Thinking by market - Government

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?

– Alex van Gent & Antony Johnstone, Integrated transport & mobility

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?

– Norm Castles & Trevor Manners, Infrastructure Advisory

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.

– Stephen Carroll, Defence Infrastructure Industry Director & Chris Woodward, Program Advisory

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. – Mayuran Sivapalan, ANZ Risk Lead

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.

– John Searls, Managing Principal, Asset Management & Performance

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Addressing the infrastructure gap in fast-growing countries

Francois Joubert, Aurecon’s Africa Lead for Asset Management, believes that asset management experts need to start looking at how we will accommodate the population of the future.

What if the last infrastructure in South Africa has already been built?

Does South Africa need more infrastructure? Francois Joubert shares how physical asset management can benefit SA's public and private sector.

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.

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.

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.

Opportunities in tough times for South African defence

Tight budgets do not have to result in reduced outcomes for the South African defence sector. Aurecon's Lizelle Botha and Kevin Nadasen suggest ways to prioritise projects and optimise spend to ensure positive results.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The transition towards a sustainable Public Private Partnership regime

Governments across the world are increasingly embracing the use of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to deliver infrastructure services.

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.

Creating efficient, liveable cities

In this interview, Deon Pretorius, Aurecon’s Land Development Services Leader in Cape Town, describes some of the barriers to creating efficient cities as well as current trends and the solutions and innovations Aurecon is leveraging to help our clients ‘get it right’.

How does programme management differ from project management?

In late 2012, Aurecon held a leadership workshop at its Gauteng office in South Africa where colleagues from across our business took time to discuss critical issues, developments and trends in Programme and Project Management.

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.

Why Aurecon initiated Our African City (OAC)

The concept of Our African City and the need to create a dialogue around inclusive transformation stemmed from the question: What does a future African city look like?

Why your asset management needs change

In this article, we highlight useful ways in which we have managed to reduce the failure rate of asset management adoption by looking at the required steps through the lens of change management.

What is Our African City (OAC)?

Our African City is about bringing together leading expertise across the financial, political, technical and social spheres to collaborate in developing new thinking and solutions that address inclusive urban transformation. It is about opening the debate on and crafting a vision of what an African city should look like and how to innovatively address the challenges we face to leapfrog stages on our development path. The dialogue is hosted through various platforms, including the OurAfricanCity.org website and scheduled events and workshops under the Our African City brand. As the dialogue matures, new thinking from participating companies and organisations, including Aurecon, will be published.

Our African City launch in South Africa

Our African City is a dialogue on inclusive transformation that intends to craft a vision of what future African cities should look like.

Dr Gwen Ramokgopa explains the Our African City dialogue

Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, Our African City Ambassador, says that all stakeholders are invited to become part of this initiative.

Realities confronting urban transformation in South Africa

In this article, we consider research insights on four dimensions related to urban transformation in South Africa.

Data Centres - exploring the trend

Four of Aurecon’s Data and ICT experts explore the latest thinking surrounding the current and future state of data centres globally.

The Central Terminal Building at OR Tambo International Airport, South Africa

Aurecon was involved in the development of the Central Terminal Building at OR Tambo International Airport. The project included the implementation of a complex glass and aluminium facade system, pivotal to the CTB's visual appeal.

Rehabilitation of Hosea Kutako International Airport, Namibia

Aurecon successfully rehabilitates this runway using innovative measures and ensuring continued flight operations throughout construction.