– Five Mongolian companies learn construction scheduling best practice
through the Oyu Tolgoi Special Project’s training –
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – The Special Project’s 2012 construction readiness workshops identified a need to help train local contractors create and understand detailed construction schedules, using a computer based scheduling programme. Romeo Teleron Jr, Project Controller and Clayton Shaw, Construction Manager for Special Projects, worked to develop a training programme. This programme gives the contractors the skills they require to plan, execute and successfully complete construction projects and provides a working knowledge of MS Project.
The course will help elevate current scheduling from Excel to a more robust MS Project system and will identify key methodology in creating and executing construction schedules. Special Projects is very pleased to be able to pass on this knowledge in construction methodology and scheduling. They are extremely pleased with the overwhelming response from contractors and their desire to participate and learn from Oyu Tolgoi. With five Mongolian contract companies in the first intake, the course is already proving to be successful in creating more well-rounded, competitive contractors in the Mongolian construction industry.
S.Ariunaa, General Manager of Bayanmarz LLC construction company said, “I think that the master plan leads any business effectively and successfully. I will work with my construction engineers and teach them how to work on MS Project. As a contractor it is good to know what we will be doing in advance and to be able report our work in a comprehensive way to our customer. This will improve the quality of our company”.
About Oyu Tolgoi LLC (http://en.ot.mn/)
Oyu Tolgoi LLC is Mongolia's largest copper and gold mining company and is a strategic partnership between the Government of Mongolia (34 per cent stake), Ivanhoe Mines (66 per cent) and Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto is the major shareholder in Ivanhoe Mines and the manager of the Oyu Tolgoi project. In addition to dividends from its 34 per cent stake in Oyu Tolgoi, the Government of Mongolia will receive taxes and royalties.
Oyu Tolgoi, located in the Gobi desert in southern Mongolia, will be one of the largest and highest-grade copper and gold mines in the world. It is the largest project ever developed in Mongolia, requiring a capital investment for phase 1 of more than US$6 billion.
Oyu Tolgoi is committed to contributing to a sustainable future for Mongolia. At least 9 out of 10 employees will be Mongolian once the mine is in production and Oyu Tolgoi is investing US$58 million dollars (78 billion MNT) in training and education and an additional US$27 million dollars (36 billion MNT) in the Workforce Employment Project designed to help address the general skills shortage in Mongolia
Oyu Tolgoi's key priorities are the health and safety of employees, best-practice environmental management, contributing to sustainable communities and always doing business with integrity, for the benefit of all the project's shareholders and the people of Mongolia.
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