The Ichthys project community bulletin
ISSUE 2 | August 2013
Ichthys Project Bulletin
Second edition
welcome
Welcome to the second edition of the new Ichthys Project Bulletin. We’re bigger and
better and coming to you in the NT News on the second Monday of every month.
For even more information, check out the Ichthys Project website, new fortnightly
ads in the NT News or turn on the TV for monthly community updates.
Spotlight on rockstar
Macmahon’s ROCKSTAR employment and training initiative
took out more awards in July, with the spotlight firmly on one
high achiever.
Audrey Hammer, working on the Ichthys Project with John
Holland Territoria Civil, took out Apprentice of the Year at the
Darwin Top End NAIDOC Ball and Awards.
Audrey started her pre-employment training in March, 2012
with 11 other local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI)
apprentices and has been out on site at Blaydin Point since
May of the same year.
Juggling her full-time train operations apprenticeship with her
responsibilities as a mum, Audrey completed the three-year
program in just 16 months.
Darwin Top End NAIDOC Apprentice
of the Year, Audrey Hammer.
She was also the joint winner in the CCF NT (Civil Contractors
Federation Northern Territory) Awards and has been
nominated for the John Holland Apprentice of the Year.
program was launched by Macmahon Contractors in 2011 to
attract 300 ATSI people to start their careers in the mining and
construction sectors over an 18-month period.
The Australia-wide ROCKSTAR or Real Opportunities and
Careers – Kick Starting Today’s Aboriginal Role-models
90-day transport look-ahead
Thanks for continuing to share the roads with us
and keeping safety front of mind. With a lot of
people on the road, this 90-day forecast gives
you an indication of the overall Project transport
movements across specific roads (return trips,
per day) for the next few months. For more detailed,
specific and frequent transport information, head to
the website or drop us a line.
MAIN ROUTES
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www.ichthysproject.com
On the land
Village living
Chief Minister Adam Giles and INPEX President and CEO
Mr Toshiaki Kitamura visited the Accommodation Village at
Howard Springs in July while spending a few days in Darwin.
In June and July, village operator ESS Larrakia held
information drop-in sessions in Darwin to talk about
employment opportunities for people interested in working
there in areas like hospitality, cleaning and administration.
About 250 staff will be needed.
The street lights are on, the pool is full of water and even the
artificial surface has been laid for the cricket nets.
This month the doors are scheduled to open at our
Accommodation Village at Howard Springs, which has been built
to house the necessary fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) component of the
Project’s workforce.
The village was designed so that peak construction-period
workers would be living near enough to Darwin to be involved
in the local community and economy, but at the same time at
such a distance as to minimise their impact on the local
housing market and key services.
The village is being built in four stages. Stage one completion
includes 1000 rooms and key central facilities, such as the kitchen,
tavern, administration buildings and recreational spaces.
Construction on stages two and three has already begun.
The indoor and outdoor facilities were carefully planned, such as
the inclusion of an on-site medical centre, so as to minimise the
impact of our workers on local amenities and resources.
It’s not possible to move everyone in at once, so we will welcome
groups of about 300 people at a time.
Another one rides the bus
With a large workforce required to build the Project’s
onshore LNG facilities, transport has always been one of our
top considerations. Transporting workers where they need
to go is a complex logistical exercise and takes lots of
pre-planning and organisation.
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by the Northern Territory Government guides our busing
arrangements. Bus routes and schedules were carefully
developed in this plan to take major roads wherever
possible and to try and avoid schools, drop-off and
pick-up times and peak hours.
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Last Bulletin we introduced you to Darwin’s Buslink VIVO
that will transport the Project’s construction workforce.
When our accommodation village opens, a gradual
introduction of about 24 buses will take our first villagers
to and from Blaydin Point.
• Local workers commuting from park-and-ride facilities
to Blaydin Point
• Workers living at the village going to and from local
amenities on their days off
• Workers flying into Darwin Airport going to the village
and other accommodation.
Did you know that JKC has an office in the Darwin CBD?
If you have an employment enquiry, go to www.ichthysjobs.com to register your
interest. If you have any difficulties or want to speak to someone, please drop in
to the Construction Employment Mobilisation Centre at 22 Mitchell Street from
10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, or call (08) 8980 9999.
On the harbour
Marine construction
In our first Bulletin, we talked about two key pieces of Project
infrastructure currently under construction at Blaydin Point:
the module offloading facility (MOF) and jetty.
Activities during MOF and jetty construction include road
and marine transport of equipment and personnel,
environmental monitoring, marine works within the harbour
and onshore works.
As part of this program, a marine piling test has started and
large marine vessels began arriving in Darwin Harbour, along
with tug and crew boats and supply barges.
Please remember to observe the marine safety zone and stay
250m away from construction vessels and barges – it is for
everyone’s safety.
And with the marine piling test being carried out in the jetty
area in the harbour, we also remind divers to stay well clear of
the area for the duration of the activity.
“Marine piling” means laying foundations for the jetty, or driving
large “piles” (poles) into the sea bed.
New posters with some handy safety tips have
been placed at Darwin boat ramps. We want
to share the harbour safely with the community.
About five piles will be tested and each is likely to take less
than an hour to drive. The activity will generate bursts of noise
underwater.
By doing a test first, we are able to make sure we have our
construction methods right. We will have fauna spotters in
vessels and noise monitoring devices attached to highly visible
buoys as part of the testing.
Environment
There are two things we’d like you to know
about this month: social impacts and
environmental monitoring in the harbour.
Darwin Marine
For up-to-date information on activities in the harbour,
please remember to always check the Notice to Mariners
at www.darwinport.nt.gov.au, which includes information on
hazards and safety zones.
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opportunities please attend one of our
information sessions this week. Project
representatives will be there to answer your
questions and take your feedback.
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• Please stay 250m away from dredging vessels,
equipment and the construction activities near
the module offloading facility and jetty at Blaydin
Point. It is for your and our team’s safety
• Always check for hazards and safety zones in
Notice to Mariners at www.darwinport.nt.gov.au
And with dredging wrapped up until the start of
the wet season and about 43 per cent of planned work
completed, the Project has produced an information
sheet providing a high-level update on the results of our
marine monitoring program.
• Keep a good look out, particularly for new buoys
in the harbour
Check out the sheet to learn about the Project’s 13
monitoring programs and even the fish and animals
we’ve discovered, including worms, ants and molluscs.
• Don’t navigate between the orange flashing lights
on floating equipment
The Ichthys Project releases detailed, scientific
information on its Environmental Monitoring Program
publicly. Results, including graphs, maps, satellite
imagery and more than 50 reports, are available online
at www.ichthysproject.com/environment
• Be aware of night lighting on channel markers,
vessels, obstructions and buoys
• Never anchor in the shipping channel.
To find out more about safety information please
visit our website at www.ichthysproject.com
www.ichthysproject.com
Harbour Clean-Up
There were more people and boats than ever before joining the
annual Darwin Harbour Clean-Up last month. About 140 individuals
and 12 vessels working across multiple sites on land and sea
around the harbour collected a staggering 4.5 tonne of rubbish.
Organised by the NT Seafood Council and OceanWatch Australia’s
SeaNet Program, the haul included around 2300 aluminium cans,
950 plastic drink bottles, 20 shopping trolleys, 100 odd thongs and
a Mario Brothers back-pack with most of a steak knife set inside.
The Project got involved with the Clean-Up when it started in 2010.
This year, Project dredging lead Van Oord joined forces with
Broadsword Marine to take part in the rubbish collecting and raise
awareness about keeping
the harbour tidy. Van
Oord’s Livia Jongerius led
the Project’s contingent of
13 volunteers.
“We spend each day
working in and around the
harbour, so it was very
good to have the
opportunity to pitch in with
the community and keep
the harbour clean and free
from rubbish,” she said.
John Holland Territoria Civil Supervisor and NT
Volunteer of the Year Jimmy Doyle brought his famous
fundraising Variety Bash Camel Car to work last month
to drum up donations for kids with special needs.
In the community
August is looking to be
another bumper month for
the Project in the Darwin
community, kicking off with
the massive JKC Family Fun Day at the Showgrounds for
employees and their families.
Van Oord superintendent
Livia Jongerius.
The Project is also sponsoring the Darwin Festival, Darwin
Aboriginal Art Fair, Skills Employment and Careers Expo,
Palmerston Festival and the Darwin Boat and Outdoor Show at the
Convention Centre from 31 August-1 September, where we’ll have
an exhibition stand.
The Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association
(TEABBA) broadcast live from the 15 Mile Fun Day
NAIDOC event, supported by INPEX.
Throughout the month our regular, ongoing catch-ups with the
community continue. For the most up-to-date information subscribe
to the JKC weekly bulletin through our website.
The combined Van Oord and Broadsword
Marine team joining forces at the
2013 annual Darwin Harbour Clean-Up Day.
ESS Larrakia held job information drop-in sessions in
June for more than 130 locals interested in work at the
village in Howard Springs and Humpty Doo. Leighton
Contractors did the same for people interested in
construction work at Blaydin Point, in July.
Contact us
Construction job
enquiries 08 8980 9999
Dredging and GEP community
feedback 1800 705 010
Onshore construction community
feedback 1300 724 795
[email protected]
www.ichthysproject.com
The Ichthys Project is operated by INPEX in Joint Venture with major partner TOTAL group companies and the Australian subsidiaries of Tokyo Gas, Osaka Gas, Chubu Electric Power and Toho Gas.