Webinar – Hills M2 Motorway Sustainability Achievements – 2023 AM Sustainability Excellence Award Winner

by | Jun 26, 2023

In 2022,Transurban (with the support of its incident response and maintenance contractor, Ventia) achieved significant sustainability outcomes at its Hills M2 Motorway asset. Innovative solutions were deployed, in line with asset management best practice, resulting in success in diverting waste from landfill, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, generating biodiversity value and enhancing customer travel.

Independent verification of the sustainability outcomes was undertaken by using the Infrastructure Sustainability Council’s IS Operations rating scheme, and the Hills M2 Motorway was subsequently certified at an “Excellent Operations IS Rating”, with a score of 69 points-the highest operations rating within the industry

 

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About the speakers:

Colin Rymer, Head of Asset Management Systems and Governance, Transurban

Colin has extensive asset management, strategy and commercial experience across infrastructure, utilities and aircraft. He has worked at Transurban for the last 8 years supporting the NSW motorways to improve asset performance for our road users. Prior to Transurban, Colin worked with Sydney Water and the Royal Australian Air Force in the fields of asset management, logistics and maintenance support. Colin has a Doctorate of Business Administration and is passionate about leadership and high performing teams.

Troy Mattiazzo, Maintenance Manager, Ventia

Troy is the Incident Response and Maintenance Manager for Ventia’s NSW Motorway and Tunnel contracts with Transurban. Troy’s experience includes working within Transurban’s asset management framework to deliver civil maintenance across the Eastern Distributor, Cross City Tunnel, Lane Cove Tunnel, Hills M2 Motorway and M5 Southwest Motorway.

Troy is passionate about sustainability and innovation and is constantly working on initiatives that deliver better outcomes for stakeholders. One of the most recent initiatives that Troy has helped to champion is the deployment of the new Electric Incident Response Truck, that is expected to save around 50 tonnes of carbon dioxide and equivalent gases per annum.

 

Webinar – BHP Berth C&D Structural Remediation – 2023 AM Innovation Excellence Award Winner

by | Jun 26, 2023

BHP (Asset Owner), AECOM (Owner’s Engineer), and Duratec (Contractor) completed the BHP Berth C & D Structural Remediation Selection Phase Study Project (The Project) in 2022, setting a new standard for the procurement and scoping of major marine asset remediation projects. The project involved innovative approaches, including a 2-5mm 3D reality model for 1.2km of wharf structure, bespoke online software for defect management, and a collaborative approach to inspection, testing, and design, resulting in a robust procurement framework for the asset’s life extension. The project was delivered over approximately 12 months, starting in mid-2021.

 

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About the speaker:

Liam Holloway, National Technical Manager, Duratec

Liam Holloway’s unique skills and expertise as a materials engineer specialising in durability and corrosion, traverse key infrastructure sectors including marine, mining, defence and energy. Liam completed his PhD in the field of corrosion inhibition and monitoring for reinforced concrete structures at Monash University. Following this he has worked in both the consulting and contracting fields with a focus on asset condition assessment, remediation and maintenance. In 2015 Liam establish MEnD Consulting, which was later acquired by Duratec Limited. Liam now heads Duratec’s national Technical team who provide engineering, asset management, laboratory, digitisation and spatial services across all of the companies key market sectors.

 

 

Webinar – Diversity in Asset Management 2023 Excellence Award Winner

by | Jun 26, 2023

KPMG is a global professional services firms that has been a ‘first mover’ among ‘Big 4’ firms to grow an asset management and technical advisory practice. Established in 2017, KPMG’s Engineering, Assets & Project Delivery team includes 348 people across Australia.  Back in 2017, women represented 13% of KPMG’s asset management workforce. Today, following a strong focus on improving gender balance they have increased the representation of women to 32% and have seen increased participation from women in the team resulting in a significant reduction in turn over equating to more than $1.2M savings in turnover cost per year.

In this session, we’ll hear from Andrew O’Connor and Tammy Falconer who are Partners in KPMG’s Engineering, Assets & Project Delivery team about the challenges and successes along their journey to a more gender representative workforce.

 

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About the speakers:

Andrew O’Connor is an Asset Management and Reliability Engineering professional with over 20 years’ experience in the Defence, aviation, maritime, mining, utilities and nuclear sectors. Andrew has a PhD in Reliability and Risk, is a Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA) and a Certified Reliability Engineer. Andrew is a successful business owner having co-founded two engineering businesses winning the Telstra Business Awards and BRW Fast 100 company before joining KPMG as a lead partner in their Engineering and Asset Management practice.
 
Tammy Falconer is a leader in asset management specialising in the energy and water sector with over 15 years’ experience working across urban, regional and remote utilities. Tammy has a Master of Arts and is a Certified Asset Management Assessor. Tammy’s passion is leveraging data to drive better asset management decisions for organisations and the communities and customers they serve.