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Building a culture of technical excellence

At Aurecon, eminence means being known and sought out by our clients for the quality and technical excellence of our work and our ability to make a positive impact.

Our clients rely on our people to understand context, connect perspectives, challenge assumptions and make sound decisions where the consequences matter. Deep technical expertise is the foundation. Professional judgement turns that expertise into value by knowing which questions to ask, what to challenge, when more evidence is needed and how decisions affect the wider system.

Technology expands what our people can explore and achieve, unlocking new engineering possibilities, while they remain responsible for the decisions and outcomes that follow.

We intentionally connect knowledge and capabilities across Aurecon to bring our sharpest thinking to the challenges that matter most to our clients. By investing in our people and bringing the right expertise together at the right time, we help clients navigate complexity, make clearer decisions and deliver better outcomes.

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Our Design Directors

Aurecon Design Academy

Industry recognition

Our internal awards program

Our stories

Investing in our people

We create greater value for our clients by investing in our people to deepen their expertise both within Aurecon and externally in the industry. We do this by:

Building capability through the Aurecon Design Academy and the collective knowledge of our technical communities

Celebrating excellence through The Aurecons

Sharing expertise through industry awards and conferences

Our Design Directors

Aurecon’s Design Directors are senior technical leaders who bring deep expertise and experience to some of our most complex client challenges.

They provide trusted technical leadership on strategically important and technically complex work, connecting expertise across disciplines and guiding critical design decisions. By bringing together the right people and perspectives, they help clients navigate complexity and make confident decisions that support long-term value, manage risk and deliver better outcomes.

Working across Asia Pacific, our Design Directors strengthen design excellence, share knowledge and build technical capability across Aurecon.

We build confidence to explore what’s possible

Aurecon Design Academy is our three-year accelerator learning program for technical mastery and design excellence. It helps our people build the confidence, judgement and design capability to approach complex challenges differently.

Through a human-centred, transdisciplinary approach, the Academy brings people together to challenge assumptions, explore possibilities and approach problems from different perspectives. It strengthens the way our people think, collaborate and design, helping them turn complexity into better outcomes for our clients.

Academy graduates receive a Graduate Certificate in Design Management from our academic partner, RMIT University.

Industry awards and recognition

Industry recognition celebrates the expertise, creativity and collaboration behind the work we deliver with our clients and partners across Asia Pacific. Awards recognise the quality and impact of our work and showcase how our people bring ideas to life through technical excellence and design innovation.

For the past nine years, Aurecon has been recognised in the AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies list. In 2026, we were recognised as an AFR Sustainability Leader for the fourth time. 2025 also marks 15 years of recognition at the Consult Australia Awards for Excellence, where Aurecon received the President’s Award and Champions of Change Award.

Across the region, Aurecon has been consistently recognised for excellence by the Association of Consulting and Engineering (ACE) New Zealand for over 10 years. In 2025, Aurecon also received the RICS Southeast Asia Project of the Year Award for K2 JHR01-03 Prefab Data Centre.

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The Aurecons – our internal awards program

Through The Aurecons, our internal awards program, we recognise the people, teams and projects that others across Aurecon can learn from.

As part of how we recognise and share excellence, the program showcases how our people:

Deliver exceptional outcomes for clients
Apply technical and design excellence to complex challenges
Innovate to create greater impact
Share expertise and collaborate across disciplines
Contribute positively to our communities and environment

Each year, finalists from across Asia Pacific come together to celebrate their achievements and share the ideas, expertise and approaches behind their work.

Group photo of The Aurecons 2025 winners.

2025 Award Category winners

Award for Innovation: ElectraNet CER AI Tool
Award for Sustainability: Wet Weather Overflow Abatement Program 2020–2024
Award for Technical Excellence: The Central Kowloon Route – Central Tunnel
Award for Collaboration: Te Ahu a Turanga Manawatu Tararua Highway
Award for Impact: Western Harbour Tunnel

2025 Project of the Year winners

Aurecon Project of the Year: Car Dumper 3 Renewal Project
Project of the Year – Asia: Tung Chung East Station and Associated Track Diversion Works
Project of the Year – New Zealand: Te Ahu a Turanga Manawatu Tararua Highway
Project of the Year – Australia: Car Dumper 3 Renewal Project

Our stories

Josiah Yang wins ACES Young Consulting Engineer of the Year 2026

Josiah Yang, Mechanical Engineer, wins ACES Young Consulting Engineer of the Year 2026 for his outstanding contributions to Singapore's built environment.

Aurecon and RMIT University representatives receive Best in Class award at the 2026 Australian Good Design Awards for Aurecon Design Academy. L-R: Anne Williams, Ken O’Neill, John Hilton, Stephanie Tranter, Tanya de Hoog, Liam Hayes, Professor Chris Eves (RMIT), Andy Mak, Lauren Davis and Dr. Karolina Bartkowicz (RMIT).

Aurecon Design Academy named Best in Class at Australian Good Design Awards

Aurecon Design Academy wins Best in Class at the 2026 Australian Good Design Awards, celebrating the company's decade-long investment in developing its people.

Aurecon team celebrates at the Defence & National Security Workforce Awards, held on 23 April 2026.

Aurecon recognised at the Defence & National Security Workforce Awards

Aurecon wins Best Project Manager Under 35 for Sarah Mortimer and reaches the finals for Best Diversity and Inclusion Program at the 2026 Defence Awards.