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Final Farewell for Harry On 1st December 2008 the staff of Kentz in AbuDhabi held a farewell party for Mr. Harold D’Souza(Harry), Senior Procurement Officer for the AbuDhabi office, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. It was avery special evening for Harry, accompanied by hiscolleagues and Dr. Hugh O’Donnell, ChiefExecutive Officer, Kentz, and Ed Power, ChiefFinancial Officer, Kentz.

Harry joined Kentz Abu Dhabi in April 1992 andhas decided to retire after fifteen years with thecompany and spend some time with his family inMumbai, India. Harry worked on various projectsas a Project Site Administrator/Purchaser, wherehe was known for his discipline and hard work. Hewas instrumental in the successful delivery of

projects he worked on, such as Taweelah 400kV Sub-Station, Mina Power Station, Abu DhabiGas Turbine Project, RDCS & RUP Projects at GASCO, Ruwais, Fujairah Water PipelineProject and more recently OGD III.

The party was held at Heroes in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Abu Dhabi, and Das Nambiar,Financial Manager for Kentz in Abu Dhabi, spoke very highly of Harry and wished him a happyand prosperous future. Harry was presented with a special plaque in recognition of his longservice with Kentz in the Middle East. He thanked the management and staff for the co-operation and support afforded to him during his time with Kentz.

On behalf of all in Kentz in Abu Dhabi we wish Harry and his family a happy and peacefulretirement.

Harry receiving his trophy from Das

Future in SightOn 11th November 2008 Kentzsponsored a hole at the 2nd AnnualStandard Chartered Ladies GolfTournament, which was held at theDoha Golf Club in Qatar.

The contribution was in aid of “Seeingis Believing”, a Standard CharteredBank global initiative which comprisesof projects focusing on the preventionand reversal of avoidable blindness.Kentz’s contribution will go towardspaying for cataract operations, thetraining of eye-care doctors and thebuilding of training facilities and visioncentres around the world.

Over 120 ladies took part in the tournament on the day and Darrell Breaux, MarketingExecutive, attended the luncheon and prize-giving on behalf of Kentz.

Overall the charity function was a huge success and Kentz looks forward to supporting it againnext year.

Some of the participants enjoying the day

Shae Fyson, a 2nd-year Electrical Apprentice from the MiningInfrastructure Area at the Lake Vermont Project, was recentlyrecognised for his achievements as a mature aged apprentice.The awards ceremony was held at Emerald on 5th September2008 and Shae was successful in winning not one but twoawards, namely Electrical Industry Award and Mature AgedApprentice of the Year.

Shae has been a valuable and successful team member ofThiess Kentz, starting out as a Trades Assistant on the Hail

Creek Project before moving on to Dawson, where he began his adult apprenticeship, andmore recently, Lake Lindsay.

On behalf of Thiess Kentz, congratulations to Shae! We look forward to seeing you throughyour apprenticeship and beyond.

Referrals have proven to be a great source for getting the right people into Kentz.If you know of somebody that you can recommend to Kentz, why not forward their CV

by clicking on the link here: https://tbe.taleo.net/NA6/ats/external/SubmitReferral.jsp?org=KENTZ

Madagascar a Multi-national Site Kentz South Africa’s QIT Project in Madagascarhas a number of different nationalities working onthe project. The dynamic blend of nationalities hasallowed the team to bring new perspectives andattitudes to their work, which has contributedgreatly to the success of the project.

By investing in cultural diversity we have created alarger talent pool which will ensure that wemaintain our competitive edge within theengineering and construction industries in which weoperate. It is only natural that people who have varying life experiences and perspectiveswould be able to come up with innovative solutions to problems – this may not be the case ingroups that think similarly. This is of great value to our organisation.

Nationality Number of Employees

Malagasies 600Filipinos 246South Africans 225Mozambiquens 29Pakistanis 11Argentinians 12Chileans 2Kenyans 2Bulgarians 2Indians 2Zimbabweans 2Swiss 1Dutch 1Polish 1Irish 1

Shae Fyson

South African workers

Above right: Malagasy welders

Right: Filipino workers

Award Winning Apprentice

Santa Claus, gifts, tractorrides, party packs, a slip-and-slide (water slide), amagic show, candy flossand lots more were on offerfor Kentz employees andtheir little ones at Kentz’sannual children’s Christmasparty in South Africa. Theevent was organised by PatCass, RegionalMarketing/Public RelationsExecutive, and HayleyBarker, Regional HumanResources Manager, andwas held at Blanford Manorin Northriding.

The response was hugewith a great turnout byparents, grandparents andchildren. Fortunately theweather was onside as itwas a beautiful hot, sunnyday, with tables set outunder the lush green willowtrees. There was awonderful atmosphere withall enjoying a light lunchfollowed by Santa arrivingon a tractor to hand out giftsto the children, much totheir delight.

The slip-and-slide was a great hit and judging from the look on some parents’ faces, it certainlyseemed as though there were several who would have liked to have joined their kiddies!

Children’s Christmas Party, South Africa

Children enjoying the slip-and-slide

Santa handing out gifts

Shane Coughlan, who works as a Maintenance Electrician for the NovartisRingaskiddy project in Co. Cork for Kentz Ireland, recently captained theUniversity College Cork (UCC) Blue Demons to victory in the NationalBasketball Cup Final. The Demons took on DART Killester from Dublin atthe National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, Dublin on Saturday 25th January.

The opening quarter closed with Killester leading by five points but theDemons clawed their way back in the second half with Shane levelling thescore. UCC scored on the final whistle to lead at half time by 40–38. Theycontinued their scoring run in the third quarter and led going into the finalperiod by fifteen points. Killester fought back hard but the Demons lived upto their name and the game finished UCC Demons 98 – DART Killester 86.

All in Kentz in Ireland wouldlike to congratulate Shaneon this magnificentachievement during his firstyear as captian of UCC.Hopefully, we will have moregood news to report on theDemons in the near future!

Shane a Basketball Demon

UCC Blue DemonsBasketball Team

Shane with the Cup

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Rakesh and Rachana ShettyCongratulations to Rakesh and Rachana Shetty,who were married in their native town of Udupi inIndia on 3rd December 2008. Rakesh is a buyer forKentz in Qatar. The marriage, performed accordingto the Hindu custom, was witnessed by 1,500people. Rakesh tied the “Mangal Sutra” (weddingchain) and accepted Rachana as his wife. All atKentz wish you both a lifetime of happinesstogether!

Dino and AngelaMaltezakisThe management and staff of Kentz in Qatar wouldlike to congratulate Dino Maltezakis and his newwife Angela who were married on 21st September2008 at the Holy Virgin Mary "Pantanassa" GreekOrthodox Church in Melrose, Johannesburg. Dinois a Construction Manager for Kentz in Qatar. Thereception was held in the Westcliffe Hotel.Everyone in the Qatar office wishes you both along and happy life together.

Riley De BruynThe Kentz staff at Secunda, South Africa, wouldlike to congratulate Beverley De Bruyn, SiteAdministrator for our Maintenance and ShutdownDivision, and her husband Pierre on the birth oftheir second son Riley Deacon De Bruyn. Theproud parents and their eldest son LoganAlexander welcomed Riley on 22nd September2008 at 15:49 pm. He weighed 3.055kg and was49cm in length at birth. We wish the family a happyfuture with their new addition.

Mikel ChristianoRamdassCongratulations to Avigail Biswah-Ramdass,Project Controls Manager for Kentz-OJ’s E&IServices JV, and her husband Dhanraj Ramdasson the birth of their son, Mikel ChristianoRamdass. Mikel was born on 9th December 2008weighing 6lbs 15oz and is the couple’s secondchild.