http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_releases/ en admin@stornoway.com.au Copyright 2011 2011-05-31T22:11:24+00:00 http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/stornoway_to_keep_north-east_roads_safe/ http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/stornoway_to_keep_north-east_roads_safe/#When:22:11:24Z North-east Tasmanian State Road Maintenance contract win

Stornoway has been awarded a three-year multi-million dollar contract to maintain more than 1000 kilometres of roads and bridges in the north-east of Tasmania.

Managing Director, Tim Gardner, was delighted to add a second State Government contract for the north-east to Stornoway’s achievements.

Stornoway currently manages the north-west contract for the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources (DIER), with a workforce of more than 30 operating out of four depots located from Devonport to Queenstown.

“We were awarded the north-west contract in 2008 ahead of strong competition from multi-national companies and I’m proud that we have again demonstrated our expertise and capability to manage the state’s road network.

“That network represents 3650 kilometres of roads so securing the north-east contract means Stornoway is making a significant contribution to improving the safety and reliability of roads and bridges for Tasmanian road users.

“Stornoway is already delivering high standards of road maintenance for DIER in the north-west, benefiting the local residents, and we’re looking forward to delivering the same for communities in the north-east of the state.

Stornoway’s operations will cover a large area, from Launceston through to St Helens on the coast and across to Campbell Town in the midlands and up to Miena in the highlands.

“Our work is critical in keeping roads well maintained - we monitor and fix road surfaces, prepare roads for re-surfacing, fix safety fences and signs, remove trees that fall on roads and clear off ice and snow,” Tim said.

“All of our new employees will be local residents which means that we will have a great deal of expertise and experience available to ensure the road network is well maintained and safe.

“That local knowledge is invaluable, not least in the colder months when ice and snow can make roads treacherous for motorists,” Tim added.

Stornoway will start delivering the new contract on 1 July, 2011.

About Stornoway
Part of the Tasmanian business community for more than 35 years, delivering high quality service to the government and resources sector locally, nationally and internationally.

Our expertise includes:

Asset management and road network maintenance services

Designing, supplying, operating and maintaining water and wastewater treatment systems

Supply of high quality construction materials, sand and decorative stone

]]> 2011-05-31T22:11:24+00:00 http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/minister_for_infrastructure_officially_opens_local_quarry_expansion/ http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/minister_for_infrastructure_officially_opens_local_quarry_expansion/#When:01:26:42Z
Minister for Infrastructure, the Honourable David O’Byrne, officially opened the quarry expansion on Thursday May 12, acknowledging the contribution the quarry makes to the local economy.

“This expansion demonstrates the confidence Stornoway has in the Tasmanian economy and their own capability and capacity to meet growing construction and maintenance demand in Northern Tasmania.

“I’m delighted to see another local company investing in the future of Tasmania, creating jobs and a stimulus for the economy. I’m particularly proud of the Stornoway story given how long they have been in operation and the contribution they’ve made to the local area over 35 years,” the Minister commented.

Stornoway’s Managing Director, Tim Gardner, was delighted to welcome guests from local government, state government and the business community to the expansion opening.

“The expansion of our quarry is vital for Northern Tasmania. We produce 26 different types of high quality gravel and crushed rock for a wide range of applications and demand is high.

“Stornoway supplies nine local councils and the state government with materials needed for road maintenance on their networks.

“Our crushed and screened rock is also a vital component for building construction and we’re supplying major companies locally with material for their construction projects.

“For example, we recently supplied material for construction of Woolworths’ new distribution centre just outside of Launceston. This project demanded a very specific type of crushed rock so we customised a product to meet these requirements.”

Tim added that Stornoway has invested more than $3million into the expansion with new plant and equipment to meet the increased output. He was also delighted that up to 12 new jobs have been generated.

“Our investment reflects a confidence in the local economy and the opportunity that exists for any company that’s focused on customer service. As for further development, I believe we’re only just getting started.”
]]> 2011-05-14T01:26:42+00:00 http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/stornoway_helps_change_the_climate_in_tasmania/ http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/stornoway_helps_change_the_climate_in_tasmania/#When:02:50:57Z 7 October 2010

Greening Australia, Tasmania CEO, Jonathan Duddles today welcomed the Climate Change Minister, Nick McKim to the first planting of the Biodiverse Carbon for Landscape Restoration project in the Derwent catchment.

The project involves planting over thirty thousand plants to form a plant community that links nationally recognised reserve communities in an integrated network. The plantation will become an ecosystem in its own right, one which captures carbon from the atmosphere through biosequestration.

Mr Duddles said the nationally significant project will also demonstrate and trial new methods of establishing biodiverse plantings of local native tree and understory species in the dry agricultural landscapes of the Derwent Valley.

“What makes this project significant is that each and every plant is recorded in a database with GPS references and environmental information. As time passes monitoring information fed into the database will help build the knowledge of how to successfully restore Tasmania’s dry landscapes so that we learn as we go.

“Strategic reforestation on private land to buffer, helps reconnect and build resilience in the conservation estate (public and private) and to allow for the movement of species and genes (plants and animals) that is anticipated with climate change” Mr Duddles said.

Mr Duddles added research has indicated that degraded and unused farm land offers the greatest opportunity for rehabilitation and carbon sequestration, with the landowners involved having signed 130 year covenants with Greening Australia to allow access to 100ha for the project.

While the plant community is growing, reconnecting landscapes, capturing carbon and improving farm productivity the performance of the project will be monitored by collecting critical data such as:

Soil carbon
Soil moisture
The performance of trees from different seed sources
The success of different mixes of tree and understory species
Biodiversity
Expansion of the plantation species beyond trial sites.

Mr Duddles said the project is funded via a state government, the Australia Research Council and the sale of carbon credits.

Mr Duddles added that so far leading Tasmanian businesses, Stornoway, Targa Tasmania, Pennicott Wliderness Journeys and Innkeepers Tasmania have all bought carbon credits.

“Many businesses are keen to start to build a carbon price into their balance sheet, however, we have found that they want the money spent locally to benefit Tasmania’s environment.

“This project is fantastic because we are growing a carbon stockpile, rehabilitating a landscape and helping businesses get used to an emerging economic environment.” Mr Duddles concluded.

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For more information contact Richard Gerathy on 0419 203 075


Questions and answers.

What is the focus of the project?
Carbon sequestration and water use by vegetation.
The use of local native, versus more distant seed sources for restoration planting.
How the species envelopes for common native species in the dry landscapes of Tasmania will change under climate change.
The survival and growth of different mixtures and designs of plantings for tree and understory species grown for carbon sequestration.

What role will biosequestration have in the response to climate change?
Biosequestration plays an important role in the mix of solutions for tackling climate change through strategic revegetation at a landscape scale.

Why is revegetation important?
Revegetation in dry landscapes sequesters a considerable amount of carbon

Biodiverse revegetation offers the ability to buffer and reconnect native vegetation on farms is a critical adaption strategy to protect and build resilience in the private land conservation estate.

Biodiverse revegetation on farms has long been regarded as an important strategy by farmers to improve the productive value of their properties through wind shelter, water filtration, soil stabilisation and now carbon storage.

Undertaking strategic biodiverse reforestation doubles the outcome for the investment (mitigation and adaptation).

We believe that undertaking strategic biodiverse reforestation rather than single species plantations will be more acceptable to rural communities.

What indications are there that the carbon market will be viable?

Tasmanian landowners are embracing the opportunities to participate in the carbon market through reforestation of the less productive parts of their farms for multiple benefits.

Tasmanian business are already offsetting their emissions and see this as an important part of their strategies to reduce their carbon emissions, while improving the ecological condition and productive value of Tasmanian landscapes.]]> 2010-10-11T02:50:57+00:00 http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/breadalbane_quarry_expansion/ http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/breadalbane_quarry_expansion/#When:02:47:20Z Stornoway Quarrying

Approval of Stornoway Breadalbane quarry expansion vital for maintaining Tasmanian roads and construction industry.

Tim Gardner, Managing Director of Tasmanian infrastructure firm, Stornoway, today said he was pleased the Northern Midlands Council had recently approved the expansion of the Raeburn Quarry, Breadalbane.

Approval of the expansion will take the annual output of crushed and screened rock up to 500,000 tonnes.

When complete in 18 months time, the project will represent a total investment of almost $5M in new plant and crushing equipment and the creation of up to 12 jobs. In addition, the project will provide Stornoway with the ability to recycle concrete and bricks.

Mr Gardner said the expansion of the Raeburn Quarry is vital for Northern Tasmania as it supplies crushed rock for local government maintenance as far away as Tullah, Burnie, Smithton, Swansea and the southern midlands. Mr Gardner added crushed rock is a core component of the foundations every building constructed.

“Stornoway supplies crushed and screened rock from the Raeburn Quarry to nine councils to enable them to maintain their roads. Also, the site provides the crushed rock needed for Stornoway and other contractors to carry out major road maintenance for the state government, in northern Tasmania.

“The Raeburn Quarry supplies 26 types of gravel and crushed rock for specific applications and the expansion will help us meet strongly growing demand.

“Crushed rock is vital for the entire Tasmanian economy. While it sounds like an everyday product, the truth is it’s produced to exacting standards, and without it, building or road construction and maintenance could take place in this state.” Mr Gardner said.

Mr Gardner added Stornoway had been operating the quarry for over twenty years and actively planning for the expansion project for over two. He said during the planning process, particular attention was paid to protecting the environment.

“Stornoway takes its environmental and social responsibilities very seriously indeed and we have worked very carefully during the approvals process to make sure the project meets or exceeds all statutory and planning requirements.

“We carried out extensive dust, vibration, traffic, visual impact and noise modeling to ensure that the project will be operated with minimal environmental impact under comprehensive production and environmental management plans, including 1km buffer zones”, he said.

Mr Gardner said he looks forward to work starting on the project as soon as possible.

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For more information contact Richard Gerathy on 0419 203 075.

Questions and Answers

What does Stornoway do apart from quarrying?
Stornoway has operations throughout Australia, providing remote area water supplies and wastewater treatment, infrastructure maintenance, rockfall control and quarrying.

When was Stornoway established?
Alan Gardner established Stornoway Gravel in partnership with Philip Bowden in 1976, to supply road gravel to the Launceston area.

Does Stornoway have environmental management certification?
Yes, in 1996, Stornoway became the first Tasmanian company to achieve Environmental Management System certification to ISO 14001.]]> 2010-10-11T02:47:20+00:00 http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/stornoway_water_secures_rio_tinto_contract_extension/ http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/stornoway_water_secures_rio_tinto_contract_extension/#When:20:09:28Z
Rio Tinto had a very urgent requirement and Stornoway was able to provide a superior technical solution and an accelerated delivery program to meet their stringent specifications.

Stornoway will supply:
• AQEO 95kL/day Ultrafiltration (UF) Membrane Water Treatment Plant for Potable Water to the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (ADWG).
• AQEO 30kL/day Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) expandable to 90kL/day Sewage Treatment Plant that will produce Class ‘A’ recycled water to Queensland EPA Guidelines.

This contract follows Stornoway’s previous contract for the supply and installation of a Sewage Treatment Plant at the Rio Tinto Clermont Coal Mine also in Queensland.

If we can assist you with your water or wastewater treatment requirements, please contact us.

June 2009
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Rio Tinto had a very urgent requirement and Stornoway was able to provide a superior technical solution and an accelerated delivery program to meet their stringent specifications.

Stornoway will supply:
• AQEO 95kL/day Ultrafiltration (UF) Membrane Water Treatment Plant for Potable Water to the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (ADWG).
• AQEO 30kL/day Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) expandable to 90kL/day Sewage Treatment Plant that will produce Class ‘A’ recycled water to Queensland EPA Guidelines.

This contract follows Stornoway’s previous contract for the supply and installation of a Sewage Treatment Plant at the Rio Tinto Clermont Coal Mine also in Queensland.

If we can assist you with your water or wastewater treatment requirements, please contact us.


June 2009
]]> 2009-06-10T20:09:22+00:00 http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/new_quarry_equipment/ http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/new_quarry_equipment/#When:17:50:24Z Stornoway Quarryinghas recently invested in new equipment specifically designed to improve efficiencies and output at the northern Tasmania quarry site in Breadalbane. The SCS TC1235 Cougar cone crusher is making a dramatic difference to operations at the quarry and the new machine (with direct feeder and right-angle hopper) is part of the first stage of the infrastructure company’s $1.25 million investment in new rock crushing and screening equipment. The three-stage $5 million plan will more than double Stornoway Quarrying's workforce.

The features of the portable SCS TC1235 include its reliability and durability, the large feed size, increased crusher reduction, good clearance under the cone for discharging crushed material and the large 40-litre accumulator.

With all his extensive experience in the industry, Quarry manager Brett Hoyle, had never heard of Christchurch-based SCS before purchasing the TC1235.

“I spent about four months researching all the different types of cone crushers and portable cone crushers from suppliers all over the world but had never been involved SCS until now” said Hoyle.

Hoyle eventually settled on the SCS cone crusher for a number of reasons, primarily the flexibility and capability of the feed size and the depth of crushing within the cone chamber. “We liked the adaptability to add a feed hopper on the main unit which made the Stornoway Quarrying machine the first to do so” he says.

“The flexibility of the machine is incredible. We have just recently moved it off site for the first time for a contract crushing job and had to take the feed hopper off. Within an hour and a half it was ready to load onto the truck. It’s a difficult job because it’s very high off the ground." Even when the cone crusher hit the ground at its end location, it was ready to go again in five minutes as the feeder was not required for the next job due to the rock for this job being small – it can simply go straight over the screening plant and into the crusher.

“We can do it very comfortably just with the crusher and feed hopper, rather than the screening too, which cuts down customer expenses and time.”

The company uses the cone crusher in its own quarry about 80 percent of the time, with the machine utilised for outside contract crushing work the remainder of the time.

“The cone crusher has helped us bring the quarry into one of the leading quarries in northern Tasmania,” says Hoyle. “The material that we’ve crushed previously by contractors was at a tonne rate that was a lot lower per hour but we’re putting out more tonnage per hour than contractors were doing. The material we had crushed previously never came into specification but with this machine it comes into specification automatically.”

Hoyle says Stornoway would definitely consider purchasing another SCS cone crusher in the future. “It’s a machine that I think SCS is new in developing. I feel that another 12 months down the track, SCS will become one of the leading suppliers of these machines, due to their robustness. I can’t see any reason for them not to be on top.”

]]> 2009-02-09T17:50:24+00:00 http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/leading_edge_water_solution_for_ecopoint_murramurang_resort/ http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/leading_edge_water_solution_for_ecopoint_murramurang_resort/#When:13:27:36Z
The Aqeo Membrane Bioreactor treatment system, installed at the Resort by Stornoway Water, was officially handed over to the resort owners today.

Stornoway Water CEO, Tim Gardner said that the Aqeo system utilises the very latest in modern water treatment technology to overcome significant challenges associated with the ecological and cultural sensitivity of the Resort site.

‘The Resort needed to upgrade their existing Class B wastewater to tertiary Class A level without negatively impacting on the Resort’s native park and wetland,’ Mr Gardner said.

‘We have been able to install a system to effectively treat and manage the Resort’s considerable water demands, with minimal impact on the Resort’s spectacular natural environment.

‘The Aqeo Membrane Bioreactor treatment system incorporates state-of-the-art ultra-filtration membranes, with Chlorine dosing and UV disinfection, to produce Class A+ water that exceeds regulatory requirements.’

Mr Gardner said new Aqeo system is able to treat a combined wastewater load of 100,000 litres a day.

‘This capacity ensures the Resort will be able to effectively manage its water flow during its busiest periods, such as weekends and Christmas holidays,’ Mr Gardner said.

Mr Gardner said that Stornoway Water was pleased to be able to deliver an innovative and cost-effective water solution for the EcoPoint Murramurang Resort, on budget and on time.

‘This is a beautiful part of the world, and we’re delighted to be able to deliver a sustainable solution that guarantees visitors to the resort the finest quality water and wastewater treatment available anywhere in Australia.’

For further information and interviews, please call Tim Gardner on 0407 050 840]]> 2007-11-05T13:27:36+00:00 http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/rethinking_tasmanias_water_future/ http://www.stornoway.com.au/corporate/media_press_release_detail/rethinking_tasmanias_water_future/#When:01:06:00Z
The Stornoway Group today returned to the property it takes its name, Stornoway Farm at Relbia, to launch its exciting new water business venture ‘Stornoway Water’ and its fresh new corporate image ‘rethinking tomorrow’.

CEO Tim Gardner said Stornoway’s new water business venture represents an exciting new era for the company, which made its start supplying gravel to several road projects throughout Launceston in the 1970s.

“The water infrastructure market is booming, with Governments and the private sector right across the country under enormous pressure to respond to the affects of drought and climate change,’ Mr Gardner said.

“Stornoway Water is able to offer a full range of mobile water treatment and recycling systems that can be specifically tailored to suit small and remote communities where it is not cost effective to install traditional water infrastructure.

“Our systems utilise the very latest technology that can guarantee a reliable supply of fresh drinking water or high grade recycled water for anything between 50 and 1,500 people.’

“I’m most excited about our latest system, designed and developed by our own people, that converts raw sewage to a standard of water that’s safe to drink.”

Mr Gardner said the mobile systems are pre-constructed and perfect for remote mines, construction sites, resorts and communities where it would otherwise be too expensive or impractical to install traditional water infrastructure.

“This type of technology represents the future of water infrastructure in Australia, with all levels of government and property developers increasingly looking for more cost-effective and simple ways of ensuring a reliable supply of fresh water to the community,’ he said.

Mr Gardner said that while Stornoway Water’s production plant is based in Brisbane to be part of the lucrative South East Queensland market, they are also able to help address some of Tasmania’s own significant water challenges.

“With the State Government currently looking at the State’s long-term water needs, it is the perfect time for us to launch our products here in Tasmania and be able to show that there is a Tasmanian company able to offer solutions to some of the water problems facing our regional communities,’ he said.

‘It is unnecessary in this day and age for so many regional Tasmanian communities to continue to live with boiled water alerts and substandard water supplies.

‘With the advantages of modern technology and local know how, we are able to offer a range of solutions that are cost effective to governments guarantee a first rate water supply to Tasmanians no matter where they live.’

Mr Gardner said Stornoway’s new corporate image and branding ‘rethinking tomorrow’ reflected the start of a new era for the company, whose notable past projects have include the redevelopment of the York Park playing surface and construction of the Lake Leake Highway and the West Coast Link Road.

‘Stornoway has been built on the philosophy of having a go, and always looking for new opportunities to expand our business interests both locally and interstate,’ Mr Gardner said.

‘Rethinking tomorrow is all about looking to the future and continuing to remain at the forefront of the latest technology and innovative infrastructure solutions.’

For further information and interviews, please call Tim Gardner on 0407 050 840
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