...Kingsford Smith Drive Upgrade Mahdi Mohammad (n9428691) Queensland University of Technology Table of Contents ABSTRACT 3 1.0. INTRODUCTION 3 2.0. NEED FOR THE INITIATIVE 5 3.0. INITIATIVE’S LIFECYCLE 5 Initial Planning 6 Procurement 7 Design 9 Development 10 Delivery 11 Operation and Maintenance 11 Retirement 13 Civil Engineering Research 13 4.0. CIVIL ENGINEERING SYSTEM 15 5.0. STEWARDSHIP OF THE INITIATIVE 16 6.0. VALUES REGARDING THE INITIATIVE 16 Economic 16 Social 17 Sustainability 17 Political 18 7.0. ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUM REVIEW 19 8.0. CONCLUSIONS AND INFORMED POSITION 20 Conclusions 20 Informed Position 20 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 21 REFERENCES 22 ABSTRACT The Brisbane City Council is embarking on the project of completing the staged upgrade of Kingsford Smith Drive to decrease traffic congestion and advance safety on the busy road. The Kingsford Smith Drive is a major lane connecting Brisbane CBD to the Brisbane Airport, Port of Brisbane, North-shore Hamilton, and the Australia Trade Coast area. The road was called after the aeronaut Charles Kingsford Smith. It links the suburb of Pinkenba to the Brisbane central business district at the Breakfast Creek. The Roadis categorized as a primary freight route. The demand for transportation of freight on Kingsford Smith Drive is anticipated to grow promptly. Construction of the phase one of the projects that widened a portion of Kingsford Smith Drive from four to six lanes was accomplished in mid-2011...
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...Introduction This is a summary of the case study of the Chile mining disaster that happened in August 5th 2010. It was once of the most unanticipated disaster that attracted the attention of the entire world. The miners of gold were trapped in the mine for many days. The rescue team was led by a newly elected minister of mining: A successful businessman with little or no information regarding the mining or rescue operations. The dilemma was on how to handle the victims, the relatives of victims, the media and the country at large. This was a matter of life and death. The number of stranded miners was 33. * Identify the key problems and issues in the case study. * Formulate and include a thesis statement, summarizing the outcome of your analysis in 1–2 sentences. 2. Background Chile has been known as one of the leading mineral explorers in the world as well as having numerous mining fields with different minerals. Mining has been extensively been sources of income thus many people are engaged in mining. This activity has been descripting as dangerous with many miners losing their life. The number of deaths in the mining field has increased considerably in the past few years up to 2010 as companies continue to breach mining rules and regulations. * Set the scene: background information, relevant facts, and the most important issues. * Demonstrate that you have researched the problems in this case study. Body This body is divided into the different...
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...Global Presence Corporate Information GOVERNANCE 90 Statement on Corporate Governance 102 Report of the Audit Committee 105 Statement on Risk Management and Internal Control 107 Additional Compliance Information 109 Statement on Directors’ Responsibilities 110 Corporate Responsibility 116 Highlights of Events CORPORATE DISCLOSURES 126 Financial Statements 276 Analysis of Shareholdings THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 281 Notice of Annual General Meeting 285 Statement Accompanying Notice of Annual General Meeting Proxy Form LEADERSHIP 14 30 Profiles of Board of Directors Executive Committee PERFORMANCE REVIEW 32 40 50 Message to Shareholders President & Group CEO’s Review Business Highlights: • Drilling • Offshore Construction & Subsea Services • Fabrication, Hook-Up & Commissioning • Energy & Joint Ventures Financial Performance Financial Calendar 84 86 PRECISION IN EXECUTION For the financial year ended 31 January 2014, SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (“Group”) continued to make significant strides and executed our plans with precision. We delivered on the operational and Health, Safety and Environment fronts, which led to strong financial results. Having integrated strategic acquisitions in a rapid and seamless manner, the Group has further enriched its capabilities with people across the organisation working closely as one. The strategic building blocks put in place have helped strengthen our position as a full-fledged upstream player and the Group’s fully integrated...
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...Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation, Commissioning, Drilling, PSC Block Development PSC Block Production, Marginal Fields Brownfield Rejuvenation Decommissioning STRATEgIC ASSETS SUPPORTINg OPERATIONS ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION FABRICATION, OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION, HOOK-UP & COMMISSIONING, SUBSEA SERVICES • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 273-acre Fabrication Yard in Lumut 20-acre Fabrication Yard in Teluk Kalong 88-acre Shipyard in Labuan 6 Derrick-Lay Vessels 1 Floatover Launch Barge 2 Geophysical Survey Vessels 2 Geotechnical Survey Vessels 3 Pipe-Laying Support Vessels 3 Pipe-Laying Support Vessels Under Construction 1 Subsea Construction Vessel 4 Survey Vessels 4 Accommodation Workboats & Barges 2 Accommodation Workboats & Barges Under Construction 4 Diving/Support Vessels 41 Remotely Operated Vehicles 2 Remotely Operated Vehicles Under Construction 6 Anchor Handling Tugs/Supply Vessels DRILLING ENERGY • 9 Tender Barge Rigs • 7 Semi-Tender Rigs • 1 Semi-Tender Rig Under Construction • Participating in 10 PSCs • Operator in 6 of the 10 PSCs • 1 Risk Service Contract A multinational workforce of approximately 13,000 people in over 20 countries REVENUE OPERATING PROFIT TOTAL ASSETS RM RM RM 9.9 billion 2.0 billion 34.6 billion FORBES ASIA’S FABULOUS 50 THE OIL & GAS YEAR LISTING FOR THE SECOND SUCCESSIVE YEAR NEW UPSTREAM PLAYER OF THE...
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...Preparing Project Budgets for Business Cases Technical guide The Secretary Department of Treasury and Finance 1 Treasury Place Melbourne Victoria 3002 Australia Telephone: +61 3 9651 5111 Facsimile: +61 3 9651 5298 www.dtf.vic.gov.au Authorised by the Victorian Government 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne, 3002 © Copyright State of Victoria 2012 This book is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. ISBN 978-1-922045-92-8 Published August 2012. If you would like to receive this publication in an accessible format please telephone 9651 0909 or email mailto:information@dtf.vic.gov.au Contents 1. Background 1 1.1 Context 1 1.2 Purpose – developing and managing project budgets 2 1.3 Scope of application 2 1.4 Structure of this guide 3 1.5 Related guides and frameworks 3 1.6 The need for an accurate project budget 4 2. Elements of a project budget 5 2.1 The headline elements of a project budget 5 2.2 Successful financial planning 9 2.3 The need for a whole-of-life approach 10 2.4 ‘Poor project planning’ risks are not project risks! 10 2.5 Delivering to budget 11 3. Foundations for good project budgets 12 3.1 Better business cases and better project budgets 12 ...
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...Chilean president inaugurated on March 11, 2010, had recruited Golborne, an engineer, entrepreneur, and corporate executive, to serve as Chile’s minister of mines. Golborne had served as chief executive of Cencosud S.A., a large retail firm, and under his leadership, the company had increased annual sales ten-fold, entered the Brazilian, Colombian, and Peruvian markets, and opened two new business lines, including financial William and Jacalyn Edgar Professor of Management Michael Useem, The Wharton School, Adjunct Professor Rodrigo Jordan, School of Business Administration at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and Professor Matko Koljatic, School of Business Administration at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, prepared this case as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an...
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... 21 UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION EXAMINATION NOTICE NO. 09/2014-CSP (LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS : 30/06/2014) DATE :31.05.2014 CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION, 2014 (Commission’s website-http://upsc.gov.in) F. No. 1/5/2013-E.I(B) : Preliminary Examination of the Civil Services Examination for recruitment to the Services and Posts mentioned below will be held by the Union Public Service Commission on 24th Aug., 2014 in accordance with the Rules published by the Department of Personnel & Training in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 31st May, 2014. (i) Indian Administrative Service. (ii) Indian Foreign Service. (iii) Indian Police Service. (iv) Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’. (v) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. (vi) Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’. (vii) Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. (viii) Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’. (ix) Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration). (x) Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’. (xi) Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. (xii) Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’. (xiii) Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A'. (xiv) Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’. (xv) Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’ (xvi) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’. (xvii) Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group...
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...Financial Management, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Mohamed E. Bayou Chee W. Chow Cynthia M. Daily Harry Z. Davis Nabil Elias Arron Scott Fleming Frank G. H. Hartmann vii viii LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Fred A. Jacobs Frances Kennedy James M. Kohlmeyer, III Leslie Kren John Y. Lee Michael S. Luehlfing Adam S. Maiga School of Accountancy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA Department of Accountancy and Legal Studies, Clemson University, SC, USA College of Business, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA School of Business, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA Lubin School of Business, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY, USA School of Professional Accountancy, Louisiana Tech University, LA, USA School of Accounting, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada School of Professional Accountancy, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, USA School of Business, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA Department of Accountancy and Legal Studies, Clemson University, SC, USA College of Commerce, National...
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...PURE GOLD TO BE THE LEADING MINING COMPANY To create value for our shareholders, our employees and our business and social partners through safely and responsibly exploring, mining and marketing our products. Our primary focus is gold and we will pursue value creating opportunities in other minerals where we can leverage our existing assets, skills and experience to enhance the delivery of value. Safety is our first value. We place people first and correspondingly put the highest priority on safe and healthy practices and systems of work. We are responsible for seeking out new and innovative ways to ensure that our workplaces are free of occupational injury and illness. We live each day for each other and use our collective commitment, talents, resources and systems to deliver on our most important commitment ... to care. We are accountable for our actions and undertake to deliver on our commitments. We are focused on delivering results and we do what we say we will do. We accept responsibility and hold ourselves accountable for our work, our behaviour, our ethics and our actions. We aim to deliver high performance outcomes and undertake to deliver on our commitments to our colleagues, business and social partners, and our investors. We treat each other with dignity and respect. We believe that individuals who are treated with respect and who are entrusted to take responsibility respond by giving their best. We seek to preserve people's dignity, their sense...
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...Public Service Commission EXAMINATION NOTICE NO. 04/2012-CSP DATED 11.02.2012 (LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS : 05.03.2012) CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION, 2012 (Commission's website - http://www.upsc.gov.in) F. No. 1/4/2011-E.I(B) : Preliminary Examination of the Civil Services Examination for recruitment to the Services and Posts mentioned below will be held by the Union Public Service Commission on 20th May, 2012 in accordance with the Rules published by the Department of Personnel & Training in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 4th February, 2012. (i) Indian Administrative Service. (ii) Indian Foreign Service. (iii) Indian Police Service. (iv) Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’. (v) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. (vi) Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’. (vii) Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. (viii) Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’. (ix) Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration). (x) Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’. (xi) Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. (xii) Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’. (xiii) Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A'. (xiv) Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’. (xv) Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’ (xvi) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’. (xvii) Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’. (xviii) Indian Trade Service, Group...
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...2012 Doing business in a more transparent world C O M PA R I N G R E G U L AT I O N F O R D O M E S T I C F I R M S I N 1 8 3 E C O N O M I E S © 2012 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank 1818 H Street NW Washington, DC 20433 Telephone 202-473-1000 Internet www.worldbank.org All rights reserved. 1 2 3 4 08 07 06 05 A copublication of The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. This volume is a product of the staff of the World Bank Group. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this volume do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. Rights and Permissions The material in this publication is copyrighted. Copying and/or transmitting portions or all of this work without permission may be a violation of applicable law. The World Bank encourages dissemination of its work and will normally grant permission to reproduce portions of the work promptly. For permission to photocopy or reprint any part of this work, please send a request with complete information to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA; telephone: 978-750-8400; fax: 978-750-4470; Internet: www.copyright.com. All other queries on rights and licenses, including subsidiary rights, should be addressed to the Office of the Publisher, The World Bank, 1818...
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...STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL Serial No. NNNNNNNNNN UNITED GROWTH BERHAD (Company No. 739648-W) Islamic Medium Term Notes pursuant to an Islamic Medium Term Notes Programme of RM2.2 billion under the Shariah principle of Musharakah Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Lead Managers CIMB Investment Bank Berhad HSBC Amanah Malaysia Berhad (Company No: 18417-M) (Company No: 807705-X) 13 June 2012 IMPORTANT NOTICE Responsibility Statements This Information Memorandum has been approved by the directors of United Growth Berhad (Company No: 739648-W) (“UG” or “Issuer”) and UEM Group Berhad (Company No: 6551-K) (“UEM” or “Obligor”) and UG and UEM accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this Information Memorandum. UG and UEM, after having made all reasonable enquiries, confirm that this Information Memorandum contains all information with respect to UG and UEM which is material in the context of the Islamic medium term notes programme of RM2.2 billion (“Programme”) and the offering of the Islamic medium term notes (“Sukuk”) under the Programme. The opinions and intentions expressed in this Information Memorandum in relation to UG and UEM are honestly held, have been reached after considering all relevant circumstances and are based on reasonable assumptions and there are no other facts in relation to UG and UEM or the Programme the omission of which would, in the context of the Sukuk issue, make any statement...
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...2016-2017 CONTENTS S.No. Particulars Page No. 1. General Information 1 – 34 2. Faculty of Agricultural Sciences 35 3. Faculty of Arts 38 4. Faculty of Commerce 47 5. Faculty of Engineering & Technology 50 6. Faculty of Law 60 7. Faculty of Life Sciences 61 8. Faculty of Management Studies & Research 66 9. Faculty of Medicine 68 10. Faculty of Science 71 11. Faculty of Social Sciences 77 12. Faculty of Theology 88 13. Faculty of Unani Medicine 90 14. Centre of Professional Courses 92 15. Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit 94 16. Faculty of International Studies 95 17. Senior Secondary Schools 97 18. K.A. Nizami Centre for Quranic Studies 100 19. Community College 101 20. Part Time Courses 104 21. Bridge Course, Centre for Promotion of Educational and Cultural Advancement of Muslims of India 118 S.No. Particulars 22. Appendix – I 23. Page No. Appendix – II(A) 24. 25. 26. (Summary of Courses of study (with their Application Form Details & Test Fee) (Undertaking for Non-upgradation of the course / branch/main subject/ stream/ specialization already allotted) 120 128 Appendix – II(B) (Undertaking for submission of required original documents at the time of completion of admission formalities) 129 Appendix – II(C) (Undertaking on behalf...
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...places us at a vantage point with reference to the aspirations of India. We have taken strategic decisions in key areas that will drive our growth and also create better outcomes for our youthful nation. Strategy at Reliance is about making prudent choices, balancing risks and return, building competitive advantages and envisioning the future through the power of innovation. Innovation has always been a cornerstone of our operations. It has enabled us to make significant technology-driven breakthroughs that add value to existing businesses, and create new ones. We are partnering with leading global institutions renowned for excellence to strengthen our experience and expertise. From the manufacturing landscape to high-growth consumer service sectors, Reliance is making progress possible each day. We are helping the country meet its growing energy demand in a safe and responsible manner, creating value for society through our retail and telecom businesses, widening our community investments for social well-being and elevating the quality of life. Playing a role in creating a happy and prosperous India is our mandate. Because growth is energy. Because growth is value. Because growth is happiness. Because Growth...
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