IPWEAQ ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY OF GOLD COAST The Marriott Resort & Spa Surfers Paradise 10-12 October 2018 PLATINUM SPONSORS GOLD SPONSOR SILVER SPONSOR BRONZE SPONSORS IPWEAQ ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018 Contents Welcome from the Mayor 3 Welcome from The President 4 Charity Auction 5 General Information 6 Keynote Speakers 9 Technical Tours 10 Program Features 11 Native Title and Cultural Heritage Portals 12 Conference Program 13 Geoff Wilmoth Best Paper Award 17 Social Program 18 Our Sponsors 19 Our Exhibitors 20 Councils And Organisations 21 Excellence Awards 22 Project Nominations 23 About IPWEAQ 25 IPWEAQ Partners 26 Principal Supporter 27 IPWEAQ Subscribers 27 Professional Development 28 Public Works Technical Subscription 29 ADAC 5.0 30 Brisbane 2019 31 PRESIDENT’S CHARITY MS QUEENSLAND 2 IPWEAQ ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018 IPWEAQ ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018 Welcome Message from the Mayor of the City of Gold Coast City of Gold Coast is privileged to have again been chosen as Gold Coast is a city in transformation. It has reached the point the venue for the 2018 IPWEAQ Annual Conference. Thank where we are no longer a small, regional centre. We are you for your support. growing into a mature, world-class city and that development must be managed in ways that protect and enhance the Once again I will be delighted to open the gathering. Given beauty that attracts our visitors in the first place. my qualifications as a civil engineer I can tell you I feel very much at home among the people who deliver such great We are investing in new infrastructure and maintaining infrastructure to Queenslanders. existing assets to ensure the Gold Coast is one of the best places in the world to live, work and raise a family. We must Gold Coast has often been seen as a boom city but I believe plan carefully to deliver a future that is lifestyle friendly. This that’s something to avoid because it is almost always will impose necessary change in habits in order to manage followed by a bust and that does no-one any good. But I traffic congestion and protect our economy, lifestyle and can tell you that this City is enjoying a marvellous period of environment. growth and much of that growth is in infrastructure. The upgrades we are implementing will give the community We are strengthening our services’ skeleton to enable more reliable travel times, improve safety and keep our road population growth and lifestyle amenity to keep pace network flowing. We are also continuing to focus on reducing with community expectations. You would appreciate that car dependency and increasing trips on buses, trams and this is never an easy task given the cost of infrastructure trains. More importantly getting people outdoors walking development. and cycling, or changing their behaviours from driving a car The Commonwealth Games that we hosted earlier this year to carpooling and catching public transport. was a fantastic boost to our budget of infrastructure. We It’s an exciting time here on Gold Coast as we pursue the are deeply grateful to the Queensland and Commonwealth opportunity to make this the greatest city on the planet to live governments for their financial contributions which enabled the Aussie dream. See you soon. a $1 billion outlay on roads, light rail, sporting facilities and ancillary projects. The first two stages of our Light Rail network proved to be a huge hit with the travelling public. Planning is now well advanced for completion of the business case to push ahead with Stage 3A and the community is overwhelmingly supportive of pushing ahead and taking the network through to the Airport and Coolangatta along with subsequent spur lines to centre in the west and north. Gold Coast is now the engine-room of a $27 billion a year regional economy and we have projects worth $13.5 billion underway or soon to commence. In fact, the development pipeline for the next decade is estimated at $30 billion so you can realise the massive impact this will have on Gold Coast. While all this is happening we are very mindful that the 13 Cr Tom Tate million visitors we welcome each year take great pleasure in Mayor our green space. The popular focus is often on our beaches City of Gold Coast and waterways but the so-called green behind the gold is just as important. I have been determined to manage rapid population growth without damaging our natural assets and am pleased that our green footprint has now reached just under 51% of the city. We continue to make strategic acquisitions to ensure we have this buffer to our built environment. 3 IPWEAQ ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018 IPWEAQ ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018 Welcome from the President We are very pleased to welcome you to We have 61 nominations for the 2018 #IPWEAQ18 at the Marriott, Surfers Paradise, IPWEAQ gala Excellence Awards ceremony 10-12 October 2018. and dinner where we celebrate the projects and people who make Queensland great. Our program this year kicks off Wednesday 10 October with Winners from each of the 10 categories will a special Welcome function for our YIPWEAQ members vie for Project of the Year. and delegates under age 35. This inaugural event offers The President’s Charity for my term is an opportunity for those who are new to our community to MS Queensland and we are extremely meet others in the earlier phases of their careers and to build fortunate to have Col Chandler donate a painting as the major career-long networks and friendships. prize for the charity auction to be held at the excellence The YIPWEAQ Welcome also launches our new Buddy awards dinner and ceremony. Col will finish this piece during Program. Mentors will guide our younger professionals Day 2 of the conference so be sure to stop by and chat with throughout the conference with the selection of streams and Col and prepare your bids. Col’s work captures his love of the topics. They will also introduce their conference buddies ocean with one piece famously chosen by the Beach Boys as to colleagues and peers further enhancing earlier year the backdrop for their 2016 tour. We have mobile credit card networking opportunities. The networks that we build at facilities on site this year. IPWEAQ conferences make our community of public works The 2018 Futures Challenge will include theses presentations professionals stronger than other professional communities. from students from QUT, CQU and USQ. The winner this year We have four Technical Tours this year with thanks to our will be announced at the gala excellence awards ceremony hosts, the City of Gold Coast: and dinner (Thursday 11 October). Delegates will once 1. Oceanway (Coast Engineering and Bikeways) – travel by again be asked to vote for the best presentation using the bicycle to Narrowneck conference app. 2. Gold Coast Light Rail – board the tram to travel to On Day 3, we will address the effects of a landmark decision Helensvale Station in the Northern Territory (‘Timber Creek’) which has 3. Waste & Water – transfer by bus to the Coombabah implications for all councils. Our first moot court, with thanks Sewage Treatment Plant to lawyers from Marawah Law, will highlight the critical points 4. Gold Coast Bridge Site Tour – travel by bus to Thrower of the case which led to the award of $3.3 million damages. Drive Bridge and visit the award-winning Sarawak Avenue Following the moot court, our Information Resources Footbridge. Manager, Mark Lamont will present the IPWEAQ solution to We are delighted to welcome back Michael Pascoe as our the risk posed by the Timber Creek case for our councils and conference MC for #IPWEAQ18. Michael is one of Australia’s utilities – the Native Title and Cultural Heritage Governance most experienced and thoughtful finance and economics Portals. These two portals offer councils a streamlined online commentators with four decades in newspaper, broadcast process for navigating the complex process of complying and online journalism. Michael will also deliver a keynote with the legislation. Mark will also be available at the presentation on economic conditions affecting infrastructure IPWEAQ booth to provide you and your councillors with a and growth in Queensland. personal tour of the portals. Our keynote speaker in the opening conference session The topic for the Great Debate this year is ‘tradition has no on Day 2 is Michael McQueen. Michael is an expert in place in the modern workplace’. Ged Brennan will lead demographic shifts, change management and future trends. the team for the Affirmative with Cate Fennell (IPWEA NSW He is the author of Momentum: How to Build it, Keep it or Get Young Ambassador) and Jimmy Scott (QRA). On the Negative it Back which offers an insight into how organisations, and team, we have IPWEAQ’s Mark Lamont, Kym Murphy (TMR) individuals, can establish and maintain a growth trajectory. and Matthew Brennan facing-off against his father, Ged. This should make for an interesting debate this year! On Day 3, the morning after the gala excellence awards ceremony and dinner, Young Australians of the Year, Nic On behalf of the Board and staff at IPWEAQ, we look forward Marchesi and Lucas Patchett of Orange Sky Laundry will to welcoming you to Gold Coast for what will be another share with us how they built a free mobile laundry service memorable IPWEAQ event. for the homeless. Orange Sky Laundry has more than 600 volunteers across Australia with custom-fitted vans servicing 73 locations washing more than 7,000 kilograms of laundry every week with 80,000 hours of conversation. Seren McKenzie President 4 IPWEAQ ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018 IPWEAQ ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018 Charity Auction Each year, IPWEAQ’s President chooses a charity Col is not just a major talent with a passion for art, sculpture to support during their term.