Thomas Andres, General Manager
Underground Services Australia (USA) has been awarded the CCF Training Company of the Year Award for 2008. Through this award our industry peers have recognised our leading training and development activities aimed at up-skilling our workforce and providing a safe and rewarding workplace for all. As part of our training programmes approx. 40% of our field staff is enrolled in formal qualification initiatives such as Certificate III traineeships and Certificate IV qualifications in Supervision and Frontline Management.
Underground Services Australia (USA) has achieved category winner status at the CCF Earth Awards 2008 for our Barrow Island Horizontal Drilling Investigation Program project. This award acknowledged the outstanding performance of our construction team working in environmentally challenging conditions. Through careful planning and execution the site crews developed methods to reduce any environmental impact to well below the levels allowed for under the environmental management plan. Our environmental commitment both to our client as well as to the ecological system surrounding Barrow Island and the Greater Gorgon gas fields has contributed to this high profile project being granted environmental approval.
Steve Thompson,Construction Manager
Steve Thompson (USA), Peter Rowles (USA), Garret Logan (Chevron), Thomas Andres (USA)
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Underground and PPS: a working partnershipUnderground Services have completed two (2) projects with the PPS Partnership (PPS), a JV between Transfield and SKM. We are currently undertaking a third project which is the subject of 'Project Focus' elsewhere in this newsletter. PPS are a project managing contractor for the Water Corporation, and are USA's Client. <full story click here>
Suburban Underground Power Program (SUPP)The SUPP projects are in various stages of completion. The Nedlands SUPP is all but finished with just 2 interface connections left. <full story click here>
Environmental Success for Horizontal Directional Drilling Pilot ProjectThe following is an extract from the April 2007 Chevron Gorgon Project Update Newsletter: <full story click here>