BORAL NEWS DEC 2015 MANAGING PROPERTY TO MAXIMISE VALUE TRANSFORMING THROUGH INNOVATION Interview with Brian Below, President, Light Building Products, Boral USA HOW WE’RE BUILDING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE CULTURE A DAY IN THE LIFE OF OUR NORTHERN TERRITORY QUARRIES INTRODUCING ZERO HARM TODAY FROM THE CEO Zero Harm Today During November, over 100 of Boral’s leaders from our global operations came together for two days to consider how we can deliver our goal of Zero Harm. Delivering Zero Harm is without doubt the biggest challenge of my career. We have comprehensive training programs, extensive safe working procedures, hazard reduction programs and committed people, yet people are still getting hurt. FRONT COVER IMAGE: Brian Below, President, Light Building While the overall frequency rate of medical treatment Products, Boral USA and lost time injuries in Boral has been reducing, lost Boral News is published by time injuries have plateaued at around 1.8 injuries per Boral Limited ABN 13 008 421 761. million hours worked by employees and contractors. If you have an item of news for future issues, please contact: We have been at that level for four years now and we Linda Assatoury need to do better. Group Communications & Investor Relations Manager I often hear people say that Boral’s safety performance Boral® is a registered trademark of is not bad – and it’s true that statistically we are Boral Limited or one of its subsidiaries. performing much better than average across our © 2015 Boral Ltd. All rights reserved. industries: manufacturing, materials extraction, © 2015 USG Boral. All rights reserved. transport and logistics. But that’s not good enough! We are still hurting people at work and no-one should settle for anything less than Zero Harm. Some of the serious incidences and near misses that our people are involved with are concerning. We need to all believe in Zero Harm so that no matter where we are – on a Boral site, at a customer’s site, or in transit; in Australia, North America or in Asia – we need to be committed to stand up and say: “No, that’s unsafe, I will not put myself or others in harm’s way for the sake of production – ever”. During the Leadership Summit, we agreed that if we can perform our work for one minute without harm, then we can work for an hour without harm, and then a day without harm. And if we can go a day without harm, we can go two days, a week, a month, a year. It is achievable. We need to be committed. We need to think about working safely – looking out for each other now, today and every day. If we start with Zero Harm today, we can achieve Zero Harm tomorrow too. Mike Kane CEO & Managing Director Inside 16 10 Features 05 16 Boral TruExterior® A day in the life of our Trim gets thumbs-up Northern Territory quarries Why a US industry expert rates See how Boral staff spend a day Boral TruExterior® so highly at these facilities 08 18 Managing our properties Showing the way to to maximise value Zero Harm Today The company’s land portfolio adds Boral senior leaders, Board millions to the bottom line 05 members and managers discuss ‘Leadership for Zero Harm’ 10 Regulars Building a diverse and inclusive culture 02 NEWS Wayne Manners is championing 03 PRODUCTS change in our Australian operations 04 PEOPLE 06 PROFILE Brian Below, President, Light Building Products, Boral USA 20 IN THE COMMUNITY BORAL NEWS | DEC 2015 | 1 NEWS TAKE NOTE Five interesting projects across Boral USG Boral China is Bricks and pavers from The Woodlands Convention Boral’s lower carbon Hunters Hill, NSW home supplying partitions, Midland Brick used for Center in Houston, Texas concrete ENVISIA® used re-roof used Boral shaft walls, lining walls Telethon charity home, used Cultured Stone® by in 333 George Street, Terracotta ShingleTM and ceilings to Shanghai Clarkson, WA Boral® Southern Sydney1, commercial in Eclipse Disney Resort Ledgestone in Rustic building End of an era as Emu Plains East coast Brick JV Quarry closes branding comes together gravel needs of the Sydney construction industry. More than 160 million tonnes of sand and gravel have been extracted in Following the formation of Also in September, the its lifetime. the Boral CSR Bricks joint combined product offer For Boral, it has been venture in May 2015, the was launched on the PGH replaced by the Peppertree best of Boral’s and CSR’s Bricks & Pavers website Quarry at Marulan in the east coast bricks offerings for Queensland and NSW; Southern Tablelands of have been launched under Victoria’s range launch will NSW, which has in excess the PGH Bricks & Pavers follow in February 2016. of 100 years of resource. brand in a series of events. The united business The site is currently The branding is being under the PGH Bricks Last truck out of Emu Plains. Photo by Phil Rogers being rehabilitated before implemented progressively & Pavers brand is now being transformed into with PGH Bricks & Pavers focused on offering After almost 130 years, the Penrith Lakes Scheme, recreational lakes and branded displays featuring customers the most the Emu Plains Quarry of which Boral is a 40% parklands and future urban the combined product diverse range of quality delivered its last truckload shareholder. At its peak, development as part of the range being rolled out in clay bricks with the very of sand and gravel on the Penrith Lakes Scheme Penrith Lakes Parkland Queensland, NSW and best in service delivery. 21 September 2015. was the largest quarry in scheme. Victoria from September. Emu Plains Quarry the Sydney basin, supplying sourced its raw feed from up to 80% of the sand and Boral Construction Materials & Cement Performance in the extractive industries Innovation and excellence businesses across Australia have category for its site safety initiatives and recognised at CCAA awards been recognised at the annual state- the Environmental Innovation Award for based Cement Concrete & Aggregates its foam dust suppression system. Australia (CCAA) Environment, Health In South Australia, Boral Resources & Safety Awards for improving were joint winners of the Health & Safety environmental performance and health Innovation Award for its tyre pressure and safety outcomes. checking device. In NSW, Boral Construction Materials In Queensland, Boral Construction won the Health & Safety Innovation Award Materials took out the Community for its autonomous inspection unit at the Leadership Award for its community Seaham Quarry. Boral Cement took out relationship initiatives around the Ormeau both the Environmental Innovation Award Quarry, while in Victoria Boral was for efficiency works on the Marulan kiln commended for both the Environmental bag filter and the Environmental Best Innovation Award for the Striped Legless Performance accolade for its Berrima Lizard salvage efforts and the Health & Cement Works site rehabilitation. Safety Innovation Award for its Dunnstown Boral’s Orange Grove Quarry in Quarry product bin load out laser guide. Western Australia also clocked up two Congratulations to all the winners! (From left) Hon Duncan Gay, Minister for Roads, Maritime & Freight presents an award to Ravi Mehrotra and Alex awards, with the Health & Safety Best Wnorowski of Boral Cement 2 | BORAL NEWS | DEC 2015 1Owned and managed by Charter Hall and being built by Watpac PRODUCTS Mobile product training DID YOU KNOW? direct to the pros Boral USA is bringing product education direct to customers with six mobile training units designed to teach and train building professionals, installers and dealers about Boral’s lightweight cladding products. The travelling exhibits showcase the benefits and installation techniques of Boral TruExterior® Siding 801 and Trim and Boral Versetta Stone®, with tools including installed wall sections in various profiles, colours and applications of Boral products and associated accessories. NUMBER OF Work stations set up outside the training units allow TRANSACTIONS visitors to cut, rout, drill and fasten the products. PROCESSED BY MIDLAND BRICK’S ONLINE STORE A Boral Technical Installation Manager is on hand to IN ITS FIRST YEAR answer questions and provide further information. Director of Strategy and Business Development for Boral USA’s Light Building Products business, David Odum, said, “Boral TruExterior® Siding and Trim and Boral Versetta Stone® are unique exterior products offering a superior set of performance benefits that often you have to see to believe. % “Our new training trailers allow building pros to see, 70 “Our new training trailers allow touch, feel and experience each of these products, to provide a deeper understanding of and appreciation building pros to see, touch, feel and for the product lines so they can more effectively sell experience each of these products... them, design with them and install them.” PERCENTAGE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS IN TRUEXTERIOR® SIDING, so they can more effectively sell them, TRIM AND BEADBOARD design with them and install them” New Sheetrock® Brand Cove cornice USG Boral will launch its new The new product provides a super-strong, lightweight cove more rigid cornice which makes cornice in Australia and New Zealand carrying, handling and installing it in January 2016. easier for residential and Sheetrock® Brand Cove is 5% commercial internal ceiling lighter than the previous USG Boral applications. cove products and is encased in a Sheetrock® Brand Cove is strong 100%-recycled paper liner. available in 55, 75 and 90 millimetre profile sizes and in lengths up to 5.4 metres. Fresh designs for decorative New colours for Boral Versetta concrete Stone® Boral Concrete has designed new There are new display areas In direct response to customer greys and blues for a softer Boralstone®, Expose® and Colori® featuring the refreshed decorative demand and shifting consumer approach, while the more dramatic offers for customers, with fresh concrete designs at Boral’s Cairns, trends in the USA, two new Graphite has a blend of near-black designs rolled out across Western Queensland, and Bunbury, WA, colours were launched in the Boral greys with whitewashed stones.