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| Moma’s Farewell Party |
Kentz staff based at the Moma Mineral Sands Project, Mozambique, hosted a farewell party on Saturday 15th August 2009. Dignitaries from Bateman, Local Government and various business associates were in attendance. Also present were executives from Kenmare Resources including Terry Fitzpatrick, Director; Brian Blumrick, Engineering Manager; Dennis Roberts, Mineral Separation Plant Manager; and Jim White, General Manager, as well as a number of members of their management team.
The occasion also marked the achievement of reaching 2.75 million LTI (Lost Time Injury) free man-hours at the Moma site. |
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| Johann Bronkhurst (Electrical & Instrumentation/Acting Site Manager, Bateman) presenting Jabulani Midzi with the Safety Certificate of Achievement |
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Bateman presented Kentz with a Safety Certificate of Achievement to commemorate this accomplishment. There were complimentary speeches made by both the clients and the workforce, and Jabulani Midzi, Site Manager, commended 14 semi-skilled locals who were recruited as labourers at the beginning of the project and are now skilled as scaffolders and a welder.
The formalities were followed by good food, music and dancing and, needless to say, a good time was had by all. Once again, well done to the Moma team! Wishing you all the best in your next project with Kentz. |
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| Commitment Recognised in Doha
On Tuesday 18th August the Qatar Kentz office staff and their families were invited to a dinner at the Ramada Hotel, Doha, to celebrate Kentz's recent successes. The function was also held to thank everyone for the long hours and fantastic effort and commitment shown by all the office staff.
Recently, the Qatar office anounced the great news that it has been awarded the Glycol Regeneration Project by Qatar Petroleum. In addition to this, the Qatar team, in particular the Proposals and Engineering groups, have been heavily involved in supporting recent proposals and project awards in Yemen, Australia, Canada, Papua New Guinea and Abu Dhabi to name but a few.
The evening was Indian-themed with catering by the famous Chingari's Indian restaurant in Doha and entertainment came in the form of traditional Indian music.
Martin Walsh, Country Director, thanked everyone for their hard work as well as thanking all the families of the saff for their support and understanding of the long hours that have been put in over recent months.
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| L-R: Zach Gonzales, Jojo Gonzales, Alma Ojeda, Joseph Balasico, Laarni Pascua, Prescilla Jaramillo, Verne Ed Calledo, Nisha Jaramillo, Jasper Jaramillo, Martin Walsh, Nomer Limin, Tony Perez, Ursula Abella and Ginziel Parcero |
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Picture Perfect
Attention, all you budding photographers, we are launching a new photography competition open to all Kentz employees around the world. All you have to do is take a photograph relevant to one of the categories below: |
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| Category A - Abstract - Architecture |
| Category B - People - people at work/at home, locals of the area |
| Category C - Landscape |
| Category D - Sport |
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This competition is open to all employees of Kentz |
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All entries must be accompanied by your name, country and home address |
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All entrants must provide a passport-size photograph of yourself with your entry. Failure to submit a passport photograph will result in the entry being excluded from the competition |
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The camera used to take the photograph must be at least 5 mega pixels |
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The highest jpeg quality/largest file on the camera must be used |
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Photos need to be resized to 7” x 5” @ 300 dpi |
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All photographs must be original |
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Winners agree to release the rights of the photograph to Kentz and permit Kentz to use the photograph for Kentz purposes |
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Each employee is permitted to submit only three photographs per category. |
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Prizes
The best photograph in each category A, B, C and D will receive vouchers to the value of US$200 each.
The best overall photograph will be selected from the winners of each category and will receive the top prize of vouchers to the value of US$500.
Submitting Entries
All entries must be submitted in jpeg format via email to your local Branding Co-ordinator as follows: |
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All photographs submitted for the competition will be retained by the Company.
The competition closing date is 31st January 2010. The winning photographs will be featured in the February edition of Inside Kentz. So get out there and get snapping!!
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Leadership on Pluto
A Leadership Alignment Workshop was held on Friday 16th October in Parmelia House (Thiess Kentz’s office building) in Perth, Australia. The workshop followed Thiess Kentz’s recent AUS$86m contract award on the Pluto Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project. The contract involves the installation of all the electrical and instrumentation services to the main LNG process train at Woodside Petroleum’s “Greenfield” Project in Western Australia.
The purpose of the workshop was to visibly show the improvements in how our people work together to get the job done. Another aim was to reinforce the intention of becoming the electrical contractor of choice for future LNG process trains being constructed in Australia and its surrounds. The workshop was facilitated by David Hodgson from Neuchatel Partners based in Taringa, Queensland.
The workshop was designed to seek alignment and understanding of the defining work of leaders and team members in executing a successful project. The project team members come from a wide variety of backgrounds, industries and experiences.
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| Front row (L-R): Jemar Timajo, Progress Monitor CCMS; Paulson Gonzales, Field Engineer; Rod Williams, Construction Manager; Stephen Storer, HR/IR Manager; John Sharp, Project Manager; Jessica Davis, Cost Controller; Harry Sonnenberg, Thiess Kentz General Manager; Allan Kelly, QC Inspector Electrical; Rob Bruce, Foreman; Eddie Doyle, Instrumentation Supervisor; and KG Wee, Commercial Manager. Back row (L-R): Derrick Munteanu, Supervisor; Paul Hilton, HSE Advisor; Robert Pool, Foreman; Neville Rankin, Supervisor; Sunny Phillips, HR Manager; Dries Strydom, Instrumentation Supervisor; Andy Ozolins, Project Sponsor; Colin O'Donnell, Quantity Surveyor; Allan Ralph, Electrical Superintendent Substations & FAR; Jeremias Buraga, QA/QC Manager; John Cuzzubbo, Material Controller & Storeman; Gresley Davis, Foreman; Michael Holsworth, Electrical Foreman; Jorge Alcorta, Project Controls Manager; and Peter Nahirny, Foreman |
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| Spring Celebrations in Vanderbijlpark |
On Friday 4th September Kentz Integrated Solutions, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, held a casual day at their office to celebrate spring. The theme of the fun team-building event was “hats”. As usual the turnout and response was great, with most of the staff participating. The prize for the “best and most original hat” went to Johan Zeelie, Stores Manager, and he received a box of chocolates from Madia van der Linde, Human Resources Assistant, for his efforts. Following the judging everyone was treated to a glass of alcohol-free champagne and a delectable cup cake.
Thank-you to everyone for the efforts put in and hopefully the event will be as good next year!
Right: Most original hat winner, Johan Zeelie |
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| Spring-Day attendees in Vanderbijlpark |
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Ben and Suzanne
Congratulations to Benjamin Small and Suzanne Shore who married on 19th September in Brittany, France. They were joined by 50 close family and friends in a 15th-century chateau in the small town of Combourg. Ben is a Leading Hand Electrician and Suzanne is the Site Administrator for Thiess Kentz on the Pluto site A Project in the north-west of Australia. Wishing you both the best for the future! |
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Robin and Melissa
Kentz in South Africa would like to congratulate Robin Clare-Talbot and his new wife Melissa who were married on 9th October at Kwalata Game Ranch near Pretoria. Robin is a Senior Planner for the Construction Business Unit of Kentz in South Africa and is currently working on the Richards Bay Minerals Project. |
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We need you!
If you have a story, announcement or experience to share with your
fellow Kentz people, please send an email along with any relevant picture to
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