gold mine Construction & Maintenance 17 Gosnells Burrup Peninsula 6 18 Hope Downs iron ore mine Port Hedland 40 43 South Hedland Barrow Island 3 Karratha 25 19 Jimblebar iron ore mine Cape Preston magnetite mine 9 49 West Angelas Ore mine 20 Jundee gold mine Mesa A and J iron ore mines 37 Pannawonica iron ore mine 30 Telfer gold mine 47 21 Kalgoorlie Brockman 2 and 4 iron ore mines 4 Roy Hill iron ore mine 42 Yandi iron ore mines 50 22 Kambalda Christmas Creek iron ore mine 12 Marandoo iron ore mine 29 51 Yandicoogina iron ore mine 23 Kanowna Belle gold mine Tom Price iron ore mine 48 Newman 35 18 Hope Downs iron ore mine 24 Karara magnetite mine Paraburdoo iron ore mine 38 Channar iron ore mine 11 32 Mt Whaleback iron ore mine 25 Karratha WA Eastern Ridge Iron Ore mine 15 19 Jimblebar iron ore mine 26 KCGM gold mine 27 Kwinana Mt Keith nickel mine 31 28 Maddington 20 29 Marandoo iron ore mine Jundee gold mine WA 30 Mesa A and J iron ore mines 31 Mt Keith nickel mine Murrin Murrin nickel mine 33 32 Mt Whaleback iron ore mine Narngulu 34 33 Murrin Murrin nickel mine Karara magnetite mine 24 Sunrise Dam gold mine 45 34 Narngulu Carosue Dam gold mine 10 35 Newman 36 Onslow Super Pit gold mine 46 37 Pannawonica iron ore mine Kalgoorlie 21 26 KCGM gold mine Granny Smith gold mine 16 23 38 Paraburdoo iron ore mine Kanowna belle gold mine East Perth 14 8 Cannington 22 Kambalda 39 Parker Point Canning Vale 7 28 Maddington Gosnells St Ives gold mine 44 40 Port Hedland 17 36 Onslow Parker Point 39 41 Premier coal mine 41 Premier coal mine Kwinana 27 42 Roy Hill iron ore mine Bunbury 5 13 Collie 43 South Hedland 44 St Ives gold mine Albany 1 45 Sunrise Dam gold mine 46 Super Pit gold mine 47 Telfer gold mine 48 Tom Price iron ore mine 49 West Angelas iron ore mine State-wide 50 Yandi iron ore mine 51 Yandicoogina iron ore mine About Downer Argyle diamond mine 2 Downer is a leading provider At Downer, we support our Engineering Road Services Utilities Mining Rail of services to customers in customers through the life of their Construction & markets including: assets – from initial feasibility Maintenance Burrup Peninsula 6 and design through construction, ■ Transport Services; Port Hedland 40 43 South Hedland production and operations and Barrow Island 3 Karratha 25 ■ Rail; eventual decommissioning. Cape Preston magnetite mine 9 49 West Angelas Ore mine Mesa A and J iron ore mines 37 Pannawonica iron ore mine ■ Utilities Services; 30 Telfer gold mine 47 We build strong relationships of Brockman 2 and 4 iron ore mines 4 Roy Hill iron ore mine 42 ■ Technology and trust with our customers, truly Yandi iron ore mines 50 Christmas Creek iron ore mine 12 Communications Services; understanding and predicting their Marandoo iron ore mine 29 51 Yandicoogina iron ore mine Tom Price iron ore mine 48 ■ Engineering, Construction needs and bringing them Newman 35 18 Hope Downs iron ore mine Paraburdoo iron ore mine 38 & Maintenance; and world leading insights and solutions. Channar iron ore mine 11 32 Mt WAWhaleback iron ore mine ■ Mining. We aim to employ the best people 15 19 Jimblebar iron ore mine Eastern Ridge Iron Ore mine Downer employs about 19,000 and bring thought leadership Mt Keith nickel mine 31 people, primarily in Australia and to each stage of the asset lifecycle New Zealand, with over 4,500 in as we support our customers Jundee gold mine 20 Western Australia across more to plan, create and sustain. WA than 50 sites and projects, but also in the Asia-Pacific region, South Murrin Murrin nickel mine 33 America and Southern Africa. Narngulu 34 Karara magnetite mine 24 Sunrise Dam gold mine 45 Carosue Dam gold mine 10 NT Super Pit gold mine 46 Kalgoorlie 21 26 KCGM gold mine Granny Smith gold mine 16 23 Kanowna belle gold mine East Perth 14 8 Cannington Kambalda 22 QLD Canning Vale 7 28 Maddington Gosnells St Ives gold mine 44 17 36 Onslow Parker Point 39 WA 41 Premier coal mine SA Kwinana 27 Bunbury 5 13 NSW Collie Albany 1 ACT VIC TAS Downer in Western Australia Downer in Western 3 Our Purpose, Promise and Pillars Our business is founded on four pillars which support our Promise and our Purpose: Our Purpose Our Promise We exist to create and sustain the modern environment To work closely with our customers to help them by building trusted relationships with our public and succeed, using world leading insights and solutions. private sector customers. Our Pillars Thought Safety Delivery Relationships leadership Zero Harm is We build trust by We collaborate We remain at the embedded in delivering on our to build and forefront of our Downer’s culture promises with sustain enduring industry by employing and is fundamental excellence while relationships the best people and to the company’s focusing on safety, based on trust having the courage future success value for money and integrity to challenge the and eiciency status quo Downer in Western Australia Downer in Western 4 Our Expertise At Downer, we support our customers through the life of their assets – from initial feasibility and design through to production and operations and eventual decommissioning. PLAN We aim to employ the best people and Feasibility CREATE Optimisation bring thought Design leadership to each stage of the asset lifecycle Construction as we Production and Operations support our customers to INNOVATE plan, create and sustain. Maintenance Manufacturing Asset Management SUSTAIN Transport Services Transport Services comprises Downer’s road, rail infrastructure, bridge, airport and port businesses. It features a broad range of transport infrastructure services including earthworks, civil construction, asset management, maintenance, surfacing and stabilisation, supply of bituminous products and logistics, open space and facilities management and rail track signalling and electrification works. Road Services ■ Road Asset Management Transport infrastructure Our customers include all of Contract (South East Downer provides integrated Australia’s State road authorities, Queensland) – commencing in services to its airport and the New Zealand Transport November 2013, this five year port customers including Agency and the majority of local contract with the Department pavement construction, facilities government councils and authorities of Transport and Main Roads maintenance, communications in both countries. Our major covers the maintenance technologies, open space and contracts in Australia include: of approximately 800 lane asset management and turnkey kilometres of urban and rural electrical and communication ■ Integrated Service roads north of Brisbane; and systems. It also provides whole-of- Arrangements (Western ■ North East Maintenance life asset solutions for associated Australia) – awarded in 2010, Alliance (Victoria) – Downer infrastructure such as roads, rail these three relationship-based has been working with lines and car parks. arrangements involve the VicRoads since 2010 to deliver Downer also provides rail delivery of extensive network routine, periodic and minor infrastructure services including asset management services improvements to more than earthworks, civil and rail track over 6,600 road kilometres; 3,000 kilometres of roads in construction and signalling and ■ Sydney West Zone Victoria’s North East. Stewardship Maintenance electrification works. We have formed strategic Contract (New South Wales) Customers include Transport partnerships to meet the changing – awarded in 2014, this seven for NSW, the Australian Rail needs of our customers, for example year contract involves the Track Corporation and Hamilton the DownerMouchel joint venture that planning, design and delivery International Airport. of programs of maintenance delivers the RAMC in Queensland, and improvement for road and the SMC in New South Wales and bridge assets on a network of the ISAs in Western Australia. 2,200 lane kilometres; We deliver a broad range of Transport Services to our customers across road, rail, port and airport infrastructure.” Downer in Western Australia Downer in Western 6 “ We continuously invest in Rail infrastructure, airport innovation and state-of-the-art and port services technology to ensure we remain at Downer provides a range of rail the forefront of our industry. For infrastructure services to its example, Downer: customers including earthworks, ■ is building new asphalt plants civil and rail track construction and that use more recycled products signalling and electrification works. and substantially less energy; Downer also provides airport ■ supplied and installed the and port services including multi-modal ‘smartcard’ pavement construction, facilities system in Perth; maintenance, communications ■ designs, installs and maintains technologies, open space and intelligent transport systems on asset management and turnkey high capacity road networks in electrical and communication Sydney, Perth and Wellington, systems. It also provides whole-of- New Zealand; and life asset solutions for associated infrastructure such as roads, rail ■ has been commissioned to lead lines and car parks. the team developing Auckland Transport’s first connected bus In New Zealand and the Pacific, shelter prototype. Downer delivers integrated airport and port infrastructure solutions. Downer is also a leading Our comprehensive range of manufacturer and supplier of capabilities includes asphalt and bitumen based products providing concrete pavement construction, our customers with asphalt, blended maintenance, facilities management, binders and emulsion products.
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