ISSUE 30 GLOBAL IMPRESSIONS FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL OFFICES MAY 2009

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AFRICA EUROPE MIDDLE EAST ASIA PACIFIC THE AMERICAS RUSSIA CASPIAN REGION

Continued Success on Saudi Kayan

Ninety Years of Service

Kentz and GPS Join Forces

World Class Safety at Moma

Evolution over 90 years

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message from your CEOThis year has started for Kentz like many others, with a relentless focus on health and safety. Wehave taken the opportunity to launch the HSE Best Practice Programme to encapsulate our safetyvision. The programme takes each Leadership Habit and provides practical advice on how to ensurethat it is being embraced across all our sites.

It seems to be working. We have just celebrated the fantastic achievement of 2.5 million man-hourscompleted without Lost Time Incident on the Moma Mineral Sands Project in Mozambique andKentz was also delighted to be part of the team that won the ExxonMobil Development Company2009 Contractor Safety Award for the RasGas off-plots project in Qatar.

Achievements are a recurring theme in this issue of the newsletter as we report on more projectsuccesses than ever before. One of Kentz’s strengths has been our ability to adapt to meet thechanging demands of the environment and, most importantly, our core clients. This is more pertinentthan ever.

To support this we have implemented a reorganisation of Kentz along our three business lines;Specialist EPC, Construction and Technical Support Services. This will facilitate the sharing of sectorexpertise and resources right across the global offices of Kentz and will be in place by the end of 2009.

This year is an historic one for Kentz as we celebrate 90 years in business. It is an achievement ofwhich I am proud to be a part. I joined Kentz in 1991 and can safely say it has changedimmeasurably in the intervening years. It is hard to imagine what Michael Francis Kent would thinktoday of the small electrical engineering company he founded in Clonmel in 1919. But the words ofAnthony Dempsey, Senior Contracts/Commercial Manager in Qatar who has worked for Kentz for45 years, would no doubt resonate with him: “I am part of it and it is part of me”. You can read moreabout the history of Kentz, Anthony’s career and many other employees’ stories and achievementson pages 10 to 13.

People are Kentz’s greatest resource and it is their dedication which positions us well to deliverstrong growth in the coming year despite the challenges presented by the poor state of the globaleconomy. Our strategy of focusing on oil and gas, petrochemicals and energy projects in developingregions has been highly successful and we have entered 2009 with a backlog in excess of US $1bn,the largest in the Company’s history.

Our pipeline of target project prospects is in excess of US $2.15bn, and gives me great optimismfor the next chapter in Kentz’s history – to deliver bigger and better projects for our clients whilstensuring that everyone goes home safe and well.

Dr. Hugh O’Donnell

Chief Executive Officer

One of Kentz’s

strengths has been

our ability to adapt to

meet the changing

demands of the

environment and

most importantly our

core clients.

This is more pertinent

than ever.

3 Continued Success on Saudi Kayan Project

4 Raising the Pressure on African Pipe2nd Jubail 2 Project Win

5 The Italian Job!The Hardened and Networked Army (HNA) Project Award

6 Back to BrazilQuoted Company Award

7 Kentz and GPS Join ForcesIrish Deputy Prime Minister Opens New Kentz Office

8 Back on Track at Mossel BayPluto Project Begins

9 Kentz attends 4th Pearl GTL CEO Summit

10 90 Years of Kentz

14 Return to GalwayRapid Growth Project 5

15 New Office in Al-KhobarExxonMobil Safety Conference

16 Sasol and Kentz Sign Framework AgreementWorkers Health and Welfare Programme Progresses

17 HSE Best Practice Programme

18 A Cleaner Fuel for TomorrowWorld Class Safety at Moma

19 Kentz Wins Again on Gautrain Project Charity Marathon Run

20 Support for the Victorian Bushfire AppealRasGas Charity Dinner

21 Safe Haven for KidsNew Horizons

22 People on the Move

24 Aiding Communities in Madagascar

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90th Anniversary

MAY 2009

SAUDI ARABIA

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Kentz’s scope of work on the SaudiKayan project has continued to growin 2009 with the award of anothercontract in January for theEquipment Installations andassociated works for the additionalfive substations on the site.

This recent contract follows theaward in December 2007 of an initialcontract for the HV Installation,under utilities and off-sites by SaudiKayan/Fluor Arabia Ltd, whichincluded the construction of themain 230KV substation and two main distribution substations.

In November 2008, Kentz was involved in a major milestone onthe project in energising the 230KV main substation. This wasachieved through a team effort involving Saudi Kayan, SaudiElectric Company (SEC), FAL, ABB and Kentz. The substationwill provide power to the entire petrochemical mega-complex.Kentz’s role in this remarkable achievement was highlightedduring an “Energisation Party” given by Saudi KayanManagement.

This was followed by another Saudi Kayan contract secured forthe System Integrator and Loop Checking, meaning that Kentzwas integral in making this mega-complex operational. Kentz’s scope of work included the installation, testing andcommissioning of control systems

in six main control buildings, loop checking and planttelecommunication systemsinterfaced under U&O constructionwork packs.

Saudi Kayan PetrochemicalCompany is currently building thelargest petrochemical productioncentre in the world, estimated atapproximately US $10bn, in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Over fourmillion tonnes of petrochemical and chemical products for the

automobile, textile and pharmaceutical industries will bedeveloped on site, with some products being introduced to thecountry for the first time.

The recent project award includes the main electrical trenchcable pulling and civil works under contract modifications, andwill be led by Project Manager Anthony Uy and Project ControlsManager Tom Grogan.

Kentz was delighted to be named HSE “Contractor of the Month– Best Safety Performance for December 2008” by SaudiKayan/Fluor Arabia Ltd under U&O Facilities.

During 2008 the team was also responsible for the successfulcompletion of Linde’s Electrical and Instrumentation Works in

National Industrial GAS Company(NIGC) Air Separation Plant Phase 7Project, in Jubail Industrial City.

continued success on saudi kayan project

Below (L-R): Douglas Frakes (FAL HSEManager), John Brady (FAL Sr. ConstructionManager), Richardson Lopez (Kentz HSESupervisor), Chris Pettit (FAL Site Manager),and Anthony Uy (Kentz Project Manager)receiving the award

Left: 230KV Substation Energisation Partyhosted by Saudi Kayan with Fluor and KentzManagement

Below: Kentz Construction Group of the Monthspearheaded by Rene Tolentino

230KV Gantries, Saudi Kayan Project, Saudi Arabia

SOUTH AFRICA

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Last November Kentz was awarded

the complete Electrical &

Instrumentation scope of work for

the booster compressor station in

Komatipoort, part of the

Mozambique-to-South-Africa natural

gas pipeline. The mandate was

awarded by the managing

contractors, Foster Wheeler, on

behalf of the owners, the Republic of

Mozambique Pipeline Investment Company (“ROMPCO”) and Sasol

Gas. The award includes the underground cable reticulation civil

works and the electrical trace heating installation, as well as the

associated insulation and lagging for the compressor station.

In 2001, ROMPCO initiated the installation of a Natural Gas (NG)

pipeline from Temane in Mozambique to Secunda in Mpumalanga,

South Africa. It was commissioned in the first quarter of 2004, after

which the piping of natural gas was initiated from the gas fields in

Temane to Secunda. From here the gas was distributed to various

customers in South Africa and Mozambique.

ROMPCO is planning to install Compressor Stations along the

pipeline in order to increase the flow of gas and thereby service

more customers. The first of these, Scraper Station 4 (STS4), is near

the town of Komatipoort, four

kilometres from the Mozambique

border.

The sections that Kentz will be

implementing include:

• Instrument Air Section: 2 I/A

compressors, 2 I/A dryers and

2 I/A receiver units.

• Nitrogen Section: 2 nitrogen generation packages and,

2 nitrogen receivers.

• Firewater Section: 1 firewater tank, 2 firewater pumps and

2 jockey pumps. Foam is also generated by means of 2 foam

generation packages.

• Fuel Gas Section: 2 fuel gas electric heaters, 2 high-pressure fuel

gas filters (first stage letdown) and 2 low-pressure fuel gas filters

(second stage letdown).

• 400v Power Generation Section: 2 gas-turbine generator sets

(1,200KVA) and 1 diesel engine emergency drive unit (400KVA).

• Gas Compression Section: 2 booster compressor knock-out

drums, 2 booster compressor turbine units (110kw) and 2 booster

compressor units.

raising the pressure on african pipe

SAUDI ARABIA

Project Team

Kentz Group, through its operating unit Kentz Engineering

International Limited (“KEIL”) and partner Radicon-Gulf Consult

(“RGC”), was recently awarded a contract worth in excess of Saudi

Riyals 131,361,500 (approximately US $35m) for engineering and

consultancy services on the development of approximately 1,000

hectares of land to the north of Jubail 2.

The award was made by the Royal Commission for Jubail and

Yanbu under Contract No. 027-T15. The work commenced in

February and the contract duration is five years. This is the second

contract that has been awarded to the KEIL and RGC partnership

in the past four months.

The new mandate, which will take 844,700 man-hours of

engineering and design to execute, includes the provision of studies

and assessments for the necessary engineering design of urban

planning, the design site for Mutrafiah, Jalmudah and Regga, and

the infrastructure – landscaping, schools, universities, sports

facilities, community buildings, clinics and power systems.

The previous contract covered mechanical, electrical and telecom

systems, power (high and low voltage), and fuel and feedstock

systems along with roads and material handling. Jubail 2 covers an

area of 8,000 hectares and, with the addition of a further 1,000

hectares, it will accommodate major primary and secondary

petrochemical industries as well as community housing and housing

infrastructure. On its completion, Jubail Industrial City will be one of

the largest of its kind in the world.

Eamonn O’Hanlon, Regional

Manager, Middle East Region, said:

“We are delighted to beawarded another prestigiouscontact from the RoyalCommission, which reinforcesthe strength of our partnershipwith Radicon-Gulf. It is excitingto be at the forefront of the nextgeneration of projects in Jubailand we look forward tocontributing to its successfulcompletion.”

second jubail 2 project win

Eamonn O’Hanlon

ITALY

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Kentz was delighted to secure a project in Italyduring 2008 when it was awarded theCommissioning and Completions (C&C) of theAdriatic Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminallocated in the Adriatic Sea off Porto Levante.

Adriatic LNG is an Italian company owned byExxonMobil (45%), Qatar Terminals (45%) andEdison SpA (10%). ExxonMobil brought Kentz ontothe project and is a key client around the world. TheAdriatic terminal will store and regasify LNG todeliver 775 million cubic feet per day (or eight billioncubic metres per year) of clean-burning natural gasonce it reaches full operational capacity in 2009.

The Kentz team, which is led by Chas Neaves andDave Kriel, comprises of Jay McKay (Electrical), Jack Neary(Instrument and Control), Colm Loughnane (Mechanical andPiping), Bruce McLaren (WinPCS Co-ordination) and BallyHanekom (Dedicated Project Controls Specialist).

Their main responsibilities are to define the most effectivemechanical pre-commissioning, testing and commissioning

protocols and execution strategies, andto develop planning and schedulinginformation which produces estimates ofthe likely timescale for the system’scompletion.

The terminal left its construction site inAlgeciras in Spain on 30th August 2008,for the 3,000 km trip to its finaldestination off Porto Levante, where itsits in approximately 28 metres of waterand will be connected via pipeline toItaly’s natural gas grid. It will startreceiving natural gas on 1st May 2009,which will be produced from Qatar’sNorth Field. With resources of more than

900 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, this is one of the largest fieldsof its kind in the world.

LNG is one of the fastest growing energy resources, supplying aworldwide demand that is rising by 1.2% each year and isexpected to reach 480 MTA by 2030, an increase of 380 MTAsince 2000.

the italian job!

In December 2008, Thiess Kentz received the award for electricalworks for the upgrade of the Hardened and Networked Army(HNA) facility at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base inEdinburgh, South Australia.

The HNA project forms part of the Australian Department ofDefence contract to the airbase which was first established in1955. Thiess Kentz began recruiting for the project in January2009. They mobilised to site on 15th February and the project isexpected to be completed by April 2010.

Headed by Thiess Kentz’s Project Manager, Jim Solomon, theproject consists mainly of replacing out-dated switchgear,transformers and cables, and is valued at AUS $31.8m.

Full scope of work includes:

■ Supply and install 45 kmof 11KV XLPE cable

■ Supply, install andcommission 36transformers (Kiosk)inclusive of the internal11KV ring main units, 2 pole-mountedtransformers and 6 auxiliary transformers

■ Supply and install a 1.6MW generator and upgrade the existing3 x 5KVA generator controllers and control systems

■ Construct and commission 2 x 66KV switch yards, 2 x 66KV/11KV transformers, install 5 x 11KV switchboards into 4 new switchrooms

■ Supply, install, test and commission a new control system forcontrolling the entire HV and LV infrastructure

■ Remove and decommission approximately 25 km of existing66KV and 33KV overhead lines.

Although the project has been faced with inclement weatherconditions, it has successfully completed the installation of 3 km ofHV cable with 90% of the HV cable now on-site and ready to beinstalled. The procurement of all major items is also almostcomplete.

AUSTRALIA

the hardened and networked army (hna) project award

Back Row (L-R): Mick Gibson(Procurement Officer), Dwayne Beyer (Switchyard &Transformer Installation).Middle Row (L-R):Dave Dimasi (Trenching & Commissioning), Jim Solomon (Project Manager), Sevasti Hagidimitriou (Office Administrator), John Petroff (HV Cabling),Albert Bell (Control Systems).Front Row (L-R):Andrew Eldridge (Contracts Administrator), Francis Villafranca(Scheduler/Planner), Sean O’Hanlon (Safety & QA)

The first cables to be pulled, a 630mm XLPEsingle core cable total length 1467m.

BRAZIL

In March 2008, Kentz was awarded the commissioning contractfor the SBM Calm Buoy Project located in the Keppel Yard inAngra Dos Reas, Brazil. The value of the contract to Kentz wasapproximately US $1m, for a duration of eight months.

The two calm buoys were built by SBM for Petrobras, andKentz’s scope of work included the onshore commissioning forthe mechanical and E&I systems. Kentz was also responsiblefor vendors and the completion of all documentation with SBMand Petrobras.

The buoys are the first of their kind and include a number oftechnical advances. As well as providing moorings while thetankers are being loaded, the buoys also use a control system

to monitor the amount of oil being transferred which is linked tothe main platform via a sub-sea fibre optic cable. The buoysalso include a swivel which enables the top section to rotatethrough 360 degrees and still maintain oil flow and monitoring.This swivel section has a hydraulic winch that is used for pullingup the loading hoses.

These systems will handle the loading of the oil produced fromseveral fields in the Campos basin. The oil flows to the buoysvia a gathering-and-booster platform and a large FloatingProduction Storage and Offloading (FPSO). FPSOs arebecoming more popular in the region, where the shallow watersmean they can replace fixed offshore platforms. They have the

advantage of being easily moved,especially in areas around the coast ofMexico that are prone to hurricanes.

Each buoy also has its own shutdown,fire, gas and flood detection systemsand wave monitoring. They are servicedby a maintenance vessel that suppliesthem with a 220V three-phase supplyand a 110V supply for all lighting andsmall power.

Colin Long, Kentz Technical ServicesManager for Offshore, said: “We are

delighted to be working on another

successful project for SBM using our

technical systems expertise. We look

forward to undertaking more work in the

offshore upstream oil & gas market with

this industry-leading partner.”

back to brazil

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On 28th January 2009, Kentz won the Quoted Company

Awards “IPO of the Year” award for 2008.

The Quoted Company Awards 2009 recognises the

achievements of quoted companies listed below the

FTSE 350. The awards adopt a comprehensive,

independent and unique judging approach to quoted

small-caps from below FTSE 350 through to AIM and

PLUS. The Awards are run by Growth Company

Investor, the leading award-winning independent

magazine for smaller quoted companies.

This follows two awards received last year, the “2008

Best Newcomer to the Alternative Investment Market

(AIM)” on the London Stock Exchange and Shares

Magazine’s “Best IPO for 2008”.

GROUP

Hugh O’Donnell accepts the award on behalf of Kentz

quoted company awards

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GROUP

kentz and gps join forcesIn January 2009 Kentz announcedthe creation of a 50/50 joint venturepartnership with the Dubai-basedGlobal Process Systems (GPS). Thenew entity is based in the Middle Eastand is known as Kentz Global Oil &Gas Process Systems Ltd. It hasbeen established for the purpose of marketing, tendering andundertaking onshore contracts in theoil & gas and related industries.

The joint venture will offer turnkeysolutions on an EPC basis for complete early and interim productionsystems including site infrastructure, process and utility modules,flow lines and complete installation and commissioning. Itsgeographical areas of focus will include onshore Middle East, NorthAfrica, Caspian and Africa. Kentz and GPS have previously workedtogether on the delivery of Front-End Engineering and Design(FEED) studies for process plants in Iraq and Yemen.

Hugh O’Donnell commented: “We are delighted to formalise ourrelationship with GPS with the formation of this joint venture. GPS

brings a wealth of experience inprocess background for earlyproduction systems and modulardesign, and we very much lookforward to building a businesstogether.”

Founded in 1999, GPS is arecognised leader of productionsolutions for offshore and onshore oil& gas operators around the world.With an established presence instrategic locations in the Middle

East, South East Asia and central Europe, GPS is able to providethe latest technology-based process systems and turnkey plants toupstream oil & gas projects.

The CEO of GPS, Clint Elgar, commented: “Kentz has a fantastictrack record of project management and expertise in utility systemsinfrastructure, as well as a broad range of experience of doingprojects in remote locations. We look forward to combining ourstrengths and progressing projects together in the future.”

Ms. Mary Coughlan, TD, Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) of

Ireland and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment,

visited the Kentz office in Doha, Qatar on Thursday 30th April.

The visit by the Tánaiste celebrated the official opening of the

newly expanded office.

Present during the visit was the Irish Ambassador to Qatar, His

Excellency Tom Russell, and CEO of Enterprise Ireland, Mr. Frank

Ryan. Also in attendance was a number of the Tánaiste’s

accompanying party and prominent Qatari businessman

Mr. Salah Jaidah. The expanded Doha office now houses 190

permanent staff carrying out all aspects of bidding, planning and

management of EPC, Construction and Technical Support

Services projects in Qatar.

After receiving a presentation on Kentz’s operations in Qatar

from the Country Manager Martin Walsh, the Tánaiste toured the

new office that incorporates one of Kentz’s worldwide

engineering centres of excellence. The multi-discipline

engineering team carries out work for Kentz projects in the

Middle East, Australia and other locations worldwide.

The Tánaiste then met with a number of Kentz Irish graduates

who are currently completing their graduate programme in Qatar.

The Kentz graduate programme, which has been operating for a

number of years, is structured to allow engineering graduates to

gain invaluable international work experience in their particular

engineering field as well as gaining experience in all facets of the

Engineering & Construction business.

The Tánaiste’s visit concluded by unveiling a plaque to

commemorate her visit and officially opening the Kentz office

in Doha.

irish deputy prime minister opens new kentz office

Tánaiste Mary Coughlan pictured with (L-R) Mr. Salah Jaidah, Qatari businessman;Kentz executives Alan Curie, Finance and Legal Manager, Qatar;Alan McFadden, Business Development Manager, Qatar; Martin Walsh, Country Manager,Qatar, and Bob Greaney, EPC Manager, Middle East

QATAR

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SOUTH AFRICA

Kentz was pleased to come to the assistance of PetroSA recently

after a fire broke out at Unit 29 of its Mossel Bay plant in South

Africa on Christmas Day.

The Kentz Maintenance and Shutdown Division were onsite to

inspect the damage by 5th January and had submitted a full

proposal on the necessary repair work four days later.

The Kentz team which included Terry Henebrey, Wayne Niz and

Andrew Bell, concluded the contract on 14th January which

allowed Kentz to begin work on the damaged

electrics and instrumentation, including the

removal and replacement of six tons of steel.

We are delighted to report that the plant was

reinstated by 27th March and Kentz completed

its commissioning assistance on 3rd April 2009.

This was done without a Lost Time Incident.

The Project Team consisted of Andrew Bell

(Project Manager), Andries Joubert (Safety),

Angelo Harris (Instrument Superintendent), Solly

Marais (Electrical Superintendent), Jacob

Mogano (Boilermaking Supervisor), George Grey

(Cost Controller/QS), Aamir Shazad (Project

Planner), Solly Limalia (Materials Controller),

Devan Govender (Timekeeper), Kathy Venter

(Procurement), Liegh Pio (Subcontractor co-

ordinator), Kris Taylor (MIE QC Inspector), Herman Bezuidenhout

(Instrument QC Inspector), Mandy Labuschagne (Site Admin), Su-

Marie Watson (Document Controller), Beverly Boshoff (Costing

Assistant).

Andrew Bell, the Project Manager, said: “This is exactly the type of

work where Kentz can add real value to our clients. The fact that

we could respond as quickly as we did means the project is back

up and running without significant time or value lost.”

pluto project beginsAUSTRALIA

Thiess Kentz is delighted to have been awarded an underground cabling and earthinginstallation contract on the new Pluto LNG project, in the Burrup Peninsula, WesternAustralia.

The project is owned by Woodside Petroleum and the contract has been awarded toKentz by Decmil Australia, the main contractor.

The work on the “Site A” storage tank area involves theinstallation of the underground protective earthing systemas well as the installation and testing of approximately170,000 metres of power, earthing, instrumentation andcontrol cables. The project will be driven by Thiess Kentz’sproject manager Rod Williams.

The Pluto LNG Project is a “greenfield” LNG plant on theBurrup Peninsula that will receive gas from wells in thePluto gas field. This includes several large LNG andcondensate storage tanks, loading jetty and berthfacilities. The site is located approximately 20 kilometreswest of Karratha near Holden Bay in Western Australia.

The contract period is approximately seven months andthe underground earthing started in March 2009.

back on track at mossel bay

Site rack modules

Petro SA

Aerial view of the Pluto site (Site A in foreground and Site B in background)

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On 13th January Kentz took part in the 4th Pearl GTL CEOSummit held at Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC), which broughttogether all the leaders of the contracting companies working onthe project.

Hugh O’Donnell (Kentz CEO), Martin Walsh (Country Manager of

Kentz in Qatar), Garry Ford (Project Manager for Kentz on the

Pearl GTL Project) and Patrick Fogarty (Site Manager for Kentz

on the project) attended the summit. The summit broughttogether all the leaders of the contracting companies working onthe project and discussed how all the contractors could workmore closely together to deliver the project on time, on budgetand safely.

Hugh O’Donnell, together with other chief executives, agreed toshare resources and best practices, promote sharing behavioursin their teams, and support each other in closing interfaces. Toformalise these commitments, they all signed a new “Co-operation Charter” and the chief executives also renewed theircommitment to work together as “One Project, One Team”.

During the evening, an exhibition for all the contractors was heldat the green belt of the Al Muntazah area in the workers’residential camp, known as Pearl Village. Kentz, which is themain electrical contractor on the Pearl GTL Project, focused on

electrical safety on its exhibition stand through presentations ofelectrical equipment and safety procedures. Visitors to theexhibit were also given safety handouts and brochures.

The exhibition was extremely successful and the Kentz displaywas well received. Hugh O’Donnell shared his thoughts onimproving the Total Safety Task Instruction (TSTI), which is usedas a risk identification and mitigation tool by the workforce. Healso called the project supervision team together to review theeffectiveness of TSTIs in their areas and make recommendationsto improve them.

Hugh thanked a number of the workers and presented awardsfor their exceptional dedication to safety. He also congratulatedthe entire workforce for achieving over two million man-hourswithout an LTI.

Kentz won its first major contract on the QP-Shell integratedPearl Gas to Liquids project in 2006, namely the EPC scope forthe modular Waste Water Treatment Plant for the constructioncamp. This was followed by the Diesel Power Generation scopeand the Temporary Telecoms for the plant’s Turnkey TemporaryFacilities. The recent award of the Electrical and Instrumentationscope of work for the Utility and Flare areas cemented theCompany’s presence and status on the project.

kentz attends 4th pearl gtl ceo summitQATAR

Pearl GTL CEOSummit Attendees

Kentz Pearl GTL Team (L-R):Martin Walsh – Country Manager,

Ashish H Shah – ElectricalEngineer, Archie Delacruz –

HSE Manager, Katie Plummer –HSE Deputy Manager,

Pat Fogarty – Site Manager,Garry Ford – Project Manager,

Benjamin Gagno – ElectricalSuperintendent,

Hugh O’Donnell – CEO

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This year marks the 90th anniversary of Kentz and provides anopportunity to reflect on what our history means and how it hasshaped the culture and growth of the company that we all know,and love, today.

Kentz, formally known as MF Kent, had relatively humble originsas an electrical contracting company founded by Michael FrancisKent in Ireland. The very first office opened on Parnell Street,Clonmel, Co. Tipperary in 1919. It would have been almostimpossible to imagine ahead to2009 and a company with over10,000 staff and a foothold in morethan 20 countries across the world.

Kentz remained a relatively smalloperation until the 1960s, carryingout rural electrification schemes inIreland. Anthony Dempsey joined asa school leaver in 1964. He wasjust 15 years old and says,“Clonmelwas a small town in Ireland, it wasone of only very few employers atthat time.” Anthony’s first bosswas Michael Kent and heremembers working for him felt like being part of the family. Thathas changed somewhat now, but he concedes the expansion ofthe business in the late 1960s offered him the opportunity to goabroad for the first time in his life.

During the 1960s and 1970s there was significant industrialdevelopment within Ireland and Kentz began to reap the rewardsthrough an expanded client base and opportunities to work innew locations for the very first time. Kentz built up importantcontacts with overseas engineering and managementcontractors through pharmaceutical projects with Merck, Sharpeand Dohme, Pfizers, Schering Plough, Eli Lilly and Wyeth. It alsoworked for Guinness, Irish Distillers, Avonmore and Kerry Groupin the food and beverage sector, and for NET in the fertiliserindustry.

In 1977 Kentz made its first move into the oil and gas industry bycompleting a project for Marathon Oil – the Alpha A and Boffshore platform in the Irish Sea off Cork. This enabled Kentz todevelop relationships with large American players such asBechtel, Foster Wheeler, Kellogg and Fluor, which led toinvitations to work in the Middle East.

So began the first chapter in Kentz’s international expansion andit is reassuring today, as we look towards new geographies and

new opportunities with existingclients, to know that we have beenhere before and with many of thosesame clients.

Kentz was given its first opportunityin Saudi Arabia with Fluor USA onthe Shedgum and Uthimaniyacommissioning of electrical andinstrumentation on gas oilseparating plants (GOSP) in 1978.It was worth around US $6m inproject fees to Kentz, but was alsoa major stepping stone to morecontracts in the Middle East.

Someone who was key to the early project successes in SaudiArabia was Maurice Meaney. He joined Kentz in 1967 as anapprentice electrician and in the late 1970s carried out the firstmarket feasibility study of Saudi Arabia. It is still evident today inour hugely successful track record and expansion in the region.Forty-two years on, Maurice is working for Kentz in Ireland and isan integral part of the Group’s worldwide proposals team.

We are currently working alongside Fluor for Saudi KayanPetrochemical Company on the largest petrochemical productioncentre in the world, estimated at approximately US $10bn, andhave completed many major projects for Saudi Aramco,ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, Sabic, Sipchem and the RoyalCommission in Saudi Arabia.

90 years of kentzGROUP

The first MF Kent office in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Some of Kentz staff pictured outside the new Al Khobar office, Saudi Arabia, 2009Noel Kelly and Michael Ross Lonergan pictured outside the SA Kent Office in Saudi Arabia, mid 1980’s

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Nineteen-eight-three saw Kentz commence operations in: AbuDhabi – on projects for all the major oil and power companies;Kuwait – carrying out major electrical and instrumentationmaintenance contracts for Kuwait National Petroleum Company(KNPC); and Iraq – working on power andinfrastructure projects for the Iraqigovernment. We continue to operate inKuwait following a temporary absence duringits invasion and current speculation is thatinternational oil companies will shortly bemoving back in to Iraq. Kentz willundoubtedly be right there with its keyclients.

The Middle East now accounts for over 60%of our annual sales and one of the fastestexpanding locations has been Qatar.Kentz opened an office in Qatar in 1997,after being awarded the Engineering,Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the NGL 1&2analyser upgrades project for Qatar Petroleum in Mesaieed.Other projects followed closely after, including the constructioncompletion, testing and commissioning works for the Arab Dproject and the E&I works for RasGas Trains 1 and 2 from

Kokusai Keiso and Showa Astek. Qatar Kentz has nowexpanded into a US $200m operation carrying out EPC projectsfor RasGas, Qatargas and Shell in Ras Laffan which, oncecomplete, will be the largest industrial city of its kind anywhere inthe world.

In the late 1970s as Kentz was expanding its operations in theMiddle East, it was invited to tender for the Sasol II and Sasol IIIsynthetic fuel plant projects in Secunda, South Africa. TheCompany took advantage of its expanding and mobile workforceto secure the Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) installation andcommissioning works. It was to be another milestone in theCompany’s history as in 1982 the Company opened its firstAfrican office in Johannesburg and went on to develop a majorpresence as an E&I contractor in the region.

Kentz South Africa now has offices located in Midrand, Durban,Vanderbijlpark and Secunda and currently employs more than2,500 people. It is one of the top three construction companiesin South Africa in its sectors.

South Africa was also the first location that our current chiefexecutive, Hugh O’Donnell, worked in with Kentz. Hugh movedto South Africa in 1987 after qualifying as an engineer in

Limerick because there was little work in Ireland at the time. Hejoined Kentz four years later because, he says, “It offered me aroute to work my way back home”. Hugh admits he had neverheard of Kentz before reading about it in an in-flight magazine. Itmust have been convincing advertising because he seems to flyeverywhere but Ireland these days! In Africa alone Kentz hascompleted projects in countries including Mozambique,Madagascar, Botswana, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe,Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, Cameroon and Angola. Hugh believesthat despite the expansion in its global footprint theentrepreneurial spirit and culture in Kentz has remained largelythe same and working with Kentz people is still overwhelminglythe most rewarding part of his job.

Kentz Board of Directors on Arabic Dow, Kuwait, 2001

Nouri Al Nour presenting Noel Kelly with 25 Years in the Gulf Recognition Award

Local Recruitment

Mohammed Yousuf Noor

Saudi Arabia, 25 years service

Yousuf joined Kentz in Saudi

Arabia in April 1984 after hearing

from another local candidate that it

was holding interviews. He started

out as an Administrator in the Trading Division and

enjoyed the role because it involved working directly

with senior management and offered him the

opportunity to take on more responsibility over time.

Yousuf moved on to work with Noel Kelly in the

Contracting Division and later with Michael Ross

Lonergan. Over the years, he also worked on various

projects including the King Fahd International Airport

and Sceco Headquarter Building Phase II in

Dammam, and the Industrial Waste Water Treatment

Plant at Jubail. In 1992 he moved on to the role of

Administration Officer and later worked as Senior

Human Resources Officer. In February 2009, Yousuf

was promoted to Human Resources Country

Manager. He says Kentz has changed beyond

recognition over the years, but that Riyadh is still dry

and that every day at work still presents new

challenges!

Noel Kelly and Mohammed Yousuf Noor,mid 1980’s

In 1986 Kentz’s presence in theSouthern hemisphere expanded toAustralia. Through a joint venturewith O’Donnell Griffin, it secured theoffplot E&I and total projectcommissioning for WoodsidePetroleum in Karratha, WestAustralia. Kentz’s commitment tothe region was formalised in 2004through the creation of a 50/50 jointventure partnership with Thiess.Thiess Kentz Pty was incorporatedin September 2006 to provide clientsin the heavy industrial sectors inAustralia and Indonesia with leadingengineering and constructionelectrical specialist services.

In just a few years the Company hasexpanded its operations and nowhas offices in Perth, Brisbane andMelbourne, and has successfullycompleted projects in every statetotalling three million man-hourswithout Lost Time Incident (LTI).

Pat Fogarty is the Site Manager forKentz on the Shell Pearl GTL projectin Qatar. Pat together with ProjectManager Gary Ford are responsiblefor 2,500 people on site. Pat, one ofKentz leading safety championssays, “Kentz approach to health andsafety has altered dramatically overthe past ten years from the topdown and become far more focusedon the individual and his safety”. Key to Kentz’s success as anindustry leader in healthand safety is a relentless focus on“making sure people arelistening, understanding

and implementing safety messages”.

Overcoming cultural barriers can be tough, Patadds, “in the words of Jim Morrison, it’s a case of‘Break on Through (To the Other Side)’”!.

The late 1990s and the early part of this century hasseen the advent of oil and gas exploration anddevelopment in increasingly remote locations. Thishas played to Kentz’s strength of working inchallenging environments and has yet againhighlighted the value we bring to our core blue-chipclients. Their demands saw the creation in early2005 of the Kentz Arctic region and the opening ofheadquarters on the oil-rich Sakhalin Island in Far-East Russia.

This serviced the needs of two major initiatives, namely theSakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 developments fronted by ExxonMobiland Shell respectively. In 2006, Kentz was awarded aconstruction and commissioning services contract at theSakhalin-2 development which has seen its continued presencein the life cycle of this high-profile project providing technicalsupport services over the last four years.

Dave Lannon is the Project Manager on Sakhalin Island and hasbeen there for the duration of Kentz’s involvement there. Thecoldest temperature in the last four years has been around minus42 degrees which he says presents entirely different challengesto a working environment “when walking around becomes verydifficult”. The projects in Sakhalin are in extremely remotelocations and there is wide cultural diversity onsite. As in projects

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International Workforce

Zahid Ali HasimiKuwait, 18 years service

Zahid joined Kentz Kuwait as a helperfor the camp facilities maintenance teamin October 1991. He says, “It was my dream to work fora multinational company and I knew about Kentz throughworking at Sinclus India, one of its main recruiters for theMiddle East.” Zahid was just 24 years old at the timebut enrolled himself for interview because Kentz seemedto place a lot of emphasis on the support and wellbeingof its employees. His first boss was Ramesh Kotian.Over the years there have been massive changes inKentz, but Zahid says the working environment remainsenjoyable and friendly. The biggest challenge has beenthe extreme climate in Kuwait and long absences fromhis family in India, but he adds, “Kentz has become anintegral part of my life”.

Kentz staff at the De Kastri site on Sakhalin island in Far-Eastern Russia

History at aGlance1919 - 1993

1993 - 2003

2003 onwards

across the world, getting people to bond is important. Dave saysthe lack of local amenities is overcome with typical Kentz flair“through organising regular sporting competitions and weeklysocial gatherings”.

As part of its growth in the Arctic Region, Kentz also targeted theCaspian area and opened offices in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstanin early 2005 to service the BP PCWU project and the ChevronTCO project in both countries respectively. Another client requestwitnessed Kentz open its Canadian branch in 2007 when it wasinvited by Imperial Oil Canada to participate in the Kearl ProjectConstructability Review process. In early 2009, Kentz Canadawas awarded the permanent telecoms EPCM contract and workcommenced in May.

Today the Arctic and New Areas management team continue toexplore new and diverse areas for expansion such asNewfoundland and Alaska in the Arctic, South America and theIndonesian archipelago.

The shifting oil and gas landscape has also seen the revival ofonce-forgotten areas of exploration such as Trinidad. Kentzentered the Caribbean for the first time in 1997 with theaward of a contract with Kellogg Pan America Corporation –the very same Kellogg that it worked alongside on its first oiland gas contract for Marathon in Ireland. The scopeincluded the execution of Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I)works on the PCS Ammonia plant located on the Point LisasIndustrial Estate, Couva, Trinidad.

In 2001 Kentz formed a joint venture with a Trinidadcompany called OJ’s Electrical and Instrumentation Servicesto pursue E&I opportunities in the local energy-basedbusiness sector. In April of that year Bechtel awardedKentz-OJ’s the complete E&I package for the Atlantic LNG(ALNG) Expansion Project for Trains II & III. The project wascompleted ahead of schedule and under budget, which ledBechtel to award Kentz-OJ’s the E&I work for the ALNGTrain IV in 2004, which at that time was the largest LNG train in the world.

Despite involvement in mega projects around the world,Kentz’s connection with Ireland remains a steady presence. In2007 Kentz was awarded the contract for the complete electricalsystems on the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Scheduled to befinished in 2010, the project is the landmark renovation of the oldLansdowne Road site, recognised as the home of Irishrugby.Strong Irish routes we may have, but Kentz has not shiedaway from seizing opportunities abroad and making the most ofthem. Remote locations and challenging logistics are conditionsunder which we flourish. It is the outstanding people working for

Kentz, who except nothing less than finishing projects on timeand on budget, who bring real value to our clients. We have arelentless focus on health and safety, but an inherent culture offamily and fun – something that is, in no small measure, down toour Irish roots!

Kentz has undergone a remarkable transformation in the past 90 years and it continues to go from strength to strength today.In 2008 it completed a very successful listing on the AIM marketof the London Stock Exchange and is now a publicly tradedcompany. It marked another momentous milestone in our historythat has not only raised our profile with clients, competitors andsuppliers, but will also help to facilitate our vision for the nextstage in the Company’s future and ensure Kentz is here for manymore anniversaries to come.

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Graduate

Ronan O’BrienIreland, 2 years service

Ronan is a Business Management andMarketing graduate from the WaterfordInstitute of Technology in Ireland. Hejoined Kentz in May 2007 and wasoriginally posted to the Saudi Arabianoffice where he spent eight months in a recruitmentrole. Ronan has since taken up an opportunity inBusiness Development (BD) for Kentz Ireland.

“One of my main priorities when I graduated was tosecure a role in a truly global organisation that had areal commitment to training and development. Kentzhas certainly fulfilled these criteria, and after only 2years I have already had a fantastic level of exposure toa broad range of the Company’s activities across theworld. There’s a great combination of structured trainingand learning on the job, and I was very quickly made tofeel like an integral part of the organisation. Given theemphasis that is placed on career progression and thelevel of support that you receive here from day one, it’sno surprise to me that so many of the senior team havespent their entire careers at Kentz.”

Kentz Staff pictured outside the old Randburg office, South Africa, 1990

Noel Kelly pictured with the CEO group. (L to R): Frank Kent (former CEO), Mick Cronin (former CEO) and Hugh O’Donnell (current CEO)

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return to galwayIRELAND

Kentz in Ireland has been awarded a contract for theextension to the accommodation wing at Galway Clinic,located in the outskirts of Galway City. The contract is forthe supply, delivery to site, installation, testing,commissioning and 12-months maintenance of thecomplete electrical building services. The value of theproject to Kentz is €1.9m or US $2.4m.

The contract award follows extensive work carried out byKentz on the original Galway Clinic, which was completedin June 2004. Kentz carried out the electrical and ITinstallation on the original 98-bed private clinic and 36 consulting suites. The project was completed in 15 months and the value to Kentz was just over US $7m.

Galway Clinic was the first independently funded hospitalto be opened in Ireland in twenty years and representedthe single largest independent investment in the history ofthe State. It was developed by the Blackrock Medical Partners toprovide the people of the West of Ireland access to the bestpossible medical treatment, with a particular focus on improvingcancer care services. The clinic is a community hospital andprovides 24-hour healthcare services.

The full project entails the construction of a two-storey extensionover the existing three-storey accommodation wing. The additionalfloors will be fully fitted out as hospital ward accommodation,

comprising of single and twin bedrooms with ensuite facilities andancillary support accommodation.

An experienced team has been assembled to complete theextension, including Kyne & Clyne Engineering Consultants, CCHArchitects, Davis Langdon PKS, and John Sisk & Son as the maincontractor.

The project commenced in March 2009 and is due to finish inOctober 2009.

rapid growth project 5AUSTRALIA

Galway Clinic

Thiess Kentz is proud to announce the award of two projectson BHP Billiton’s Rapid Growth Project 5 (RGP5) at Yandi, inthe Pilbara region of Western Australia.

As subcontractor to Thiess Pty Ltd, Thiess Kentz hassuccessfully secured the electrical works at the RGP5

accommodation camp and the overhead power line designand construction works at Yandi.

The scope of work for the accommodation camp includes thesupply and installation of electrical infrastructure, high voltage(HV), low voltage (LV) and communication reticulation, the

installation of underground services, transformersand HV switchgear, and the supply and installationof LV switchboards, distribution boards and streetlighting. The value to Kentz is approximately AUS $10m.

The scope of work for the overhead power lineincludes the design and construction of 22 km of 33KV overhead power lines and 96 core OPGWfibre optic cable for all site communications. Itsvalue to Kentz is approximately AUS $7m.

RGP5 is expected to increase Western Australia’siron ore capacity to more than 200 million tonnes ayear. The project will also include the constructionof a second railway track between the Yandi mineand Port Hedland, as well as the expansion of theinner harbour at Port Hedland.

RGP5 overhead lines

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new office in al-khobarSaudi Arabian Kentz entered a new eraearlier this month with the unveiling of itsoffice in Al-Khobar. Hugh O’Donnell, ChiefExecutive Officer, attended the openingceremony along with Seamus Malynn,Engineering Centre of Excellence Managerfor Saudi Arabia, and a number of localemployees.

It took 25 years to get the Company so wellestablished in such a challenging marketand it’s a great credit to all involved downthrough the years. Radicon Gulf ConsultIndustrial Division (RGCID) was establishedin 1998 as the engineering section of SAKent in Saudi Arabia. During its formativeyears it had a staff of 35 engineers andachieved 85,000 engineering man-hourson behalf of its clients which included ZamilTurbine, JGC and Chiyoda. RGCID wasregistered as Kentz EngineeringInternational Ltd (KEIL) in 2008 to service abroader range of clients and our EPCsector. KEIL now has 220 engineerscovering many disciplines. Currentengineering man-hours are over 500,000for clients including Sipchem, FosterWheeler, Jubail Export Refinery (TotalAramco)

Kentz Engineering International Ltd (KEIL)Saudi Arabia has been in partnership withthe Gulf Consult (GC) for the past twelveyears. Both companies have developed avery strong working relationship and haveearned a very good reputation in SaudiArabia among the petrochemical and oil &gas companies. They have, for the pastseven years, provided engineering servicesto the Royal Commission of Jubail for thedevelopment of the infrastructure and

services for the Jubail II Industrial City.Jubail Industrial City when finished will bethe largest industrial city in the world.RGCK Association was formed in 2002and is a joint venture between Radicon Gulf Consult and Kentz EngineeringInternational. To date RGCK Associationhas been awarded engineering designcontracts totalling over 2.5 millionengineering man-hours with a multi-discipline team of architects andengineers.

In his opening remarks Seamus stressedthe importance of working with a spirit ofco-operation and open communicationand this is reflected in the great optimismfor the future that is evident throughout thenew office. He thanked Mr. Ali Al-Harbifrom GC for his co-operation and goodwillover the past 12 years. Going forward withthe right mix of youth and experience, theKentz team aims to keep going fromstrength to strength.

The building, the construction of whichwas orchestrated by Seamus Malynn andDenis Prior, Middle East RegionalProcurement Manager, presently housesapproximately 170 engineering staff. It isfitted out with state-of-the-art computersystems and servers. It is designed tomeet the needs of clients and to supportKentz’s Global Specialist EPC BusinessUnit. An underground car park also formspart of the structure. The office wasdesigned to accommodate 250 staff intotal and has a separate office for client staff.

Congratulations to all those involved in this project!

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SAUDI ARABIA

On 2nd and 3rd May 2009, Hugh O’Donnell, Kentz CEO, and MickCostello, General Manager of Kentz in the USA, represented theKentz Group at the ExxonMobil Development Company’s (EMDC)2009 Construction Contractor Safety Forum held at Hyatt RegencyHouston, Texas. The forum was attended by in excess of 300people representing the world’s top engineering and constructioncompanies, as well as top senior management from ExxonMobil.

The forum was once again a huge success, and presented anopportunity for companies to share their HSE experiences relatingto past, present and future projects. This provided substance formuch debate in how best to create a safer work environment for allworkers. Hugh was a panel member of one of the breakout

sessions that discussed “delivering on safety in remote areas withskills and competency training intervention”.

Kentz was also honoured to be part of the team that won theEMDC 2009 Contractor Safety Award for the RasGas Off-plotsProject in Qatar (RasGas Project is a joint venture betweenExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum). The award is a tribute to Kentz’sworld-class safety performance and exemplary standards in safety,health and environment on the project. The project itself achieved30 million safe man-hours without a single LTI, with Kentzcontribution exceeding 6 million.

The forum was a huge success and Kentz looks forward toattending and participating again in 2010.

exxonmobil safety conference

L-R: Ayman Mlkawi (Finance Manager RGCK Assoc.), ZiadSaadeh (Principal Programme/Engineering Manager RGCKAssoc.), Seamus Malynn (Engineering Centre of ExcellenceManager), Hugh O’Donnell (Kentz CEO),Joe Tisdall (Projects Director RGCK Assoc.), Mike Ohlson(Project Manager RGCK Assoc.) and Raafaf Aboulson(QA/QC Manager RGCK Assoc.)

Hugh O’Donnell (right) and Seamus Malynn (left) declarethe new office open

New office exterior

sasol and kentz sign frameworkagreement

SOUTH AFRICA

Kentz South Africa is pleased to announce the signing of aFramework Agreement with Sasol Technology, which was a majormilestone for Kentz in Southern Africa.

After months of negotiations and hard work the agreement wassigned on 19th March 2009 at Sasol’s Rosebank Head Office by Mr.Willem Louw, Managing Director of Sasol Technology, and EoinHurley, Regional Manager of Kentz in South Africa. Also presentwere Hendrik Engela, Kentz Integrated Solutions (EPC) BusinessUnit Manager, Johan Potgieter, Commercial Consultant ProjectExecution – Contracts, Theuns Erasmus, Manager Project Execution– Contracts, and Fleetwood Grobler, Executive Manager – BusinessDevelopment & Implementation from Sasol Technology.

The agreement, which gives Kentz Engineering Contractor statuswith the region’s largest petrochemical group, represents asignificant achievement for the Company.

The Framework Agreement consists of pre-defined standard termsand conditions which allow Sasol and Kentz the flexibility to engagequickly for the provision of all aspects of Multi-Discipline Engineering,Procurement and Construction and/or Construction Management(EPCM) from conceptual phase to project completion.

Kentz has a strong relationship with Sasol spanning almost 30 years,during which time it has provided mechanical, electrical andinstrumentation construction solutions on many projects throughoutSouth Africa.

Special thanks to Donal Dempsey and James Moore for assistingHennie and the team in the great effort that was required to securethis agreement.

Eoin Hurley, Regional Manager South Africa, said: “We are delightedto have reached this agreement with Sasol, which follows the globalre-organisation of Kentz along its three business lines: SpecialistEPC, Construction and Technical Support Services. This hasallowed us to leverage our broad expertise and experience in otherregions to offer a wider range of services to Sasol in Southern Africa.We look forward to continuing the successful and productiverelationship that we have enjoyed to date.”

In April of 2008, Qatar Kentz embarked upon theKentz Workers Health and Welfare Programme,driven by Nina Evely (the Health Manager for Kentzin Qatar) and her team. The programme has beenso successful that going forward, instead of beingheld quarterly, these workshops will be held everyother month. The goal is to provide workers witheasy access to health and welfare, as well aseducating and informing them on relevant healthtopics.

The topics covered in 2008 were men’s health,healthy eating and diabetes, smoking awarenessand lifestyle awareness which covered safety andhygiene and health of the body and mind. Allworkshops also included resuscitationdemonstrations and practice with a mannequin. Asmany as 300 staff attended each of the sessions

workers health and welfare progra

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Back Row (L-R): Hendrik Engela, Kentz Integrated Solutions (EPC) Business Unit Manager, Johan Potgieter, Commercial Consultant Project Execution, Contracts,

Theuns Erasmus, Manager Project Execution, Contracts and Fleetwood Grobler, Executive Manager, Business Development &

Implementation from Sasol TechnologyFront Row (L-R): Willem Louw, Sasol Technology Managing Director and

Eoin Hurley, Regional Manager Kentz (Pty) Ltd

QATAR

Left to right: Abraham Zachariah, Richard Kalloth, Vincent Mathew, Jesse Delacruz, Bijo Baby

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Kentz is rightfully proud of its extremelystrong HSE culture, and to ensure sitepractices are consistent throughout theGroup, the QA/HSE department has deviseda new HSE Best Practice Programme.Endorsed by the Management ExecutiveCommittee and the Board of Management,this programme combines the Nine Habits ofSafety Leadership with feedback from thebreakout sessions at the 2008 HSEConference to give a comprehensive set ofBest Practices in HSE.

The Best Practice Programmetakes each Leadership Habit andgives practical advice on how toensure that it is being embracedacross all our sites all over theworld. The programme givesguidelines on ways to increaserisk perception and promotesafer behaviour among ouremployees.

Commenting on theprogramme, JamesCassin, Head ofGroup QA/QC andHSE, said: “It is up to

us all to take these

best practices and

implement them in

our places of work.

This is not a ‘one size

fits all’ programme,

and we must all adapt the practices to our

own specific environment.”

It is being rolled out across theentire Group and is presented inthe form of a DVD withaccompanying leaflets. Pleasekeep an eye out for these as theywill be distributed to each site in thecoming weeks.

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so there was plenty of demand to increase the frequency of theworkshops.

The upcoming workshops will include topics such as diabetes,cholesterol, blood pressure and safe drinking, and will follow thetopics of the World Health Organisation as closely as possible.They will span over a week in the form of talks, demonstrationsand monitoring, and will take place at all camps in Ras LaffanIndustrial City (RLIC), as well as the camps and villas in Al Khor,a small town situated halfway between Doha and RLIC wheremany of the labourers reside.

In addition to the above workshops, Kentz Health Departmenthas been asked to attend meetings with other HealthDepartments from Oryx, RasGas, QP and KBR. Thesemeetings are held bi-monthly to discuss life-enhancing topics aswell as working towards reducing costs by creating a standardfitness-to-work for all labourers across the whole of RLIC.

Kentz, currently the only contractor to be attending thesemeetings, is considered a leader in health and safety and manyclients look towards Kentz for health and safety standards.

mme progresses

In simple terms, Kentz’s vision

for HSE is:

“To achieve a workplacewhere no one gets hurt,

everyone goes homesafe and well, and the

environment ispreserved in the

successful operation ofour business.”

Kentz workers attend Kentz workshop

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a cleaner fuel for tomorrowQATAR

In early 2009Kentz reached aworld-class 2.5million hours ofinjury free man-hours worked onthe Moma MineralSands Project inMozambique.Kentz, whichcurrently has 78personnel workingon the project,

is carrying out commissioning and start-upmodification work. The challenges for theSafety Officers include multiple workforcelanguages, the limited skills of the localworkers, a high prevalence of malaria,working at heights, challenging geologicallocations, inclement weather and cyclones.

The crew have tackled some especiallyhigh-risk repair jobs for KenmareResources at Moma Sands andrecognition must be given to Joe

Mathevula, Safety Officer on the Project,for his outstanding safety leadership andmanagement of the site personnel.

Joe joined Kentz in November 2005working in Mozambique in the SafetyDepartment on the Moma Mineral SandsMining Project. His excellent contribution inthe field of HSE leadership andcommitment to safety has beenrecognised by various Safety Awards, both

internal and from our client MultiplexBateman Joint Venture. In February 2007Joe successfully passed his IRCA Trainingfor Construction Supervisors course.

Kentz Management would like to thank allthose who worked on the Moma Projectfor keeping it safe, and Kentz Managementwishes Joe and the team the best of luckfor the duration of this and future projects.

MOZAMBIQUE

world class safety at moma

Project TeamJoe Mathevula, SafetyOfficer on Momo MineralSands Project

Kentz recently exhibited at the 7th Doha Natural Gas Conference

and Exhibition which was held under the patronage of HH Sheikh

Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, at the

Doha Exhibition Centre from 9th-12th March,

The exhibition is acknowledged worldwide as one of the key

events on the gas industry’s calendar, and Kentz was one of over

100 companies from 30 different countries to exhibit. Others

included Shell, Qatar Petroleum, RasGas and ExxonMobil.

Kentz welcomed

thousands of visitors

to its stand which

encompassed a slideshow

of all the different projects

that Kentz has worked on

in Qatar. Company

brochures and newsletters

were handed out and in

keeping with the

environmental theme of the

conference, “Natural Gas: A cleaner fuel for

tomorrow”, Kentz distributed pens made out

of recycled material which were very well

received!

Colm Coyle, Trainee BD Executive and Alan McFaddenBD Manager, Qatar at Kentz exhibition stand

SOUTH AFRICA

Hennie Engela and his team at KentzIntegrated Solutions (KIS) were recentlyawarded another contract on theprestigious Gautrain project in SouthAfrica. KIS will implement the controlsystems for the infrastructure portion ofthe project, specifically the Station andTunnel Management (STMS) and StationAccess Management (SAMS) systems.Responsibilities will include the controland monitoring of information fromlighting, ventilation, fire protection anddoor access systems, and from lifts,escalators, drainage networks andelectrical distribution channels.

Communication between the differentProgrammable Logic Controllers (PLC),remote Input/Output (I/O) and redundantservers will be done by means of adedicated fibre optic backbone. So far,KIS has submitted functional and I/Ospecifications as well as draft InterfaceAction Control Sheets for all domains.

Construction on the Gautrain projectstarted at the end of September 2006and will be completed in two phases. Thefirst includes the network between the OR

Tambo International Airport and Sandton.There will be stations at OR Tambo,Rhodesfield, Marlboro and Sandton,together with a Depot and OperationsControl Centre near Allandale Road inMidrand. The second phase is nowunderway and will be completed in 2011.It includes the remainder of the railnetwork and stations linking Sandton toPark Station in Johannesburg and theroute from Midrand to Hatfield. In all,

there are seven above-ground and threeunderground stations.

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On 5th April, four Kentz employees, based in the Doha office,Qatar, took part and completed the Paris Marathon in an effort toraise money for charity.

Colm Coyle (BD Executive), Shane Kelly (Mechanical Engineer),Andrew Daykin (Structural Engineer) and Killian Coleman (ProjectEngineer) began training for their big day just after Christmas andput in many hours of training in a bid to stay on their feet for the 26.2-mile distance around the French capital. Most of their trainingwas done in Doha, with some of their longer runs taking three tofour hours.

Overall, each of the boys clocked up approximately 400 milesduring the course of the 3-month training plan. This was notwithout sacrifice, with social nights being deleted from thecalendar, celebrations of Ireland’s rugby triumph being put on holdand certain vices being cut out of their diets. Nothing would standin the way of their aspirations to reach the finish line at l’Arc deTriomphe.

Starting on the Avenue de Champs Elyseés, competitors madetheir way past the Louvre Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral, ParisHippodrome and other major Parisienne landmarks. With 22 milesunder their belt, they then meandered through the Seine tunnelsand past the Eiffel Tower where they eventually finished in greattimes back at the l’Arc de Triomphe.

They all decided that they would complete this in conjunction with

a charity of their choiceto give something backto people that may neverrealise their dream ofcompeting in suchevents. Colm, Shane andKillian, all of Irishnationality, set up adonation centre for theIrish Heart Foundation.This charity had a special meaning to eachof them and they went on to raise €5,867from friends, family and fellow employees.Andrew Daykin, who hails from Scotland,chose Guide Dogs for the Blind as hisbeneficiary and raised nearly £1,250. In aneffort to support them, Kentz agreed tomatch whatever they raised bringing thetotals to €11,734 and £2,500.

Killian, Shane, Colm and Andy would liketo take this opportunity to thank Kentz forsupporting them and Kentz congratulatesthem on their dedication and greatachievement – all done for a great cause.

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kentz wins again on gautrain project

charity marathon runShane, Killian and Colm at the l’Arc de Triomphe

Gautrain 1

Tunnel

Andrew Daykin competing inthe Paris Marathon

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AUSTRALIA

Thiess Kentz recently supported the Victorian Bushfire

Appeal in Australia by raising funds and collecting much

needed provisions for those affected by the devastating

and tragic bushfires which occurred on 7th February

2009. The fires ravaged many parts of Victoria, killing

over 200 people and countless wildlife.

The company held various fundraising events for both

office and site-based staff, and so far around AUS $5,000

has been raised. The management team has kindly

committed to match all employee cash donations dollar

for dollar, and staff have also been extremely generous in

donating clothing, toys and blankets.

support for the victorian bushfire appeal

Staff of Thiess Kentz Perth Office who held a coffee morning to raise funds

Staff of Thiess Kentz Brisbane office who attended a fundraising barbecue

QATAR

On Wednesday 25th February, Noel Kelly and a number of Kentzemployees attended the RasGas Charity Gala Dinner at the RitzCarlton Hotel in Doha.

RasGas, a key client for Kentz, hosts the event every year, andthe chosen charity for 2009 was the Qatar Social and CulturalCentre for the Blind. Over QR 900,000 was raised from theevening, which included an auction and a raffle. Kentzsuccessfully bid on four items at the auction, contributing QR 62,000 in the process.

rasgas charity dinnerThe RasGas Pro-Am Golf Tournament tee’d off at Doha Golf Clubon the following day, with Noel Kelly teaming up with golf proSimon Dunn, Dave Marchak from RasGas and Makoda Koda fromChiyoda. Although Noel’s team sadly did not qualify for the prizes,one of the four balls which Kentz had successfully bid on at theauction fared better, winning QR 58,300. Kentz donated itswinnings to the charity, bringing its total contribution to QR 120,000

Overall it was an extremely successful event and Kentz wouldlike to thank RasGas for giving it the opportunity to participate.Back Row (L-R): Jamie Wood – Golf Pro, Donna Gray – Marketing/PR Executive,

Alan McFadden – Business Development ManagerFront Row (L-R): Martin Walsh – Country Manager, Darina Walsh, Elveena Currie, Alan Currie – Finance Manager, Noel Kelly – Advisor, Sue Paul, Nigel Paul, TSS Manager

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SOUTH AFRICA

In late 2008, Kentz in South Africa commenced a project to assista lady called Ma Selina. She is a woman with a large heart who hasdedicated her life to looking after children. Unfortunately she hasfew resources. Ma Selina has opened up her tiny home in thesettlement of Ivory Park, Midrand, South Africa to facilitate a safehaven for children after school and to keep them off the streets. Atthe moment, she has 26 children inher care, many of whom have little ifany parenting.

Kentz in South Africa became involvedin a project to improve her facilitiesand committed to rebuilding thepremises, installing electricity, pavingthe yard, and walling the perimeterarea. The work has been completedand the facility is vastly improved andready to be used as a care centre forchildren. We have also supplied basicequipment including tables, chairs,crayons, educational books, building blocks, Plasticene®,blackboards and a jungle gym. Kentz will also be sponsoringa food programme and intends to expand the facility withanother structure to cater for older children.

In addition, Kentz helped Ma Selina to fulfil a dream andsponsored her attendance at the Early ChildhoodDevelopment Conference in Cape Town, a wonderful,

inspiring experience. Thetheme of the conferencewas “African EarlyChildhood” and wasattended by delegates fromSouth Africa, Nigeria,Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mexico,Swaziland, Kenya, Ghana,Eritrea, Zambia, Botswana,Namibia, Zimbabwe andMaputo.

This is a drop in the oceanrelative to the enormousneed out there, but ifeveryone makes acontribution, no matter howbig or small, it can helpmake a difference.

safe haven for kids

1. Ma Selina at entrance to herschool

2. Contented children trying outtheir new swing

3. Work in progress November 2008

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Thiess Kentz has been awarded a subcontract

with Sinclair Knights Merz (SKM) for the electrical

works at Horizon Power’s West Pilbara Power

Project in Karratha, Western Australia.

The scope includes the extension of the current

functional switchyard through the joining of the

interconnection assets of the West Pilbara

Power Station to those of the Karratha Terminal

Substation.

The work will entail the installation of an

additional bay of aerial conductors and 132KV

primary equipment, 132KV three-phase buried

630mm2 single core power cable circuits and

132KV protection racks and other secondary

equipment.

Thiess Kentz commenced work in March this

year and will be finished by October 2009.

new horizonsAUSTRALIA

132KV Switching Terminal prior to extensions of bays

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

South Africa

Rubens QuintusRubens joined Kentz inMay 2007 on the WetSulphuric Acid Projectin Secunda as theQuantity Surveyor onSite. In January 2009,Rubens transferred to

Midrand as Commercial Manager forthe Project Division. Rubens holds aDiploma in Electrical Engineering.

Sarien FourieSarien joined Kentz inJanuary 2009 as SiteSecretary on theMedupi Power StationProject. Sarien’sprevious workingexperience includes a

Conveyance Secretary and PropertyFinance Consultant for an attorney firm.

Jaco VenterJaco rejoined Kentz inMarch 2007 on theMadagascar Projectand was recentlytransferred to Medupias a ScaffoldSupervisor. In 2005 he

worked as a Scaffold Co-ordinator onPoly 3 site in Sasolburg

Leon JacobszLeon joined Kentz atthe beginning ofFebruary 2009 asProjects PlanningManager. He waspreviously SeniorProject Planner at ELB

Engineering and was involved inmultiple projects.

Paul MostynPaul joined KentzMaintenance &Shutdown Division in2005 and is currentlySite Manager on theEngen Site. Prior tojoining Kentz, Paul

worked for the largest engineeringcompany in East Africa, CSIEngineering based in Tanzania, for aperiod of 8 years. They built severalpower stations and fabricated 3 off-shore platforms during his period there.

Paul EbbelingPaul began contractingto Kentz,in 2005,mainly at the EngenRefinery in Durban.After a number ofsuccessful shutdownsand projects with

Kentz, he joined Kentz Maintenance &Shutdown Division on a full-time basisas Project Engineer based at EngenRefinery. Paul holds a BSc degree inMechanical Engineering from theUniversity of Natal. After graduating hejoined Mobil Oil until 1995 when he leftto start his own construction companyspecialising in PetrochemicalConstruction, which is most relevant toEngen where Paul has been basedsince 1987.

Elise Plaatjies Elise Plaatjies iscurrently a CostController at EngenRefinery for KentzMaintenance &Shutdown Division andhas worked for Kentz

since May 2007. She previouslyworked for Centwise as anAdministration Manageress.

Louis VenterLouis joined Kentz inJanuary 2009, aftercompleting his articlesin 2008 while studyingtowards his CA. Hewill be stationed inEllisras and was

appointed as Project Accountant on theMedupi Project.

Jacqui WillemseJacqui was with Kentzas a Contractor inNovember 1998 untilAugust 2002. Herduties included QA/QCAssistant andDocument Control.

She then joined Likusasa as aContractor in November 2002 untilDecember 2005, with duties includingvarious projects for MTN, Trantel,Econet, Cell-C and Vodacom. She held various positions during thistime. In October 2007 she returned to Likusasa as permanent staff, in therole of Executive Assistant to theDirectors. Jacqui is now working asExecutive Assistant to RegionalManager Eoin Hurley.

Johan Brits Johan joined KentzSouth Africa in July2007 as a RiggingForeman, and waspromoted to RiggingSupervisor inDecember 2007.

Johan was then transferred to WetSulphuric Acid Plant Project in Secundaand is now on the Medupi PowerStation Project as Rigger Supervisor.His duties include overseeing all siteestablishment and rigging activities.

Haydar Yaylaci Haydar joined KentzSouth Africa inFebruary 2006 on ourMoma Sands HeavyMinerals Project inMozambique as aStructural Supervisor.

He transferred to Madagascar QITMinerals Project in August 2007 wherehe worked until December 2008 as aSenior Supervisor for Structural &Mechanical work. In February 2009Haydar was transferred to MedupiPower Station as a Superintendent.

Daniel KappesDaniel started hiscareer with Kentz in1994 as a Boilermakeron Sappi Projects andworked with Kentz onvarious projects until2004. He rejoined

Kentz in January 2007 on theMadagascar QIT Minerals Project as aSenior Supervisor. He is now workingon the Medupi Power Station as aPiping Superintendent.

James Manning James joined KentzIntegrated Solutions inMarch 2009 in theposition of EngineeringSpecialist: HeavyCurrent and will bebased in the Midrand

Office. He has previously worked forcompanies such as Hatch and SasolTechnology. James holds an HonoursDegree in Electrical Engineering and isregistered as a Professional Engineerwith the Engineering Council of SouthAfrica.

Paul de Charmoy Paul joined KentzMidrand in March2009 and has beenappointed as SeniorProject Manager,Global Construction.Paul brings vast

construction experience coupled with agood HSE track record. He will assistKentz’s growth across the constructiondisciplines.

Hansie Willemse Hansi has been withKentz since 1994. Hestarted as a contractorin 1994 in SappiNgodwana as anAssistant on theconveyor belt

maintenance team and held variouspositions up until 2002 when he joinedLikusasa as Materials Manager on theNigeria Telecommunications Project. He then became Logistics Co-ordinatoruntil August 2005. In 2005, Hansie wasseconded to Kentz for the MomaSands Project and Madagascar asLogistics Manager . In 2009, he waspromoted to Plant Manager.

George SteemkampGeorge recently joinedKentz as theWorkshop QCInspector and is alsoworking on the MedupiProject. He previouslyworked in Secunda for

Lynco Projects as a QC Manager.

Mario de Chalain Mario recently joinedKentz on the MedupiProject as a QA/QCCo-ordinator. Hepreviously worked forDCD Dorbyl as aSenior Inspector/

Welding Technologist.

Richard Appenah,Richard is from Durbanand joined Kentzduring 2000 as a Fitter.In 2002 he became aForeman and thenproceeded toSupervisor in 2004.

Richard was recently promoted toSuperintendent at Sasol Secunda

Brad Lovedale Brad joined Kentz in1996 as a MechanicalFitter. From 1996 to2002 he worked onnumerous refineriesthroughout SouthAfrica, slowly making

his way up the ranks to Chargehand,Foreman and Supervisor. He wasappointed Supervisor of Sasol Secundain 2003, where he now holds theposition of Superintendent.

Mark KlaasensMark joined Kentz in1997 as a MaterialsController. Hesubsequently went onto hold variouspositions includingPipe-Fitter, Boiler-

Maker and Mechanical Fitter. Following on from this, Mark became aMechanical Foreman and then aSupervisor for the Sasol SecundaProject. He was promoted to FieldSuperintendent of Sasol Secunda in 2008.

Delvin BuhlerDelvin is from Durbanand joined Kentz inMarch 2004 as aJunior Engineer. He isnow a Section Leaderat Sasol Secunda,looking after the

synthol and middle train units. Delvinhas a National Diploma in MechanicalEngineering.

Siyabonga VeziSiyabonga is fromDurban and joinedKentz in 2007 as aJunior Engineer. He isnow a Field Engineerat Sasol Secunda andholds a National

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.

Mlekeleli ThungoMlekeleli is from LadySmith and joined Kentzin March 2007 as aJunior Engineer. He isnow a Field Engineerat Sasol Secunda andhas a National Diploma

in Mechanical Engineering.

Yolisa McanyanaYolisa is from Inandaand joined Kentzduring 2000 as aQuality Control Clerk.Yolisa is a SectionLeader at SasolSecunda, looking after

all the refining units, and has a NationalDiploma in Mechanical Engineering.

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Andre DelportAndre is from Secunda and joinedKentz in 2005 as aSub-contractor Co-ordinator. He is aSection Leader atSasol Secunda.

Reward MaileReward is fromBushbuck Ridge andjoined Kentz in 2007,as a Junior Engineer.He is a Field Engineerat Sasol Secunda andhas a National Diploma

in Mechanical Engineering.

Antoinette vanRensburg Antoinette joined KentzIntegrated Solutionslate last year as aSenior Commercial Co-ordinator. She holds aB-Tech Quantity

Surveying Degree from the PretoriaTechnikon and is currently studying foran MBL Degree (Master of BusinessLeadership) at the UNISA School ofBusiness Leadership in Midrand, SouthAfrica. Her career background isprimarily as a Professional QuantitySurveyor and Cost Engineer.

Wales

Eric BarryEric joined Kentz in2006 as an E&ISuperintendent on theOPF Project in SakhalinIsland. Following thishe was promoted toConstruction Manager

on the Shell Pearl GTL Project in Qatar.After successfully completing the sitemobilisation plan, he was transferred tothe OGD III Project in Abu Dhabi asConstruction Manager. Eric graduatedlast year from the Kentz Diploma inLeadership and Management with aDistinction, and has been nominated forthe Kentz MBA programme this year.Eric most recently worked on the SouthHook LNG Project in Wales, as part ofthe Systems Completions ManagementTeam.

Russia

Svetlana EgorovaSvetlana joined KentzRussia in May 2008 asProject Administratoron the ENL EPC-4Olympia Project. InJanuary 2009, she tookup the position of

Branding Co-ordinator in Kentz Russia,Head Office. Svetlana graduated fromYuzhno Technical College in ElectricalTechnology, Sakhalin.

Australia

Andrew EldridgeAndrew Eldridge joinedThiess Kentz inFebruary 2009 as aContract Administratoron the HNA project atEdinburgh RAAF Basein South Australia. He

has worked as a Project Engineer forBaulderstones, as a Contracts Engineerfor the Submarine Corporation, and asa Contracts Manager with SA Water.For the past 3 years, he has worked forBHP Billiton as an Engineer, working onmajor engineering and constructioncontracts to develop the Olympic Damexpansion. Andrew holds a Bachelor ofEngineering Degree and a GraduateDiploma in Education.

Dwayne BeyerDwayne Beyer rejoinedThiess Kentz inFebruary this year asthe HV SwitchyardSupervisor on the HNAProject at EdinburghRAAF Base in South

Australia. Dwayne worked with ThiessKentz as an Electrical Supervisor onProject Magnet in Whyalla, SouthAustralia and has 20 years experiencein the HV Infrastructure & Constructionindustry. He brings with him a wealthof knowledge in switchyardconstruction.

Michael GibsonMichael (Mick) Gibsonjoined Thiess Kentz inJanuary this year as aProcurement Officerworking on the HNAProject at theEdinburgh RAAF base.

Mick, who is originally from the UnitedKingdom, emigrated to Australia 24years ago having worked as a buyerfor a UK equipment manufacturer for 7years. He joined Amec Engineering inAdelaide (now known as LeightonIndustrial & Services) as a SupplyManager for their centralisedprocurement operation and wasresponsible for facilitating the materialsand services requirements for all theirnational projects and in-housemanufacturing arm.

Kerri FordKerri joined ThiessKentz in September2007 as a SiteAdministrator. She hasworked on the AlintaWagerup CogenerationPower Station project

and the W2W Water CorporationProject before joining the Perth officeteam as Commercial Assistant. Kerrihas a background in Accounts/Payroll& Purchasing and has a Certificate 2 inInformation Technology.

Derick MunteanuDerick Munteanujoined Thiess Kentz in January 2009 as an ElectricalSuperintendentworking on the Waterto Water Beenyup

Project in Perth, Western Australia.Prior to joining the Group, Derickworked for O’Donnell Griffin for 34years gaining valuable experience ongoldmine, nickel and alumina projectsacross the state. Derick’s associationwith Harry Sonnenberg (Thiess Kentz’sGeneral Manager) also started atO’Donnell Griffin when he joined Harryas a 2nd-year apprentice in 1975.

Albert BellAlbert re-joined ThiessKentz in March 2009as a Control SystemsEngineer working onthe HardenedNetworked Army(HNA) Project in

Adelaide, having worked on ProjectMagnet in 2006. He brings with him awealth of experience in the electrical,instruments and controls fields afterrecently completing a successfulgreenfields project at the FMGCloudbreak mine site.

John PetroffJohn Petroff joinedThiess Kentz inFebruary 2009,working on theHardened NetworkedArmy (HNA) project inAdelaide. For the past

10 years, John has been self-employedas a contractor based in Adelaide. Hisbackground includes heavy industrialand HV reticulation systems specialisingmainly with HV cable installations andterminations.

Suzanne ShoreSuzanne joined ThiessKentz in March 2009as a Site Administratorworking with ProjectManager Rod Williamsand his team on thePluto Project in

Karratha, Western Australia. Originallyfrom the Channel Islands, she relocatedto Western Australia 2 years ago.She has 5 years experience inAdministration and Document Control,with two years in the constructionindustry.

Ireland

Pauline CarrollPauline recently joinedthe CorporateBusiness DevelopmentDepartment inClonmel. Her primaryrole is to support theBD Department in all

aspects of Business Development,Marketing and Branding. Pauline hasmany years experience in theconstruction industry, both site-basedand office based here in Ireland and theUS. Pauline has recently received herCertificate in Health and Safety fromUCD.

Saudi Arabia

Rory O’DonnellRory O’Donnell willtake up the new role ofRegional DevelopmentManager for the MiddleEast from July 2009.Rory has worked forthe Kentz Group for 14

years and previously held the positionof General Manager in Saudi Arabiafrom 2000 to 2005. His previousposition was the Project Director on theSidra Medical and Research CentreProject in Qatar, where he will maintaina sponsorship role.

Ross Ó MuirthileRoss joined Kentz in2002 after qualifyingwith a Bachelor ofElectrical Engineeringfrom UCC. Havingstarted as a SiteEngineer in Botswana,

Ross got the opportunity to work asProject Engineer in Saudi Arabia beforebeing given the chance to work asProject Manager. Ross has spent thelast two & a half years working withKentz Russia in Sakhalin and wasrecently awarded the position of DeputyCountry Manager for Saudi Arabia.Ross is currently completing theExecutive Diploma with Kentz andhopes to go on to do the Kentz MBA ifselected.

Qatar

Colm CoyleColm joined Kentz inSeptember 2008 as aJunior BusinessDevelopment Executivein the Qatar office. Heis currently on theBEEP business

graduate programme and has recentlyreturned from his first managementcourse in Bahrain where he participatedwith other Kentz graduates from aroundthe world. Colm graduated in thesummer of 2008 with a degree inEngineering & Management from TrinityCollege, Dublin.

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In 2008, Kentz made a donation to

Azafady, an award-winning Non-

Governmental Organisation (NGO)

operating in Southern Madagascar. The

money was put towards the costs of an

ongoing rural livelihoods training and

capacity building project in Mahatalaky

and Mandromondromotra rural

communes. This donation has aided

the delivery of information and

education services that aim to support

rural men and women to diversify their

livelihoods and improve health and

wellbeing, enabling communities to

help themselves in the long term.

The people of Anosy region, in which

Kentz has been operating for the past

24 months, live in extremely isolated

rural communities in the south-east of

Madagascar and are one of the poorest

ethnic groups in the country. Anosy,

despite the recent investment the

Mandena project has brought, remains

one of the least developed regions in

Madagascar and the majority of the

population live below the poverty line. It

suffers from one of the lowest per

capita incomes and one of the highest

rates of disease, infant mortality and

illiteracy.

The government considers stagnation

of the agricultural sector to be one of

the principal causal factors behind the

alarming poverty in the countryside. It

stresses the importance of the revival of

the agricultural sector in its national

poverty reduction strategy. The soil

and climate are suitable for

improvement/diversification of crops,

but farmers lack knowledge of new

techniques and cannot afford or obtain

necessary inputs. In 2000, Azafady

began to address this need, focusing

efforts upon the rural commune of

Mahatalaky, one of the least developed

in the region. With participation from

local stakeholders, they determined the

immediate needs and established a

livelihoods training programme to help

families meet subsistence needs and

generate some household income.

Poor radio reception, illiteracy and the

nature of livelihood skills in demand

meant face-to-face training was the

only method for skill transfer.

Azafady established a training and

demonstration centre in Lanirano on the

outskirts of Fort Dauphin, some 5 km

from the Mandena project site, and

training was provided to four rural

communities in improved rice

cultivation, graft cassava techniques,

vegetable cultivation, bee-keeping and

pattern weaving through rural extension

agents who themselves developed

these new skills at the centre before

putting them into practice in their

villages. The initiative ran for two years;

during this time their staff worked at full

capacity in the training of over 500

individuals. Benefits now seen (i.e.

greater yields) are of greater significance

considering the current food insecurity

in the region which has been somewhat

exasperated by the presence of the

mining community.

Since then, this NGO has been

approached by other rural communities

for assistance and in 2007, the project

expanded to cover needs in eight

villages in Mahatalaky as well as

the community of Evatraha in

Mandromondromotra.

The donation from Kentz enabled its

current activities (training in bee-

keeping, grafting cassava and home

vegetable gardening) to continue in

these villages throughout 2008,

enabling rural households to increase

their food security, improve diet and

generate essential income for a

sustainable period. The project will

touch the lives of some 12,000 people.

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Proud Kentz representatives handing over their donation

● The vegetable cultivation programme

increased the food security of families

by at least 50% whilst also generating

income

● The produce is improving the diet of

others since it is being traded at rural

markets

● Responding to the needs of women

is a very high priority and to date,

training has been accessed by

women as well as men – vegetable

gardening involved far more women

than men since they were grown on

land near the home, enabling women

to combine this with household

duties.

Benef i tsto the

Communit ies

Cultivation Centre