IPWEAvic Public Works Management Conference – Project Planning and Delivery Solutions for Sustainable Communities is now taking registrations. Take a look at the program here.
- The infrastructure challenge for victoria and its impact in the coming years
- Key ingredients of leading, devleoping and delivering a successful project
- Managing multiple stakeholders and keeping them enaged
- Benefits of working in collaborative arrangements and forming succesful alliance partnerships
- The role of risk assessment in project delivery
- Encouraging contractor innovation and improving efficiency
- Minimising delays in project delivery
- Benefits of sharing risks for better project outcomes
- Leadership in the quickly changing environment of procurement
- Project markeing, promotion and maximising project funding and investment
- Developing a long term capital works project in a political environment
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Issues to be considered at the Conference include:
- The infrastructure challenge for Victoria and its impact in the coming years
- Key ingredients of leading, developing and delivering a successful project
- Managing multiple stakeholders and keeping them engaged
- Benefits of working in collaborative arrangements and forming successful alliance partnerships
- The role of risk assessment in project delivery
- Encouraging contractor innovation and improving efficiency
- Minimising delays in project delivery
- Benefits of sharing risks for better project outcomes
- Leadership in the quickly changing environment of procurement
- Project marketing, promotion and maximising project funding and investment
- Developing a long term capital works program in a political environment
Gala Dinner with entertainment at The Plaza Ballroom, Regent Theatre on evening of 11th May incorporating the IPWEAvic 2011 Awards for Excellence
More information relating to the conference can be found at http://www.ipwea/theconferencemanager.com.au
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Being held from Sunday 21 – Thursday 25 August 2011 at the National Convention Centre, Canberra, the IPWEA International Public Works Conference provides an opportunity to expose your work and experiences to a wide cross section of delegates from around the nation and overseas. Key issues to be addressed within the conference theme: Public Works – Capital Solutions include Asset Management, Attracting & Retaining Staff, Climate Change, Coastal and Foreshore Works, Community and Safety, Emergency Management, Employee Management, Environmental Management, Finance and Funding Issues, Parks and Recreation, Plant and Vehicle Management, Procurement & Contracts, Project Management, Public Works Best Practice, Risk Management, Roads and Transport, Stormwater Management, Sustainability, Technology, Urban Design, Waste Management, Water and Wastewater. Register at www.ipwea.org.au/canberra2011
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Presentations from the speakers at the recent Procurement Excellence Conference are now availalbe on the IPWEAvic website and can be accessed via this url http://www.ipwea.org.au/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Procurement_Excellence_Conference_2010&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=11247
Conference Program
This full day conference was held at the Darebin Arts Centre, Preston on Thursday 14 October 2010. Download a copy of the conference program here.
Conference Presentations
The conference presentations are available for download
Importance of Procurement, Findings From Investigations into Best Practice Procurement in Local Government Ronald Mak, Sector Director Local Government, Financial Audit, Victorian Auditor General Office. File size: 144KB.
What is the Municipal Inspector’s Role in Procurement? Jason Young, Senior Manager, Municipal Inspector’s Office. File size: 226KB.
What the Contract Industry is Saying About Procurement. Claude Cullino, CEO Civil Contractors Federation Victoria. File size: 1.78KB.
10 Tips and Processes that Procurement Professionals Should Use to Avoid Problems. John Taylor, Acting Ombudsman. File size: 560KB.
Procurement Excellence Program, Government Directions and the Role of Local Government. Chris Newman, Manager Councils Reforming Business, Local Government Victoria, DPCD. File size: 1.14MB.
Procurement for a Sustainable Outcome Hugh Wareham, CEO Eco-Buy. File size: 3.74MB.
The Role of Probity Auditors & Advisors, & Where to Use Them in a Practical Sense Michael Shatter, Partner, RSM Bird Cameron, Probity Advisors. File size: 690KB.
Social Procurement Guidelines: What are They & How Can They Be Used Effectively in Local Government? Mark Daniels, Manager Learning and Development, Social Traders. File size: 900KB.
Case Study: What is Excellence in Local Government Procurement? City of Greater Geelong – New Procurement Thresholds & Evaluation Methodology. City of Greater Geeong. File size: 2.54MB.
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The very successful MWOA National Works & Engineering Conference sponsored by Downer EDI Works was held on 23 and 24th September at Bendigo Exhibition Centre. The well received opening address was given by Rob Spence from MAV around the topic of Working Closer Together followed by a heart rendering account from Jason McCarthy – the man who refused to quit.
There were presentations on such things as Alliance Contracting, Second Generation Alliance Model, Road Safety and Level Crossings , Roadside Safety, Procurement , Disaster Management to name a few. For those that wanted a more hands on approach the toolbox series offered a range of advice presented by many of the exhibitors on such things as managing your whole of life cost, fire safety awareness training, road maintenance using alternative products, using geogrids to advantage, retroflective technology, live web demos to find underground assets. Using the facility to the full enabled demonstrations of machinery such as Crash testing road furniture, Excavator demo, grader demo and road sweepers demos.
The conference dinner was a time to catch up with colleagues and enjoy the conference atmosphere. Some the presentations will be available on the MWOA website shortly. More info contact Stephen Robertson CEO MWOA
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The 5th Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region and Australasian Structural Engineering Conference 2010 will be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from 8-12 August 2010.
More details http://www.cear5.com
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The Roads Australia Forum is to occur on Tuesday 3 August 2010. The meeting is aimed at CEO’s and senior executives from companies and industry associations. The participants are briefed on the national state of play by the industry’s key decision makers.
Agenda
8.30am Registration Opens
9.00am The Australia of Tomorrow (Prof John Daley, CEO – Grattan Institute)
10.00am Business and Industry Economic Outlook (Mr Damon Roast, Economist – BIS Shrapnel)
10.45am Morning Tea
11.00amVicRoads Update (Mr Gary Liddle, CEO – VicRoads)
11.45am RA’s Policy Progress (Mr Ray Fisher, President – Roads Australia)
12.30pm Lunch
2.00pm Panel Session – Managing Community relationships in Planning & Implementing Projects
the Hon Tim Pallas, Minister for Roads and Ports
Mr Dennis Cliche, CEO – ConnectEast
Mr Ken Mathers, CEO – Linking Melbourne Authority
Senior Local Government Official
Chair Mr Marko Misko, Partner – Clayton Utz
3.30pm Close
How to Book
Member Seat $250 (plus GST)
Non Member Seat $275 (plus GST)
Register and Pay online with your username/password
If you need to be set up contact rachael@roads.org.au
View the last Melbourne Forum (March 2009) Click Here
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Presentations from the 2010 National Local Government Asset Mangement and Public Works Engineering Conference held on 13 and 14 May 2010 are now available for download from the website. Click here to access the presentations.
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The 2010 National Local Government Asset Management & Public Works Engineering Conference was held on 13 and 14 May 2010 hosted by MAV and IPWEAvic and supported by EA. Due to the renovation of the old convention centre the conference was held at the unique Plaza Ballroom, Regent Theatre Collins St Melbourne.
Many delegates took full advantage of the exhibits. On both days you could obtain a cartoon profile of yourself at the Pittney Bowes exibitors stand. Coffee was provided at the Downer EDI stand. Victoria University sponsored lunch for day one and provided packaged mints packaed in a way that had many using all their engineering abiltiy to access. ‘US’ Utility Services sponsored the lunch on day 2 and much interest was generated around their new product.
The conference opening address was given by Minister for Roads and Ports, Tim Pallis MP, and keynote speakers included
- Stephen Alchin, Infrastructure Australia
- Mark Harvey, Bureau f Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Ecomonics
- Steve Gawler, International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives
The event created ideal conditions for Networking which continuted at the Gala Dinner held on 13 May 2010 where the 2010 IPWEAvic Awards for Excellence were presented by Mark Varmalis, IPWEAvic President, in conjunction with John Truman, IPWEA National President.
Thanks go to confernece organisers John Hennessey from MAV and Geoff Glynn (Conference Chair) from IPWEAvic for their hard work.
Photos of the conference can be accessed http://www.ipwea.com/photos/index.php?album=2010+LG+AM%26PW+Conference.
Conference papers can be accessed from MAV site shortly.
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IPWEAQ will host their annual state conference from 5-8 October 2010 in Brisbane. Program details can be downloaded here. Registration details can be downloaded here.
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