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Aurecon hosted OzWater 2021 workshop on how Australian water utilities foster closer, more efficient working relationships.

From panels to partnering: Outputs from OzWater 21 workshop

Aurecon hosted an OzWater 2021 workshop on how Australian water utilities foster closer, more efficient working relationships through partnering.

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Faster rail provides efficient and convenient connections to people’s need for moveability, accessibility, and liveability.

From just out of reach to just-in-time – how faster rail can change the game for intrastate commuters

Faster rail is not all about the speed of the train, but how efficient and convenient it provides to people’s need for moveability, accessibility, and liveability.

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Aurecon shares engineering design matters for tomorrow’s infrastructure investments in Asia.

Why engineering design matters for tomorrow’s infrastructure investments in Asia

Embracing digital engineering to design resilient infrastructure is a big part solution for Asia to meet its ambitions of future-proofing tomorrow’s projects.

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Aurecon surveyed stadia spectators to find out what the future holds for the post-pandemic stadium.

The post-pandemic stadium – what will and won’t change?

Aurecon’s Garth Rowland surveyed stadia designers, operators, event organisers and spectators to find out what the future holds for the post-pandemic stadium.

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Reimagining asset closure is an opportunity to transition the site to a new asset type for owner operation.

Asset closure – tick the box or think outside the box?

Facing accelerated economic and climate change pressures, businesses today require a whole new skill set to close, reimagine and transition their assets.

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Defence needs the right data strategy and techniques to create real value in this age of intelligence.

Smart, fast, unobtrusive: capturing the right data with the right tools to enable Defence strategy, capability and operations

Adopting new technologies that enable smart, fast and unobtrusive data capture will help deliver the Defence sector’s goals and ensure data quality, security and minimise risks.

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Digital engineering and seismic resilient design techniques can future-proof buildings and mitigate the effects of earthquakes.

Be prepared: designing resilient buildings in South East Asia to future-proof against earthquakes

Upgrading new and existing buildings with seismic resilient design techniques is necessary to protect Asia's cities from earthquakes caused by climate change.

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Aurecon partners with major utilities in Australia for strong planning partnerships in planning resilient water infrastructure.

The evolution of partnering in planning resilient water infrastructure

Aurecon explores the principles of strong planning partnerships in Australia’s water industry and the benefits they bring to major water infrastructure programmes.

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Choosing the ‘why’ in sustainability performance measurement

Strong storytelling from our sustainability leaders across every industry is key to meaningful measurement of sustainability performance on major projects.

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Telco owners shift to digital twin and maximise the benefits of digital asset management to transform their businesses.

Learning from the grocery store barcode: how the telco sector can maximise benefit from digital asset management

While digital twin trend accelerates, finding the right digital solution is essential for telco owners to maximise the benefits of digital asset management.

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Sustainability is needed to protect Jurong Island from ongoing threat to infrastructure and protect it from the impacts of climate change.

Rethinking climate adaptation: Safeguarding Singapore’s industrial hub with sustainable solutions

Protecting Jurong island from climate change and rising seas will require significant investments in future energy, intelligent transport and water infrastructure.

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Rising sea levels threaten popular coastal area in Singapore, to protect exploring engineering and eco-design could be the solutions.

Rethinking climate adaptation: protecting Singapore’s East Coast

Intelligent engineering is the key to deliver the most effective protection for Singapore's coastline from sea level rise and climate change impacts.

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Covid-19 reshape education across Asia, using resilience in university design ensure to change future sustainability and future-ready for the long-term.

The future is now: Imagining university life in a post COVID-19 world

With the covid-19 spreading rapidly across Asia, using resilience in university design must centre on flexibility to ensure future sustainability in education systems.

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As Hong Kong progressively reclaims land for its growing population, how can environmentally sustainable methods pave the way forward?

Could environmentally sustainable land reclamation futureproof Hong Kong?

As the government in Hong Kong reclaims land to address the needs of its growing population, how can environmentally sustainable methods pave the way forward?

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Decarbonisation: a pathway to transition to future net-zero emissions

What we can learn from the industries most exposed in the transition to net zero emissions

Just 100 companies of the millions across the globe contribute to 71 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions. Heavy carbon emitters can impact climate change, not just its effects.

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Aurecon shares the challenges in post-COVID-19 recovery, and the new processes, redesigned layouts and digital technologies to help Asia’s airports.

Aurecon outlines steps to help Asia’s airports learn to fly (again) post-COVID-19

Aurecon explores the new processes, redesigned layouts and digital technologies that will help Asia’s aviation industry recover following the pandemic.

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Aurecon has partnered with AIPM addressing the role of project management in leading economic recovery and program delivery in Australia.

Specialist project management, the engine of successful economic recovery

Aurecon and AIPM highlight the importance of project management in Australia's economic recovery and in creating resilient infrastructure that is fit-for-purpose.

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Hong Kong issues: will land reclamation from the sea provide the required space to house the next generation of its citizens and supply enough land for future developments?

Reclaiming land from the sea: what happens when Hong Kong runs out of land?

Will artificial islands solve Hong Kong's housing crisis? Artificial intelligence and digital engineering may provide more cost-effective and sustainable solutions.

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Changing gears: an integrated approach to active transport

How do we transform recent commuter behaviour into a lasting shift towards healthier, safer and more sustainable transport choices after COVID-19?

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Pandemic procurement - managing risk through COVID-19

Managing procurement risk through the COVID-19 pandemic

A traditional approach to procurement does not consider the new material impacts of COVID-19. How can you adjust your procurement strategy to balance certainty and risk?

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Colourful buildings – Photo by Scott Webb on Unsplash

How programmatic project management improves outcomes for cost, risk and business performance

Asset owners can deliver similar projects through a programme of common groupings to drive greater certainty for cost, risk and business performance.

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Man standing on mountain cliff edge - Photo by McCall Alexander on Unsplash

Criticality and risk as an approach to asset investment

Aurecon looks at how asset owners can identify the most critical assets that support their business strategy through the lens of risk to ensure the right investment.

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How are asset owners are responding to COVID-19?

Recoiling or rebounding: how asset owners are responding to COVID-19

Asset owners need to adapt quickly to a rapidly changing operating context, while also ensuring that their organisations come out stronger on the other side.

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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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The role of trust in project management success

Aurecon’s Nicole Walton talks about the value of trust and engagement in driving successful project management efforts.

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Kylie Cochrane shares the 7 key engagement trends for infrastructure projects in Aurecon

7 key engagement trends for major infrastructure projects

Global Lead for Communication and Stakeholder Engagement, Kylie Cochrane shares the top trends for engaging community members on major infrastructure.

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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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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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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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For Aurecon’s Matt Coetzee and Eric Kreutzer, the Greater Newcastle Metropolitan Plan emphasises best-practice in urban planning at a time when infrastructure costs are rising in step with growing and changing populations.

Plan combines vision with the realities of Newcastle communities

Aurecon’s Eric Kreutzer explore how doing the right type of planning can help drive the success of a wide-scale city initiative.

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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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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 prefabrication can pave the way for Buildings of the Future in Hong Kong.

How prefabrication can drive innovation in Hong Kong's property market

Prefabrication can pave the way for Buildings of the Future in Hong Kong, but will governments help shape innovation in the building design and construction industries?

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Charter cities: What if we could start from scratch?

With the world’s urban population predicted to surpass six billion by 2045 many are asking how cities can cope.

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

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

New Zealand learns from the Australian experience to deliver future upgrades from its Defence Estate Investment Programme.

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Building the bridges to Asia’s future prosperity

Aurecon's Technical Director Mike Tapley explains how Asia's unique geography makes it one of the most exciting places to be a bridge engineer.

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Collaboration is a clear winner with early contractor involvement

In the third of four Aurecon thinking papers on project transformation in UK, Steve Rowsell and John Mason discuss the early contractor involvement (ECI).

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Changing behaviours to streamline projects

In this second of four Aurecon thinking papers, Steve Rowsell of Rowsell Wright focuses on trends shaping global project management and delivery.

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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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A new lens for looking at value for money

Research findings into major infrastructure procurement suggest we need to shift our understanding of project funding given the global financial crisis.

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Delivering programme excellence

Programme management is most commonly the process of managing a number of interrelated projects to deliver new or enhanced infrastructure, such as a new metro system, an airport, a mine, a power station or even the Olympic Games.

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The evolution of Adelaide’s Riverbank precinct

The Adelaide Riverbank precinct developed organically over time, and today connects a network of active spaces: recreational, cultural, sporting and academic.

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Bushfires in Australia were a tragic illustration of the vulnerability and risk many communities face in the event of an uncontrolled wildfire occurring on a large scale.

Protecting vulnerable communities: building bushfire resilience

Gerry Quinn, an expert in programme delivery at Aurecon, presents a case study on a project to identify mitigation measures that could be implemented to reduce risk from bushfires at schools in bushfire prone areas.

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The way forward on waste management

In this article, our waste experts relate how the Merafong City Local Municipality took bold steps towards ensuring sustainable waste management solutions, and shares lessons that can be learnt from their actions.

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Challenges for programmes

This thinking paper focuses on programme management, we discuss what challenges programmes experience and how is it possible to identify when a programme is experiencing difficulties.

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How does programme management differ from project management?

How does programme management differ from project management and what skills are specifically required to manage a programme well?

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Will urbanisation break the big cities?

Currently, about 60 million people move into cities every year. That’s more than one million more people arriving every week, in a city somewhere in the world, each with an expectation of better access to jobs, better education for their children, better health-care and a better quality of life.

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Thinking by market - Government

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