The Transfield Worley Services Best Practice Network has been further energised with the formation of a fresh steering committee in 2008. The new committee includes:

Andrew Behn, BlueScope Steel (Chairman)

James Grey, Alcoa

Ben Harper, Exxon Mobil

Rob Finlay, OneSteel

Colin McDonald, Queensland Alumina

Kim Keane, Santos

Judi Hansen, Sydney Water

Greg Monkhouse, Western Power 

The Network has enjoyed incredible growth in a short period of time and the forums have grown to be truly world class events, as those members that joined us at the Gold Coast in 2008 would remember.

The current Steering Committee has been brought together to take on the challenge of moving the network forward to deliver even greater value for all members. 

So with world class forums already being delivered what more can be done?

The Steering Committee examined this question and developed a new charter which focuses on delivering greater value and tangible outcomes which lead to measurable business benefit for network members.

We will also continue to share lessons and case studies and aim to search out true and credible leading practices that deliver proven results.

Our first initiative has been to hold smaller regional forums in between the international forum to enable local issues to be solved specific to an area or group of members. The first and very successful regional forum was held in Perth, Australia in November 2008 with many members supporting the regional approach.

The next forum will be held in Auckland, New Zealand on 12 June 2009 followed by the East Coast Forum 27-28 July 2009 in Sydney, Australia.

Lastly and probably most importantly the Steering Committee has questioned what practices, methods, principles, concepts or results we should focus on sharing. Our approach will be to simply ask the Steering Committee members to identify and lock in their top three issues, and then call on the broader network to assist them with their challenges. 

This will give the network a clearer and more focused mandate. We can then take greater advantage of this unique cross industry network to connect people and assist in resolving the top three identified issues.

Many network members are doing it tough in the current economic climate. For those member organisations that recognise the full value of knowledge sharing this is the time to learn how the best are weathering the storm, and to position your company ready for when the sun shines again.

Consider challenging your network to deliver for you in these hard times.

Andrew Behn BlueScope Steel, Steering Committee Chairman

0439 132 311

Andrew.Behn@bluescopesteel.com 

November 2008 saw the launch of our inaugural West Coast Leading Practice Forum. We had over 105 practice leaders from 42 regional organisations attend the three day event.

The Sunday of the Forum  saw us kick off a netWORKing event aboard the Leeuwin Tall Ship which was followed by a Welcome Dinner with special guest speaker Hon. Eric Ripper, Deputy Premier; Treasurer; Minister for State Development WA.

The two day program had a number of high profile government and industry speakers including, Richard E Court, Former Premier and Treasurer of WA and Andrew Forrest, CEO Fortescue Metals Group Ltd who shared their ideas on how to tackle regional issues that are associated with industry in WA.

TWS Leading Practice Forum – New Zealand

12 June 2009, Crowne Plaza, Auckland

TWS Leading Practice Forum – East Coast

27-28 July 2009, Sofitel Wentworth, Sydney

‘Delivering improved business performance in a cash constrained environment’

The Regional Forum will offer a unique insight into leading practice methodologies that will enable you to deliver superior performance within your projects and core business.

Practice leaders from within the Transfield Worley Services network will share ideas and solutions that will address the core challenges we face in the current economic environment.

Forum Content

·         Business sustainability – staying in business in a cash and carbon constrained economy

·         safety - behavioural and personal safety

·         manufacturing excellence - improving uptime and reducing variations in costs and waste

·         portfolio management – optimum return from your constrained capital investment programs

·         capital management – faster and cheaper projects with better results, and

·         operational security – protecting your people and plant by implementing leading risk management processes

Benefits of Attending

• Learn how others are successfully implementing leading practices
• Gain in-sights on the latest developments from regional practice leaders
• Measure the standard of your business on a regional scale
• Regional networking and knowledge sharing with other like minded practice leaders
• Exchange ideas, new developments, and
• Implement key strategies, methodologies and technologies into your projects and core business.

 For more information, visit www.twsbestpractice.com

No money to install energy saving technology? No problem.

Rather than purchasing the technology outright, why not pay it off with the savings you make?

“The gains are not only financial, but also environmental.”

Many businesses recognise the wisdom of investing in energy efficiency but are put off by the initial capital cost outlay. But a partnership between Craggy Range winery and plant-design-and-manufacturing company Transfield Worley has overcome this barrier, and installed a heat recovery system with no capital outlay. Instead, the winery pays for the system and installation through the real, measurable savings the system delivers. The result is that Craggy Range has reduced their electricity use by at least 13 per cent. At this current rate of savings, the winery will have paid Transfield Worley for the unit in about four years. After that they will completely own the unit and get the full benefit of lower power bills.

Transfield Worley is among a number of companies with innovative solutions to finance the cost of taking on energy saving technologies. Such solutions can be very appealing. In this case, for example, it is in the contractor’s best interests to make installation cost-effective and working to its optimum – their profits depend on it. They therefore strive for the best energy savings possible, which effectively delivers the shortest pay-back period. This successful project delivered financial and environmental benefits – and was supported by an EECA capital grant.

Mike Finlayson

Regional General Manager

Transfield Worley Ltd NZ

Ph: +64 06 870 7680

Email: mfinlayson@transfieldworley.co.nz

Phil O’Neil

Regional Manager

Demand Response Australia Pty Ltd.

Ph: 1300 693 993 (NZ)

Email: Phil.ONeil@demandresponse.com

Transfield Worley Power Services (TWPS) is demonstrating leading performance outcomes through its asset management practices at Collie Power Station. TWPS is a joint venture company that has operated and maintained Collie Power Station (CPS) on behalf of owner Verve Energy since March 2005.

Built in 1999 and enhanced in 2007, CPS is the single largest generation unit (340MW) in  Western Australia.

An RWE benchmarking exercise across a number of metrics in late 2007, CPS was cited as being in the top 5 per cent of all coal fired assets benchmarked and also found to be in the upper quartile of all assets benchmarked. RWE benchmarked over 50 generation assets in their last analysis.  

Since 2005 the capacity of the station has increased from 330MW to 340MW, availability has remained high and reductions in operating costs reduced by over $1M annually.

Transfield Services asset management knowledge and systems has been successfully woven into the day to day activities of CPS. This has enabled delivery of increased capability and asset management maturity for CPS. Key elements of the system and practices at CPS are management and leadership, an asset management culture, an asset management framework and performance measurement.

TWPS received Asset Management Excellence Awards in 2007 and again in 2008 by the Asset Management Council of Australia and in 2008, TWPS was also recognised as the winner of the prestigious Franco Belgiorno-Nettis (FBN) Industry Award for the best managed site amongst Transfield Services companies.

Ian Nichols

Executive Manager

Transfield Worley Power Services

Nicholsi@transfieldservices.com

Being an industry leader with a world class safety program takes work. The safety of thier employees is the number one priority and the success of the program is dependent on every employee’s commitment to supporting a safe workplace. 

To help meet the challenge in North America, Transfield Services secured federal and state funding through grant partnerships to work with local workforce development centres, community colleges, and federal jobs programs. The funding is being used to develop screening criteria and entry-level craft and soft skills training curricula that will prepare successful applicants for entry into the petrochemical industry as safety attendants.

The screening criteria specifically addresses the applicant’s ability to enter a turnaround project environment. The craft-related training provides new employees with the basic skills required to begin work as an entry-level safety attendant, while the soft skills training addresses other needs, such as providing language training for those not fluent in English, interview and resume writing tips, and money management skills.

According to Vice President, Health Safety and Environment, Transfield Services North America, Richard Cerenzio: “Our belief is that by giving these new employees the tools and training they need both on and off the job, we will alleviate their outside concerns which will allow them to safely focus on their work. This will also increase the retention rate among our new employees, allowing them to gain valuable work and safety experience which will reap both personal and company benefits by delivering world class safety performance.”

Richard Cerenzio

+1 310 223 6028

Australia’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), due to commence on 1 July 2010, presents risks and opportunities for Best Practice network members. With the emissions trading scheme-driven carbon market in Australia expected to commence at $12 billion per annum, companies will rely on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions data and accurate assessment of available mitigation options for critical financial decisions.

WorleyParsons is providing leadership in this area, through technical expertise, leadership in mitigation technologies and a key understanding of the operations and imperatives of its customers. The company now has a global sustainability and carbon management network throughout its operations.

In Western Australia, WorleyParsons is providing assistance to KPMG in a major initiative to assist businesses prepare for the CPRS. 

Commencing in March 2009, KPMG will facilitate a six month national carbon pollution permit auction simulation. The simulation is targeted towards businesses which will exceed the 25,000 tonne per annum threshold for carbon-equivalent emissions (at a facility level) and fuel suppliers, all of whom will be required to directly trade in carbon permits.

The role of WorleyParsons, through its Sustainability and Climate Change Team, is to develop Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACCs) for a number of KPMG’s key clients, to assist decision making on abatement options and technologies.

The simulation provides companies a risk-free way to learn and gain feedback on their performance prior to the introduction of the CPRS. In the real scheme, companies stand to gain or lose millions of dollars depending on their trading and abatement investment decisions.

Tom Clark

+618 6311 5146