AusGroup Awarded $34m Contract for Pluto

On Monday, AusGroup Limited announced that they had been awarded a $34m contract for the onshore painting and insulation for Woodside’s Pluto LNG Project.

The contract was awarded to AGC Industries Pty Ltd (AGC), AusGroup’s Australian subsidiary, who will undertake the painting and insulation works for the Pluto LNG onshore plant, located on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia, north of Dampier and next to the existing North West Shelf Karratha Gas Plant.

The scope of work includes the supply and installation of all insulation, cladding and ancillary materials; fabrication and application of cladding products; and painting and fireproofing coatings of the storage tanks and associated utilities, pipelines and jetty facilities.

Completion is scheduled for August 2010.

This now means that AusGroup is providing their full range of services to Woodside, with this latest one representing the sixth contract in relation to the Pluto Project. These contracts include fabrication services, construction services, scaffolding services and now painting and insulation services.

They have a few vacancies listed on their site including:

• Fabrication Welding Supervisor – Kwinana
• Administration Assistant - Pluto Project
• Quality Control Inspector, Pluto Project – Karratha

You can, however, lodge an expression of interest for projects here:
http://www.ausclad.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=117