Whilst in the position of Maintenance Manager at the Karara Mine site from 2013 to 2018, SMS played a fundamental role in our integrated Maintenance Team. In 2011, SMS were awarded the access package for the supply of confined spacing equipment and personnel for the initial construction of the Karara Mining magnetite processing plant. They transitioned from construction into commissioning and in 2013 secured a 3-year operations and maintenance contract. This contract was renewed in 2016 and again in 2019. SMS were also awarded the Confined Space Management contract in 2016. SMS are key players in all Major Shutdowns at KML, supplying more than 120 personnel and 500 tonnes of equipment.
Throughout my dealings, I have found SMS to be very professional, client focused, and team orientated. Their positive attitude and problem solving supported by exemplary safety standards is reflected in their 9-year tenure as access providers at KML. I would certainly recommend SMS Group Services to anyone who values an exceptional Western Australian owned company that consistently delivers high quality service.

Responsiveness is critical in today’s business and safety is at premium within our site. Without the help of SMS Group Services, their skills and the highly professional team output they deliver time and time again; our shutdowns would never run as smoothly as they do.

The team safety and productivity performance at SMS has not gone unnoticed over the past months onsite at TLA. As mentioned at our prestart meeting, your team is performing the highest risk activities on site and have achieved nil reportable incident or injury to date. Commendable effort using a team of three to strip the quantity of scaffold so far, along with managing week to week scaffold support for maintenance tasks.

SMS group have been providing a service to Fremantle Ports for 3 years and throughout my dealings with them over that time, I have always been satisfied with their performance. They are professional, punctual and continue to deliver on all tasks provided to them in a safe and timely manner. Their Operational Team work closely with our planning division to plan and execute all work, with safety as their highest priority. I would highly recommend SMS Group Services for your access needs.

We appreciate the continued support and the partnership that we have developed with SMS.

After participating in the Greenfields construction phase, SMS were selected as the principle maintenance/ operations scaffolding contractor for the BHP Ravensthorpe mine-site.

They assisted in establishing site procedures, day to day scaffolding priority planning requirements and more complex shutdown activities, which included total management of individual projects.

This was the first of two major projects that I worked with SMS and experienced their professional attitude towards new and complex issues.

Goodland Building Company would like to acknowledge the successful working relationship between our companies and the level of professionalism and conduct by the entire SMS team.

SMS provided all our scaffolding requirements on Stage 3 B21 & B25 and Stage 3 B17 components of the Stella Development in Success and are our preferred contractor for access solutions and scaffold options. We found their willingness to negotiate in real terms as well as their approach to our cost considerations along with supply and demand necessities an important factor in maintaining open dialogue and complete understanding.

We look forward to working with SMS and the team for all our upcoming project requirements.

I would like to extend my thanks to all your people who worked on Crane 7 on Monday and Tuesday.

I understand conditions were less than ideal with the service crane being out of action and the weather closing in yesterday. This coupled with a tight time frame meant that the cooperation between the maintenance crew and your boys was essential.

Please pass on my thanks on to all involved, it was appreciated.

Very successful project completed with Scaffolding Management Services, safely, on time, on budget, extremely pleased with service provided by supervision and tradesmen, would not hesitate to use them on future projects.

The organisers of the Perth Night Jump (PNJ) would like to thank you for being a Product Sponsor for the above event over the last three years. SMS contribution helped promote Perth to a worldwide audience who speak highly of the event and it is considered a template for other cities to use.

Working with Brad and his onsite scaffolders was an experience that others in the building industry could learn from and adapt. Obstacles were easily overcome, and we were able to agree on a working time frame that was suitable for all. The working platforms for media and TV cameras were commented on by visiting members of the IWWF as being the best they had seen in our sport.

The venue owners were very appreciative that the promised dismantling and removal of equipment off site was completed as scheduled, as they have had experiences in the past of being let down. The PNJ organisers look forward to working with SMS in the future.

Over the course of more than 12 months, SMS was employed for all scaffolding works at our workshop facility in Henderson. The scope of works was to erect and dismantle safe scaffold for our civil works (pre-cast) and our mechanical works. SMS also was employed to undertake scaffolding works on the NAAN3 Expansion Project, CSBP site in Kwinana. The task here was to erect and dismantle safe scaffold, especially for the insulation trade. It is a pleasure for me to thank Mark and the team for the works which they performed:

- In a safe manner without any LTI and all the time in accordance with the safety requirements
- Responding in an effective manner to the needs and requirements of our works in civil and mechanical
- Utilising the gear efficiently, and
- Performing the works in a productive manner

If there is a need, I will be ready to give reference any time.

Scaffold Management Services has worked with ICS Australia on a number of projects over several years and remains as one of our preferred contractors. They have been a consistent and reliable contractor.

SMS has also been a valuable partner in determining how a project is best managed and executed. We have pleasure in recommending them for any potential clients and will continue to partner with them to grow our business in Western Australia.

SMS have been contracted to work for Karara Mining Limited since 2011 on the initial construction of the concentrator plant. During this time SMS have been an excellent contractor, always committed to the construction goals, reliable, and a pleasure to work with. SMS were employed directly by Karara Mining Limited, and pre-qualified as a tier 1 contractor. They supplied:

- Full yard and staff set-up, 2000 tonnes of scaffolding
- Crew of 50 plus
- Site management and supervision, and
- Safety advisors

I would recommend their services and hope to work with them on future projects.

SMS easily transitioned from the construction phase of the Karara Iron Ore Plant through to the operations and maintenance stage. SMS supply up to 130+ personnel during major shutdowns.

During their time with KML, SMS have been an outstanding contractor, with the commitment to get the job done in a safe and timely manner. SMS self-manage and control all scaffolding access activities, which has made them a pleasure to work with and I would not hesitate to recommend them to any potential client.

I would like to take this opportunity to pass on our appreciation to you and your team for all the takes undertaken during the recent Crusher Shut Outage. All planned tasks undertaken were done in a timely and safe manner with extra tasks prioritised and completed as well.

Without the effort of these men this would not have been achieved, as nothing was too hard or too much trouble. Well done and thanks, I look forward to the opportunity to work together again.

I have to say that the work conducted by SMS Scaffolding on the lithium plant, Kwinana, has been of a consistently high standard. The blokes have always been approachable and although it must be a pain at times to move a tube here and there, they have done it pretty much immediately with no grumbles.

I want to commend the all the fellas on behalf of Stella. Their work ethic has been exemplary and whilst being safe, the scaffolds are handed over quickly and neatly. They are definitely some of the best I have worked with.

Although I’m sure they are all good, the men I have worked with are, Gerry Byrne, Craig Lang, Julian Mitchell and Ryan Plaziuk.

They are a credit to your company.

The Southern Port Authority, Esperance, had a corrosion control issue on an iron pre-conveyor gallery which fed the Berth 3 ship loader. There were many constraints to this task, such as gallery load weights, access, and time restraints. I contacted SMS and worked through the issues. Mark and the team engineered a safe and cost-effective solution which included the use of an aluminium type scaffold. Prior to site mobilisation, the SMS team engineered and trialled the scaffold installation in Perth, ensuring all issues were dealt with in a controlled manner. Consequently, the shutdown was a success with all tasks completed safely.

Throughout all my dealings with SMS, I have always found that they place a high priority on safety and customer service, with all issues dealt with in an honest, open, and timely manner. I have no issue recommending this company for projects and hope to use them myself again in the future.