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AFRICA EUROPE MIDDLE EAST ASIA PACIFIC THE AMERICAS RUSSIA CASPIAN REGION

US$30m Ambatovy Project Award

New Frontiers

Iraq Partnership With Dome

Safety Milestones Across The World

Global Strengths

OCTOBER 2010

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message from your CEODuring September we released our financial results for the first half of 2010 and I am pleased to report

that we have delivered growth in revenue and profit in excess of 30% during the period.

The backlog continues to strengthen to just over US$1.6bn as of the end of June, and it is particularly

pleasing to report a substantial growth in orders on hand in Australasia where we see continued project

growth. The outlook remains positive for projects in the onshore oil and gas sector across a number of

regions and some noteworthy contract awards in the past six months places Kentz in a good position to

capitalise on future opportunities.

Recent significant contract wins include: the award of a contract from Chicago Bridge and Iron (CB&I) and

Clough to design and build the construction camp at the Hides Gas Plant for the Papua New Guinea LNG

Project (pages 4–5); the award of a US$30m contract by SNC-Lavalin on the Ambatovy Nickel Project in

Madagascar, set to be amongst the largest long-life nickel projects in the world (page 3); and the award

of a US$36m contract by Qatar Petroleum at its Halul Island facility in Qatar (page 10).

Our strategy of focusing on core clients and our strong track record of delivering projects in remote

locations has served us well. The acquisition in August of a 49% interest in Dome General Contracting

Company Ltd (Iraq), a leading supplier of equipment and services to the Middle East energy sector,

provides the platform for the Group to actively pursue EPC project opportunities with many of the newly

established operating companies in the region.

Elsewhere in the Middle East I am delighted to welcome Nadine Choufani as the first female Kentz

employee in the Saudi Arabian office following the change in regulation to encourage the entry of women

into the private sector workforce.

On page 16 you can read about the Kentz Saudi Kayan Project team which has recently achieved three

million man-hours without a lost time incident. Safety continues to be the number one value for Kentz and

we are proud to report a number of safety milestones also achieved in Thailand, Australia and South Africa.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you again for your hard work and continued commitment to

Kentz.

Dr. Hugh O’Donnell

Chief Executive Officer

Safety continues to

be the number one

value for Kentz and

we are proud to

report a number of

safety milestones

achieved in Saudi

Arabia, Thailand,

Australia and

South Africa

3 US$30m Ambatovy Project AwardKearl Oil Sands Contract Win

4 New Frontiers

5 Positive Start On PNG

6 US$36m Contract Win With QPStrong QP Relationship

7 Iraq Partnership With Dome

8 Aviva Stadium Opens Its Doors

10 Nearing Completion On QAFCO

11 Management Visit MedupiGautrain Gains Pace

12 Successful Sakhalin Shutdown

13 Chayvo Onshore Expansion Team

14 Shell ASU Project Nears Completion

15 Shell Global Contractors SummitSecunda 4th Train

16 Safety Milestones Across The World6 Million Man-hours LTI Free

18 Sasolburg SuccessNew London Office

19 Sharing for the Future

20 Bringing Education Back To Haiti

21 Breaking Boundaries

22 67 Minutes of CharityZADCO Going Solar

23 People on the Move

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View of the Air Cooled Condenser,

Medupi Power Station, Lephalale,

South Africa

MADAGASCAR

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Kentz is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a US$30m

contract by SNC-Lavalin on the Ambatovy Project in Madagascar.

Ambatovy is a long-life lateritic nickel project set to be amongst the

largest in the world with an annual design capacity of 60,000

tonnes.

Kentz’s scope of work includes the Electrical and Instrumentation

Installation for the entire metals refinery area, and Piping

Fabrication and Mechanical Installation for part of the refinery area.

The Ambatovy project is a joint-venture partnership among the

project operator, Sherritt International Corporation, which owns

40%, Sumitomo Corporation and Korea Resources Corporation,

which each have a 27.5% interest, and the project’s engineering

contractor, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., whose interest is 5%.

The Kentz team have mobilised on site. The contract is due to be

completed by the end of 2010.

us$30m ambatovy project award

Keith Barry, Regional

Development Director, Africa:

“SNC-Lavalin is one of the

world’s leading engineering

companies and we are

delighted to be working with them on the

Ambatovy metals refinery. Kentz has executed

a number of contracts in Madagascar and has

a strong track record of developing the skills

of the local workforce. We look forward to

completing another successful project in

the region.”

CANADA

This contract follows the award in May 2009 of a contract to provide

the engineering and procurement services for the site wide

telecommunications systems. The latest Kentz team mobilised on

site in May 2010 and the contract duration is 26 months.

Paul Knowles, Business Unit Manager Construction and TSS,

Canada, commented: “We are pleased to have been selected by

PCL for this challenging project. Kentz has an excellent track

record of delivery on remote projects and alignment with client

values of safety and environmental awareness. We look forward

to working as part of a team of contractors on the successful

execution of this prestigious Kearl project.”

Kentz in Canada, was recently awarded a US$43m contract by PCL

Industrial Management on the Kearl Oil Sands Project based in the

Kearl Lake region in Northern Alberta, Canada.

Kearl Oil Sands is Canada’s largest oil sands deposit with an

estimated 4.6 billion barrels of recoverable bitumen resource. It is

being developed by Imperial Oil (70%) and ExxonMobil Canada

(30%).

Kentz’s scope of work includes the Installation and Procurement

of Bulk Materials for the Electrical, Instrumentation and

Telecommunications Work on site for the Utilities area.

kearl oil sands contract win

Project Management Team (L–R): Martin Kelly, Commercial Manager; MichaelAllen, Instrument Superintendent – Callisto; Stephen O’Callaghan, ProjectManager; Michael Neville, Construction Manager – Callisto; and Robert Costelloe,Quality Lead

The Bid Team (L–R): Kuldip Singh, Finance Manager; Paul Knowles, BusinessUnit Manager Construction and TSS; Ikram Elahi, Proposals Manager;

Stephen O’Callaghan, Project Manager; and Haneef Mullan, IT Manager

Missing from photograph: Pascal Kennedy

Kentz is excited to announce the recent award of a contract to design

and build the construction camp for the ExxonMobil-operated Papua

New Guinea (PNG) LNG Hides Gas Conditioning Plant.

A new location for Kentz, Papua New Guinea is remote and logistically

demanding, which offers plenty of opportunity for the highly skilled

Specialist EPC team to demonstrate its capability of execution where

safety, logistics and community relations are such critical challenges.

The PNG LNG Project is an integrated development that includes gas

production and processing facilities, onshore and offshore pipelines and

liquefaction facilities with the capacity of 6.6 million tonnes per year, with

an operating life of 30 years.

Kentz’s contract was awarded by Chicago Bridge and Iron (CB&I) and

Clough, and is valued at approximately US$49m. The scope of work

includes the supply and installation of accommodation for 1,400 people,

including all the utilities that will cater for an expansion within subsequent

phases without any disruption to the initial residents or the project

schedule. Other facilities will include a kitchen and dining area, laundry

and recreation grounds as well as temporary site offices to

accommodate 220 people.

The CB&I Clough Joint Venture is the EPC contractor for the project;

which entails the engineering, procurement and construction of an

upstream gas conditioning plant, the associated permanent operations

camp, industrial facilities and utilities along with the mechanical and

piping works around the wellheads in the gas field.

The site is located near Hides in the southern highlands of Papua New

Guinea and once gas is processed through the conditioning plant, it will

be piped to the LNG plant to be located at Port Moresby on the south-

east coast of Papua New Guinea. Construction of the plant is scheduled

to commence early 2011 and be completed by early 2013.

new frontiers

Roy Isden, Project Director (CBI/Clough Joint Venture), congratulating Brian Kelly, KentzCountry Manager, Australia, on the offshore contract

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Andrew Killin, Deputy Project Director (CBI/Clough Joint Venture),congratulating Fergus Burke, Country Manager, PNG, on the onshorecontract

Neil O’Mullane has taken up the position as Kentz Senior

Project Director and the project is supported from Kentz

offices in Brisbane, Perth, Qatar, Philippines, Port Moresby

and Lae.

PortMoresby

Lae

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

LNG GAS CONDITIONING PLANT

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Under a separate scope of work, the Kentz Technical Support

Services Business Unit has been commissioned by

ExxonMobil to support the early works for the Papua New

Guinea LNG Gas Plant. The project included an 800-man

pioneer camp, as well as the construction and set-up of three

1-million-litre water tanks and a 750,000-litre waste water

tank. Under the supervision of the Kentz project team, over

24,000 metres of cable has been pulled and terminated, and

more than 30 buildings and associated facilities have been

tested and commissioned, working with the support of local

contractors.

Kentz is also supporting ExxonMobil on the completions

scope on the PNG LNG Project. Initially, this involved the

completions and handover of the infrastructure packages

(roads, bridges, camps).

positive start on png

PNG Technical Support Services Project Team

Fergus Burke, Papua New Guinea Country Managersaid.“I would like to thank Don Jarvieand his constructionmanagement/completions teamon their efforts and teamwork indelivering a solution to supportChris Burke and his team within ExxonMobil tocomplete this 800-man pioneer camp andhandover ahead of schedule”

Back Row (L–R): Don Jordan, Adrian Kenny, Aiden Connelly, Andrew Jarvie, David (Skippy) Kostyrko (ExxonMobil) and Cliff Walker(ExxonMobil)Front Row (L–R): Don Jarvie (Kentz Project Manager), Karl MacKay, Adrian Cantwell, Craig Alexander, Fergus Burke (PNG Country Manager)Missing from photograph: Trevor Roberts, Eric Barry, Michael O’Callaghan

Kentz is pleased to announce the award of a US$36m contract by

Qatar Petroleum at its Halul Island facility in Qatar. The Halul export

and storage facility, located 52 nautical miles north-east of Doha,

has formed a key part of Qatar’s oil and gas industry since 1965.

Kentz’s scope of work includes the Engineering, Procurement,

Installation and Commissioning of the new Internet Protocol (IP)

based integrated security and telecom systems. This includes the

public address and general alarm system (PA/GA), CCTV, access

control and perimeter intruder detection. The new systems at Halul

will integrate with existing fire and gas systems, interface with QP’s

IT Server and also communicate with QP’s centralised security

centre in Doha.

Kentz has been active in Qatar since 1997 and has executed a

number of projects on Halul Island since 2001. The project

management and engineering teams have been mobilised in Doha

and site teams are expected to be mobilised to site in the near

future. The contract is due to be completed in August 2012.

us$36m contract win with qpQATAR

Kentz is delighted to have been working with Qatar Petroleum (QP)

for more than 10 years and is currently supporting five projects for

Qatar’s national oil company within the region.

Earlier this year, Kentz was awarded a contract for engineering

support services for QP’s offshore operations for plant change

requests and engineering studies. The scope of the project

includes all Engineering Disciplines inclusive of Process,

Mechanical, Piping, Structural, Pipeline, Electrical and

Instrumentation. The project is expected to run for five years.

In addition, Kentz is currently working on the QP glycol

regeneration units at the Fahahil Stripping plant in Dukhan, State

of Qatar. The scope on the project involves Detailed Engineering,

Complete Procurement, Site Installation and Commissioning of the

Glycol Regeneration Train – A and B – and also the Off Gas

Compressor.

The regeneration units use Mono Ethyl

Glycol (MEG) to remove excess moisture

and water from natural gas. The off gas

produced during the process is then

compressed in a state-of-the-art off gas

compressor, the first of its kind in Qatar,

handling highly toxic H2S gas at a very

high concentration.

The project is well on schedule with major

engineering and procurement activities

already completed. The civil and

structural works are in progress and

major material deliveries are expected in

November 2010 when installation works

will be at peak activity.

strong qp relationship

Martin Walsh, Country

Manager, Qatar, said:

“We are delighted to

have been awarded

further work by Qatar

Petroleum at Halul

Island. Kentz has operated in the Middle

East for over 30 years and has an

excellent track record of delivery in

remote and environmentally-sensitive

areas. We look forward to completing

another successful project with one of

our core clients.”

Kentz employee working on the tie-ins on the Glycol Regeneration Unit

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IRAQ

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Kentz is pleased to announce an agreement with the Dome

Group, a leading supplier of equipment and services to the

Middle East energy sector. The framework facilitates Kentz to

take a 49% interest in Dome General Contracting Company Ltd

(Iraq).

Kentz and Dome have previously worked together on tendering

and delivery of Engineering, Procurement and Construction

(EPC) projects for oil and gas

infrastructure and production

plants in the Middle East,

including Iraq. Dome and

Kentz are currently working

together on the design and

construction of an onshore production facility in Yemen for an

international oil company.

Iraq has the third largest proven oil reserves in the world, and

12 service contracts were signed with international oil consortia

following two successful petroleum licensing rounds in 2009.

These contracts are expected to add 10 million barrels a day of

capacity to Iraq's existing production of 2.5 million barrels a day

by 2017. Kentz and Dome

are actively pursuing EPC

project opportunities in

Iraq with many of the

newly established operating

companies.

iraq partnership with dome

About DomeThe Dome Group is a leading supplier of equipment and services to the Middle East energy sector and has extensive experience

of working in Iraq.

Dome has three offices in Iraq – Baghdad, Basrah and Kirkuk – which are staffed by senior professionals experienced in oil, gas

and power sectors. Since 1999, Dome has implemented over 450 supply contracts for Iraq’s oil industry.

Dome General Contracting Company Ltd (Iraq) was established in 2003 to target the many construction opportunities in the Iraqi

market. Dome’s engineers and construction partners have significant project experience in Iraq.

Rory O’Donnell, Group

Development Director

of Kentz Group,

commented:

“We are delighted to

have signed this

agreement with Dome,

which allows us to

build on our existing

relationship with them

in the Middle East and

position Kentz/Dome

to deliver project

solutions to Iraqi

operators, many of

whom are existing

clients.”

Talal Daair, Managing

Director of Dome

Group, added:

“We are very pleased

to extend our

relationship with Kentz

to pursue the new

exciting opportunities

in Iraq which has

always been one of

our core business

areas.”

Back Row (L–R): Amin Jafar, Managing Director, Dome International Petroleum and JC Walsh, General Manager, Kentz Global Oil and Gas Process SystemsFront Row (L–R): Talal Daair, Managing Director of Dome Group and Rory O’Donnell,Group Development Director, Kentz

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IRELAND

Kentz in Ireland is proud to have been involved with theconstruction of the magnificent new Aviva Stadium which wasofficially opened on 14th May by the Taoiseach (Irish PrimeMinister) Brian Cowen.

Kentz was awarded the contract for the electrical works on thestadium in 2008 and practical completion was obtained onschedule on 30th April 2010.

The former Lansdowne Road Stadium is the oldest internationalrugby ground in the world and has hosted Irish rugby for over130 years. The first match played at the stadium was betweenLeinster and Ulster in December 1876.

The new 62,000m2, 50,000-seater Aviva Stadium is locatedadjacent to Lansdowne Road railway station in Dublin and ishome to chief tenants, the Irish Rugby Union Team and theRepublic of Ireland National Football Team.

It is a world-class stadium that caters to the modern sportsenthusiasts and also features state-of-the-art green credentials.The stadium is Ireland’s first, and only, UEFA Elite Stadium andin 2011 it will host the Europa League Final.

The stadium has four tiers of seating around three sides of thepitch, sweeping down to one level at the north end andprovides high-quality viewing facilities for all spectators. Thenorth stand is single-tiered due to its proximity to local housingand applies clever use of clear glass to minimise noisepollution.

All the seating is protected by a continuous curvilinear roofwhich has been designed to undulate in a wave-like manner soas to avoid blocking light to local residences and is open abovethe pitch to provide maximum sunlight to the high performanceturf.

The first rugby union game at the Aviva was an exhibition gameheld on 31st July, involving the under-18 and under-20 playersfrom all four of Ireland’s provincial sides. The first soccer matchin the stadium was Manchester United FC against a League ofIreland XI side.

The Kentz Project team was led by Richard Geoghegan, SeniorProject Manager, who was supported by EPC Engineering, PCEngineering, Project Controls, Procurement, QA/QC, Safety,Construction and Commissioning.

PC Electrical SystemsThese consist of a 2.5MVA incoming utility supply that issynchronised with four 1,700 kVA diesel generators located onthe 6th floor of the stadium. To ensure the stadium has a minimalimpact on standard background noise, the acousticrequirements on the generators are extremely stringent, onlypermitting 53 Db at a 1-metre distance. The low-noise dieselgenerators produce an abundance of heat and each generatoris fitted with large radiators and heat exchangers that actuallypre-heat the water for use in the bathrooms and kitchens. Theremainder of the heated water forms the under-pitch heatingsystem to keep the pitch frost-free.

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) SystemThe overall power system is controlled and monitored by aSCADA power management system capable of opening andclosing all main MV and LV breakers. It has the capability todivert power ensuring that as many switchboards as possibleare kept live in the event of a fault and ensuring that M+1 isachieved, allowing even a UEFA match to continue. The systemis also capable of monitoring all main LV loads and sheddingthese LV loads where required. As part of the electricalinstallation, Kentz was responsible for the commissioning of theSCADA system with interfaces to the Building ManagementSystem.

The Distribution System There are 254 distribution boards and 89 lighting control panelslocated in the various risers and communications rooms in thestadium. There are also 16 motor control centres located in themechanical plant rooms throughout the site, which in turncontrol all the mechanical equipment in the stadium.

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) System All communications and life safety systems are backed up withfive number packaged UPS units located on the ground and 6th

floor of the stadium. These units distribute secure power to allsecurity, communications and AV panels site wide.

The Sports Lighting System As a major international sporting venue, Aviva is equipped withspecialised sports lighting capable of delivering 2,500 Lux onthe playing surface. This allows for high definition television tobe broadcast around the world and also provides a highly

Panoramic view of the Aviva Stadium, Peter Barrow Photography

aviva stadium

developed lighting analysis that can map light at every point onthe pitch.

Internal LightingThe stadium has in the region of 18,000 individual light fittingsfor day-to-day use, architectural impact, security use,restaurant and conference facilities. In such a large building itis important for lighting to be efficient and to minimise energyusage, so lighting on all areas and levels is controlled by acentral l ighting controls package; capable of controll ingelements such as dimming lights in an individual corporate boxprior to kick-off, or switching off all the lights (except thoserequired for security and safety) post-match.

Data Switching Network There is a dedicated, resilient data switching network for thetransmission of all security and business critical data for thestadium. The system comprises wired switches and wirelessaccess points for premium areas. Third-party networkedsystems operate on this network to include catering and retaildata systems, turnstiles, gaming franchises, business systemsfor the stadium owners and operators, and potentially manyother applications. The data network also caters for journalistsand photographers who require state-of-the-art digital facilitieswith instantaneous connections to news organisations.

Public Address and Voice Alarm System This provides the big stadium acoustic atmosphere duringpublic events and also provides voice and tone coveragethroughout the facility in the case of an emergency. Assistedhearing facilities (magnetic induction loops) are provided atpoints of sale and in conferencing areas. There areapproximately 2,500 speakers and 22 amplifier racks on theproject.

IPTV System This allows broadcast TV content (e.g. Sky News and RTE2)and custom in-house channels to be distributed to TV setsinstalled around the stadium.

Life Safety Systems Fire Detection and Disabled Persons Alarm call systems areincluded for public safety. There are six fire alarm panels whichare monitored in the events control room and the security

room. There are 1,400 smoke heads and fire alarm points in thestadium which interface with the sprinkler system and cateringunits.

Security Systems These protect the stadium facility and its patrons through theapplication of modern Access Control, CCTV and IntruderDetection components, integrated into a single operatorplatform known as the Security Management System andmonitored in the main security room and the main event controlroom.

The Outside Broadcasting System (OBS)This comprises the complete cabling infrastructure for thetelevising and broadcasting of live sporting events from thestadium. The system caters for standard and high definitiontransmissions with interfaces for the many internationalbroadcasters that will make their way to the Aviva Stadium. Thesource of the OBS is the TV cameras. The signals aretransmitted via plug-in wall boxes to the TV Channel MobileBroadcast Units which are located in the satellite (OBS) park.

The Ref Link System This allows spectators to tune in to the referee’scommunication system for real-time knowledge of refereeingdecisions.

The Lightning Protection Systems was designed, installedand commissioned by Kentz.

Safety Kentz participated in the project’s Safety Steering Committeecomprising of: the Main Contractor, Sisk; the ProjectManagement team; and the Client, Lansdowne Road StadiumDevelopment Company (LRSDC). Kentz in conjunction with thevendors and subcontractors launched a Project Safety InitiativeProgramme. There were raffles held every month for achievingthe safety targets, all the electricians and apprentices wereinvolved in the raffle and ten prizes were on offer. The vendoror subcontractor that donated the prizes for that month did thepresentations. The programme worked very well and Kentzwould like to thank all the vendors who participated.

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opens its doors

Well done to all the team!

QATAR

Kentz in Qatar is currently completing the Electrical and

Instrumentation contract for CB&I on its project with the Qatar

Fertilizer Company (QAFCO) in Mesaieed, Qatar.

CB&I was awarded the contract by Snamprogetti to design and

build two refrigerated ammonia storage tanks for the expansion

project in Mesaieed, Qatar. These are currently the largest

ammonia tanks in the world. CB&I’s scope of work includes the

Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication and Construction of two

50,000-ton net capacity single wall refrigerated ammonia storage

tanks (concrete containment walls). Also included in the scope

was the responsibility for the associated foundations, piping,

instrumentation and electrical work to grade. The foundations are

on piles approximately 75 ft deep and have about 250 piles per

tank. The tanks are approximately 50 metres in diameter and 40.5

metres high.

Kentz in Qatar was awarded the contract to carry out

instrumentation and electrical works for both tanks. This scope

included the Procurement, Installation and Commissioning of all

instrumentation, lighting, fire and gas detection. Within the

instrumentation scope was the installation of level, temperature,

pressure transmitters and gauges, plus the latest technologically

advanced Resistance Temperature Detection (RTD) and ENRAF

systems. Following on the success of three previous contracts

these works have been carried out safely without incident, within

budget and on schedule; at all times endorsing the commitment

to give the best possible service to the client CB&I. The project is

due to be completed later this month, October 2010.

QAFCO was formed in 1969 as a joint venture company to

produce chemical fertilisers and was the first significant step in

Qatar’s industrial diversification programme to utilise its abundant

natural gas resources. QAFCO started production from its first

plant (QAFCO 1) in 1973 with a nominal capacity of 900 tonnes of

ammonia and 1,000 tonnes of urea daily. The current QAFCO-5

expansion project, which will be completed in early 2011, will raise

QAFCO’s annual production capacity to 3.8 million tonnes of

ammonia and 4.3 million

tonnes of urea, making

QAFCO the world’s largest

single-site producer of

both ammonia and urea.

Led by a consortium of

Italy’s Snamprogetti and

South Korea’s Hyundai, the

construction of the

QAFCO-5 expansion

project has a total value

of around US$3.2bn

(€2.2bn).

nearing completion on qafco

Padraig Harte, Site Manager, and Anthony McFadden, Projects Manager, pictured with their team

Piping and cable tray risers on the 2 x 50,000-metric-ton capacity ammonia tanksinstalled by CB&I

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The Medupi Power Station is a new dry-cooled coal fired powerstation being built by Eskom near Lephalale, South Africa. Whencompleted, the power station will the biggest in the world. Eskomhave committed to building this mega project to fulfill the demandsof a growing economy in South Africa. On 10th July 2010, theManagement Executive Committee (MEC) visited the MedupiPower Station Project during its recent visit to South Africa. Thesite visit commenced with a site induction and a project progressreview presentation given by the Project Director, Paul Rebelo.

The group then proceeded to visit the Air Cooled Condenser(ACC) portion of the project. The ACC is Kentz’s scope on the

power station. The MEC wasaccompanied to the site by TomLeacy, Site Manager, and BertOdendaal, HSE Manager. TheMEC was very impressed by thesheer magnitude of theoperations, with a number of liftsbeing executed by the sevenmain erection cranes. Lifts vary inweight from 2 tonnes to 40tonnes.

“This is an exciting project for Kentz as the Medupi PowerStation will be the biggest of its kind in the world. I wasimpressed by the site operations and the safety commitmentshown by the senior management and wish them the verybest for the duration of the project,” commented HughO’Donnell, CEO.

The MEC also took the opportunity to observe working practicesamongst the workforce and viewed all completed SafetyObservation Card System of Kentz (SOCKS) cards. The results ofthese observations were discussed at the end of the walkaboutwith the general consensus that best practices were beingfollowed.

management visit medupiSOUTH AFRICA

Earlier this year, James Moore, Chief Operating Officer, SpecialistEPC Business Unit, visited Kentz Integrated Solutions in South Africaand two of the Gautrain sites at the Rosebank and SandtonStations. He took the opportunity to see first-hand how this world-class public transport system is taking shape. Due to the unlimitedcommitment of the Gautrain team, the OCD 1 section wassuccessfully completed in time for the FIFA World Cup, which wasan excellent achievement.

From 26th February 2010, the Gautrain Electrostar trains have beentest-running between ORTIA and Sandton on a regular basis. Trialrunning on this section of the system commenced in April 2010.Within the remaining tunnel section to Park Station, civil worksincluding final lining, cable duct installation and walkways are welladvanced and the installation of mechanical and electricalequipment is ongoing. Track laying from Sandton Station in a south-bound direction is still in progress. The underground works alsoinclude the construction of seven emergency access shafts locatedat intervals along the single-track rail tunnel between Park Stationand Sandton Station.

Kentz Integrated Solutions was awarded two additional GautrainService Contracts recently.

The first of these was the STMS & SAMS Security AccessManagement System (SAMS) which includes access devices suchas roller shutters/gates, sliding doors, booms and turnstiles as wellas the Station and Tunnel Management System (STMS). TheSAMS system was installed as part of the Gautrain for the control ofaccess to various areas. The STMS is responsible for control anddata acquisitions on all stations and the tunnel. These systemsinterface with a number of systems, including the Fibre OpticsCommunication System (FOCS). A Human Machine Interface (HMI)provides seamless user interface with the STMS and System Control

and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. The backbone of thesesystems is the FOCS.

The second service contract was for the Fire Protection and WaterManagement System service proposal, covering all premises andequipments installed for stations, tunnel and shafts. The equipmentto be maintained is mainly defined as: all the elements of the depot,stations (and associated car parks), tunnel and shafts, fire protectionand water management system procured and installed as part of theGautrain System.

In addition to the above service contracts, Kentz IntegratedSolutions has also been awarded the maintenance contract for theGautrain Tunnel Ventilation.

The aim of this new high-speed rail system in Gauteng is torevolutionise the way people live, work and play, with the end goal ofproviding Gauteng with a safe and efficient world-class publictransport service.

James Moore, (COO Specialist EPC Business Unit) and Pieter Buhrmann, (PM TunnelVentilation) pictured at the Gautrain on Sandton Station during a trial run

gautrain gains pace

View of the Air Cooled Condenser

MEC members pictured on Medupi Site Visit

August 2010 saw the roll-out of Exxon Neftegas Ltd’s (ENL) first

full facility shutdown executed by Kentz and its JV partner DEM

at the Chayvo Onshore Processing Facility (OPF) on Sakhaliskaya

Oblast, northern Sakhalin Island.

This was the result of 10 months of planning, personnel

mobilisations, procurement, subcontractor and commercial

management.

In May 2009 ENL (a subsidiary of ExxonMobil) approached

KentzDEM to compile a shutdown proposal for the full planning,

turnkey management and execution of the shutdown. This was

followed by a request for a follow-up proposal in July before

being formally awarded the contract in November 2009.

successful sakhalin shutdown SAKHALIN

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Steve Durant, Project Manager presents Hugh O’Donnell, CEO, with the “Flaming Baron” hard hat when Hugh visited site

The scope of work for KentzDEM to manage and executeincluded:

n Operations support during feed-off and start-up

n Build a level 4 plan from scope identifications and thenexpand to level 6 fully integrated plan encompassing all thesubcontractors plans

n Mobilise all required tools, equipment and consumables toChayvo

n Nitrogen purging of the plant during feed-off as well asnitrogen leak testing and air freeing of the facility prior tostart-up

n Steaming and retro jetting of all equipment to be inspectedon the crude train

n Vacuum cleaning and waste management of all sediment inthe vessels

n Mechanical break-out, inspections and box-up of allequipment

n Full flange management

n Full coverage for vessel entries with breathing apparatusand associated air cylinders

n HP cleaning and hydraulic testing of equipment on the gastrains

n Scaffolding, heat tracing and insulation removal andreplacement

n Full machining and flange facing standby coverage

n Procurement of all materials for blinding both the train andthe individual vessels for entry as well as leak test includingblinds, spades, studs, nuts and gaskets

Some members of the Shutdown Team

The shutdownSubcontractor mobilisation commenced on 15th July

2010, in line with a mobilisation schedule agreed with

ENL. The equipment had to be established on site by

the KentzDEM rigging crews in the pre-agreed layouts

and time frame, taking into account the simultaneous

operation activities ongoing at the time.

Feed from the ORLAN offshore rig was stopped on

31st July with the shutting in of the Gas Oil Ratio

(GOR) wells. Despite problems encountered during the

process shutdown, the plant was brought back on line

on time.

All in all, over 2,000m3 of sediment and drilling mud

was removed from the vessels. Final battery limit

blinds were swung on 22nd August.

It was a safe, incident-free shutdown with zero leaks

upon start-up. KentzDEM completed the shutdown on

schedule and has made its mark on Sakhalin in terms

of shutdown planning, management and execution

services.

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Rigging out the TEG Reboiler burner coil

The Kentz-SMNM JV also had a team responsible for all facility

“tie-ins” associated with the plant’s Onshore Expansion Project.

On 18th July 2010, while preparing for the first facility shutdown

to be undertaken at ExxonMobil’s Chayvo OPF the team

undertook the first “project piping tie-ins”.

These works were executed prior to the full plant shutdown

which was carried out in August and involved the installation of

new piping spools, complete with double block and bleed valve

arrangements on areas of the expansion works where

associated plant operations had already been shut down. The

works were completed safely and on time. In recognition of

their diligence and application, the team in question was

singled out by the client’s management team for special

mention for the safe and professional manner in which these

works were carried out.

The successful “Tie-In work” continued throughout the full

facility shutdown in August, when Kentz-SMNM successfully

completed 26 Piping “Tie-Ins”. All works were completed with

no safety incidents or near misses, along with a

leak free start-up.

As a result of the above Kentz-SMNM has now

been awarded further MEIP works through to the

end of the Chayvo Onshore Expansion (COE)

Project which is expected to be completed by the

end of December 2012.

chayvo onshore expansion team

Hot Works Team (L–R): Paul Mostyn, Project Manager; Alexander Karpyuk, Foreman; Fedor Barinov,Fitter; Miroslav Mazurkevich, Welder; Altun Huseyin, Superintendent; Igor Eroshenko, Firewatch

Paul Mostyn, Project Manager, said:

“This award is testament to theproject team’s collectivecommitment to delivering a safeproject and recognises the specialefforts of the team involved.”

Well done to Paul and his team!

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Kentz commenced work with Linde on two Air Separation Unit

(ASU) trains for the Shell Pearl Gas to Liquids (GTL) Project in

2009, and has since racked up over three million man hours

without a lost time incident (LTI).

The project, based in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, peaked at

manpower capacity of 1,000 employees for Kentz and the team

was delighted and proud to receive the “Contractor of the Quarter”

award from Linde/Shell for HSE commitment and performance

from January 2010 to March 2010. Kentz as always continues its

efforts in leading the way on the project with an incident and injury

free culture.

Kentz’s scope of work is for the supply of all Project Management,

Supervision, Planning, Quality Control, HSE Management, Material

Control and Direct Labour for the complete Electrical,

Instrumentation, Telecommunications and Fire and Gas

Installations including all pre-commissioning activities.

The electrical scope of work includes the Installation of all MV and

LV transformers and switchgear in two sub stations and the

Installation and Termination of all underground cables to the eight

independent plants.

The instrumentation, telecommunications and fire and gas scope

of work includes the Installation of all Distributed Control System

(DCS) cabinets and telecommunication cabinets in four field

auxiliary rooms and the Installation and Termination of all

underground cables to field junction boxes,

instruments and telecommunication field items.

It also includes the Installation and Testing of all

instrument hook-up details in an oxygen

environment and the Loop Checking of all

instrument loops based on a field bus system.

The main purpose of the ASU plant is to provide.

l Gaseous Oxygen of high purity to feed the Shell Gasification

Process (SGP) reactors

l Liquid Oxygen of high purity, which will be stored and can be

used for short-term GOX back up

l LP Gaseous Nitrogen which will be used as an inert gas utility in

the GTL Complex

l HP Gaseous Nitrogen which will be used for purging the HPS

reactors and the regeneration gas compressor system

l Liquid Nitrogen which will be stored in liquid form as a source for

HPN and LPGAN.

l Instrument Air which will be provided as a utility for the GTL

complex.

The ASUs form an integral and essential part of the Shell GTL plant

and primarily provide the oxygen to the Shell Gasification Process

for the production of synthesis gas which is the main feed stock to

the Liquid Processing Units (LPU) to become finished products.

The steam required to drive the ASU machinery is generated by

the reactions that take place in the processing units.

Construction of the plants started in early 2009 and the scheduled

completion is the end of 2010. Commissioning works have

started in the phase 1 Units with handover of the liquid Nitrogen

storage unit to shell operations.

shell asu project nears completionQATAR

Kentz staff on Linde ASU Project celebrating the “Contractorof the Quarter Award” from Linde and Shell

Air Separation Units on Pearl GTL project

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Hugh O’Donnell, Kentz CEO, and Martin Walsh, Country ManagerQatar, recently joined other global CEOs and senior executives ofthe major contractor companies building the Pearl GTL Project atthe construction site itself to discuss how to finish the project. Theywere among 111 global executives representing 24 companies whoparticipated in the summit.

It was the sixth time the top global contractor team has met on-sitesince the construction began and the meeting was expected to bethe last before completion of major construction by the end of theyear. The project’s programme “Finishing Strong” aims to maintaincommitment to quality and speed of construction through tocompletion of the project.

“Building Pearl GTL was such a big job that we decided to dividethe work into 12 separate contracts, each a major project in its ownright,” said Andy Brown, Shell’s Executive Vice-president andManaging Director of Pearl GTL.

Among those who attended included: John Rose, Group Presidenthydrocarbons at KBR; Lasse Petterson, Chief Operating Officer ofCB&I; Samir Serhan, member of the Executive Board, Linde;Madoka Koda, Representative Director & Senior ManagingExecutive Officer for Chiyoda Corporation; Mohamed Seoudi,Group Vice- president of CCIC; and Zalman Zakaria, ChiefExecutive Officer of Descon.

shell global contractors summitQATAR

The 4th Train Landlord Project in Secunda, South Africa is nearingcompletion. The project was awarded in late 2009 and the client onthe project is Sastech, with Foster Wheeler as the ManagingContractor.

Kentz’s scope of work on the project included Supply, Fabricationand Installation of structural steel racks, platforms, ReverseOsmosis Building, Fabrication and Installation of free issue pipesystems including installation of mechanical equipment. Three tie-ins to the existing plant were done during the October 2009 plantshutdown.

A total of 13,888 diameter inches of welding was calculated for thepipework, of which Kentz estimated 60% to be completed in theworkshop in Evander, before transporting to site. However,following a micro planning review, it was established that this couldbe increased by 20%.

SafetyAs always, safety on the project was the first priority and Kentzreceived awards for maintaining a very high standard. CorrieTopham, Construction Manager, and Rudi Boshoff, SiteConstruction Manager, were awarded Contractor of the Month fortwo months in a row.

Rashaad Hunter, Piping Supervisor, and then Simon Masipule,Piping Supervisor, also received Supervisor of the Month awardsand Barry Geldenhuys, HSE Site Manager, was awarded SafetyOfficer of the Month for April 2010. This is another great

achievement particularly when working in a live plant. Safetyincentives in the form of shopping vouchers were handed out to allKentz employees.

Overview of PlantThe 4th Train Landlord plant is a water treatment plant. Water fromthe massive cooling towers is piped into the plant and then filteredin stages down to microscopic levels to remove even the smallestsolid suspended in the water. The water is then classed as polishedwater.

It then goes through further cleaning processes to remove all tracesof iron and finally through a Reverse Osmosis plant that removes alltraces of chemicals.

This purified water is then distributed to other areas of SasolSecunda.

secunda 4th train

Attendees of the Shell Pearl GTL Global Contractors Summit

Welding work at the Evander Shop

Kentz recently achieved two million man-hours LTI free on the Gorgon

Construction Village Project in Thailand. Thiess Decmil Kentz

(TDK),Siam Steel International (SSI) and Chevron & Kellogg Joint

Venture Gorgon (KJVG) are working together on the project. The

fabrication of the accommodation modules for the Gorgon

Construction Village is being performed in Bangkok, Thailand. The

milestone of two million man-hours LTI free was achieved on 3rd

August 2010.

On the morning of the celebration the project team and the Chevron,

KJVG and TDK visitors attended a site walkabout, through the project

accommodation mock-up, factories one and two production lines.

After the walkabout a Safety Observations de-brief took place with

discussions on findings. Following the celebration itself the

management and visitors had lunch with project staff at the canteen

followed by a presentation to the project team given by TDK

Management.

The celebration was organised by Tom Bamber, TDK, and Zmon

Rodjanapat, SSI, and staff, with full support from all project

management.

There were many exciting prizes donated by Chevron, TDK and SSI to

mark the celebration. All project staff concerned received celebration

polo-shirts and plaques. Three motorcycles were also contributed by

Chevron, and TDK and SSI contributed 1 LCD 32" television, a

microwave oven, safety games/events and a free lunch for project

employees.

All non-management employees were given raffle tickets to have a

chance of winning one of the prizes. Prizes were also given for the

Best Safety Observation using completed Safety Observation Cards

and for those observed to lead with good safety culture. All

contractors were awarded certificates for their contribution to the

two million LTI free man-hours.

TDK wish to thank all contractors for their hard work and contribution

to safety and to the project.

Many thanks to KJVG and Chevron for their support.

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THAILAND

The XSTRATA Goedgevonden Collieries (Ogies, South Africa)Project team led by John Fourie, Project Manager, and MikeGrobler, Construction Manager, recently achieved 500,000 LTIfree man-hours. This project peaked with approximately 280employees. The client, XSTRATA, also expressed its gratitudeand appreciation for this accomplishment.

6 million man

Goedgevonden Collieries Project Team

Kentz in Saudi Arabia is coming to the final stages of the Saudi

Kayan Project in Jubail where the team recently achieved

another HSE milestone of three million safe man-hours without

a lost time incident (LTI).

The first project awarded to Kentz on Saudi Kayan was the HV

Electrical Project which commenced in February 2008. This

was followed by a further award of the Saudi Kayan System

Integrator and Loop Checking Project.

Kentz’s scope of work on Saudi Kayan HV Electrical Project

included Testing and Commissioning of all electrical works

associated with 230KV and 34.5KV substations. The Saudi

Kayan System Integrator and Loop Checking Project included

the scope of work for the Equipment Installations and

Associated Works for the additional five distribution

substations. These two projects were merged into a single

project, and the scope of work further increased, bringing the

total project value to US$42.6m.

Anthony Uy, Kiko Lyren and the Kentz Kayan Safety team are

continually championing safety on site and have demonstrated

once again their commitment to a strong safety culture for

SAUDI ARABIA

Management giving speeches, with all the prizesdisplayed in front, and project personnelgathered for the celebration

safety milestones

Project Management TeamBack Row (L–R): David Duffus (TDK), Scott Gibson (TDK), David McNiven (TDK), John Norton(KJVG), Mark Shorley (TDK), Joseph Murray (TDK), Mark Okle (KJVG), Joseph Watkins (TDK),Iain Letham (TDK), Adrian Berry (KJVG), Ian Edmondson (TDK)Front Row (L–R): Claire Lai (TDK), Net Napis (Napis), Tom Bamber (TDK), ThanyapongSinsoongsud (SSI), Surapong Kunanantakul (SSI), Tommy Drumm (TDK) Bill Soo (KJVG),Donna Parker (Chevron), Lawrie Gibson (TDK), Wanchai Kunanantakul (SSI), Jeff Watkins(TDK), Chaiyan (SSI), Patrick Morrisey (TDK)

Kentz’s Pluto B Project in Karratha, Western Australia, held a

celebratory safety day on 18th September to celebrate the attainment

of 500,000 man-hours without a Lost Time Incident (LTI).

Senior Project Manager William Hayes opened the day’s proceedings

by taking the opportunity to thank everyone working on the project for

their dedication, commitment and vigilance in upholding Kentz’s safety

standards. He then handed over to Rob Fietz, Country Safety

Manager, who congratulated the devoted safety team for ensuring that

a safe work environment was paramount.

Andrew Johnson Ross from Foster Wheeler WorleyParsons also

congratulated the Pluto B team on their significant milestone and

thanked the team for their incredible efforts towards safety. He said he

looked forward to participating in the next milestone of 1 million man-

hours without an LTI.

Safety awards were handed out to Peter Jones (Electrician), Shaune

Alcott (Electrician), Michael Coutts (Safety Representative), Kerrod

Bradshaw (Electrician) and Gavin McElroy (Foreman) for their

exceptional safety consciousness.

Festivities were concluded with entertainment and a barbecue, and

specially made keep-sake water bottles were handed out to all to

commemorate the event.

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The scope of work was for the EPC of a new Coal CleaningPlant comprising of complete EPC and start-up on a turnkeybasis including:

l 525V distribution including Motor Control Centres (MCC)and cabling

l 22kV reticulation and infrastructure

l Alternating Current (AC) drives

l Operator desks and man machine interface terminals

l Field instrumentation

l Quality assurance and quality control to thecustomer’s requirements

l Procurement and manufacturing of all equipment toclient specifications

l Construction

l Commissioning assistance

The project team spent 26 months on the project, andcontinuous safety awareness campaigns, HSEinspections and adherence to Kentz safety procedurescontributed to this achievement.

Kentz Integrated Solutions would also like to take thisopportunity to thank all parties involved in achieving thismilestone.

-hours lti free

SOUTH AFRICA

Fluor and Sabic. A celebratory ceremony was held recently to

mark the achievement – awards and certificates were handed

out to the best performing candidates and a raffle was

organised with prizes including televisions, stereo systems and

mobile phones.

(L–R) Rod Williams, Construction Manager; Gavin McElroy, Foreman; Scott Johnson(accepting for Peter Jones); Kerrod Bradshaw, Electrician; Shaune Alcott, Electrician;Michael Coutts, Safety Representative; and William Hayes, Project Manager

AUSTRALIA

(L–R): Gavin McElroy, Foreman; Scott Johnson, Foreman (accepting for Peter Jones);Ashley Mangan, Safety Administrator; David Beeck, Safety Advisor; Kerrod Bradshaw,

Electrician; Ziggy Belchzowski, Safety Advisor; Shaune Alcott, Electrician; MarkHumphreys, Safety Manager; Michael Coutts, Electrician; and Kenn Cooper, Safety Advisor

across the world

The Saudi Kayan Safety team pictured with Anthony Uy, Saudi Kayan ProjectManager; Eddie Cremin, Construction Business Unit Manager; Ross O’Muirthile,

Country Manager; and Narciso Leyram, HSE Country Manager

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The Construction Business Unit in South Africa was recently

awarded the Fischer–Tropsch (F–T) Wax Plant Site Preparation,

Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Installation by Foster Wheeler

(SA) Pty Ltd on behalf of Sasol Chemical Industries, Sasol 1,

Sasolburg, South Africa.

Kentz’s scope of work consists of the E&I and site preparation for

the new R8 billion F–T Wax Plant being constructed at the plant in

Sasolburg. The project includes the construction of new

contractors facilities including: an access gate to the south of the

plant, a car park and lay-down areas, as well as the demolition of

redundant plant areas including the rerouting of electrical,

instrumentation and telecommunication cables, the supply of

power to temporary facilities and the relocation of the Phenol

Drum Loading Facility to make way for the New F–T Wax Plant.

The Fischer–Tropsch process (or

Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis) is a set of

chemical reactions that convert a

mixture of carbon monoxide and

hydrogen into liquid hydrocarbons.

The process, a key component of gas

to liquids technology, produces a

petroleum substitute, typically from

coal, natural gas or biomass for use

as synthetic lubrication oil and as

synthetic fuel. The F–T process has

received intermittent attention as a source of low-sulfur diesel fuel

and as a means of addressing the supply or cost of petroleum-

derived hydrocarbons.

The Kentz Project team, which is headed up

by Nick McCarthy, E&I Operation Manager

for Southern Africa and Essa Bux, Site

Manager for the F–T Wax Plant E&I, was

recently awarded Safety Officer of the Month

of June 2010, Site Supervisor of the Month

of July 2010 and best kept/cleanest

Contractors Lay-down Area of the Month of

July 2010 by the Foster Wheeler Project

team.

sasolburg successSOUTH AFRICA

Kentz is delighted to announce the opening of its new UK

office, based in Holborn, Central London. Elizabeth Rous,

who recently joined Kentz to head up Group Investor and

Public Relations, has also taken on a parallel role as UK

Country Manager.

Many of Kentz’s core clients have a strong London

presence and are becoming a growing part of its

business. The new office provides a base from which to

service and support business development with these

London-based clients.

Elizabeth is also responsible for all investor relations, as

well as internal and external communications and

worldwide media relations. The UK office recently hosted

the Group’s Interim Results Presentation.

new london office UNITED KINGDOM

Daniel Mphanya, Safety Officer, withhis award for Safety Officer for themonth of June 2010

Kentz Project Team with Daniel Mphanya (centre)receiving his Safety Award for Safety Officer for themonth of June 2010

UK office, Holborn, London

Elizabeth Rous, Head of Group Investor andPublic Relations and UK Country Manager

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IRELAND

sharing for the futureThe chief executive of Kentz, Hugh O’Donnell,

recently took the opportunity while back in

Ireland to return to his alma mater, the University

of Limerick, to deliver the 2010 ULAA Alumni

Lecture.

Hugh, who is an Honours Graduate of

Mechanical Engineering from the University,

was delighted to see so many of his alumni as

well as lecturers, students and local business

people, and to share with them anecdotes of his

experience of working in many far flung parts of

the world for Kentz.

The title of Hugh’s talk was Irish Culture Driving

International Business – The Story of

Kentz. In his own words “leveraging of the

humility, humour and modesty of the Irish

culture all over the world to go and achieve

things that others dare not”.

When Hugh graduated from UL in the

depressed Ireland of 1987, opportunities for

junior engineers were thin on the ground and

like many of his peers, he emigrated. Hugh

drew parallels between his own experience and

the reality faced by many young graduates

today; emphasising that the opportunities are

there for a young and well-educated Irish

workforce, with these inherent qualities to get

out there and make a difference!

Kentz employee, Pauline Carroll, recently

graduated from the Tipperary Institute (TI) with a

Marketing Certificate, and Hugh was also

pleased to join her at TI to talk to students, staff

and prospective students of the college.

The audience included the Future Business

Leaders of Ireland (FBLI) committee, which

recently won the “Newstalk Student Enterprise

Competition” and travelled to the Caribbean in

the summer to shadow senior executives in the

Digicel Group.

Hugh spoke about the growth and development

of Kentz; from a small domestic electrical

contractor to the one billion dollar global oil

services company it is today, with all the bumps

in the road along the way. He encouraged the

students to seize opportunities and shared with

them some of the challenges he had faced and

why a ‘tolerance for ambiguity’ goes a long way

in business.

Hugh believes that despite the expansion in its

global footprint the entrepreneurial spirit and

culture in Kentz has remained largely the same

and working with Kentz people is still

overwhelmingly the most rewarding part of his

job.

It was a fantastic and interactive session with

lots of questions about the current economic

situation and international business. At one

stage Hugh was asked about his own career

ambitions and whether he would consider

taking Brian Cowen’s place as Taoiseach

(Prime Minister) of Ireland! Thankfully

Hugh’s commitment for the foreseeable future

is to Kentz.

Kentz staff attending Hugh’s UL Lecture (L–R): Trish Gillespie, PA to Mike Murphy, TSS Chief Operating Officer;Mike Ryan, Group Recruitment Manager; Chris O’Connor, Project Director for OMV Project; Pauline Carroll,Corporate Business Development Administrator; Gwen Gannon, Corporate HR Manager

Hugh O’Donnell delivers the 2010 annualAlumni Lecture entitled ‘Irish Culture DrivingInternational Business – The Story of Kentz’

Hugh with members of the FBLI and staff from Tipperary Institute

Ecole des Freres Louis Borno school finished

HAITI

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Patrick, Mayor of Leogane. Attendees included

school management and staff, pupils and parents

and representatives from USAID.

This boys’ primary school, founded in 1920, was

completely destroyed in the earthquake. The new

school will accommodate 300 pupils. Extending

his gratitude to Kentz, the Digicel Foundation and

USAID, Mr. Patrick declared that this construction

was another stone in the reconstruction of

Leogane. He added that while they never forget

those who died, this occasion offered everyone

an opportunity to move forward and look to the

future.

The completion of Ecole des Freres Louis Borno

came not long after the completion of St. Gerard’s

School in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital.

The Kentz/Digicel Foundation team has been extremely busy in Haiti over the

summer months. In June 2010, Mark Ford, Project Manager, and his team

started work on two new sites. The first was a fabrication yard for

prefabricating components for use in constructing schools. The second was

the construction of a primary school at Leogane, the town at the epicentre of

January’s earthquake.

The fabrication factory unit is now complete and 80% of the classrooms are

being constructed here with the remaining 20% of the assembly work being

undertaken on site. Mark Ford will be in charge of the factory unit and John

Skelly, Construction Manager, will be heading up construction and assembly

work at various school locations in and around the capital.

The Kentz/Digicel team, supported by the Digicel Group and their United

States (US) Ministry of Education funding partner, United States Agency for

International Development (USAID), set out plans to construct 50 new schools

in Haiti. Fifteen of these schools will be transitional or semi-permanent. The

remaining 35 schools will be traditional permanent structures.

At the beginning of June construction work began

on a transitional six classroom primary school in

Leogane, two hours west of Port-au-Prince. Most

of the buildings in Leogane were destroyed,

including all the schools. Classes were conducted

in tents provided by UNICEF. Kentz/Digicel has

undertaken to construct 10 schools in Leogane.

Wednesday 25th August saw the official opening of

Ecole des Freres Louis Borno in Leogane, Haiti. The

official opening was performed by Mr. St. Juste

bringing education back to haiti

Members of the project team at the new fabrication yard

Applying primer to prefabricated beams under the supervision of project staff

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The next school scheduled for construction is in Cite Soleil,

the most deprived area in Port-au-Prince. This slum area

has been ravaged by gang violence for many years, with

the result that Haitian government departments, as well as

many international agencies, refuse to undertake any work

there. Kentz/Digicel has just received funding of

US$92,000 to rebuild the St. Jeanne de Chantal School.

The management and staff of Kentz would like to thank

Mark Ford, Project Manager, and John Skelly, Construction

Manager, for their ongoing efforts in helping to rebuild Haiti.

Pupils of Ecole des Freres in one of the new classrooms

Children in Leogane attend class in a UNICEF tent

Mark Ford, Project Manager, in one of the classrooms

breakingboundaries

Saudi Arabia was the first overseas market

Kentz entered in 1976. Up until recently the

employment of women in the workplace was

restricted to particular sectors of the economy.

When King Abdullah took over the reins of

power from King Fahd, he put significant

resources into education and particularly

women’s education and has encouraged the

entry of women into the private sector.

In June 2010 Kentz in Saudi Arabia welcomed

Nadine Choufani as its first female employee.

Nadine was born in Saudi Arabia on 20th

October 1988. She moved to the Lebanon

when she was thirteen, where she went to high

school. She then went to the American

University of Beirut to study Marketing and

Business Management in 2005. During her

time in college she got many opportunities to

gain valuable work experience in companies

such as Bank Audi and Grey Worldwide, a

privately-held company specialising in the

marketing and advertising industry. She then

did an internship for Starcom MediaVest Group

which is a media production company.

Nadine graduated from the American

University of Beirut in June of 2009. She joined

the Kentz Development team in Saudi Arabia

on 5th June. Everybody at Kentz would like to

wish Nadine well as she sets out on her career

and we are sure she will blaze a trail for more

women to join Kentz in Saudi Arabia.

SAUDI ARABIA

Nadine Choufani

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Kentz Construction Business Unit in South Africa recently made a

generous donation to assist Yolandi Theart, Cost Administrator on

the Richard’s Bay TTP Project, and her family provide food parcels

to 67 families in need. Yolandi and her sisters Antoinette, Rene and

their partners were inspired by Nelson Mandela’s (“Madiba”) 92nd

birthday request “to do something for charity and to give back to

the community for 67 minutes on Sunday 18th July”. Nelson

Mandela dedicated 67 years of his life to freedom and always

remained positive!

They decided as a family to do something uplifting; and came up

with the idea of providing food parcels to 67 people within

67 minutes!

After some quick planning, within four days

they managed to find a few sponsors to donate

non-perishable food which enabled them to

make up food parcels. They located 30 families

in need; from the elderly to small babies.

Yolandi was very grateful that they were able to

feed 30 families and they also managed to

donate food for the homeless to churches in

the area. This event was a great success,

greater than anticipated, and has inspired the

group to do more for the community on a

regular basis and to become more involved with

charity.

Some feedback from the elderly (all these

people live in very poor conditions):

“ons kry baie swaar – en dit wat julle vir ons

vandag doen; sal verewig in ons gedagtes

bly – Baie Dankie Mandela” which translated

means “We have a very tough time and what

you’re doing for us today will remain in our thoughts for

always. Thank you very much, Mandela.” Zelda Beukes

“We are so thankful – these food parcels mean so much to us;

may God Bless You.” Mrs. Oosthuizen

Congratulations to Yolandi and her team for this inspiring incentive

and for reaching out to the less fortunate.

67 minutes of charity

(L–R): Christopher Thornton (Kentz TTP Project SC3042), Antoinette vd Merwe, Yolandi Theart (Kentz TTPProject SC3042), Lehanna van Rensburg, Hennie Booysen

SOUTH AFRICA

Some of the food gathered and ready to be made up into parcels

Kentz in Abu Dhabi is pleased to announce it was recently

awarded an EPC contract by Zakum Development Company

(ZADCO). This EPC contract is for the installation of a Gas Turbine

Generator package at Umm Al Dalkh. The overall value of this

contract to Kentz is US$11m and it will run for a duration of 17

months. The Kentz scope of work consists of the detailed

Engineering, Procurement and Installation of a “solar” Gas Turbine

Generator at the Central Production Complex (CPC).

The Umm Al Dalkh field is located offshore 25kms north-west of

Abu Dhabi and covers an area of 168 square kilometres. This

facility includes remote wellhead platforms in which crude from

individual wells is tested and collected and allowed to flow to the

CPC for further processing. In order to cope with the future

electrical loads envisaged for the Umm Al Dalkh field, ZADCO will

install one additional Gas Turbine Generator Package of 3.2MW at

the CPC.

zadco going solarABU DHABI

people on the moveThere have been a number of personnel additions and changes within the Kentz Group.

Middle East

Niall Lenard Niall joined Kentz inFebruary 2010 as aRegional IMS Co-ordinator in the MiddleEast and is based inthe Doha office inQatar. He graduated

from Dundalk Institute of Technology in2005 with a BSc (Honours) in QualityManagement. In 2007 Niall worked forThales Australia in Sydney as a QualityEngineer on a 9-month refit project ona navy ship for the Australian Navy. In2009 he worked as a Quality Engineerfor Vistakon, a medical device companywhich is a subsidiary of Johnson &Johnson.

Niamh MoloneyNiamh joined Kentzthrough the KentzBursary Scheme on apart-time basis whilestudying for her MA(Honours) inPsychology at the

University of Aberdeen, Scotland.Following her graduation in July 2009,Niamh spent a year working for theTechnical Support Services BusinessUnit in South Africa as a HR Officer.Niamh now works for Corporate HR asGroup Talent Management Officer andis based in the Abu Dhabi Office. Shewill be reporting directly to theCorporate HR Manager. Niamh will bemonitoring and co-ordinatingPerformance Reviews, TalentDevelopment and the SupervisoryManagement Development Programmefor the Group, focusing mainly in theMiddle East.

Albert AspdenAlbert has recentlyjoined Kentz in Qataras Head of Telecoms.He has previouslyworked in the MiddleEast for SaudiEngineering Group

International (SEGI) as a SeniorNetwork Consultant, delivering majorinfrastructure projects to Saudi Aramco.In his final year in SEGI Albert waspromoted to Head of Telecoms. Hethen spent five years with BritishTelecom. He later moved to ABN Amro,where he outsourced their globally-managed carrier voice network. Albertalso project managed the migration ofWAN, LAN and IPT of 155 Lloyds TSBoffices (67,000 users) from BT to anIBM-managed network and he joinsKentz from IBM Global Services.

Gavin MillarGavin Millar joinedKentz in March 2010.He is currently basedin the Doha office inQatar, working asConstructionSuperintendent on a

Receiving and Loading Facility for theSpecialist EPC Business Unit. Gavinhas 12 years civil constructionmanagement experience, which hedeveloped through his tenure withAMEC Capital Projects. Prior to joiningKentz, Gavin was involved at projectmanagement level in a new “first of itskind” Government Social HousingScheme in Qatar. Gavin haspredominantly worked on high profiledevelopments in London. He has alsoattained major contract experiencethroughout the UK, Ireland, Australiaand the Middle East.

Darren GavinKentz in Qatar recentlywelcomed DarrenGavin to the KentzGroup. Darren joinedthe Company as aProject EngineeringManager and is

involved in the construction villageproject in Papua New Guinea. Darrencompleted his honours degree in Civil,Structural and EnvironmentalEngineering in Trinity College Dublin(TCD). On graduating he completed aPost-Graduate Diploma in ProjectManagement also in TCD. He is amember of Engineers Ireland (MIEI) andhas recently been transferred to theprofessional title of Chartered Engineer(CEng). Darren has over ten yearsexperience in construction andengineering.

Charles DooganIn June 2010 CharlesDoogan took up therole of ContractsAdministrator withKentz in Qatar. Hepreviously worked forKentz from 2002 to

2003 on the Khuff Gas Project in RasTanura, Saudi Arabia, as part of hiswork placement during his studies.After graduating from Napier Universityin Edinburgh he worked in Ireland forfour years as a Quantity Surveyor. Hegained lots of experience on numerouscommercial, residential, education andindustrial projects with a buildingcontractor before returning to Kentz.Charles has a BSc (Honours) inQuantity Surveying and a Diploma inConstruction Economics.

Russia

Jim PearsonJim recently joinedKentz in Russia asHSE Manager on theChayvo OPF ShutdownProject on SakhalinIsland. He has eightyears experience in

HSE Management. Jim is a charteredmember of the Institute of OccupationalSafety and Health and has a MastersDegree in Safety and RiskManagement.

John ScottJohn joined Kentz inRussia as a NitrogenEngineer for ENL onthe Chayvo OPFShutdown Project.John is a qualifiedMechanical Engineer

and has 15 years experience in nitrogenleak testing, bolting work, chemicalcleaning, hot oil flushing and retrojetting. John will be responsible for thenitrogen and steaming shutdown andstart-up co-ordination operations.

Piers HitchnerPiers previouslyworked for Kentz inSouth Africa asCommercialSubcontracts Manager.In November 2009Piers was moved to

Russia, where he took up the positionof Senior Contracts Administrator onthe Chayvo OPF Shutdown Project. Hewill ensure good relationships aremaintained with clients, partners,subcontractors and governmentauthorities.

Yulia PrimachekYulia recently took upthe role of ProjectAdministrator on theChayvo OPF ShutdownProject. She hasworked previously withKentz in Russia as

Translator on the Lunskoye OPF,Sakhalin II Project. Yulia graduated fromKomsomolsk-on-Amur StatePedagogical University as an Englishteacher.

Sherzod YogubjonovIn January 2010 Kentzin the Yuzhno office inRussia welcomedSherzod Yogubjonov totheir team. Sherzodtook up the position ofBuyer and will be

responsible for the technical part of theProcurement Department, working forprojects on Sakhalin Island. Sherzodcame to Kentz with six yearsexperience in procurement logistics forconstruction companies and five yearsexperience with Fergana Valley tradecompanies in Uzbekistan. Sherzodcompleted his Masters Degree inEconomics at the Tashkent StateUniversity of Economics in Uzbekistan.

Anastasiya GausAnastasiya joinedKentz in October 2007as the Yuzhno OfficeManager. In March2010 Anastasiyareturned after the birthof her second daughter

and took up a new role as HRLegislative Co-ordinator. Her mainresponsibilities include all the regulatoryactivities surrounding work permits forexpatriates, including letter of intentforms, visas, etc. Anastasiya is alsoresponsible for hiring local personnel,preparation of employment contractsand insurance forms for employees inRussia.

Yuri LazuYuri recently joined theYuzhno office asContracts Manager.His responsibilitiesinclude all contractswith main clients andsubcontractors

working on projects on Sakhalin Island.Yuri is also responsible for thepreparation of tender documentation.He has a Masters Degree from theKhabarovsk State Academy ofEconomics and Laws. Yuri had workedin many financial analysis roles beforejoining Kentz.

South Africa

Danie De Kock Danie started withKentz in January 2009as a Senior HR/IROfficer. He was thenpromoted to ProjectHR/IR Manager for theRichards Bay Minerals

Project and as of June 2010 has beenpromoted to Country HR Manager.Danie will be based at the Midrandoffice and will report directly to HayleyBarker, HR Manager, Africa.Congratulations to Danie on alsorecently obtaining his Masters Degree.

Davey Grimsdell Davey recently joinedKentz IntegratedSolutions inVanderbijlpark, SouthAfrica, as a SafetyOfficer for the GautrainProject. Davey started

his career in Safety with Harrison andWhite Constructors as a Safety Officerin 2007.

Hendrik Buhrmann In January 2010 KentzIntegrated Solutionswelcomed HendrikBuhrmann to theirteam. Hendrik wasappointed as the StoreController on the

Gautrain Project. Hendrik formerlyworked for York Timber in a number ofpositions including Purchasing Officerand Store Controller.

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Anzel van der WaltAnzel van der Waltjoined KentzIntegrated Solutionson 8th March 2010 asthe Gautrain SiteSecretary. Anzelpreviously worked for

JIC Mining and North WestConferencing. Anzel has completed acourse in Pastel and is currentlycompleting a short course in BusinessManagement.

Bianca HennKentz IntegratedSolutions welcomedBianca Henn to theirever-expanding teamin April 2010. Biancawas hired as theProcurement Office

Assistant. Bianca formerly worked forUTAX Vaal as a Personal Assistant andReceptionist.

Yolanda MerrickYolanda Merrickrecently took on therole of ProjectAssistant with KentzIntegrated Solutions,based on the GautrainTunnel Ventilation

Project. Yolanda formerly worked forEnterprise 2000 and more recently forActor Pharma as a Personal Assistantto the Chief Financial Officer.

John JonesJohn joined KentzIntegrated Solutions inFebruary 2010 asSenior ContractsAdministrator to assistwith the administrationof the Gautrain

Contracts and will be based inVanderbijlpark. John previously workedon many major projects in South Africasince his arrival in 1984; SowetoElectrification with LTA, MossgasProject, Murray and Roberts, Alusaf,Mozal and Moma Sands.

Gert LubbeGert Lubbe joinedKentz IntegratedSolutions in June2010 as a SafetyOfficer. Gert previouslyworked for B&W as aSafety Officer for three

years on metal and platinum projectsand has completed numerous safetycourses.

JohannLingenfelderJohann Lingenfelderjoined KentzIntegrated Solutions inJune 2010 as aProject Planner.Johann formerly

worked for Natref as a Project Plannerfor 25 years and brings many years ofshutdown and planning experience toKIS.

Leon WesselsLeon Wessels recentlyjoined KentzIntegrated Solutionsas a Project SafetyOfficer. Leonpreviously worked forHarrison and White in

the same position. Leon hascompleted the Safety, Health andEnvironment Management TrainingCourse (SAMTRAC) (NOSAaccredited), Modern SHEQ RiskManagement (IRCA) and various HIRAtraining programmes.

CharlesGreyvensteinIn July 2010 Charlestook up the role ofFinance Manager,Cross Border. Heattended theUniversity of Pretoria,

where he attained his BCommHonours Degree in AccountingSciences. Charles was granted a post-school bursary with BDO SpencerSteward, where he completed hisarticles. He qualified as a CharteredAccountant in February 2009. Sincethen he has been doing contract workin various capacities and in varioustypes of financial related work.

Wendy BellWendy Bell waswelcomed to KentzGroup in June 2010as a ProcurementAssistant. Prior tojoining Kentz, Wendyworked as an

Assistant to a Project Manager andhas approximately five yearsexperience in the property industry.

Sibongile SibaSibongile (“Bongi”)Siba jointed Kentz inJuly 2010. She will bebased in the Midrandoffice in the FinanceDepartment as anAccounts Controller.

Bongi is currently studying through theUniversity of South Africa (UNISA)towards her BCompt Degree andaspires to be a Chartered Accountant.Bongi previously worked for ExperianSA and General Electric SA.

Sharon LootsSharon joined Kentz inJuly 2010 as CreditorsController . She holdsa Diploma inManagementAccounting andFinance, and

previously worked for WBHOConstruction. Her experience andknowledge gained there will be anasset to Kentz.

Chanelle SteynIn July 2010 ChanelleSteyn took up the roleof Credit Controller inour CreditorsDepartment. She willbe based in theMidrand office.

Chanelle previously worked for H&HCredit Consultants who outsourced toSiemens Enterprise Communicationsfor eight years, where she gainedvaluable experience that she can applyto her new position.

Ellen Mnyumba Ellen has joined Kentzas an Expeditor. Shehas a Diploma inClerical Computersand is registered withthe FinancialManagement Institute.

She is also currently studyingbookkeeping. In 2007 she received thetop graduate award at Krugersdorp’sBoston Business College. She workedand trained at Triple E Training as aTraining Facilitator and a QualityAssurer for four years, specialising inmaths NQF1 – NQF4. In addition, Ellenholds a Certificate for Introduction toBusiness Accounting.

Beata LüthiBeata joined Kentz inJuly 2010 when shetook up the positionof Junior Purchaser.She has an exportlogistics backgroundand previously worked

for Kenwood Global Communicationsfor seven years as Export LogisticsController and Export CLO.

Mandi van der PollMandi joined Kentz inthe Midrand office inSouth Africa in May2010 as Regional IMSAssistant. She willreport to Les Harper,Regional IMS

Manager. Mandi is a graduate of theUniversity of Pretoria and holds a BADegree in Human Movement Science.Mandi also holds a Diploma in Weband Graphic Design and is a qualifiedMemory Method and SpellingTherapist with the Tina CowleyReading Centre. She was previouslyemployed by BodyFlo Studio forWomen as Group Fitness Instructor,Personal Fitness Instructor and StudioManager.

Jevan de WetJevan de Wet wasrecently appointed atKentz IntegratedSolutions as a JuniorStoreman. Jevan isstudying part-time tocomplete his studies

in Human Resource Management.

Kallie BodensteinKallie Bodenstein wasrecently appointedTraining Specialist atKentz IntegratedSolutions. Kallie willbe based at KentzTraining Solutions in

Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, and willbe presenting PLC training on theSiemens S7 PLC. Kallie previouslyworked for Arcelor Mittal in a similarposition. Kallie has a National Diplomain Electrical Engineering and ETDP,Assessor and Moderator qualifications.

Ireland

Lisa BurnsLisa recently joinedthe Kentz office inClonmel as HR Officer,reporting to GwenGannon, CorporateHR Manager. She hasa BA Degree in Social

Sciences and nearly ten yearsexperience in the HR field, withpositions held in Kerry Foods, Glanbiaplc and GlaxoSmithKline. Within hernew role, Lisa will be working inHuman Resources InformationSystems implementation and bringingleading global best practices to theGroup HR strategic initiatives.

Alison KellyAlison joined Kentz asHR Co-ordinator inAugust 2010,reporting to GwenGannon. Alison has anumber of yearsexperience as a HR

Practitioner and has worked for twomultinational pharmaceuticalcompanies. Through her HR career,Alison has gained valuable experienceby having key roles in theimplementation of two HR SystemsProjects. Prior to working in HR Alisonworked as a trainer, teachingspecialised courses in MicrosoftApplications. Alison is due to completea BA (Hons) in Human ResourceManagement in May 2011.

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