Corporate Profile

NWC Facilities Management Pty Ltd commenced operations in 1998 and in conjunction with Norwest Catering Pty Ltd (NWC), we currently provide Integrated Catering, Camp and Ancillary Services to ChevronTexaco at its Barrow and Thevenard Island Oil Production Facilities.

We provide services to a modern 257 person accommodation facility with full recreational and wet canteen facilities on Barrow Island, as well as a 31 person accommodation facility on Thevenard Island.

Since 1973, Norwest Catering has continuously provided Catering and Camp Services to the Barrow Island Facility, originally managed by West Australian Petroleum (WAPET).

(In February 2000, Chevron took over from WAPET as the operator of these facilities and in January 2002 Chevron and Texaco merged to form ChevronTexaco which now manages the Barrow and Thevenard Island Facilities.)

Since 1995, we have expanded our scope of services from the “traditional” catering and janitorial role to include;

• Total Camp Administration services, camp budget cost control, provision of recreational facilities and management of social events and management of the wet canteens. (We currently hold “Special Facilities” liquor licenses for both locations.)
• All general and camp maintenance including refrigeration services, plumbing and gas fitting, carpentry, electrical and maintenance of smoke detection and fire fighting equipment.
• Management of aircraft logistics, accommodation allocation and provision of purchasing services to the Client.
• Additional ancillary services including warehouse management, environmental monitoring, radio operators and Helicopter Landing Officer (HLO) services, emergency response and support services.

The above services are in addition to providing full catering services, based on three meals per day to all personnel and includes provision of nightshift and project catering services and janitorial services to all camp, recreation and field locations on site.

NWC currently employs some 30 personnel, dependent on activity and has a very stable, experienced and highly skilled work force and a strong management team, both site based and in our Perth Office.

We have also developed the following systems and processes;

• A superior standard of catering services, which has seen our operations receive numerous State and National catering awards from the Restaurant and Catering Association (RCA) since 1999.
• Sophisticated Health and Safety management systems which have been acknowledged, since 1995 by Industrial Foundation for Accident Prevention (IFAP) awards.
• Elaborate environmental management systems based on the sensitive environmental operating requirements of the Client, due to Barrow & Thevenard Islands being “A Class” nature reserves of considerable ecological significance. (Note that Chevron Texaco and its predecessor WAPET have won numerous awards for excellence in environmental management.)
• Quality Assurance management systems based on ISO 9001.
• Customer service analysis and menu planning processes that generate an extremely high standard of Catering and Camp Services.
• We operate in a competitive and cost driven environment and have established a budgeting and financial forecast system that enables us to maintain a competitive cost structure.

Our operations have achieved considerable renown in the catering industry and we consider our operations to be the benchmark for remote location catering services. In particular, our Christmas Menus for the past thirty years have become famous in the Northwest of WA for the quality, variety and presentation of cuisine.

NWC Facilities Management Pty Ltd welcomes inquiries from Resource Sector organisations which are seeking a quality services provider that offers an exceptional standard of services at a competitive cost.