The company contracted to complete 10 bridges for Western Australia’s $1.12 billion NorthLink WA project is reportedly in financial trouble, with the Stage Two contract being terminated yesterday.
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When it comes to operating licences for earthmoving machinery like graders there have been changes in recent times that make a yes/no answer complicated. Officially, if you are in Australia you no longer need a licence, such as an earthmoving or particular crane certification (EPC), to operate most earthmoving machines. However, it doesn’t mean you can just rock up to a worksite and hop on a grader with no experience. It does mean that you have to take the necessary steps to become a competent grader operator. As graders are a vital finishing machine on any worksite the project manager or the Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) are very particular with a grader operator’s experience and skills. The need for an EPC licence was revoked in 2011 by the Australian Federal Government to make it easier for workers to responsibly use a range of plant equipment. Although this then meant that a range of other management and operator responsibilities took its place to ensure the safety and productivity of the worksite.
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Bechtel are preparing for a major contract to build a second Pluto LNG train (a liquefaction and purification facility) within WA’s massive $15.5 billion Scarborough project.
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