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Integrity Revisited: How Trust contributes to Project Performance
With the current goings-on in the industry and signs of distressed Infrastructure projects showing up, people regularly ask my opinion regarding what the cause of the problems might be? Every project of course has specific circumstances at play, and like most...
Complex Infrastructure Projects: Why is it so hard to get the Risks Right?
As a long-term participant in the Infrastructure industry in Australia and a supporter of public transport as an enabler of urban regeneration, I’m really pleased to see the Sydney Light Rail CBD Extension up and running. As a complex greenfield / brownfield...
Is our leadership debate heading down the US path?
I was struck by John Kehoe’s headline “America isn’t broken but it may not be fixable either”, summing up his five-year posting as the Australian Financial Review’s Washington correspondent. Whilst many believe Americans inhabit a different planet, the USA...
International Perspectives – why are Spanish companies heavily invested in Australia?
It is notable that with this month’s completion of Acciona’s acquisition of Lend Lease’s Engineering business, all Tier 1 engineering & construction contractors operating in Australia are now foreign owned. This is unusual for developed countries, virtually...
Industry Consolidation in Engineering & Construction – revisiting the Risks
Let’s revisit the chart above in light of the extensive feedback I’ve received in response to my original article. To recap, the chart – sourced from Deloitte Access Economics data - illustrates the share of major Transport Infrastructure project work across Australia...
The Art and Science of effective Business Governance
With the abrupt shift in working arrangements experienced by most organisations borne of COVID-19, questions are showing up regarding the role of management in effective business performance. For instance: How do supervisors / middle managers develop their more junior...
Capacity Management: The Answer to Boom and Bust in Engineering & Construction?
People I talk to regularly raise questions along the lines of: “Why is the Engineering & Construction industry always either in Boom or Bust?" and "Why aren't Governments doing a better job at planning and coordinating?" Indeed (and as discussed in an...
The scourge of bureaucratic “make work”
An Internationally based colleague who spent some time in Australia, most graciously sent me a provocative reply to one of my recent posts. He raised the issue of Australian Engineering & Construction companies large and small suffering from the effects of...
The Regional Renaissance – what’s missing?
Infrastructure Engineering and Construction businesses face quite a challenge in determining what the industry will look like post COVID-19. As an industry that is directly exposed to both short and long-term impacts of Government policy, one of the biggest...
Industry Consolidation in Engineering & Construction – what are the Risks?
During turbulent economic times like these, the importance of Engineering and Construction to Australia’s ongoing prosperity becomes truly apparent. Apart from producing around 9% of Australia’s Gross Domestic Product, in 2019 the Construction industry employed over...
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PETER WILKINSON
Sydney, Australia
+61 (0) 418 636 545
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