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22/11/2011 Nova’s Continued AWD Support

“A life on the Ocean Wave”....may be a few years away yet but the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Project will result in the delivery of three ships to the RAN fleet. These destroyers will represent the most technologically advanced vessels to be operated by the RAN. Nova is playing a very prominent and active role in the genesis of these AWD Hobart Class ships, in both the Adelaide and Sydney project nodes. The relationship with our client, Raytheon Australia, began in 2006 and is set to continue into 2012 and beyond. With Ian Salter Nova’s Maritime Program Manager and other experienced ex-Navy members such as John Godwin and Roy Utting, we have direct networking links with the AWD RAN personnel and folk who talk their language. Members of the Nova team are providing invaluable support in both technical and business teams within AWD. The environment is at times challenging, with a large number of teams all trying to coordinate their individual efforts into the greater good. Raytheon Australia appreciates the knowledge, capability and efficiency that Nova adds to their ability to execute successfully.


04/08/10 - Nova starts Issuing Diplomas

On the 4th August 2010, Nova Systems CEO, Mr Jim Whalley, issued the first Diplomas of Public Safety (Test and Evaluation) to 6 eager Defence recipients in Canberra. Since this event, Nova have issued a further 18 Diplomas, with more still in the processing phase.

These are the first Qualifications to be issued by Nova as a Registered Training Organisation. Additionally, Nova has the Certificate IV in Public Safety (Test and Evaluation) Qualification and three Project Management Units of Competency on its scope of registration. For tertiary level students, Nova can offer courses leading to recognition as modules towards UNSW@ADFA’s Masters of Systems Engineering Degree.


28/06/10 - Nova Ranks 11th in BRW Best Places to Work

Nova has been awarded 11th place in the BRW Best Places to Work 2010.

The survey, undertaken by the Great Places to Work Institute®, is a detailed study of workplace culture that finds and recognises organisations in which employees are provided with a great work environment.


01/11/2011 Nova’s Annual Conference 2011

Nova held its Annual Conference this year at the Gold Coast  and the theme for the annual conference was Where to from here? ... Growing the business and the major focus for Nova was how important our culture is in growing. The highlight of the conference was the atmosphere – however as our team grows we worry each year about how we can achieve the same team building outcomes, have as much fun, and reinforce our culture with so many people. Nova is on a rapid growth plan to position as one of the top ten professional services firms within Australia in the next 4-5 years. Next year’s conference is planned to have over 400 staff and partners attend.


 

07/12/2011 Panurgem joins the Nova Group of Companies

Nova is proud to announce that we have successfully completed the sale of Panurgem to Nova. Panurgem was founded in 1994 by David and Estelle Farwell who set about establishing a foundation for a specialist Project Management services provider. John DalCollo joined Panurgem in 2002 and initiated immediate growth with a view to solidifying Panurgem as a leader in the Project Management Services. The business has grown exponentially over the past few years, with Panurgem now boasting in excess of 40 personnel with a diverse range of backgrounds, all complimentary to the end result, to deliver to scope, on time and within budget.

Panurgem is seen as the first of many key enablers for Nova and brings two significant synergies. Firstly, Panurgem is an experienced and commercially focussed project delivery consultancy with a broad range of skills ranging from senior project managers, schedulers and project support through to commissioning engineers. In addition to providing a significant workforce and an alternate revenue stream, Nova is now a key player within the SA water infrastructure market, which is a great boost to our existing Utility clients like ETSA, Ergon, Origin and ElectraNet.


 

23/03/2012 - Nova starts industry partnership with ADF Capability Development Group

In early February 2012, Nova entered into a two year agreement with Capability Development Group to provide workforce support particularly in the areas of Cost Estimation, Business Support and Capability Definition Document Development. This is a major step in meeting Nova’s strategic aim of optimising the business systems, regulatory structures, operational and engineering standards of the Australian Defence Organisation to deliver safe and effective capability, efficiently. Nova’s defence strategy remains focussed on capability outcomes that can be measured and felt by ADF members in the field and believe that our involvement with CDG represents an early life cycle intervention in this strategy.