CIVMEC
1,600
Number of employees at Civmec upgrade to the Water Corporation of Western Australia ’ s Woodman Point Wastewater Treatment Plant . This job ticks a lot of boxes . It is the first time Civmec has taken on a job for this client – it is a local project and this is critical infrastructure for the region , treating wastewater for about 680,000 people living south of the Swan River .
The upgrade will see its capacity increased to 180mn litres a day . There ’ s a lot of water infrastructure investment needed in Australia , so this could lead to a major new segment for the company , as Tallon adds : “ It is also an EPC alliance project which is somewhat different from our standard contractual model : herein this situation there ’ s a target price put on the job and the joint venture partners are very focused on bringing in the project under that budget .”
Many of Civmec ’ s long standing clients are in mining , and currently some 60 % of the current order book stems from this sector . “ We are doing a large job for Rio Tinto in Queensland ,” Tallon says . “ Rio Tinto is expanding output from one of the world ’ s premier bauxite deposits following approval of the $ 1.9bn Amrun project .”
It involves a full package of work , including civil engineering , fabrication , electrical work and the like . The steelwork will be fabricated at Civmec ’ s Henderson facility on Australian Marine Complex – the largest undercover fabrication facility in Western Australia – and shipped to Queensland from there .
More recently the company was awarded an expansion project at Alcoa ’ s Pinjarra Alumina Refinery ,
82 September 2017