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Month: August 2012

Planning & Design

Summarising Day 1 of BIM 2012

The Building Information Modelling 2012 was held in Sydney recently and we have a brief coverage of each speaker's session on Day 1 of the conference. Jorge Pautasso, BIM Integration Manager, GHD Jorge Pautasso, a GHD Service Line Leader for Structural and Global BIM Integration Manager, started off with an in-depth introduction on BIM. He…

30 Aug 2012, by Informa Insights

Transport & Logistics

The key themes and issues of WA Transport 2012 Part 2

Click here to read "The key themes and issues of WA Transport 2012 Part 1". Continued... 4. PLANNING All major infrastructure projects require significant collaboration between various levels of government, the community and infrastructure users. The activities of Main Roads WA, the largest geographically spread road agency in the world, highlight the collaboration and planning…

30 Aug 2012, by Informa Insights

Transport & Logistics

The key themes and issues of WA Transport 2012 Part 1

Lloyd’s List DCN and Informa would like to thank all speakers and delegates who participated in the 9th annual Western Australia Transport Summit, that was held on the 21st & 22nd August 2012 in Perth. We were delighted to have Paul Fisher, the Principal Consultant for GHD’s Transportation service group in Western Australia, chair our…

27 Aug 2012, by Informa Insights

Transport & Logistics

The role of rail in port of arrival supply chains

The national freight task is growing at a rapid rate. Transporting an increasing volume of imports and exports across the country will put more and more pressure on the nation’s infrastructure and communities. We had the chance to speak with Peter Koning, Technical Director Strategic Planning & Advisory at AECOM and NSW Chapter Chair at…

22 Aug 2012, by Informa Insights

Healthcare

How to prevent failure of hospital security programs

We had the opportunity to ask the lovely Lisa Pryse, President-Elect, IAHSS and President of ODS Healthcare and Chief of Company Police, a few questions prior to her presentation at the 5th annual Hospital & Healthcare Security & Safety Conference. What are the main factors that should be taken into account when designing an effective…

20 Aug 2012, by Informa Insights

Transport & Logistics

GUEST POST: The 6 key outcomes of 2012 Regional Ports Conference – by Conference Chair, Dr Stephen Cahoon, Australian Maritime College

We were delighted to have Dr Stephen Cahoon, the AMC's Deputy Director (Maritime and Logistics Management) chair the 2012 Regional Ports Conference in Perth this June. Dr Cahoon’s experience and industry knowledge was evident throughout the two days. In addition to his primary research interests of seaport and shipping marketing, people-related issues such as human…

6 Aug 2012, by Informa Insights