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Technology and digital disruption over recent years has changed how we manufacture food.

The future of food manufacturing: new digital realities

Aurecon’s Hester De Wet and Ingrid Appelqvist discuss the role digitisation plays in the manufacturing industry to reduce waste and emissions, and feed people.

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Streamlining digitisation for improved stakeholder engagement

Accelerating digitisation for an improved stakeholder engagement experience

Aurecon's Callum Smith believes streamlined advanced visualisation will benefit governments, asset owners and developers as they tackle swelling urban populations.

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How can digital engineering solve congestion in Australia's energy grid?

Grid congestion is increasing as Australia's electricity generation network evolves. Aurecon's digital curtailment assessment tool will help power generation clients make the most of the changes, says Future Energy Team Leader, Tomas Keraitis.

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Redefining the future of town and gown: the relationship between university and industry

The relationship between academia and industry must change in order for both to thrive in a changing world, according to Aurecon's John McGuire.

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Aurecon developed an industry leading Digital Wind Method to understand the impact of wind on tall and skinny buildings.

Digitising the wind to create tall, skinny buildings

As tall buildings become more complex, the importance of understanding the impact of wind increases. Aurecon developed an industry leading Digital Wind Method for analysing the effects of wind on tall and skinny buildings.

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Consumers are no longer satisfied with not knowing where their food has come from.

Consumers lead the digital charge in the agrifood industry

In this first thinking paper, Aurecon’s Dr Ingrid Appelqvist and Hester de Wet explore how changing consumer demands will lead digital changes in the agrifood industry.

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Aurecon’s goal is to initiate smart city projects that approach African problems through an African lens.

Creating smart African cities that address inclusive urban transformation

In line with 2019 United Nations World Cities Day, Aurecon's Kyra Rautenbach discusses how public and private sectors need to envision smart cities incorporating digital tools.

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Good models enable good decisions in asset management.

Good models enable good decisions: using digital to prioritise and manage assets

Aurecon's Neil Naismith talks to clients about a new way of approaching asset portfolio management, looking to new digital technologies to help make asset decisions.

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Is project management the map to guide our journey through a digital world?

Aurecon and AIPM led discussions with industry strategic thinkers to gain insights into the role project management plays in leading the digital transformation of organisations.

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How ‘Digital’ is changing the game for health and safety

Aurecon's Global Head of Health and Safety Paul Cook discusses the role of digitisation in revolutionising engagement in workplace health and safety.

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There is more to ROI than numbers when shifting to digital, but to see this requires us to think differently about the problems being faced and the questions being asked, according to Chris Needham.

Beyond hard numbers: getting ROI from ‘digital’

Aurecon's Digital Leader for Defence, Chris Needham argues there is more to ROI than numbers when shifting to digital, but to see this requires us to think differently.

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Digitising the nation to propel New Zealand forward

Rebecca Strang, Global Service Leader, Land Infrastructure & Spatial Insights at Aurecon, examines how working in a real-time digital environment and taking a more holistic approach to digital ways of working is essential to becoming future ready.

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A new narrative needed for digital in the built environment

John Hainsworth, Aurecon's Digital Leader for Built Environment, discusses how digital ways of working are a great opportunity to drive disruptive change.

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Aurecon helps South African municipalities deliver a fast, coordinated response to disasters

Aurecon’s Intelligent Incident Management Portal can integrate as many agencies, such as the fire department, water department, and emergency services.

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Data centre design and even location are now changing as more people get connected to the Internet.

Hot Data – the challenge of designing data centres for humid, tropical climates

Half the world is now connected to the internet and it's changing how data centres are designed and located.

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Ingrid Appelqvist calls for digital transformation in the manufacturing industry as the landscape gets more complex and connected than before.

Digital transformation in manufacturing needs to navigate the changing landscape

Dr Ingrid Appelqvist, Aurecon's Client Director for Manufacturing, APAC, tackles why manufacturing has some catching up to do in the digital age.

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Asset owners are now turning to digitisation to deal with today

The importance of digitisation in asset management to stay in the game

Arjun Narang, Aurecon's Global Head of Asset Management explores how a strategic digital approach is necessary to make informed business decisions.

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Data determined with purpose, connected to performance, and accelerated with technology, provides power to decision makers.

Data connected with technology and business purpose key to identifying assets that drive value

Aurecon’s Chris Needham and Elisha Bellchambers share how data connected with digital technology and business purpose can help organisations realise more value from their assets.

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'Future ready leadership now' is key to harnessing digital opportunities

Chief Digital Officer Andrew Maher draws insights from Aurecon's market research to explore how future ready leadership prepares businesses for digital change.

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Visual render of the Maribyrnong Bridge and Northern Tunnel portal for the West Gate Tunnel project.

Digital disruption through the tunnel

Aurecon's Cristian Biotto and Prakash Sabapathy discuss how digital engineering can present great innovation in physical tunnel assets.

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Improving operational performance by bringing people back into data centres

For Aurecon’s Matt Gurr, human-centred design can define new approaches to improve operational efficiency in the data centres.

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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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Flying taxis are now in production along with a variety of other flying transportation vehicles in New Zealand — ushering in a new era for the transportation industry.

Moving up – how we get vertical transport communications ready for tomorrow

Flying taxis are no longer a futuristic vision in the 21st century — they’re now in production along with a variety of other flying transportation vehicles.

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Is sustainable post-closure mine development achievable?

Aurecon’s Pieter Scholtz explores the possibility of achieving a sustainable post-closure mine development.

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Safeguarding asset utilisation is becoming more relevant in customer facing organisations in sectors such as transport, education, utilities and health.

Smart asset management for critical urban infrastructure

One of the major challenges with rapid urbanisation is there is not enough infrastructure to support the increasing number of people moving to cities every week. Abe Nezamian discusses how one of Aurecon's key offerings, Asset Management, aims to solve this problem.

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Building the digital estate

According to Aurecon’s Chief Digital Officer Andrew Maher, rushing it to digital without a fit for purpose strategy will pose more challenges than opportunities.

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How drones are changing the way we design, deliver and manage assets

Aurecon’s Ralph Loesche explores how drones are having a significant impact on how we design and deliver aspects of our built environment, which has the potential to change the way we live and work.

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The future of health facility design and delivery

Aurecon, in partnership with our client Lendlease, employed digital technologies to drive a lean thinking approach to deliver a modern medical facility like the new Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

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Digital readiness to deliver infrastructure

Digital readiness to deliver world-class infrastructure

The task of planning and constructing infrastructures is fusing with digital technologies that will help us not only plan and build the infrastructure, but operate, maintain and monitor it at a quality and cost we’ve never before seen.

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Digital tools to help engineers work even smarter

Digital tools are becoming increasingly relevant in our modern world, and engineers have found that there are several areas where they may be applied in ground engineering.

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Market-led proposals: Can they play a positive role in infrastructure?

The right approach to market-led proposals can both fill existing infrastructure and service gaps within Australia and act as a disruptor for good, says Aurecon's Aneetha de Silva.

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What do career opportunities look like in the infrastructure industry?

Infrastructure design, delivery and management of the future will require roles and skill sets that range from hard technology to softer skills like stakeholder engagement, says Aurecon's William Cox.

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Aurecon’s John Webb shares how Buildings of the Future can fare against the existing building performance practices in Hong Kong.

Buildings of the Future: A Hong Kong Perspective – Data for Optimising Building Performance

Maximising the opportunity to improve building’s performance can usher Buildings of the Future in Hong Kong.

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Aurecon brought to life an ambitious design and sustainability outcomes included a unique, integrated structural facade system for the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.

Optimising environmental performance using building performance simulation

This paper, co-authored by Aurecon’s Quentin Jackson, explores how simulation can optimise the design and environmental performance of buildings.

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Aurecon highlights the need to balance compliance with the ability to maximise potentialities.

5G – Welcoming the future

Aurecon’s Brendon Woods highlights the need to balance compliance with the ability to maximize potentialities in laying the foundations of a safe future.

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How the Internet of Things will change the future of waste management in Africa

In this article, we discuss how the Internet of Things will transform waste management in Africa.

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Getting the best out of bridge management technology in Middle East

David Moore discusses how transport authorities can take advantage of the latest technology to plan the construction, operation and maintenance of bridges.

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The living digital jigsaw

Aurecon’s Will Hackney says that the process of developing and harnessing ‘Information Models’ is the key to unlocking substantial value.

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Aurecon uses evidence-based practice for people centric design

People centric design – designing a building considering how occupants will be impacted – is a concept which many engineering organisations are committed.

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Delivering a Better Australia

The plan outlines Infrastructure Australia’s released its plan with views on the key infrastructure priorities, reforms, and major projects for Australia.

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Data centres that look to the future

In this paper, Peter Greaves tells us why data centres that look to the future are lasting assets for those who invest in them.

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How safe is the bridge you’re standing on?

John Hilton, Aurecon’s Bridges Expertise Leader, discusses how the safety of temporary bridge works can be improved.

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The role of Smart ICT in the design and planning of infrastructure

In this article we discuss the role of smart ICT in the design and planning of infrastructure.

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Using building information modelling (BIM) to ensure fail-safe stadia design

BIM is a process involving the generation and management of data and digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of places and objects and can be used to ensure fail-safe stadium design.

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