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Nacap’s collaborative approach keeps Arrow on target
CNJV stringing HDPE pipe coil along the right of way using a LineTamer.
Nacap in joint venture with CPECC (CNJV) is currently providing construction services using a Master Services Agreement delivery model (MSA) to Arrow Energy for the company’s coal seam gas operations in Queensland. In addition to its expert technical knowledge, CNJV credits its collaborative approach and strong culture for the continued success of the project and the creation of a trusted relationship between operator and contractor.
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rrow has been developing and supplying its CSG resources in Queensland’s Bowen and Surat basins for more than a decade, producing gas for both the domestic and international markets through operations that are significant in size. In 2021, a new, three-year MSA contract was awarded to CNJV to install HDPE gathering pipelines from wells drilled by Arrow, to connect and feed back to processing facilities where the gas is then supplied to market. The scope of works includes the facility infrastructure – wellheads, skids and associated piping – along with the underground trenching and pipeline installations/testing throughout Arrow’s project tenure. CNJV’s operations are overseen through a regional office in Dalby, Queensland, with approximately 150 staff currently out in the field. Having already spent two years on the project, CNJV sees this latest contract award as a mark of success for its collaborative approach and the strong relationship built with Arrow through communication and teamwork.
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Collaborative environment To deliver the contracted works successfully, a fully integrated Construction Management Team (CMT) based in Brisbane supports the site operations and oversees project management, procurement, cost control, scheduling, call-off order pre-award activities and contract management as a whole. “This enabled us to work together with Arrow, not on a side-by-side basis or a project-by-project basis, but as an integrated team,” says CNJV Senior Package Engineer Nigel Bennion. “Arrow has engaged our CMT on a progressive basis independent to the onsite works. An agreed upon team of people manage and execute the work for them in order to get these packages of work off the ground from a site execution or construction point of view.” The CMT promotes a collaborative environment and allows meaningful interactions and clarifications between the principal and contractor, improving communications and minimising potential unforeseen challenges, and their impacts. The Australian Pipeliner | October 2021
“As part of the CMT, we have performance targets and achievements we must hit,” says Mr Bennion. “We have meetings, we agree on a common platform and what targets or incentives we need to hit, and we report on those as required. We continually develop key performance indicators and benchmarks so we can constantly deliver the desired results to Arrow and seek to drive improvements back through their system and ours.” “The structure of the MSA allowed for a greater visibility and understanding of the wider project’s priority program (including drilling) to develop stronger integration and flexibility to deliver efficiencies in construction services, and at the same time meet Arrow’s gas production requirements,” says CNJV Senior Estimator Luke Baldock. “Typically for other projects, there’s a learning phase where a new contractor comes in, there’s a new set of people you have to build relationships/ trust with and then work together as best as you can with the time available to get the
