Alliances

"Relationship Based" agreements are the way of the future.

Our experience has shown that these agreements are ideally suited to projects where a close working relationship between the client, consultant and the contractor are vital in ensuring the best outcomes for the project.

BGC Contracting has a proven track record of working with clients on difficult projects where risks exist, and where a method of reducing those risks has not been fully identified. This is often the case where the works are unique, or unknowns make managing the project difficult. Relationship based contracting suits these types of projects because it enables the risks as well as the rewards to be shared.

Benefits that result from relationship based contracting include:

• Increased flexibility to respond to a changing work scope
• Innovative and potentially breakthrough results
• Better risk management
• Enhanced business and personal relationships
• Common alignment of project goals
• Reduced costs and project lead time
• Better quality
• Improved employee satisfaction and retention
• Optimum use of resources ("One Team" approach)

We invite you to discuss the benefits of relationship based contracting with members of our Management Team, who can demonstrate how this strategy may be suited to your project.

Recent relationship based projects that BGC Contracting has been involved with are:

Portman Ltd - Koolyanobbing Alliance

The project has an estimated value of $800 million, and includes the mining, drilling & blasting, crushing and stockpiling and train loading of iron ore at Koolyanobbing. BGC Contracting is providing these services under a 5 year agreement that commenced in July 2007.

Mt Gibson Iron Ltd - Koolan Island Mining Project

The project has an estimated value of $400 million, and is underpinned by an alliance agreement to provide a complete mining service on Koolan Island for an initial term of five years.

Main Roads WA - Term Network Contracts

BGC Contracting has two, 10 year Term Network Contracts with Main Roads WA. One is in the Kimberley region and has an estimated value of $87 million. The other is in the Pilbara and Gascoyne regions with an estimated value of $126 million. Both projects are being performed under a partnering agreement.

Main Roads WA - Great Northern Highway ECI Project

BGC Contracting is leading a Joint Venture team (named Team Savannah), which includes another contractor and designer, to design and construct three new bridges and make improvements to two major sections of the Great Northern Highway in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The project will be delivered under an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract. This is a relationship based form of contract that has not been used previously by Main Roads WA. The project is scheduled for completion in December 2009 and the BGC share of the works is valued at $40 million.