Welcome to our July eNewsletter.

In today’s turbulent global economy being able to not only survive but grow depends on finding quicker ways to get things done better.

Across Aurecon we are using modelling and software that can significantly reduce the time and cost of both effective asset management and delivering new infrastructure and processes.

For example, on many sites, terrestrial laser scanning has saved time and reduced costs across a project’s life cycle. Please click on the image to the left to watch a 3D fly through of the Mackay Molasses loading facility in north Queensland, Australia.

Our bi-annual 360° magazine looking at resilience came out this month. If you missed it, you can link to it via a story in this eNewsletter to see lots of interactive content and read about some innovative approaches to project delivery.

Please contact anyone at Aurecon if you have any questions regarding the contents of this eNewsletter,

Best regards

Through a Leighton Able Joint Venture, Aurecon healthcare technology experts are dedicated to optimising Building Services design to deliver world-class medical facilities for Hong Kong’s first community hospital in North Lantau. Read more

The African Development Bank’s Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) presents a framework for building much needed infrastructure necessary for energy, ICT, integrated transport and trans-boundary water networks. As part of this programme, a set of 51 projects have been identified in a Priority Action Plan, which Aurecon has been appointed to update. Read more

Australian Football League club, the Geelong Cats were under the spotlight at the first ever game under newly installed light towers at Simonds Stadium on 1 June. Aurecon was engaged by the architect, Populous, to engineer light towers which will allow the TV broadcasting of night football and cricket matches at the stadium. Read more

Selecting high-calibre leaders is vital for Aurecon to achieve client service excellence and in line with this, Aurecon has appointed Phil Hendricks to the role of Office Manager for the group’s Gauteng offices, and Ferdi Nell to the role of Office Manager, Cape Town. Read more

Aurecon will be presenting six papers at the Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management (AITPM) National Conference in Perth.
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Danie Wium, Matt Coetzee and Lloyd Arnott from Aurecon will be presenting at the International Public Works Conference in Darwin.
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Aurecon's Joe Tusek and James Herbert will be presenting at the CIGRE Study Committee’s Colloquium in Brisbane.
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Aurecon will be hosting an exhibition booth at the Perumin Mining Conference in Arequipa, Peru.
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Aurecon’s Andrew Keith, General Manager of the JK Aurecon alliance, says that because infrastructure represents as much as 80 per cent of a mine’s cost, it should be a key consideration in the optimisation process and not an afterthought. Read more

In the latest issue of our 360° magazine, we look at ways that clever thinking can support operational and infrastructure design across a range of industries to boost financial resilience. Read more

HUB-Trips is Aurecon’s new and revolutionary HUB-id tool to rapidly assess transport and land-use options, cutting months from the duration of conventional option identification and assessment processes. Read more

Todd Sheldon, an Aurecon Technical Director, discusses how a mobile computing system is delivering innovative engineering inspection programmes to clients. Read more

NZ first in engineering technology

An NZD6.4 million building currently under construction in central Christchurch will feature an engineering first in New Zealand. The three-storey office building, at 53 Victoria Street opposite Christchurch Casino, will use double concave slider bearings to base isolate the building to reduce damage from any future earthquakes.
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Hydro expert joins Aurecon to help secure opportunities in emerging economies

With significant opportunities for hydropower developments coming up in Africa and Asia, Aurecon has appointed Electrical Technologist Jimmy Goulding to our Energy Unit in Cape Town.
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Complex design for logistic hub in Tsing Yi

Construction has just started on Tsing Yi’s major logistics hub to support the distribution of goods along the east coast of Hong Kong and into mainland China. Aurecon is providing high value and cost effective complex mechanical and electrical design services to ensure best practice in efficiency and building performance.
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Minister’s Award recognises Aurecon Planner

Alexandra Gaynor (nee Mackenroth), an Environmental Planner at Aurecon has been awarded the Minister’s Town Planning Prize for Griffith University at the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) 2013 Awards Launch for her outstanding thesis on south east Queensland's floodplain.
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