Post on 19-Jun-2020
Our storyWhittens, established in 2001 by brothers Clayton and Tyron Whitten, is a
fully Australian-owned private business, delivering high value to its clients,
and employing personnel across the nation.
From our humble beginnings we have gained a strong reputation for
being a specialist contractor with a loyal and highly productive workforce,
providing construction services on high profile, complex and large
projects, with a particular capability of working in regional and remote
areas of Australia. Whittens has grown this reputation to further include
a recognised capacity to provide services to the sustaining capital and
brownfields markets.
We provide our services to clients at every stage of the construction and
maintenance cycle, from early works planning and project management,
to development and resolution of technical challenges, whilst managing
resources, timelines and budget.
Whittens prides itself on being at the forefront of industry practice and
utilises the best equipment, the latest materials and technologies to
deliver its clients the safest, fastest and most practical solutions to meet
their project specific needs.
Our missionWhittens aims to be the preferred contractor, through aligning our
workplace behaviour, attitude and approach with our core philosophy
— Total Process Excellence — and to our foundation values, or what
we believe.
What we believeOur success as a business is intrinsically linked to our foundation values,
which embrace what we believe.
Our values are articulated below; we expect all those who work for us
and those who work with us to exhibit the qualities which we believe
are the core drivers of positive and fulfilling outcomes.
Safety. Passion. Teamwork.
Loyalty. Professionalism.
Can Do Attitude. Hard Work.
Tyron, Louise and Clayton Whitten
Our peopleOur team is multi skilled, consisting of dedicated and passionate long term employees.
With a workplace culture of teamwork and positivity, we are committed to providing
and maintaining a safe workplace for our entire staff. Whittens aims to keep its people
safe and well, and aim to keep our projects incident free.
Keeping Our Mates SafeWhittens’ safety programme KEEPING OUR MATES SAFE is
charged with one key objective – “every worker home safe every day”.
The KEEPING OUR MATES SAFE programme was established
to actively empower and encourage employees to have a
“hands on” role in managing the safety and welfare of
both themselves and the people they work with,
in and out of the workplace.
KEEPING OUR MATES SAFE is part of the
positive culture that is endemic across
Whittens’ operations.
Our core competencies
OUR MARKETSWhittens delivers a high value, safe, high quality and professional solution at all
times to a number of markets.
Infrastructure Whittens is a recognised leader in the provision of construction services to the
road, rail and port infrastructure markets. Whittens has worked throughout
Australia, delivering, on-shore harbour works, including:
• Materials offloading facilities
• Roads
• Concrete bridges
• Drainage and culverts
Whittens also provides concrete repair
and other remedial services to enable a
prolonged lifespan for existing infrastructure.
Oil and Gas Whittens has been a key service provider on major oil and gas projects, including
Gorgon, Pluto and Ichthys LNG. Utilising a number of different delivery models,
from labour hire through to full project management, we have delivered civil
infrastructure and non-process infrastructure works, including:
• LNG Tanks
• Product and material offloading facilities
• Underground services
• Pipelines
• Grouting
• Joint sealing
• Pavements and other finishing works
• On-shore harbour works
• Foundation structures to power plants, compressor bases, flare stacks and
LNG processing trains
Mining Remote mining project works remains a key component of Whittens’
delivery strategy. With a history of project delivery spanning Western
Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales,
we deliver safely, on time and on budget, covering:
• Heavy civil processing facilities
• Non-process infrastructure
• Buildings and services
• Materials handling
• Dewatering
• Tailings
• Pond and dam facilities
• Fuel and power stations
• Specialist storage facilities
• Tunnels and associated works
• Train load-out facilities
• Rail car dumpers
• Stacker reclaimer stockyards
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Defence Whittens is recognised Australia wide as a specialist defence contractor,
delivering integrated construction services to critical defence infrastructure
projects. From site preparation and development, through to earthworks,
concrete, mechanical and structural packages, Whittens commits to delivering
a quality service to its clients.
Whittens’ most recent defence focused projects have included the
construction of:
• Runways, taxi ways, and apron pavements
• Hangars
• Warehouses and workshops
• Specialist storage and other bespoke buildings and facilities
Whittens’ reputation for excellence is a key contributor to our continued
success in this field.
Our service offering
Bulk and Detailed EarthworksIrrespective of the size of the job, Whittens has
the experience and expertise to deliver bulk and
detailed earthworks packages to the industry.
Large scale bulk earthworks including:
• Site clearance
• Haulage
• Site works and roads
• Tailings storage facilities
• Drainage and culverts
• Pond and dam installation
• Dust suppression
Detailed earthworks including:
• Excavation
• Backfill
• Compaction
• Water cartage
• Ground levelling
In-ground services including:
• Trenching
• Bedding
• Service placement
• Final backfill and compaction
Concrete ConstructionWhittens is a specialist in all aspects of concrete construction, providing superior
services to our clients, underpinned by our ISO approved quality systems.
Whittens’ activities include the provision of:
• Complex and high volume concrete works
• Structural concrete
• Suspended concrete
• Footings and slabs
• Trestles and bunds
• Precast concrete manufacturing
• Tilt panel and in-situ concrete walls and columns
• Concrete pumping
• Shotcreting
• Supply and installation of reinforcing steelwork and embedded items
• Formwork and falsework solutions
With the ability to deliver on the largest projects across the remote area
resources through infrastructure, industrial and defence sectors, Whittens is
a leader in concrete construction throughout Australia.
Non Process Infrastructure and Maintenance ServicesWhittens’ technical expertise and understanding of the industry, together
with our resource management capability, provides our clients with a reliable,
“one stop shop” contracting force, with the capacity to carry out all their
maintenance needs. Our experience includes site management and life cycle
maintenance works, with a focus on developing and implementing schedules
based on our clients’ needs.
Our maintenance team provides services in:
• General maintenance and fixed plant works
• Pipeline maintenance
• Solar panel and heat pump maintenance
• Refrigeration maintenance
• Electrical works and upgrades
• Long term lift cycle maintenance
• Camp and village maintenance
• Housing maintenance
• Detailed scheduling and critical path tracking
• Scoping and planning of works
• On-call servicing
• Specialised tooling and logistics
Remedial and Ancillary Works Whittens is an industry leader in the provision of remedial works and other
ancillary works. With our reputation for excellence and our commitment to
quality, and with experienced teams ready to mobilise at short notice, we are
proud to be a first choice provider of these services.
Whittens provides specialist remedial services, including:
• Asset condition surveys, testing and reporting
• Concrete repair
• Leak detection and waterproofing solutions
• Joint repairs
• Grout repairs
• Structural injection systems
• Waterproofing injection systems
• Concrete cutting and drilling
• Specialist remedial protective coatings
Whittens also offers a range of ancillary services to the construction process,
including:
• Abrasive blasting
• High pressure water jetting
• Precision grouting
• Waterproofing
• Joint sealing
• Industrial flooring and floor coating systems
• Concrete and steel protective coatings
• Acid-proofing
• Fibre-proofing
• Carbon fibre strengthening
• Cathodic protection and corrosion prevention
• Building refurbishment and general maintenance
Structural, Mechanical and Piping, Shutdowns and MaintenanceWhittens offers SMP services including but not limited to:
• Structural steel supply and erection
• Conveyors and pipe racks
• Installation of tanks
• Structural and equipment grouting
• Mechanical equipment installation and commissioning assistance
• Installation of modularised structures
• Pipelines and pipe spooling
• Building and general maintenance
Whittens is able to provide shutdown and maintenance services such as:
• Earthworks and drainage
• Concrete repair
• Mechanical repairs
• Conveyor repairs and maintenance
• Chute and hopper repairs
• Tank repair and modification
• Crusher and other capital equipment change-out,
repair and/or modification
• Structural steel
• Piping repair and installation
Whatever the requirement, Whittens is committed to offering our
clients the best solution.
Water Management To complement Whittens’ construction strengths, Whittens offers a dedicated,
forward looking approach to operational management and maintenance of
water and other critical infrastructure markets.
Whittens enables clients to obtain high levels of asset availability, efficiency
and reliability through management of the projects or assets operating
lifecycle.
Key services include, but are not limited to:
• HDPE and steel pipeline construction and maintenance
• HDPE and steel pipe spooling
• Borefield construction and maintenance
• Mechanical and electrical maintenance
• Dewatering and water transfer
• Pumping systems
• Water treatment and storage
• Civil earthmoving
• Pond and dam construction and maintenance
• Trenching and cable laying
• Tanks
Plant and EquipmentWhittens understands the criticality of investing in major on-site plant and
equipment to help provide a better quality service at a competitive price.
We own, operate and maintain a comprehensive fleet, all of which undergoes
a rigorous testing and servicing regime to ensure safe and reliable operation.
Our fleet includes concrete pumps, laser screeds, cranage, excavators, materials
handling, heavy and light vehicles. We have the capacity to provide mobile
concrete batching plants and concrete agitator trucks for remote area projects.
Whittens also owns 10,000 square metres of formwork equipment that enables
Whittens the flexibility to provide complex formwork solutions on technically
challenging concrete structures.
Our inventory includes:• Mobile Cranes
• Concrete Pumps
• Water Carts
• 5–80 tonne Excavators
• Tip Trucks
• Loaders
• Telehandlers
• Graders
• Flatbed Trucks
• Crew Cab 5T Trucks
• Coaster Buses
• Mine Spec Light Vehicles
• Lighting Towers
• Backhoes
• Skid Steers
• Scaffolding
• 10,000m2 of formwork equipment
Labour Hire
Our people…. Your strengthWhittens also provides a reliable labour hire solution to its clients, be it a
complete workforce management solution, a project team or individual team
members. All Whittens’ specialists are hand-picked and proven performers,
ensuring we deliver results for our business partners and their bottom line.
Health, Safety, Environment and QualityWhittens believes that our health, safety, environment and quality performance
demonstrates our values and contributes to the sustainability of our business and
stakeholder relations.
Whittens is:
• determined to provide and maintain a safe workplace for all staff,
subcontractors, clients, suppliers and visitors.
• committed to conducting its activities while simultaneously sustaining and
protecting the environment and heritage sites.
• understanding of our clients’ unique requirements and provides them with
the highest level of customer satisfaction by supplying professional project
management teams to deliver quality outcomes.
Health & SafetyOHSAS 18001
Our recent track recordWash Down Bay Upgrade: September 2015 – Current, $1M
Destruction and reconstruction of both the drainage channel
and apron structure to the MEM facility and the existing
HV wash pad; bulk and detailed earthworks, drainage, and
concrete FRP works.
Groote Eylandt Overland Poly Pipeline and Sustaining Capital Works: August 2015 – Current, $5M
Installation of 8,500 metres of overland HDPE piping, sized
400NB and 450NB, together with the provision of a number
of HV road crossings; deconstruction and reconstruction of
TSF, borefields and stormwater civil and SMP infrastructure.
Ichthys LNG Project: September 2013 – Current, $21M
Formwork, steel reinforcement fixing and concrete placement
and finishing to the LNG containment storage tank walls;
precast manufacture and installation on the jetty structures;
concrete construction and finishing works over a number of
fronts on the project.
Gorgon LNG Project: September 2014 – Current, $20M
Providing resources for the construction of in-situ concrete
works and other civil and underground services as required
at Gorgon including foundations, backfilling, work below haul
road level and process area paving.
GEMCO: July – November 2015, $15M
Demolition of existing concrete structures; provision of bulk
and detailed earthworks, including roads; structural concrete
construction (formwork, reinforce and pour) to the port and
processing plant areas; batching of concrete on site.
Groote Eylandt Concrete and Pedestal Remediation: August – September 2015, $500k
Rectification works to the 160 metre long Groote Eylandt Port
Reclaim Tunnel; urgent concrete remediation to several badly
deteriorated concrete pedestals in the concentrator of the
manganese processing plant; repairs to a number of other
deteriorated pedestals by epoxy crack injection.
Roy Hill – Package 3: April 2014 – June 2015, $50M
Delivered 44,000m3 of concrete FRP to support the
construction of a car dumper facility, stacker reclaimer and
conveyor structures at the port; also delivered the detailed
earthworks for the project, and installation of precast concrete
bridge structures.
Roy Hill – Package 1: May 2014 – January 2015, $24M
Delivered detailed earthworks and 16,000m3 of concrete
FRP at the mine, including three ROM walls and the Coarse
Ore Stockpile tunnels and vaults. Whittens was awarded the
prestigious Concrete Institute of Australia (WA) Certificate of
Excellence for its performance on this project.
Boggabri CHPP: December 2013 – June 2014, $15.5M
Delivered bulk and detailed earthworks, surveying, design
and installation of formwork, supply and placement of
reinforcement and concrete, the installation of underground
services to all structures, manufacture and install of precast
concrete structural elements.
Solomon: July – August 2013, $4M
Installation a high specification concrete workshop
maintenance floor, implementing fibre reinforcement in lieu of
traditional reinforcement. This project saw the utilisation of a
laser screed, the first time such an instrument had been used
in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
TAN Burrup: April 2013 – May 2014, $50M
Concrete civils works, comprising pipe rack foundations, wet
and dry process structures, and nitrate process and storage
facilities; steel reinforcing supply and fix, formwork supply,
design and install, and concrete supply, pumping, placement,
curing and testing.
Caval Ridge: November 2012 – September 2013, $28M
Delivered bulk and detailed earthworks, surveying
services, installation of formwork, supply and placement
of reinforcement and concrete, installation of underground
services to all structures from the ROM to the Train Load Out,
and manufacture and install of precast concrete structural
elements.
BHP Blending Yard: July – September 2012, $3M
Civil concrete works on the expansion of the stockyards,
including all steel reinforcing, formwork design and
installation and concrete pumping, placement and curing.
Jimblebar: January – October 2012, $10M
Provision of formwork design and installation, reinforcement
installation, concrete pumping and placement, for non-
process infrastructure works.
Brockman 4: October 2011 – July 2012, $26M
Placement of over 7500m3 of concrete, including primary
crusher, dust extractor, tunnels, ROM pad bump stop, slabs
(including elevated), vaults, conveyors, switchrooms, storage
facilities and towers.
Broadmeadows: July 2011 – June 2012, $20M
Constructed sustaining operations, transfer stations, ripper
stations, drive take up stations, splice stations, stacker
foundations, including manufacture and installation of precast
concrete structural elements.
Daunia CHPP: June 2011 – September 2012, $28M
Construction the civil and concrete elements of the Coal
Handling Processing Plant; including the supply and
installation of all steel reinforcement, cast ins and conduits,
with Whittens also providing concrete pumping services.
Wilpinjong: April – December 2011; $6M
Extension to existing coal production plant, consisting
of structural foundation in-ground tunnels, processing
plant foundations and conveyor foundations; supply and
installation of all associated temporary and permanent
materials.
Christmas Creek: February – August 2011, $4M
Supply of concrete pumping and placement, reinforcement
installation, formwork design and installation, excavation and
sundries, to the workshop, fuel farm and associated buildings.
Sino Iron: December 2009 – February 2011, $31M
Formwork and concrete works to six individual AG Mills,
a reinforced concrete structure approximately 17 metres
high; the supply of all supervision, labour, materials, plant,
equipment, tools, consumables and all other items necessary;
all concrete works to the temporary lay down for the AG
Mill, which was constructed to hold the AG Mills prior to
installation.
NCIG: March 2009 – October 2012, $5M
Supply and place materials to associated concrete works,
multiple suspended slabs to 30 metres from ground,
construction of new concrete galleries, and suspended
construction of new buffer bin.
Pluto LNG Project: January 2008 – December 2010, $29M
Whittens was contracted to supply and erect formwork,
install reinforcement, place and finish concrete on the LNG
Storage Tanks, effluent treatment plant, substations and field
auxiliary rooms (FARs), offloading facilities and other areas.
Singleton Army Barracks, May – November 2011, $2.5M
Placement of concrete slabs, paving, underground services
and finishing works, together with supply and design of all
temporary materials, installation and design of formwork,
installation of reinforcement as required.
RAAF Williamtown: June – December 2006, $2.5M
Placement of concrete runway pavement, aprons and
slabs, together with supply and design of all temporary
materials, installation and design of formwork, installation of
reinforcement as required.
British Aerospace Hangars: April – May 2009, $275k
Placement of concrete apron and slabs, together with supply
and design of all temporary materials, installation and design
of formwork, installation of reinforcement as required.
OUR LOCATIONSWhittens’ head office is based in Perth, with additional offices in Newman, Darwin, Newcastle and Brisbane; from these locations Whittens manages projects of all types and sizes, from labour only through to full procurement and construction management projects.
Whittens aims on all projects to engage a local workforce and to engage with the local community through its procurement supply chain activities.
Whittens Pty Ltd
ABN 52 132 968 800
tenders@whittensgroup.com.au
www.whittensgroup.com.au
Telephone: 1300 911 535
Facsimile: 1300 208 365
PERTHLevel 2, 76 Hasler Road
OSBORNE PARK WA 6017
PO Box 102
OSBORNE PARK WA 6017
BRISBANELevel 1, 153 Leichardt Street
SPRING HILL QLD 4000
GPO Box 679
BRISBANE QLD 4001
DARWIN71 Marjorie Street
PINELANDS NT 0829
PO Box 2125
PALMERSTON NT 0831
NEWCASTLE12 Pinehurst Way
MEDOWIE NSW 2318
PO Box 232
NEWCASTLE NSW 2300
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NEWMAN WA 6753
PO Box 704
NEWMAN WA 6753