Thinking by expertise - Industrial machines & ports

Can the resources sector lead Australia's economic recovery beyond COVID-19?

Australia’s resources and mining sectors have survived the challenges of the 2008 global financial crisis. Can they help our economy recover from COVID-19?

– Tony Richardson, Resources Industry Director

COVID-19: five critical steps to mitigate heavy industry supply chain risk

As coronavirus spreads, it will likely lead to production and supply problems for many months. How do we mitigate the economic impacts to industrial business?

– Rob Beckman & Elisha Bellchambers, Quartile One Asset Performance

Immersed tunnelling - under water is not a boring tunnel solution

Aurecon’s CK Tsang takes a deep-dive into how immersed tunnels are constructed and the effect of modern digital engineering tunnelling tools.

A port operating model to manage risks from aging assets and natural disasters

Aurecon's Michael Kartsounis presents a condition risk model for port operators to manage integrity risks from natural disasters to aging assets at port facilities.

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.

Fuel terminal storage design for Pelican Point

Aurecon designed the world class $100 million Pelican Point terminal in Australia.

Port infrastructure: Build and they will come?

In late 2014, Indonesian President Joko Widodo presented a plan to transform the country into a maritime power and develop 24 ports around the archipelago, generating much excitement in the shipping and port industries.

Hands-on approach drives operational cost efficiencies for train positioner replacement

A hands-on collaborative approach to D&C equipment supply drove the best end result for reliability, operability, maintainability and safety.

Pit to port infrastructure

In this article, we discuss the logistics chain as an intrinsic element of the mining process.

Optimising your bulk minerals export chain

Aurecon's John Leech provides an introduction to some of the typical interactions that exist between the components of a mine to ship bulk export chain. The discussion focuses on the characteristics of two key operating modes along with the relative benefits and the situations where these different modes are best applied.