Aligning with clients’ needs in upbeat cycle
• Company also aims to contribute to building a better SA, writes Alf James
SA’s business confidence index is currently at its highest level in two and a half years with short-term economic and market indicators pointing at a more buoyant business climate.
As a professional services company focused on finding solutions to meet the world’s changing resources and energy needs, Worley Parsons RSA is poised to take advantage of these upbeat market conditions.
Looking leaner and more cost-effective than ever before, the company’s streamlined operations are ideally suited to helping customers dust off studies, make sound financial plans and propel projects to execution stage.
Worley Parsons RSA’s CEO Denver Dreyer reflects on the project delivery company’s recent attendance at this month’s Investing in African Mining Indaba and elaborates on how he sees Worley Parsons RSA playing a leading role in helping its customers restructure and realise their investments against a more positive fiscal backdrop.
Dreyer notes that the indaba held a renewed optimism with many companies expressing a positive outlook for 2018. “We anticipate this year will be for dusting off feasibility studies that have been put on the shelf and assessing which projects will be viable given the new commodity prices and forecasts.”
He believes Worley Parsons RSA is ideally positioned to help companies tackle their projects with a new energy and perspective, taking them right through to execution.
“During such times of transition our role as an engineering consultant in a rapidly changing market is vitally important. We can help our customers to develop their assets but we are also a partner in delivering sustained economic and social progress, creating opportunities for individuals, companies and communities to find and realise their own futures.
“Worley Parsons RSA is completely aligned with the objectives of building a better SA. We have the skills and capabilities and see ourselves as a significant contributor to the growth of the country.
“A project is a major driver of creating employment, not only in the development and execution phase, but after the project is handed over, and we are committed to developing projects in the most costeffective and sustainable way.”
However, Dreyer adds that this growth cannot be achieved without the right partners and that small to medium-sized enterprises are integral in the development and transformation of SA.
“While Worley Parsons RSA is part of a global company, we are still proudly local and have a legacy of empowering and building our partners.”
To support local growth, the company has launched initiatives such as the enterprise and supplier development programme, which aims to partner the company with independent, sustainable, small-scale, black-owned businesses to jointly deliver engineering services in the minerals and metals, power, hydrocarbons, chemicals and infrastructure sectors.
“We have identified and partnered with sustainable, empowered businesses that are capable of growing with us,” says Dreyer.
“The partnerships we are creating are mutually beneficial. We evaluate the strengths each party brings to the table and identify where we can help each other. These enterprises benefit from skills transfer and gain an understanding of how to successfully deliver bigger projects with our support, while we do our part to transform the engineering sector in SA.”
He adds that Worley Parsons’ reputation for honesty, integrity and ethical dealings is one of its key business assets and a critical factor in ensuring the company’s ongoing success.
“Worley Parsons RSA is committed to honest and ethical conduct and complying with legislation across our global business. Our strict code of conduct extends to all our people, partners and suppliers and there is zero tolerance for any conduct that will cause damage to the company or our customers’ assets,” says Dreyer.
The company is able to provide professional solutions to customers whose needs straddle different sectors, and has access to global expertise for local projects when required. This local-global model has proven successful in the delivery of some of the most complex mega-projects in the world and it has developed an international reputation for its innovative approach and forward-thinking technology.
Sophisticated digital project design platforms such as integrated design technology and building information modelling (BIM) use 3D, 4D, 5D and even 7D design data mapping to create integrated design scopes that address variables such as operational efficiency and risk reduction.
Another innovative tool that Worley Parsons RSA offers its customers to mitigate risk is Step Wise. This financial and technical process model was developed by Advisian, a Worley Parsons global business providing management and strategic advisory services, and enables emerging miners and Tier 1 companies to quickly evaluate a resource and identify risks upfront.
“Worley Parsons RSA has some of the best skills in the world and we will continue to seek innovative ways to reshape our business to align with our customers’ needs,” says Dreyer.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND PARTNERED WITH SUSTAINABLE, EMPOWERED BUSINESSES CAPABLE OF GROWING WITH US