improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message ausenco limited type privately held company private industry engineering consulting services project delivery founded brisbane australia 1991 1991 headquarters corporate headquarters in south brisbane queensland australia number of locations 16 countries argentina australia brazil canada chile fiji indonesia malaysia papua new guinea peru samoa solomon islands south africa tonga usa vanuatu key people george lloyd chairman zimi meka ceo products environment & sustainability ; minerals processing ; oil & gas power ; transportation systems ; ports & terminals ; pipeline systems ; operations & maintenance ; and infrastructure services engineering program management global procurement construction management commissioning epc epcm studies and technical solutions control systems number of employees 1400 website www.ausenco.com ausenco limited is a multinational engineering procurement construction management and operations service provider to the energy and resources sectors . its head office is in brisbane australia . 1 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 major projects 4 awards 5 references history edit ausenco was founded in brisbane australia in 1991 2 by zimi meka current ceo and managing director and bob thorpe current board member . four years later in 1995 the second office opened in perth australia . in 2002 the first institutional shareholders invested in ausenco and the former queensland premier wayne goss was appointed chairman of the company . 3 ausenco established the ascentis division in 2003 to deliver operations solutions to the minerals processing industry . in 2004 ausenco opened an office in china and then in 2005 opened offices in north america and south america . the company listed on the australian stock exchange on 15 june 2006 . 3 in 2007 the vancouver office opened increasing the number of employees by 31 % to 1 010 people globally . 4 the ausenco foundation 5 was also launched in 2007 to offer support to the communities in which people from ausenco live and work . ausenco began an expansion program in 2008 by acquiring several companies to enhance their service offering including vector engineering pipeline systems incorporated psi 6 and sandwell . 7 this increased employee numbers by 150 % and expanded service offerings to include pipeline systems ports & marine environment & sustainability and transportation systems . the ausenco taggart joint venture was also formed in 2008 to offer design and delivery expertise for coal handling processing plants . in 2009 ausenco acquired 50 % equity in the kramer group to form kramer ausenco 8 expanding the company s presence and services into png and the south pacific . ausenco further diversified their offering in 2012 by acquiring 100 % of reaction consulting 9 a canada based specialist provider of engineering services in the sagd bitumen and oil sands sectors to expand its capability and services in process engineering for the oil and gas market . the ausenco rylson 10 joint venture was also formed to expand offerings in asset optimisation and management services . george lloyd was appointed chairman in 2013 which was the same year ausenco acquired projex technologies ltd 11 located in calgary alberta and halifax nova scotia canada to expand capabilities in the oil sands market . in mid 2015 ausenco formed a strategic alliance with spanish multinational construction company duro felguera s.a. to jointly pursue and deliver epc projects globally . in september 2016 ausenco was privatised via a scheme of arrangement with rcf v.i. lp and key shareholders . ausenco was subsequently de listed from the australian securities exchange . operations edit ausenco has worked on projects in over 90 countries around the world and has around 1 400 employees as of 2016 across 26 offices in 16 countries . 12 the company is organised along regional lines comprising the geographical regions of apac africa north america and south america . major projects edit major projects have included chatree gold project thailand in 2000 3 north mara gold project tanzania in 2001 sepon copper gold project laos in 2002 13 14 phu kham copper gold project laos in 2006 15 16 hidden valley gold silver project in papua new guinea in 2006 17 lumwana copper project zambia in 2008 18 19 isaac pains coal mine australia in 2008 20 21 martabe gold silver project indonesia in 2009 22 23 los bronces project chile 24 25 kwale mineral sands project kenya in 2012 26 27 constancia copper project peru in 2012 28 29 30 tonkolili iron ore phase 2 sierra leone in 2014 31 springsure creek coal project australia 32 minas rio project brazil in 2014 33 awards edit 2002 winner australian export award services 34 winner engineering excellence award projects and exports 2004 winner queensland export award services winner australian export award services 34 2005 winner queensland engineering excellence award resource development with bateman engineering 2006 winner queensland export award services winner australian export award services 34 2007 export award s hall of fame 4 2010 winner vision award illumination engineering society bc 2011 winner australia latin america business excellence award 35 winner jack holt newcrest mining trophy winner bc workplace diversity award 36 winner royal architectural institute of canada award 2012 winner annual australian mining prospect award contractor of the year 37 winner construsoft tekla bim award 38 winner queensland s export award minerals and energy 39 2013 winner queensland professional engineer of the year zimi meka 40 silver medal award winner in canada s safest employers awards 41 winner australian business award recommended employer 42 winner canadian consulting engineering awards engineering a better canada award 43 award of excellence canadian consulting engineering awards special projects 43 award of merit acec bc british columbia awards natural resource energy and industry 44 lieutenant governor s award of excellence acec bc british columbia awards soft engineering 44 2014 finalist pace zenith awards mining and minerals processing finalist qld mining contractor awards cost saving initiative 45 winner qld mining contractor awards cost saving initiative 45 award of merit acec bc british columbia awards municipal and civil infrastructure 46 winner bentley be inspired awards innovation in offshore engineering 47 2015 silver recipient canada s safest employers awards mining and natural resources 48 finalist best continuous improvement of a workplace health and safety management system in the national safety council of australia nsca foundation national safety awards of excellence 49 references edit contact us . ausenco . retrieved 2014 05 30 . our story . ausenco . retrieved 2014 05 30 . a b c my share trading . a b aus ar 17mar . indd pdf . retrieved 2014 05 30 . foundation . ausenco . retrieved 2014 05 30 . stephen lacey 2008 02 05 . ausenco acquires psi group for us32 .9 m . news.smh.com.au . retrieved 2014 05 30 . stephen lacey 2008 03 05 . ausenco acquires engineering companies . news.smh.com.au . retrieved 2014 05 30 . kramer ausenco . kramer ausenco . retrieved 2014 05 30 . asx company news ausenco acquires reaction consulting online stockmarket trading update . blog.traderdealer.com.au . 2012 01 18 . retrieved 2014 05 30 . asset management and 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martabe epcm contract . mining technology . retrieved 2014 08 16 . martabe project case study . ausenco . 2011 09 24 . retrieved 2014 08 16 . cidra holdings llc anglo american awards cidra contract for los bronces . cidra.com . 2011 10 18 . retrieved 2014 08 16 . los bronces copper ore pipeline case study . ausenco . retrieved 2014 08 16 . http www.perthnow.com.au business ausenco wins contract to help construct mineral sands project for base resources in kenya story e6frg2s3 1226299317476 kwale mineral sands project case study . ausenco . retrieved 2014 08 16 . 1 archived may 17 2012 at the wayback machine . constancia project case study . ausenco . retrieved 2014 08 16 . http www.ausenco.com uploads news 122145 ausenco awarded epcm contract for constancia copper project.pdf news item . ssw news . 2014 02 26 . retrieved 2014 08 16 . 4 traders . ausenco limited ausenco wins contract for springsure creek coal project . 4 traders . retrieved 2014 08 16 . news item . news . 2014 02 26 . 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