Holdfast Training Services Trial Blog

Week 3 as a JHG employee has seen the Jetty project team grow from 3 to 4 engineers, of which worryingly (for the package leader) I am the second most experienced in the construction industry.  What does this mean? Well I’m being leant on to look at some of the more tricky elements of our preparations and providing that mentoring/guidance role to the 2 junior guys.  All good really and nice to have that little bit of responsibility.

The week started with a 2 day design review, where the Brisbane based design manager, his procurement lead and 3 senior engineers from ARUP visited the Curtis Island site.  The whole design was scrutinised and at times it was painful but in the end I came away from the review with a better understanding of some of the detailed/technical elements of the design.  It was more of a listening/ non-speaking part for me but interesting to see the PM at work and gauge how his mind works.  The project is certainly global as at one point we had a telephone conference with Bechtel in Houston, the design review team (for Bechtel) in Malaysia and us. Interesting to be a part of it and start to understand some of the politics involved.

The remainder of the week has been focussed on the preparation of a Marine Execution Plan, which is basically re-writing a previous plan from the MOF/Fisherman’s landing task originally prepared by a Mr R Marsh.  The document was not adhering to JSP 101 but my revision does now!  I’ve also been focussing my efforts onto some commercial aspects including obtaining quotes for the fabrication of pile cut off platforms and setting up contracts for the installation of a RC abutment / temporary footings for the canti-traveller.

I was also invited to attend some fatigue management training laid on by JHG.  All of the site personnel attended in small groups over the course of 2 days and it was okay. I was expecting it to be disappointing but actually it was well presented and most took on the points.  It will be followed up in a couple of weeks time with a practical workshop so I’ll see how that goes.

I’ve been in contact with the ICE Queensland branch and disappointingly they do not hold any events outside of Brisbane.  This means that it will be unlikely for me to attend anything for my CPD until I move there in December due to the time needed and expense involved (JHG do not pay for this).  I will do my best though.

On a personal front we have had some issues back in the UK with our dogs.  My father has kindly stepped in and now has them. This has caused some angst but should now be sorted. Not much you can do from the other side of the world and I think we’ve now used up this years worth of favours!  We’ve also attended the hospital for Lisa’s first ante-natal appointments and all is well. She is now 36 weeks and ready to pop.

Next week is a short week, finishing on Wednesday with a R&R period from Thursday through until the following Tuesday. Leave pass has been submitted on JPA for the Bank Holidays over Easter. The other days are project Rostered Days Off (RDOs).  Annex B of my AER 1 will show this clearly.  The AER will be submitted (assuming the moodle works okay from my JHG laptop) on Monday in line with the submission timetable.

NFTR at this stage.