Bluegum
Business Services Pty Ltd

 

Projects:
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SIA Abrasives Australia Pty Ltd.

Design and Construction of new Corporate Headquarters for sia Abrasives Australia Pty Ltd. sia Abrasives Australia are a wholly owned subsidiary of sia Abrasives (Switzerland) who are one of the world leaders in the production of coated abrasives and related products.
Operating under extremely cramped conditions from an older style building in Clayton, Victoria, sia contracted Bluegum to design and co-ordinate the construction of their new Australian Corporate Headquarters.
This was to be a purpose built factory / warehouse of approx. 40 000 sq/ft with adjoining offices of an additional 6 000 sq/ft. Specific design parameters relating to the conversion and storage of the abrasive products were to be included in the ultimate design of the building.

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At the completion of the construction project, Bluegum were further contracted by sia Abrasives Australia Pty Ltd to co-ordinate the Company re-location from Clayton to Rowville. This task entailed Bluegum to plan and design the new conversion facility layout, and arrange for specialised technicians to be sought who had the necessary technical expertise to accurately set-up much of the re-located plant and equipment. In co-operation with sia management, Bluegum designed and built the product storage and distribution layout to comfortably accommodate sia's 10 000 stock line items.

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In 1996, sia Abrasives Australia Pty Ltd contracted Bluegum to implement a Quality Management System to the standard of ISO 9002. Bluegum were instrumental in compiling all data and writing a comprehensive procedure manual to assist sia Abrasives Australia to realise this goal. sia were successful in gaining this level of accreditation on their first attempt and retained the services of Bluegum to maintain their ISO Quality System until 1999 when a permanent 'in-house' ISO manager was assigned.

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Bluegum continue to service sia Abrasives Australia Pty Ltd by providing a range of services as listed below:
  • Major Corporate purchasing of plant and equipment.
  • Fleet vehicle procurement and maintenance.
  • Technical assistance with Year 2000 compliance issued, including the replacement of the entire SIA IT System; both hardware and software; throughout the second quarter of 1998.
  • Maintenance issues relating to the SIA occupied building.

 

DMA Constructions Pty Ltd
DMA Constructions Pty Ltd specialise in the erection of concrete earth retaining walls such as those found lining bridge abutments and overpasses on our national freeways.
DMA contracted Bluegum to assist with their initial tender to VICROADS for the proposed Ringwood By-pass freeway. Bluegum prepared all initial costings and landfill computations for the three major earth retaining structures on this freeway. These comprised a pedestrian underpass, a bridge abutment and a re-diversion of an existing watercourse. DMA were successful in their tender and further contracted Bluegum to assist with the co-ordination of activities on site.
DMA further contracted the services of Bluegum to provide similar assistance when they were awarded the contract of the Burke and Tooronga Road overpasses on the extension of the Sth. Eastern Freeway (M1).
Certain specialised earth moving and heavy lifting equipment was required for these projects and was both sourced and purchased interstate by Bluegum on behalf of DMA.

 

Acepia - The Internet Connection
Bluegum were originally contracted by Login Systems, co-owners of Acepia - The Internet Connection to implement an accredited Quality Management System. Due to the un-precedented growth of Acepia, the co-owners saw the need for a strong and professional Web presence. The task of designing and creating the Home page for one of Melbourne's up and coming Internet Service Providers was given to Bluegum. Bluegum continue to assist both Login and Acepia in the preparation of large tender documents and internal business management. Refer to http://www.acepia.net.au

 

Monash Veterinary Clinic
One of our more recent contracts, Bluegum built and installed a new Information Technology Network at the Monash Veterinary Clinic in Clayton, Victoria. The system comprised of a Microsoft Back Office Small Business Server, feeding information to six consultant machines and a bank of network printers, positioned throughout the clinic. This installation required a total migration of all previous data and the DOS based veterinary customer and accounts package, VetAid. Shared drive and application access to all machines and users was also a criteria of the installation.
Monash Veterinary Clinic have further retained the services of Bluegum to design and develop their future Web presence.