Ausenco

Ausenco Limited
Public
Traded as ASX: AAX
Industry Engineering
Founded Brisbane, Australia (1991)
Headquarters South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Number of locations
 19 - Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Samoa, Saudia Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tonga, USA, Vanuatu
Key people
 George Lloyd (Chairman)
Zimi Meka (CEO)
Craig Allen (CFO)
Products Environment & Sustainability; Minerals Processing; Oil & Gas, Power; Transportation Systems; Ports & Terminals; Pipeline Systems; Operations & Maintenance; and Infrastructure
Services Engineering, Program Management, Global Procurement, Construction Management, Commissioning, EPC/EPCM, Studies and Technical Solutions, Control Systems
Revenue A$453.9m (2013)[1]
Number of employees
 2550
Website www.ausenco.com

Ausenco Limited is a global engineering, procurement, construction management, and operations service provider to the energy and resources sectors. Its head office is in Brisbane, Australia.[2]

History

Ausenco was founded in Brisbane, Australia, in 1991,[3] by Zimi Meka, current CEO and Managing Director, and Bob Thorpe, current Board member. Four years later, in 1995, the second office opened in Perth, Australia.

In 2002, the first institutional shareholders invested in Ausenco and the former Queensland Premier, Wayne Goss, was appointed Chairman of the company.[4] Ausenco established the Ascentis division in 2003 to deliver operations solutions to the minerals processing industry. In 2004, Ausenco opened an office in China, and then in 2005, opened offices in North America and South America.

The company listed on the Australian stock exchange on 15 June 2006.[4]

In 2007, the Bangkok and Vancouver offices opened increasing the number of employees by 31% to 1,010 people globally.[5] The Ausenco foundation[6] was also launched in 2007 to offer support to the communities in which people from Ausenco live and work.

Ausenco began an expansion program in 2008 by acquiring several companies to enhance their service offering including Vector Engineering, Pipeline Systems Incorporated (PSI)[7] and Sandwell.[8] This increased employee numbers by 150%, and expanded service offerings to include pipeline systems, ports & marine, environment & sustainability, and transportation systems. The Ausenco Taggart joint venture was also formed in 2008 to offer design and delivery expertise for coal handling processing plants.

In 2009, Ausenco formed alliances with Whittle Consulting and Meteng to focus on expanding their optimisation services. The company also acquired 50% equity in the Kramer Group to form Kramer Ausenco,[9] expanding the company’s presence and services into PNG and the South Pacific.

Ausenco further diversified their offering in 2012 by acquiring 100% of Reaction Consulting,[10] a Canada-based specialist provider of engineering services in the SAGD bitumen and oil sands sectors, to expand its capability and services in process engineering for the oil and gas market. Ausenco also formed an alliance with Proxa Ltd[11] to provide specialist water management capabilities and the Ausenco Rylson[12] joint venture was formed to expand offerings in asset optimisation and management services.

George Lloyd was appointed Chairman in 2013 which was the same year Ausenco acquired PROJEX Technologies Ltd[13] located in Calgary, Alberta and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to expand capabilities in the oil sands market.

Operations

Ausenco has worked on projects in over 90 countries around the world, and has 2,550 employees as of 2014, across 31 offices in 19 countries.[1]

The company operates under five key business lines: Oil & Gas, Power; Environment & Sustainability; Minerals & Metals; Process Infrastructure; and APAC/Africa.[14]

Energy projects include oil and gas, power generation, alternative energy, renewable power, waste to energy and energy transport. The Environment and Sustainability business line includes geotechnical and civil solutions, mining engineering, water management, tailings and mine waste management and sustainable, environmental and social solutions. Ausenco’s Minerals & Metals unit includes concentrator design, construction and commissioning,[15] hydrometallurgy, smelting (pyrometallurgy) and heap leach facility design.[16] The process infrastructure unit covers a broad range of sectors including transportation systems,[17] ports and terminals,[18] pipeline systems[19] and infrastructure. Lastly, the APAC/Africa business line comprises several project execution centres, including a high value engineering centre, to deliver a complete and seamless solution offering.

Major Projects

Major projects have included:

Notable Awards

2002
Winner Australian Export Award – Services[40]
Winner Engineering Excellence Award – Projects and Exports

2004
Winner Queensland Export Award – Services
Winner Australian Export Award – Services[40]

2005
Winner Queensland Engineering Excellence Award – Resource Development (with Bateman Engineering)

2006
Winner Queensland Export Award – Services
Winner Australian Export Award – Services[40]

2007
Export Award’s Hall of Fame[5]

2010
Winner Vision Award - Illumination Engineering Society, BC

2011
Winner Australia Latin America Business Excellence award[41]
Winner Jack Holt Newcrest Mining Trophy
Winner BC Workplace Diversity Award[42]
Winner Royal Architectural Institute of Canada award

2012
Winner Annual Australian Mining Prospect Award - Contractor of the Year[43]
Winner Construsoft/Tekla BIM award[44]
Winner Queensland's Export Award – Minerals and Energy[45]

2013
Winner Queensland Professional Engineer of the Year – Zimi Meka[46]
Silver medal award winner in Canada’s Safest Employers awards[47]
Winner Australian Business Award - Recommended Employer[48]
Winner Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards - Engineering a Better Canada Award [49]
Award of Excellence Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards - Special Projects [49]
Award of Merit (ACEC-BC) British Columbia Awards – Natural Resource, Energy and Industry [50]
Lieutenant Governor’s Award of Excellence (ACEC-BC) British Columbia Awards – Soft Engineering[50]

2014
Finalist PACE Zenith Awards – Mining and Minerals Processing
Finalist QLD Mining Contractor Awards – Cost Saving Initiative[51]
Winner QLD Mining Contractor Awards – Cost Saving Initiative[51]
Award of Merit (ACEC-BC) British Columbia Awards – Municipal and Civil Infrastructure[52]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2013 Annual Report". Ausenco.
  2. ↑ "Contact us". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  3. ↑ "Our story". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "My Share Trading".
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "AUS_AR_17Mar.indd" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  6. ↑ "Foundation". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  7. ↑ Stephen Lacey (2008-02-05). "Ausenco acquires PSI group for $US32.9m". News.smh.com.au. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  8. ↑ Stephen Lacey (2008-03-05). "Ausenco acquires engineering companies". News.smh.com.au. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  9. ↑ "Kramer Ausenco". Kramer Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  10. ↑ "ASX Company News: Ausenco Acquires Reaction Consulting | Online Stockmarket Trading Update". Blog.traderdealer.com.au. 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  11. ↑ http://www.ausenco.com/uploads/news/124484_Ausenco_forms_alliance_with_South_African-based_water_treatment_specialist_Proxa_to_provide_specialist_solutions_for_the_coal_seam_gas_CSG_industry_in_Queensland.pdf
  12. ↑ "Asset Management and Engineering Support Services". Ausenco Rylson. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  13. ↑ "expands in North American oil and gas market | News item". Ausenco. 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  14. ↑ "Business lines". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  15. ↑ "Lumwana Copper Project | Case study". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  16. ↑ "Escondida Copper Mine - Oxide Leach Expansion (OLE) project | Case study". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  17. ↑ "Apurimac Ferrum Iron Ore Railway Transport Project | Case study". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  18. ↑ "EPC services for Canada's first LNG terminal | Case study". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  19. ↑ "MBP Bauxite Ore Slurry Pipeline | Case study". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  20. ↑ "Sepon". Reco.com.au. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  21. ↑ "Sepon Gold Project | Case study". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  22. ↑ "Award of EPCM Contract for Phu Kham Copper-Gold Project | FinancialContent Business Page". Markets.financialcontent.com. 2006-01-19. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  23. ↑ "Phu Kham Copper-Gold Project | Case study". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  24. ↑ "Hidden Valley Gold Project | Case study". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  25. ↑ "Ausenco To Manage Expansion Of Barrick's Lumwana Project". EPC Engineer. 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  26. ↑ "Lumwana Copper Project | Case study". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  27. ↑ Cole Latimer (2012-10-15). "Ausenco wins Isaac Plains CHPP contract". Mining Australia. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  28. ↑ "Isaac Plains CHPP Operations | Case study". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  29. ↑ "Ausenco Signs Martabe EPCM Contract". Mining Technology. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  30. ↑ "Martabe Project | Case study". Ausenco. 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  31. ↑ "CiDRA Holdings LLC • Anglo American Awards CiDRA Contract for Los Bronces". Cidra.com. 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  32. ↑ "Los Bronces Copper Ore Pipeline | Case study". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  33. ↑ http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/ausenco-wins-contract-to-help-construct-mineral-sands-project-for-base-resources-in-kenya/story-e6frg2s3-1226299317476
  34. ↑ "Kwale Mineral Sands Project | Case study". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  35. ↑
  36. ↑ "Constancia Project | Case study". Ausenco. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  37. ↑ http://www.ausenco.com/uploads/news/122145_Ausenco_awarded_EPCM_contract_for_Constancia_copper_project.pdf
  38. ↑ "News Item". SSW News. 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  39. ↑ 4-traders. "Ausenco Limited : Ausenco wins contract for Springsure Creek Coal Project". 4-Traders. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 "Export Awards".
  41. ↑ "Winners Announced: 2011 Australia-Latin America Business Excellence Awards > The Australia-Latin America Business Council". Alabc.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  42. ↑ "» Diversity champions – May 2011 » Diversity! In The Workplace". Diversityintheworkplace.ca. 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  43. ↑ Australian Mining (2012-11-02). "The Prospect Award Winners". Mining Australia. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  44. ↑ "Ausenco, BIM en la mineria". Construsoft.com. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  45. ↑ "receives Minerals and Energy Award at the Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards | News item". Ausenco. 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  46. ↑ "Zimi Meka announced 2013 Queensland Professional Engineer of the Year". Engineers Australia. 2013-11-20. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  47. ↑ "Canada's Safest Employers Award 2013 winners announced". Cos-mag.com. 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  48. ↑ "The Australian Business Awards 2013 | Recommended Employer Award [REA]". Businessawards.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 "Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards".
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 "British Columbia Awards".
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 "QLD Mining Contractor Awards".
  52. ↑ "British Columbia Awards 2014".