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IPWEAQ CONFERENCE 2017 SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH INSPIRED LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Townsville Exhibition & Convention Centre 24-26 October 2017 PLATINUM SPONSOR GOLD SPONSOR SILVER SPONSOR BRONZE SPONSORS SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH INSPIRED LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Contents Welcome 3 Welcome from IPWEAQ 4 General Information 5 Program Features 8 Conference Program 9 Geoff Wilmoth Best Paper Award 13 Technical Tours 14 Social Program 15 Our Sponsors 16 Keynote Speakers 17 Our Exhibitors 21 Councils And Organisations 22 Excellence Awards 23 Project Nominations 24 About IPWEAQ 25 IPWEAQ Partners 26 IPWEAQ Supporters 27 Professional Development 28 IPWEAQ Supporters 29 ADAC 5.0 30 Queensland Urban Drainage Manual 31 Ipweaq Knowledge Centre 32 2017-2018 IPWEAQ Conference Grand Slam 33 Gold Coast 2018 34 PRESIDENT’S CHARITY CANCER COUNCIL 2 IPWEAQ CONFERENCE 2017 SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH INSPIRED LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Welcome Message from the Mayor of the City of Townsville On behalf of the City of Townsville, I’m delighted to welcome you to the 2017 Queensland State Conference of the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘sustainability through inspired leadership and community engagement’ which will feature across 12 streams and keynote presentations. We’re thrilled to be hosting this event for the opportunities it provides to further grow our city and its aspirations. In Townsville we have several transformational projects under way and about to commence, including the $250m Integrated Stadium and Entertainment Complex and the Waterfront Cr Jenny Hill Priority Development Area, which will provide greater connectivity between key precincts. Mayor City of Townsville So, it’s of special interest that this year’s compere is internationally renowned business and leadership authority, Alan Patching, who has overseen the management and redevelopment of several major stadiums, including Sydney’s Olympic stadium and Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. I’m also looking forward to this year’s topic for the Great Debate, the final session of the program, which is ‘smart cities are not that smart’. As the first community to be part of the City Deal in Australia, under the joint agreement between all three levels of government, Townsville has a renewed focus on improving the lives of residents through job creation, economic growth, investment in infrastructure, a revitalised urban centre, and a more vibrant and liveable city. We all learned a great deal at last year’s conference about collaborative engineering and, as Townsville continues to grow and develop into the capital of the North, we look forward to hearing more about your experiences in public works engineering. I hope you enjoy this year’s conference and you have a pleasant stay in Townsville. Cr Jenny Hill Mayor City of Townsville 3 IPWEAQ CONFERENCE 2017 SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH INSPIRED LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Welcome from IPWEAQ We are very pleased to welcome you to which will see our teams deliberate over IPWEAQ’s annual state conference at the the topic ‘smart cities are not that smart’. Townsville Exhibition & Convention Centre, 24- Our MC, Alan Patching will moderate what will be another hard-fought yet 26 October 2017. 16 CPD hours are available to engaging discussion and delegates delegates attending for the three days including will be asked to vote on their winning technical tours: side using the conference App. Please see page X of the Handbook for more • Infrastructure Tour - Riverway Drive Duplication information on these program features. • Port of Townsville - Benwell Road The annual IPWEAQ excellence awards gala award ceremony • Humes Production Facility - 844 Ingham Road, Bohle and dinner will follow Wednesday evening. Please join us for this celebration of the projects and people that make The Welcome Function, sponsored by Abergeldie, will kick our community great. And a huge thank you to our sponsor, off the conference proceedings on Tuesday evening. Premise! The mayor of Townsville, Councillor Jenny Hill will officially Our comprehensive trade exhibition featuring 46 open the conference on Wednesday morning. She will organisations offering products and services for our sector be followed by our first keynote presentation by Dr Allan will be accessible for you throughout the two days of the Duffy who will discuss the challenges of ‘big data’ which conference. And without our sponsors, we could not deliver potentially, will have an enormous impact on the public’s these quality events so please join us in thanking them for expectations of what can be achieved in the public works supporting the public works sector. Please see our full list of sector. Sponsors on page 16. The MC for our state conference this year is Alan Patching, Fulton Hogan will once again be our hosts for the Closing considered to be ‘the Australian project and business Celebration at a Touch of Salt. leadership guru’. Alan is internationally recognised as one of Australia’s most outstanding leaders, consultants All of us at IPWEAQ – board members and staff – look forward and business presenters. Alan will also deliver a keynote to welcoming you to Townsville and to the 2017 IPWEAQ presentation on the development of human behaviour state conference, the premier gathering of those involved in helping us to understand how much of what we do is the public works sector in Queensland. subconscious and how this affects us and others. Cowboys and Queensland legend, Brent Tate is ‘one of the toughest and most inspiring players to have ever played rugby league’ according to Mal Meninga. Our MC, Alan Patching will interview Brent and we’ll learn how he overcame adversity to sustain a lengthy career affected by serious injury. Joe Bannan Brigadier Chris Field together with a small Defence planning President team worked closely with eight of Cyclone Debbie’s most affected councils to develop the State Plan 2017-2019 Operation Queensland Recovery. Brigadier Field will deliver a presentation on seven ways to sustain recovery. Additionally, we have presentations from Councillor Graham Scott (Livingstone Shire Council), Sandra Burke and Bill Lansbury (TMR) and Phil Duggan, Department of Natural Resources and Mines. The full comprehensive program can be viewed on page 9. We have a new feature to this year’s program, The IPWEAQ Futures Challenge, which will showcase thesis projects from five final year students studying engineering and related disciplines. We also have the return of The Great Debate 4 IPWEAQ CONFERENCE 2017 SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH INSPIRED LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GENERAL INFORMATION The Board and staff of IPWEAQ have pleasure in TECC is centrally located overlooking Townsville’s iconic Castle welcoming you to the state conference 2017. The Hill and is positioned on the waterfront which is within close following details may assist with your arrival at distance to Magnetic Island, the central business district, the Strand precinct and is close to many hotels and restaurants. the conference. Please see the venue site plan below and note the following Conference Venue room allocations: • Auditorium – Exhibition hall and refreshment breaks IPWEAQ 2017 is being held at the Townsville Entertainment • Palm Room – Main plenary room and breakout streams and Convention Centre (TECC): 1, 4, 7 and 10 Entertainment Drive • Magnetic Room – Breakout streams 2, 5, 9 and 12 Townsville, QLD 4810 • Yongala Room – Breakout streams 3, 6, 8 and 11 Ph: 07 4722 0600 I Fax: 07 4771 4888 • Orpheus Room – Speakers prep room www.tecc.net.au • Foyer – Registration desk and Welcome Function View the location on Google Maps (Tuesday 24 October) BRONZE SPONSORS 5 IPWEAQ CONFERENCE 2017 SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH INSPIRED LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Getting There your colleagues, please be sure to arrange this directly with the photographer. Public Transport is available by Sunbus and Townsville Taxis - www.tsvtaxi.com.au www.sunbus.com.au/sit_townsville. Additionally, JPL Media will be recording conference htm proceedings including all sessions, keynote presentations and plenary sessions. They will also conduct interviews of Public car park spaces are available surrounding TECC delegates, exhibitors and speakers. If you do not wish to be (including Casino, Coast Guard car park, Council parking interviewed or photographed, please advise the operator near Enterprise House, along the strand and Anzac Park) and immediately move out of camera range for photographs. Townsville Airport is only 10 minutes away from the Centre. Otherwise, consent is taken as given. Car hire is available at the airport. Conference Sponsors Registration We wish to acknowledge our Partners, exhibitors and The registration desk is located in the Foyer of the TECC. We sponsors for their valuable contribution and ongoing support encourage you to register early prior to the welcome function. of IPWEAQ. The list of sponsors and exhibitors is available in your Conference App or on the conference website. Please All delegates must visit the registration desk to collect their also refer to pages xx of this Handbook. satchels and lanyards which must be worn while attending the conference. Exhibition Registration desk opening times are: The IPWEAQ 2017 trade exhibition is located in the Tuesday 24 October 2017 1200 – 1900 Auditorium. Wednesday 25 October 2017 0730 – 1600 Thursday 26 October 2017 0730 – 1700 The exhibition will be open during the following hours: