FROM THE CEO
Building certainty before we break ground
Infrastructure projects are never just lines in a Budget paper. Long before they break ground, communities prepare, supply chains invest and businesses involved in design and delivery make decisions based on what governments say is coming next.
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Jonathan Cartledge | CEO, Consult Australia
ADVOCATING FOR YOUR BUSINESS SUCCESS
Protecting cost certainty
New Consult Australia report
Consult Australia’s new Protecting Cost Certainty report warns that billions in cost overruns are being locked in before projects reach construction.
Australia’s great delivery challenge
Behind the Budget numbers
What does this month’s Federal Budget mean for consulting firms working in Australia’s built and natural environments?
Open standards
The paywall comes down
The Australian Government has committed $42.7 million over four years to provide sponsored public access to mandatory Australian Standards referenced in legislation – a reform Consult Australia has championed for two decades.
PEOPLE & MOVEMENTS
Arup has appointed Giles Thomas as Principal – APAC High Speed Rail Technical Director, strengthening the firm’s high speed rail and major project expertise.
Aurecon has made a series of senior leadership appointments in Adelaide as it expands its buildings portfolio: Peter Burrows, Carla Lepore, John Duffy and Derek Broome.
GHD has named Nick Pohl as Executive General Manager – Business Advisory. Nick will provide global leadership for GHD’s consultancy services.
Mott MacDonald has appointed Scott Morath as its water, environment and society market leader for Australia, bringing more than 25 years’ experience to the role.
Architectus has promoted 49 designers, digital experts and corporate services staff, including 28 people from Associate to Principal level.
Trust, contracts and outcomes
Built environment professionals estimate that only 58% of projects they worked on over the past three years were delivered on time and on budget, according to new global research from NEC Contracts.
Competing on the same side
Competitors rarely sit around a table discussing the issues keeping them awake at night. But Consult Australia’s Membership Development Manager Louise Dowbiggin says it is becoming more common in the consulting industry.
Emerging leader on the move
WSP’s Zoe Maher is challenging the way Australians think about public transport. “It’s not our job to force people onto trains and buses. It’s to make public transport so attractive that people want to use it.”
Who carries the AI risk?
If consultants use artificial intelligence in their work, who is responsible when something goes wrong? This is a question the team at Planned Cover is hearing more often.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ...
The Reuse Playbook
Arup’s new global guide shares how better data, testing and digital tools can help construction cut costs, carbon and waste.
Climate change risk warning
More than $57 billion of Victorian Government-owned or regulated infrastructure is at risk of damage or destruction from extreme weather.
When productivity falls, Australia stalls
Infrastructure Partnerships Australia outlines 52 tangible measures to drive material change in a new report.
Dead space, live costs
Up to 40% of car parks lie empty each night in capital city apartments, while parking adds up to $137,000 to the cost of a two-bedroom apartment, a new Grattan Institute report reveals.
National Competition Council findings
The first round of consultation reinforces the case for a nationally consistent registration system for engineers, says Engineers Australia.
A funding figure of zero
No budget funds have been allocated to engineering and asset management capability building within local government, the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia warns.
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