“COST TO CLOSURE”ExxonMobil AustraliaAustralia

Under a “cost to closure” contract with ExxonMobil Australia Pty Ltd, Kleinfelder will provide environmental assessment and remediation services for 136 former retail, depot, and terminal facilities in Australia. The five-year, multi-million dollar project requires timely and compliant closure of the portfolio with cost certainty.

THE CHALLENGEWith a projected completion date of 2017 for most sites, it was necessary to determine costs and develop a competitive approach to achieve case closure on the portfolio while managing the client’s liabilities and Kleinfelder’s risk as effectively as possible. This required a well-defined strategy and fixed costs to bring all projects to regulatory closure.

KLEINFELDER’S SOLUTIONUsing personnel from Kleinfelder offices throughout the U.S. and teaming partners in Australia, Kleinfelder developed a professional network to address project requirements and satisfy the client’s needs. Building on its knowledge of long-time client ExxonMobil and the portfolio closure process, Kleinfelder teamed with its in-country partners to put a regulatory strategy in place that would achieve project goals and provide regulatory closure within the scope of the proposal. This team consists of personnel from four companies spanning 17 hours in time zone differences. This network provides ExxonMobil both client expertise from a known partner as well as in-country execution to achieve the closure process.

PROJECT RESULTSLeveraging valuable client insight, in-country expertise, and a strong teaming network, Kleinfelder is partnering with ExxonMobil in managing the portfolio closure process. Securing cost certainty for the project enables ExxonMobil to move forward confidently on Australia’s first cost to closure project.

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