IPWEA profile: How Felicity Furey is helping to develop the next generation of diverse...
Felicity Furey is a young engineer and entrepreneur in a hurry. She was named one of the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence...
Engineering for Good
When most people have long service leave they take a cruise or go on a long and relaxing holiday. Greg Blaze took a very...
Why education will be the path to success in 2021
IPWEA says there has never been a more important time for professionals who deliver public works services to undertake training
Leading public works mover and shaker: Sanne Hieltjes Profile
Sanne Hieltjes epitomises the saying “from humble beginnings to lofty heights”. Having grown up in a town with just 55,000 people in the south...
Data project improves New Zealand road management
New Zealand has around 11,000 kilometres of state highway regulated by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and about 83,000 kilometres of local roads...
How an ‘Ask Your Mates’ post resulted in an asset management success story
In August 2021, Nikhil Ajgaonkar shared a post on the IPWEA ‘Ask Your Mates’ forum.
Ajgaonkar, a civil engineer who was living in Sydney at...
Climbing personal mountains
For someone who says his “best laid plans” haven’t always worked out, Rob Waddell has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments. An Olympic...
Tackling the big themes in asset management
Gary Losier is the leader of asset management for a small Canadian town and also President of the American Public Works Association, an organisation...
Engineering leader Chris Haskas shows the value of continuing in education
A commitment to the discipline of engineering and lifelong learning has put Chris Haskas on a path of leadership.
John Comrie: Making a difference in local government for 30 years
Retirement might be just around the corner for John Comrie, but he’s not quite ready to pull up stumps on a successful career that...
