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case study 2

Celebrating 50 Years of Service

John Steineck

 

John Steineck completed 50 years of service with Main Roads in November 2011. His career commenced in 1961 as a Survey Hand in Geraldton and he worked in both the construction and maintenance areas in the
Mid West. John has worked on many challenging projects, such as the construction of the Great Northern Highway between Meekatharra and Newman.

John's depth of knowledge in construction and maintenance practice and in particular bituminous surfacing is well known both within Main Roads and the construction industry. Throughout his time with Main Roads, John has been willing to pass on this knowledge and has received commendation letters from a number of external organisations praising his involvement and assistance on various projects. He was nominated in 2006 for a Commissioner's Award for Customer Service in recognition of his ability and willingness to share his knowledge.

John is continuing his good work with development and management of the resealing program within Pilbara and is using his extensive knowledge to assist in the production of training videos on all aspects of resurfacing.

Phil Ladner

 

Phil Ladner commenced service with Main Roads in February 1962, undertaking a five-year engineering cadetship. On graduation he was posted to Northam Division and over the years also served in Moora, Kimberley, Bunbury and Metro Divisions.

Phil's career involved construction, materials engineering, contract management and dispute resolution, project and contract management process, and major projects delivery.

In the early 1970's, Phil took two years' leave without pay to take up an Australian Road Reach Board fellowship for research into pavement materials in WA. On his return, he was appointed Divisional Engineer Kimberley to complete the Port Hedland-Broome section of Great Northern Highway. He also served in Bunbury and Perth Metropolitan as Divisional Engineer.

In 1999 he was appointed as Executive Director Major Projects and over a period of 11 years to 2010, led major projects work valued at $3.3 billion, culminating in the delivery of the New Perth Bunbury Highway project. This included four alliance contracts in which Phil chaired the alliance boards.

His career has also included involvement with Austroads in the roles of Program Manager Asset Management and in earlier years, Commissioner's Technical Aide. Phil is currently in the second year of a two-year phased retirement period as Executive Director Project Delivery Development, involving knowledge transfer in project delivery.