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On 23 July 2032, Brisbane will take its place on the world stage as host of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. In a time and resource-constrained environment, the successful delivery of Games infrastructure will depend on:
At Aurecon, we prioritise partnership and collaboration to deliver better outcomes. We are harnessing this opportunity to use our integrated technical and advisory expertise to work with industry partners and government to solve complex problems and develop solutions for new and upgraded sports and entertainment venues, precincts and transport infrastructure.
Combining technical and advisory expertise with collaboration across government and industry, we unravel complexity to develop solutions that build momentum, unlock economic, social and environmental value, and leave a legacy.
We asked some of our eminent professionals about how to successfully plan, design and deliver sports and entertainment venues and precincts, and transport infrastructure for Brisbane 2032 and beyond. Watch these short videos or read the full Q&A interviews.
3:36Corey McDonald discusses how this complex project pushed boundaries in building services for timber design, renewable energy, digital technologies, and modular delivery.
2:27Hannah Niland-Rowe explains that the Brisbane 2032 Games will highlight infrastructure designed for long-term social, environmental, and economic outcomes.
4:40Mark Sheldon, Technical Director, Buildings at Aurecon, explains how to ensure multi-use sports and entertainment venues bring long-term value to communities.
2:39Stephen Logan, Aurecon Design Director, shares insights into what makes great stadium design, from fan experience to using technology and collaboration to innovate, through to creating venues that are uniquely of place.
4:02Aurecon Client Director Santiago Estrada explains that transport will be at the heart of the Brisbane 2032 Games’ success with a vast pipeline of infrastructure to be delivered across South East and regional Queensland.
02:17Aurecon’s Phil Saal explains how creating diverse teams and working collaboratively is essential for the 2032 Brisbane Games.
Our teams have extensive experience on projects delivering a wide range of infrastructure, from transport networks to industrial assets and public realm facilities. We join with project partners to drive innovative approaches for the best outcomes.
Over recent decades, Aurecon has collaborated on most of Australia’s, and the world’s, leading stadia, arenas, aquatic centres, tennis centres, and sports and entertainment precinct developments.
We have also planned, designed, and delivered many of the largest transport networks across Asia Pacific. By combining diverse engineering expertise, accessible design solutions, and transport logistics experience, we enhance connectivity, mobility, inclusivity, and operations for optimum user experience.
We use the latest digital technologies to:
Enable project team and supply chain collaboration, design and delivery efficiencies, and cost management.
Achieve lasting outcomes, from master planning, design, materials selection, and transportation, to construction, operations, maintenance and upgrades.
Technologies such as AI and digital twins are transforming infrastructure design and delivery by a) improving productivity and b) enabling greater certainty and efficiency in decision-making. Both are essential to navigating constraints on schedule, budget, and available resources.
We apply our experience to streamline delivery, focusing on results that deliver sustainable growth.
Our experienced teams have a strong history of delivering aquatic centres, arenas, stadia, tennis centres and sports and entertainment precincts.
Some of our iconic projects include:
Aurecon has partnered to plan, design and deliver some of Asia Pacific’s most important public transport infrastructure projects.
Our work includes:
Using our integrated expertise and track record in complex infrastructure projects, we create the foundation for generating long-term value, and driving economic, social and environmental benefits for the community.
Our project experience demonstrates technical excellence blended with expertise in:
Designing through the lens of climate change and long-term sustainability
Mitigating risk through resilience
Enhancing natural and built environments
Navigating planning complexities for investment certainty
Unravelling the challenges inherent in large-scale, complex infrastructure projects
Managing multi-stakeholder environments through effective engagement
Our experts explore the risk and resilience challenges, sustainability ambitions, and community considerations that will shape the 2032 Brisbane Games. Watch these short videos or read the full Q&A interviews.
3:47Michael Tafe, Principal, Risk & Assurance Strategy, shares why the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be one of the most complex events ever hosted in Australia, needing resilient systems that perform from day one.
2:57Aurecon's Belinda Coleman explains that creating an enduring Olympic legacy requires engaging people with lived experience from the start to embed inclusive design and secure a social licence for Games infrastructure.
2:43Geoff Hirst, Director, Risk & Assurance Strategy at Aurecon discusses how risk management is required in the delivery of any major project, particularly the 2032 Brisbane Games.
2:15Aurecon Qld’s Energy Leader, Paul Godden, explains how Queensland’s energy transition is a vital part of setting the region up for a climate positive 2032 Brisbane Games.
3:40How could the 2032 Brisbane Games be zero waste? With experience reducing waste in remote communities, Aurecon’s Danette McLean, Principal, Circular Economy – Qld, explains what needs to be considered to start the journey now.
5:27What lessons have we learned from the past to take forward into designing venues for the 2032 Brisbane Games? Aurecon’s Quentin Jackson, Principal, Sustainability, Qld, explains how stadia are no longer about hosting single sports and events.
0:34Aurecon’s Jared Lillywhite, Principal, Buildings – QLD, explains how the 2032 Games can be a stimulus for growth and opportunity for both Brisbane and regional Queensland.
The 2032 Brisbane Games will play a vital role in creating leading sports and entertainment venues and legacy transport infrastructure, driving urban renewal, and empowering communities for the future. To achieve this, the focus must be on embedding digital, sustainability, accessibility, and inclusivity in planning and design.
We share our insights below.
Associate, Sustainable Systems – Australia
The 2032 Brisbane Games can serve as a catalyst for implementing cutting-edge digital technologies in planning, design, transportation, and construction.
Australia's first net-zero carbon and circular economy region will be the most valuable of the legacies to come from 2032 Brisbane Games.
How do we design successful precincts that are economically and environmentally sustainable, highly liveable, and leave a positive legacy for the future?
Brisbane 2032 is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deliver generational infrastructure, designed not only for the major international event, but for decades of community value. Hear stories from our experts about their hopes for a lasting legacy beyond the Games.
3:07Having experienced first-hand what it’s like to live in an Olympic village and compete in an Olympic stadium, Paralympian and Aurecon Lead Design Integrator James Millar explains why designing for inclusion and accessibility is vital, and not just for sporting infrastructure.
2:50Proud Aboriginal Kamilaroi Woman and Aurecon Consultant, Engagement and Change Advisory, Caitlin Stewart discusses how Brisbane 2032 provides opportunities to design on Country, for Country with Aboriginal people.
6:14As designers, engineers and advisors, Aurecon’s emerging professionals are committed to making a difference and leaving a legacy. We asked them how Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games inspires them.
Aurecon wins multiple honours at Engineers Australia's state and territory Excellence Awards, including Project of the Year for Adelaide Aquatic Centre.
Olympian Jane Moran shares some uncommon truths about what winning bronze in water polo at the 2012 London Olympic Games taught her.
Water polo Olympian Taryn Woods sits down with Minerva Network Chair Christine McLoughlin to talk women's representations in the sporting field and in the workplace.
Disclaimer: Aurecon is not a sponsor of the Australian Olympic Committee Incorporated, the International Olympic Committee, any Summer or Winter Olympic Games, the organising committee for any Summer or Winter Olympic Games, an Australian Olympic team, a section of an Australian Olympic team, or an individual member of an Australian Olympic team. This material is not intended to suggest that Aurecon has any formal association with, or has provided any sponsorship or sponsorship-like support for, any of these parties.
Managing Director – Queensland
