Thinking by expertise - Communication & stakeholder engagement

From outrage to support: community influence in urban infrastructure development

YIMBY advocates recognise the need for urban renewal and sustainable development, and are essential stakeholders to help mitigate community outrage.

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Engagement, digital tools, and fresh perspectives – key takeaways from Light Rail 2019

For Belinda Coleman, Aurecon’s QLD/NT Lead for Communication and Stakeholder Engagement, three key themes emerged about the benefits of an integrated engagement strategy.

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Gender in civil engineering – building an equal future

Alice Chang, Shamiso Kumbirai and Samista Jugwanth unpack some of the broader gender inequality issues in the civil engineering industry. They have collated thoughts and opinions from women across the industry, and hope to provide a fair view of the need for discussion, growth and change.

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Shaping New Zealand’s future with collaboration and community engagement

The Auckland City Rail Link in New Zealand is an extraordinary engineering feat that brought the best and brightest minds to the table to solve the project's biggest challenges.

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Engaging vulnerable populations in preparedness and response: a local government context

This paper co-authored by Aurecon's Marion Lawie argues that engaging communities proactively in preparedness and response is key to building a cohesive and resilient community.

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Fuelling community change with trust

Kylie Cochrane, Aurecon Global Lead for Communication and Stakeholder Engagement, says with any big change, you need to capture the hearts and minds of the people affected. People who are affected by a policy, project or business decision should have an opportunity to have some input into that decision.

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Insights from Across the Tasman: What can New Zealand’s Defence Estate Regeneration Investment Programme learn from the Australian experience?

Like NZ, the Australian Estate is made of land, buildings, and infrastructure, among others that make it the country's core capability enabler.

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Traditional consultation is dead

Aurecon’s Joel Fredericks and Kylie Cochrane on the impact of digital technology on the future of consultation.

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Is traditional community and media engagement dead?

With Badgerys Creek again being touted as the location of Sydney’s second airport, Kylie Cochrane reflects on the consultation effort that will be required for this potential infrastructure project.

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People profile: Kylie Cochrane

Kylie is a senior communication professional at Aurecon with more than 20 years of experience in community and stakeholder engagement, strategic communication and issues management.

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