Exploring Bruneianisation Options
Looking to developing potential and suitable locals as one of the main pillars of the company is part of SKSWood’s vision. Bruneianisation is a program that seeks to identify promising young locals and provide them with advantageous opportunities for career growth and development to strengthen and empower the local workforce as well as to keep the nation faithful in their skills.
This program is positively ambitious in that it focuses importance on having Bruneians take more control of an industry that has been the country’s staple / principal revenue.
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Mampak Campaign Completion Ceremony
9th July 2009, Thursday – The completion of the MAMPAK campaign fell on the . To mark its completion, a seminar was held at the BSRC Cenderawasih Hall. The event served to discuss the formative stages of the MAMPAK project, along with the various works done by the numerous contractors who were also present at the ceremony.
MAMPAK, along with Magpie, will be a remotely operated oil platform located about 30 kilometers off Brunei shores. It first made its oil discovery in 1997 producing its first oil on in December 2008. Today, the oil platform produces 3,500 cubic meters (12,000 bbl) of oil per day.
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ESP Demonstrates Decklite Technology
14th July 2009, Tuesday – ESP performed a live demonstration of their Deck Lite technology at the Marine Construction Yard. Selected BSP personnel and SKSWood management played audience to the demonstration of ESP’s Decklite system, which is a modern, safe, reliable and cost effective alternative to aluminum scaffolding, using modern materials which allows easy folding and rolling without losing its integrity.
The ESP Decklite system is a relatively new but already well proven technology to access difficult to reach areas efficiently without the need of costly scaffolding systems.
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SKSWood Volunteers at Kampong Ayer Cleaning Campaign
Kampong Ayer is one of Brunei's more prominent landmarks with its origins seeped deep into the nation's history. The water village has been around for 1300 years, home to about 39,000 dwellers as well as providing livelihood for some by tending to the local tourist industry. It is built on stilts along the Brunei bay, with wooden walkways and water boats serving as its typical infrastructure and way of navigating around.
The village has undergone modernization whilst keeping its quaint rustic charms, with many houses adorned with satellite dishes. It is the largest and most famous water settlement of Southeast Asia, according to geography professor Abdul Aziz of the Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
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