Find out what industry leaders have to say about the pressing challenges facing the transport sector and the opportunities waiting to be unlocked as we move toward a more sustainable future.
Protecting life, increasing productivity and improving sustainability with Workzone Digitisation
In this week’s Industry Perspectives, Altus Traffic’s Head of Digital, Beth Lilford, outlines to RA’s readers how Workzone Digitisation leverages innovative sensors and smart software to convert information on the performance of resources into a continuous, automated and actionable monitoring system.
The system blends technology, strategy and sustainability and helps observers to act on issues flagged by the system. It helps us reimagine what’s possible for traffic management – one smart cone, sensor and site at a time.
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Honouring our Highway Heroes: Road Worker Day of Remembrance 2024
Every Australian worker deserves to get home safely at the end of their day.
But that isn’t the case for dozens of Australian roadworkers each year, who suffer serious – sometimes critical – injuries while doing their jobs improving our road network.
Ahead of Road Worker Day of Remembrance on Saturday 9 November, Peter Frazer OAM encourages all of us to do our part and improve safety conditions for our road workers.
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Empowering the next generation of infrastructure professionals for better industry outcomes
“The aim is to reduce the challenges faced by professionals entering the industry to better meet the demands of future projects and boost productivity across job sites and the industry at large. By streamlining the entry process, new and emerging talent can contribute more effectively from the start, enhancing overall project outcomes.”
William Phillips, a Graduate Construction Adviser at BMD and Roads Australia Promise, Passion and Pursuit Award recipient, explores how our sector can best nurture emerging talent, sharing insights from his interviews with five of Komatsu’s young professionals.
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From a T-Bird in the living room to EVs in the lobby: EVs are redefining our spaces
“Electric vehicles (EVs) offer unique opportunities to integrate transport with our living and working spaces in ways that internal combustion engine vehicles never could.”
Jewels Carter, Vice President of AECOM’s Global Emission Bus Facilities, imagines a future where EVs and buildings coexist in a seamless, symbiotic relationship, transforming the mundane act of commuting into a comfortable and efficient experience.
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A Blueprint for change in Australia’s construction industry
“Our construction is under relentless pressure as the national imperative for housing tops the agenda, while at the same time, demand for construction of transport infrastructure projects and multiple new ones in energy transition and defence rises. It’s common knowledge that there are just not enough people, by a factor of some hundreds of thousands, to deliver the built form Australia needs.”
Gabrielle Trainor AO uses her Industry Perspectives piece to share her views on the pressing issues the sector needs to tackle to meet Australia’s varied building priorities – housing affordability ranking high among those needs. Gabrielle Chairs the Construction Industry Culture Taskforce.
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Net Zero demands broader tech fix
Alex Borg is Arup Australasia’s Transport Leader. In his latest op-ed, first published in The Australian, he underscores the urgent need for a multifaceted approach to decarbonise Australia’s transport sector. Alex argues that while electrification is crucial, it won’t be enough for sectors like aviation, maritime, and freight.
Alex also argues that government investment and policy certainty in hydrogen and low-carbon liquid fuels are essential for achieving net zero emissions, while ensuring Australia remains competitive and sustainable.
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Enhancing sustainability in Australia’s transport infrastructure
Adopting a whole of Life approach in large infrastructure project procurements can provide significant additional value through innovative design and long-term cost savings, as well as increase the sustainability of these important projects.
In this edition of Industry perspectives, Tonkin+Taylor’s Principal Geotechnical and Pavements Engineer calls on industry leaders, policymakers and all stakeholders to work together to pave the way towards a more resilient and sustainable future.
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An intergenerational approach to mobility
New research from GHD highlights the need for more inclusive and sustainable transportation solutions, revealing many communities find it hard to access reliable and affordable public transport options.
In this edition of Industry perspectives, GHD’s Future Communities Leader in Australia, Michelle Cramer, shares key highlights from the recent CROSSROADS report.
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Putting communities at the heart of transport corridor planning and design
In this Industry Perspective, some of Stantec’s finest transport thought leaders envisage a future where sustainable transport corridors put communities at the heart of the planning and design process.
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Influence and impact: how to drive change in construction
In this Industry Perspectives column from Stefanie Nutt, People and Culture Director on John Holland Group’s M7-M12 Integration Project you’ll find insights on leadership, innovative pilot programs and how to support women and diverse workforces in the transport sector.
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Cost escalation pressures are easing but key risks remain for the roads industry
Oxford Economics Australia’s Adrian Hart and Thomas Westrup look to the future in this edition of RA’s Industry Perspectives series.
Latest (March quarter 2024) price data shows that construction cost escalation has slowed (but not reversed) from the unprecedented growth experienced in 2022 and 2023. While this surge in construction costs was primarily driven by pandemic supply-side disruptions and other international factors, we see cost drivers now shifting towards domestic factors. Without substantial improvements in construction industry productivity, this presents risks for a significant reacceleration in construction cost escalation later this decade.
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Prioritising sustainability with Scott Smith
Our transportation networks, which facilitate the movement of both people and goods, are one of the world’s largest economic ecosystems and have a fundamental role to play in shifting the sustainability dial.
Aurecon’s Managing Director, Transportation – Australia, Scott Smith has outlined what our sector must do to accelerate its sustainability journey.
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