Civil Engineering Times

Launch of

Civil Engineering Vision

To create sustainable value for all

stakeholders

Our Four Themes

Employee Fulfillment

Operational Excellence

Customer Satisfaction

Work Acquisition

Message from our Executive: Jurie Loots

Welcome to another issue of Civil Engineering

Times. I want to share a few things with you

which excite me when I look at the future of our

business.

I recently went to the launch of the Aveng DNA

and the opportunities I saw in it were great. I’m

sure the DNA will soon be shared with everyone

and I believe if we focus on doing more of the top

line enablers and stop doing the bottom line disa-

blers, it will really benefit us as a company and as

individuals. Everyone in the Aveng group will

focus on doing the same things and it will truly

bring us closer together as a Group. We will be-

come more effective and competitive.

By now, you all probably know that Aveng is

focusing on participating in the Nuclear Market in

South Africa. According to Energy Minister

Dipuo Peters, the bidding for the nuclear power

plants in South Africa will begin next year. The

work that is being done currently at the Aveng

Nuclear office is not only to ensure that we as an

organisation are ready to bid and execute the work

when we are successful, but this will result in

work for many of our Operating Groups including

Aveng Grinaker-LTA Civil Engineering business

unit.

I would like to thank all the people from our Busi-

ness Unit who are helping the Aveng Nuclear

Office with this initiative. It will benefit all of us a

lot in the long run.

Nuclear is only one of the great opportunities that

is on the horizon. Although we are still in tough

current economic times, we will need every single

one of us to make a success of these great future

opportunities. I therefore ask every one of you to

remain focused on the task in hand, do everything

you do with excellence and keep improving our

organisation.

Issue 3, October 11, 2011

GLMB Package C - Allandale Bridge

No LTI’s for

September!

LTIFR = 0.20

Wax Plant - Safety

Congratulations to the

Wax Plant team who

reached their 100,000

hours LTI free.

Operational Excellence

MPS JV - On-site Training Centre Mark IV Gasifiers

Sasol Secunda

Aveng Grinaker-LTA Civil Engi-

neering’s Mark IV Gasifiers Sasol

Secunda Team completed 15

months without lost time injury.

The project started last year June

and is undertaken in conjunction

with Aveng Grinaker-LTA M&E’

Oil and Gas division who are re-

sponsible for the Construction of

Structural steel mechanical and

piping.

The project is based at Sasol’s

Gasification area and the scope of

work is to add four additional Gas-

ifiers to the existing plant.

Working on a live plant in a brown

field area, the team managed the

contract in the most difficult work-

ing conditions. We managed the

project in compliance with both the

clients and our safety policies.

From the start of the project exca-

vation had to be carefully carried

out by hand to avoid damaging

existing live electrical cables, gas

and water mains. The project also

required close cooperation and

planning with other contractors to

ensure the completion of the work

to meet project deadlines.

We commemorate all those who

contributed immensely in making

this a successful contract, especial-

ly the Safety department.

A special thanks the Contracts Di-

rector Ken Marsden who in times

of need has guided the project to

this great success.

The MPS JV on-site training centre is in the “thick of things” in Lephalale, training and developing our

future generations, closing gaps, ensuring sustainable growth throughout the industry and setting new

standards.

The training centre opened in June 2010 and has since trained more than 1000 employees. Various skills

are trained, from junior workers to junior foreman as well as operator training and re-assessments.

Taking training to our people on site has proven success and this will be taken into consideration for future

training plans.

Thanks to the joint effort of the MPS JV Executive team, Aveng Grinaker-LTA head office and LIBSA.

Le Roux Stroebel

Heineken Breweries

On site at MPS JV

Titus Tsiri

People

MPS JV - Top Performer of the Year

Congratulations to Petrus

Ramabulana who was announced

as the Top Performer at the MPS

JV Excellent Service Awards,

what an achievement!

It is evident that becoming a high

performance organisation is be-

coming part of our culture.

Peter Meidlinger and Petrus Ramabulana

Head Office Excellent Service Awards September 2011

Wellbeing Committee

October - Elderly Focus

Global Ageing Statistics

Today almost 1 in 10 people are

over 60 years old.

By 2050 1 in 5 people will be over

60.

People aged over 60 will outnum-

ber children aged 0 – 14 by 2050.

The Grant for The Elderly is

R1,140 per month in South Africa

(only for people below a

certain financial level).

HUMAN RIGHTS DON’T STOP

AT 60!

Remember the elderly, we will all

be there one day

The Sunflower Fund ban-danas are worn to show soli-darity towards patients suf-fering from leukaemia, who lose their hair when under-going chemotherapy treat-ments. Lets all show our support!

Operational Excellence Rika Strydom

Ronel de Wet

Babsie de Buys

Zaleen Kapp

Alexia Maduna

Olive Delport

Maria Rodrigues

Martin Van Rheede Van Oudtshoorn

Shane Klopper

Jacqueline Liebenberg

Christine Winning

Priscilla Buthelezi

Mohammed Ebrahim

Abel Manaka

People Richard Derwort

Kapeng Shalang

Excellent Service Awards were

presented to the following em-

ployees at Head Office during

the communication session

that took place on the 28th of

September.

Congratulations to all these

employees who demonstrated

commitment and “going the

extra mile”

Please send all articles, views and

thoughts to the editors:

Jacqueline Liebenberg and

Lara Aldridge.