Issue: December 2024
An end of year snapshot of TRILITY’s contracts and projectsnews
2024 - That’s a wrap!
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In this Issue
Investing in the future of
TRILITY
Page 4
Conversation starter around
mental health
Page 5
Sydney Water’s world-class
water recycling centre project
update
Page 6
TRILITY’s reconciliation
journey
Page 8
TRILITY Modular Solutions
completes refurbishment
project in Western Australia
Page 9
TRILITY Modular Solutions
provides drinking water in
regional New South Wales
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TRILITY Modular Solutions
complete on-site
hypochlorite generation
and dosing system
Page 10
TRILITY completes
solar-powered chlorination
plant in Western Australia
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TRILITY Training Services
Page 12
Ozonating Brisbane
Page 14
Water Consultancy Services
expands its offerings
Page 16
The importance of the
right polymer for sludge
dewatering
Page 18
TRILITY builds its relief
operations support
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Welcome
Dear valued clients and partners,
On behalf of the TRILITY Group, we wish you and your families a safe
and very happy festive season. We also want to take this opportunity to
thank you for another successful year.
For many businesses, 2024 commenced with the aftermath of the prior
year’s floods, continuing supply issues, talent acquisition, retention, and
re/upskilling staff to meet a more digitised future. Cyber vulnerability,
the challenges and benefits of employees working remotely, digital
transformation and optimisation, and the challenge of how to extract
organisational value from it. TRILITY embraced these and we are, once
again, ending the year on a high.
As the year ends and we prepare for the New Year, we typically wrap up
the year’s activities, reflect, plan strategic initiatives for the coming year,
and celebrate our accomplishments. Our reflections revealed another
year of excellent service delivery, growth, and many positive learnings.
For example, in 2024, the Upper South Creek project is progressing
well despite challenging weather conditions throughout the year;
we completed several varied Modular Solutions projects nationwide
and are proud to be moving from the Reflect stage into the Innovate
stage of our RAP of our reconciliation journey.
In this edition of our year-end TRILITY e-newsletter, we deep-dive into
what makes TRILITY a partner of choice. We have an update on the
Upper South Creek Advanced Water Recycling Centre and a video
showcasing the magnificent work being done by our Modular Solutions
engineering team for this project. We also feature some insights into
our ‘future leaders’ group and our drive to open communications around
mental health and the diversification of our business across our Solutions
arm, TRILITY Training, and TRILITY Water Consultancy Services.
This year’s success, as in prior years, is due to the dedication and focus of
our wonderful employees and the special relationships we have built over
the years. TRILITY is where it is today with you, our clients, and partners.
Our growth journey will continue during 2025, making for exciting times.
Our learnings include better ways to work, communicate, and deliver
services. In the coming year, we look forward to increased opportunities
to meet with our employees and clients in person across New Zealand
and Australia.
From the entire TRILITY team, it’s been a privilege to work with you
and the communities we serve, and we look forward to working with
you again in 2025.
Francois Gouws
Managing Director
Francois Gouws
Managing Director
TRILITY Brands
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TRILITY’s Future Leaders Group (FLG) was created with the specific aim of
fostering the development of TRILITY’s younger staff members and those
new to the industry. Members of the group have access to a dedicated hub
with resources, updates and seamless interaction, promoting a dynamic and
engaged community within the FLG.
The FLG aims to be self-sustainable, holding regular meetings and updates
to ensure continuous momentum. Moreover, the group will actively prioritise
and nominate key issues with the hopes of fostering a dynamic and responsive
approach to addressing challenges and opportunities within the company.
TRILITY has outlined specific objectives for the FLG, including the creation
of a distinct cohort with a unique identity, the development of newer staff
members, progression in their careers, the provision of development
opportunities, and long-term talent retention within the company.
Future Leaders Group (L - R): Dr. Luong Nguyen, Benat Saju, Matt Dawson (Guest speaker), Karl Humphreys, Max Curtis (Co-chair), James Ridd,
Elyssa Kirton, Helen Thompson (Co-chair), Mitch Turton, Dr. Emily Quek (Sponsor), Callan Kudra-Harding, Roohullah Qalandari, Ben Childs, Jarred
Svic, Edison Jose, Flora Zhuang, Francois Gouws (Guest speaker), Bronwyn van der Zant (Sponsor), Jerome West
July saw the inaugural in-person workshop for the FLG, which took place over
two days at the TRILITY Head Office in Adelaide. The workshop gave members
the opportunity to meet one another face-to-face and hear from some senior
members of TRILITY’s Leadership Team. Throughout the workshop, members
were able to take the time to set professional goals for both the group and
individual members, as well as discuss how Future Leaders can contribute to
the future of TRILITY.
Click here to view our Managing Director, Francois Gouws discussing
the Future Leaders program with Project Engineer, Benat Saju
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Conversation starter around mental health
What started as an idea from one of our young technicians to support mental
health awareness in our sector, soon expanded in a way that provided us with
a dual gesture in support of mental health and further promoted our
reconciliation journey.
After seeking permission from our talented First Nations artist David Booth
to use our RAP artwork, TRILITY partnered with TradeMutt to develop a
‘FunkyShirtFriday’ shirt to promote change in the culture surrounding mental
health. We deliberately incorporated our reconciliation artwork into the shirt to
further encourage conversation about our design and support our commitment
to our journey for reconciliation across our organisation and sector.
Our people have embraced and are proudly wearing our ‘FunkyShirtFriday’ shirts.
They are a real conversation starter, allowing us to show our commitment to
talking openly about mental health and our journey to reconciliation.
Our Modular Solutions Manager Glen Zipf said,
“I stopped at a local roadside coffee
stall this morning; on the way in, the lady
serving said to me, “I love your shirt;
what’s that all about?” and there you go,
boom, the conversation started.”
Our Yatala team wearing their Funky Shirt Friday shirts with pride, an initiative to start conversations around mental health.
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Sydney Water’s world-class water recycling centre
project update
The Upper South Creek Advanced Water Recycling Centre (AWRC) is now one
year into construction from its commencement. A great deal of progress has
been made, and we’d like to share some of the key activities to date.
Throughout 2024, the project has seen many weather challenges. For example,
the images below vividly depict the aftermath of a single rain event in March.
Despite the site being inundated with water due to a 300mm rainfall over 48
hours, the construction team, led by John Holland, demonstrated its resilience.
Within two days, they had managed to mitigate the water’s impact and
resume full-scale construction.
Overflow channel, which is required should the plant suffer flows well
above the treatment capacity during operation.
300mm rain event over a 48 hour period
The one kilometre access road that leads into the AWRC site (beside the new
M12 that’s currently under construction) has been completed, and following
consultation with the project’s First Nations stakeholders, has been named,
Badu Muru Grove. Pronounced ‘Bar-doo Moo-roo’, it means ‘Fresh water Path’
in Dharug language.
The project’s First Nations stakeholders also chose new a Dharug name for
the AWRC, which will be announced when the facility is commissioned in
2025. In addition to the site and road names, three Dharug language names
were chosen for the meeting rooms located in the operation area of the site.
July 2023
September 2024
These names have already been used for the three meeting rooms currently
located at the temporary construction compound. The intention is to transfer
the names across to the permanent meeting rooms when construction is
completed. The chosen names are:
Meeting Room 1: Cabro - Pronounced ‘Cab-row’, it means Shipworm, which is
a shellfish eaten by the local Cabrogal people of the Dharug Nation.
Meeting Room 2: Dyirrabidy - Pronounced ‘Dhi-rah-bidge’, it means Red-belly
black snake, which acknowledges the presence of the red belly black snake that
is native to the area.
Meeting Room 3: Bunda - Pronounced ‘Bún-da’, it means Hobby kite,
which acknowledges the presence of the hobby kite bird which is also native
to the area.
Building on this positive engagement with First Nations stakeholders, TRILITY
Communications, John Holland, and Sydney Water will form a working group in
2025 to create a Dharug cultural display in the site’s administration building to
further promote the awareness and understanding of Dharug language, culture
and country.
The images below show the progress from the green fields starting July 2023
through to September 2024 and provide a visual update on the plant’s
construction progress.
Significant strides are evident, with the mechanical and electrical fit-out
commencing soon and the compound car park being extended to
accommodate the growing site staff.
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Substantial progress has been made on the pipe runs, which are running in parallel with the plant construction. This simultaneous activity underscores the
project’s efficient management and instils confidence in the team’s ability to handle multiple tasks as we all work toward the project’s timely completion.
Meanwhile, our TRILITY Modular Solutions Yatala division has been busy putting the finishing touches on the 19 chemical dosing skids they have assembled for
the AWRC.
TRILITY is proud to partner with Sydney Water and its consortium partners John Holland, GHD, and Jacobs on the AWRC. When completed, the facility, located
between Kemps and South Creek, will support population and economic growth in Western Sydney and deliver sustainable wastewater services and high-quality
recycled water to support a cooler, greener Western Parkland City, which will benefit the entire community.
Senior Project Manager, Allen Blenkle in Oxidation ditch 1
USC AWRC overhead July 2024
Click here to view footage of TRILITY’s Modular Solutions chemical dosing skids
TRILITY’s Modular Solutions chemical dosing skids
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TRILITY’s reconciliation journey
We have taken our reconciliation journey very seriously, so we extended the ‘Reflect’ stage of our Reconciliation Action Plan process longer than Reconciliation
Australia requires. We did this because we wanted to ensure that reconciliation formed part of our DNA and was not something we had to do.
So now, three years after launching our first Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), TRILITY is in the final stages of finishing its Innovate RAP.
TRILITY’s Innovate RAP plan builds on the solid foundation of our Reflect RAP and provides a platform for future reconciliation initiatives. As we progress on our
journey of reconciliation through the four successive RAPs (Reflect, Innovate, Stretch, and Elevate), we will remain committed to turning our good intentions into
actions and establishing a solid approach to advancing reconciliation both internally and within TRILITY’s sphere of influence.
TRILITY’s Innovate RAP will outline our initiatives to develop meaningful relationships with and create sustainable opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Peoples. It also formalises and strengthens TRILITY’s ongoing commitment to fostering more robust connections. Additionally, our Innovate RAP builds
on several established initiatives and partnerships we have developed on our ongoing journey to reconciliation.
Our Innovative RAP was crafted by our dedicated RAP Working Group, a team of passionate Aboriginal and non-Indigenous members committed to advancing
our reconciliation journey. TRILITY would like to acknowledge their hard work and dedication. They are our RAP champions who will ensure our agreed actions
are successfully implemented.
We look forward to sharing our Innovate RAP publicly once Reconciliation Australian has endorsed it.
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TRILITY Modular Solutions completes
refurbishment project in Western Australia
In January, TRILITY Modular Solutions completed the Safety Chemical
Dosing Equipment Refurbishment project for a Water Treatment Plant in
Western Australia.
To improve operation of the plant, the project entailed the design,
manufacturing and installation of:
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a new sodium hydroxide (caustic) dosing skid
•
new instruments on the sodium hydroxide storage tank including
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a new hydro-static level instrument
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a magnetic level gauge to improve the efficiency of operating
the site
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Sodium Hydroxide Unloading Panel
What made this job unique was that the team completed the on-site
construction and commissioning phase of the project with no interruption
to the water treatment plant or the end customer. The temporary dosing
arrangement was a combined effort between TRILITY and the client which
was successful in keeping the plant operational while the upgrade projects
were installed and commissioned.
An outstanding effort by everyone involved.
Existing sodium hydroxide load in panel
TRILITY installed sodium hydroxide load in panel
Existing sodium hydroxide dosing cabinet
TRILITY installed sodium hydroxide dosing skid
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TRILITY Modular
Solutions provides
drinking water in regional
New South Wales
In early 2024, TRILITY was approached to address a crucial need in
a small regional Indigenous community in NSW. The potable water in this
community had very low chlorine levels because it was pumped from a
distant neighbouring town. By the time the water reached the community,
it had lost its chlorine residual, posing significant health risks.
To solve this, TRILITY designed and installed a modular sodium
hypochlorite dosing facility midway along the treated water main. This
strategic placement ensured that chlorine residual requirements were
consistently met, providing safe and clean drinking water for the community.
The project was not just about engineering; it was about improving
the quality of life and ensuring the health and safety of the local
community. Through this project, TRILITY is helping to protect against
waterborne diseases and contributing to a healthier, more sustainable
future for the local community.
It’s projects like these that remind us of the critical role that
infrastructure and engineering play in public health. TRILITY is proud
of the Modular solutions team for the dedication and expertise that
they brought to this project.
The newly completed modular sodium hypochlorite dosing facility
Inside the modular sodium hypochlorite dosing facility dosing facility
TRILITY Modular
Solutions complete on-site
hypochlorite generation
and dosing system
Earlier this year, TRILITY Modular Solutions completed the construction and
commissioning of an OSEC®L On-Site Hypochlorite generation and dosing
system for a council client in northwest- Queensland, who is responsible for
the provision of water and sewerage services to their local region.
The project entailed the decommissioning of the existing chlorine gas dosing
system and the design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of a new
modular building incorporating the OSEC®L system from Evoqua Water
Technologies and dosing skid from TRILITY.
The system was designed with several key features that made it an ideal choice
for the client’s operational requirements. This system is eco-friendly, producing
chlorine on-site with just salt, water, and electricity, eliminating hazardous
chemical transport. This on-site system was a good choice as it is:
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Cost-effective by reducing chemical purchases and storage
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Highly efficient with consistent chlorine production
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User-friendly as it requires minimal maintenance for a hassle-free operation
TRILITY worked in collaboration with the client to ensure enhanced water
quality and compliance in accordance with industry standards.
New OSEC building installed on-site
Instrumentation inside dosing skid (duty standby arrangement)