MANAGEMENT

Alltype works boost the books

CONTRACT expansions and new awards for subsidiary Alltype Engineering have helped Weststar Industrial bolster its order books to $237 million for 2022.

 Alltype performs for WestStar

Alltype performs for WestStar

A mix of contract signings, early works contracts and existing contract growth of $15 million has boosted contracted revenue for the year, and there are more contract wins expected.

Alltype has also built a record backlog for 2023 of about $40 million.

New works secured include water and transport infrastructure fabrication and installation works, multiple gas transmission facilities upgrades and stations construction in the Goldfields, Pilbara, Mid West and Perth regions, offshore and subsea componentry fabrication and mine site non-process infrastructure works.

Alltype has started work at APA's Ambania compressor station project east of Geraldton after mobilising at the end of April, for bulk earthworks and building of a 60-person construction camp, for precast and in situ concrete and buried ground works.

Out near Kalgoorlie, Alltype is starting major lift activities for Lynas' kiln project.

Work includes erecting major kiln segments on concrete plinths before the balance of plant works starts.

Alltype will also carry out kiln related electrical installation works and piping.

The company has also completed the Thunderbox gold mine gas supply debottlenecking project for Northern Star Resources, with electric fuel gas heaters installed and the consumer gas pipeline and delivery station commissioned, as part of the Thunderbox expansion project.

Alltype Engineering managing director Kelvin Andrijich said delivering the Thunderbox gas facilities EPC project from concept to completion safely in 12 months in the present construction environment was a good achievement.

"We believe this experience and demonstration of capability will generate future repeat scopes similar in nature for a broader client base," he said.

Weststar Industrial CEO and managing director Robert Spadanuda said having recently received letters of intent and early works engagements, Alltype Engineering had converted many of those opportunities into awarded contracts.

"The opportunity and project pipeline remains strong with a broad base of great clients and our management team is cognisant of ensuring capacity and delivery are aligned for continued success," he said.

Weststar subsidiary Simpec is also performing strongly, working across a number of challenging environments with a 600-strong team at locations including Fortescue Metal Group's Iron Bridge, Pilbara Minerals' Ngungaju, BHP's Mt Keith and Tianqi Lithium's Kwinana site.

At Iron Bridge, Simpec has a $145 million contract to supply structural mechanical piping and electrical and instrumentation construction services for a wet processing plant needed for production of 22 million tonnes per annum of high-grade magnetite.

Work includes major module installation, tank installation, major mechanical installation, large bore piping and supply and installation of electrical and instrumentation works.

Spadanuda said Iron Bridge was the company's largest project.

"Work continues to progress well and achieving successful personnel and equipment resourcing within the current environment reaffirms the company's ability to take on and deliver this project," he said.

"I would like to acknowledge the Simpec team and their recruitment initiatives to have mobilised 500 personnel to this project along with maintaining commitments to our other valued clients and contracts."

He said Weststar was in a position to expand its service offering to a greater market.

"While it is anticipated both Alltype and Simpec will start delivering the rewards of time invested in the wider Australian market, Weststar continues to identify synergistic supply offerings that can be vertically and horizontally integrated to our current clients and through acquisition develop a wider and diversified service offering with an independent and new client base to accelerate this growth," Spadanuda said.

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