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BGC Plumbing‘Best SecondYear Apprentice’Looma High School girls winners.Canning Stock Route ChallengeBGC Contracting’s Kimberley Depot was proud to be a sponsor of this year’s Canning Stock Route Challenge.The Canning Stock Route Challenge is an annual event run by the Western Australian Country Health Service.The aim of the Challenge is to encourage schools in the Kimberley region to promote and educate students in thebenefits of good health and nutrition. Type Two Diabetes is a problem in the region and the adoption of healthylifestyle behaviours is a key strategy for the prevention of this and other lifestyle diseases.Each class that participates in the Challenge is provided with a map of the Canning Stock Route and stickersrepresenting wells along the route. Wells are awarded to each team for activities (ie: 15 minutes physical activity =1 well; 1 Healthy Lifestyle Lesson = 5 wells). The team that has completed a minimum of 5 Healthy LifestyleLessons and travelled a minium of 58 wells of physical activity (14.5 hours over 8 weeks) is awarded a prize.On 20th November 2003Brett Davey (BGC PlumbingSouth West Apprentice) wasawarded the MPA South West“Best Second Year Apprentice”award. Brett has been with BGCPlumbing since December 2002,area Manager Mark Wilcox isvery pleased with his progressand nominated him for theaward after his personalobservations of Brett andreceiving much positive feedbackregarding his work from bothclients and sub contractors.BGC donated $150 to two categories:BGC Make a Healthy Food Choice Activity was won by Looma Remote Community High School Girls“Looma Eagle Girls” (Ages 13 – 16 category).The girls won their category by:• Performing dances and preparing healthy food for the community guest.• Putting on a healthy food breakfast for the Looma Eagles football team.• A canoe trip promoting healthy living and exercise and preparing healthy food for the participants.BGC Performing or Visual Arts Activity category was won by Wyndham District High School.The Wyndham District High School students prepared and produced a healthy lifestyle video presentation.Carlson Daniels (Quality/Safety/Environment/Customer Relations for BGC Kimberley) was proud to representBGC in judging the impressive entries of the participants.Brett DaveyWhat brick shortage?In a market plagued by building delays and brick shortages, Blokpavehas released a totally new range of readily available face bricks whichutilise popular materials such as limestone and laterite.This timely release will help alleviate delays in new home construction,which because of brick shortages, can often last up to four months.According to Rino Marsala, Manager Research and Design for BGCHousing, these new products are the result of some inspired thinkingfrom our builders and designers. “Perth’s love affair with limestone andother natural materials is well known, but unfortunately until now, theuse of these natural materials has been restricted by their cost and theirlack of availability in an easy to use form,” he said .“These new products are especially suited to modern homes that relyon more than one material for the construction of their external walls.Our designers look for new products that can be either used alone, or incombination with conventional materials,” he added.Through the utilisation of state-of-the-art technology, the productdevelopment team at Blokpave were able to reproduce the look of pure,naturally formed limestone, in a conventional two course house brickconsisting of 90% limestone. According to Sales Manager Ernie Tesconi,the new ‘limestone brick’ costs no more than a conventional clay brick,and makes it feasible to substitute it in the construction of a typical newhome, at no additional cost.“The process is highly versatile and any natural granular material canbe utilized to manufacture readily usable building materials. For example,when combined with the special mortar the company has prepared,laterite or ‘pea gravel’ from Bindoon creates the appearance of apreformed, cast rammed earth wall,” said Mr Tesconi.Additional products are being developed incorporating building wasteand other recycled materials. Internal bricks, that are to be rendered, canbe manufactured from recycled building materials and other inert wasteproducts resulting in the conservation of natural resources.The new brick products, ‘Limestone’ and ‘Natural Earth’, are inabundant supply and to complement this range, come with all theaccessories such as fractions, sill bricks and angle squints.For more information, please call Blokpave on 1300 360 344.6
Helping handThe following was a letter receivedby BGC in regard to Jeff Hicks,Equipment Operator at BGCContracting’s Karratha Depot. It is alsoa timely reminder for anyone travellingin remote areas to be prepared and tolet someone know your plans.BGC ContractingPersonnel Department23 November 2003To Whom it May ConcernRe: Jeff Hicks (Employee)I think the best a company can hope for from its employees is that whenthey are off-site, that they represent the company in a favourable way.Occasionally though you get an employee who is exceptional. Jeff Hicksis that man.My husband and I have only recently moved to the Pilbara region fromBrisbane. A few weeks ago, we went ‘exploring‘ along tracks suggestedby a local. However, we slid off the tracks into muddy, clay flats wherewe promptly sank up to the side boards on our 4WD.After 1 hour of trying to get out, we realised we were stranded.It was 42 o , our 12 month old son was with us and my husband had noother option than to walk for help.So my husband walked the 5 kms back to the caravan park we hadpassed on the way in for assistance. In the meanwhile, 2 helicopterspassed over us. My husband alone, walking, waving a water bottle andmyself with our son. The helicopters passed by twice, but that was it.The first person at the caravan park said, “…. I’m not taking mycar out there, go to the cops….” and walked away. Then my husbandmet Jeff. He asked what had happened and rallied help immediately.He attended to my husbands obvious dehydration and exhaustion.Packed water, ice, first aid requirements, extra tow ropes; everything inminutes. All at his own expense.By this time we had been stuck for 2 hours. Although my son and Iwere fine; we had plenty of water and ice as well as shade, the extrathought Jeff went to was amazing.After 4 attempts and 2 tow ropes, we were free. Jeff then led us outand checked us again before we left for home.As an employer, you ask your employees to go the extra mile. Jeff didthat and more.Nothing can ever repay his selflessness that day, but I am hoping thisletter might go some way to showing Jeff how much we appreciatedeverything he did. If this letter could be shown to his Supervisor andrelevant superiors it would be greatly appreciated.Best regardsLiz Little (Dampier)Jeff HicksWAHC offers display home asprize in Dome promoThe ultimate house and land package was put up for grabs in the WestAustralian Housing Centre’s ‘Win Your Home at the Dome’ competition.Entrants were given the chance to win the magnificent ‘Charlotte’display centre at Ellenbrook in this fabulous competition which was heldduring the Western Power Ideal Home Show at the Burswood Dome.WAHC Brand Manager Tim Underwood said that this was indeed thelargest prize that the company has ever offered at a quarter of a milliondollars.“The Charlotte has been by far one of our most popular displays, andit is an exciting move for us to actually put the display up as a prize.The home itself has everything you could ever want, including the ultimateentertaining layout with open plan living areas and light bright ambience,”he added.The prize was valued at around $250,000. This warm, contemporaryhome features four bedrooms and two bathrooms, a generouslyproportioned kitchen/dining/family room and a new concept for WAHC –a garden room.BGC Contracting:The new CEO andour futureJohn Dunkley joined the BGCContracting team in December2003 as the new CEO. John is aCivil Engineer, is married to Janand has three children (one in year10, one at TAFE and one marriedand working for Alcan at Gove,NT).John has extensive experiencein civil, mining and multidiscipline contracting. Prior tojoining the BGC Contracting teamhe spent a year at Mount GibsonIron Limited’s Tallering PeakHematite Project. However, mostof John’s career was spent withLeighton Contractors Pty Ltdwhere he was involved withnumerous projects includingWandoo B Platform, Harvey Dam,Narrows Bridge Duplication,Goldfields Gas Pipeline as well asover 60 mining contractsthroughout WA. His final rolewas that of General Manager forWestern Australia as well as aDirector of Leighton Contractors.John’s involvement in thislevel of activity has seen himbecome a Fellow of the Institute ofEngineers Australia (FIEAustCPEng), a very prestigious awardgiven for conspicuous service to theprofession of engineering.John’s main objectives are togrow the business at a rate thatenables the corporate profitabilitytargets to be met, to ensure a safeand harmonious workplace ismaintained and to continue theBGC commitment to exceedingclient expectations.John is excited about thefuture for BGC Contracting andlooks forward to a similar responsefrom the Team.John Dunkley BGC Contracting CEOB U I L D I N G S U C C E S S 7
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