James started with us as a student intern and quickly progressed to an undergraduate employee while he finished his final year. We were so excited when he completed his studies and became a full time Graduate employee.

Choosing the right contractor isn’t as simple as basing your decision on price alone. A thorough assessment of all aspects of submissions received should be undertaken, with price merely a part of forming your choice of the winning contractor.

Remember the old adage - you get what you pay for!

A project is like an iceberg – the end result is just the tip. There is an immense amount of thought, effort and preparation that goes on under the surface and mislabeling the procurement type can put cracks in the ice.

Many of the reasons we experience supply chain delays are common, and this commonality makes them predictable. So what can we do to ensure that equipment arrives when we need it?

As government tenders continue to shift to require more social benefits for their local communities, it’s important for consultancies to understand their role and what they can do to stand out.

Properly briefing Consultants is key to the success of your project and ensures that they can provide the services you require in the time and at the price needed.

Projects Managers have the habit of overcomplicating projects. Aside from creating more unnecessary work, overcomplicating projects often ends in failure. So how do you know what to let go of in order to simplify a project?

A project manager should know how to mitigate conflict by being able to identify the resolution that has the least impact on the project timeline, budget, and quality.

Is Buying Local a great policy that delivers long-lasting community benefits or just a set of rules to be worked around?

There are so many aspects to communication that we are taught in project management, however as the world we are living in is becoming progressively more digital, that’s all changing. While email is a fantastic tool for transferring information, it is not a medium designed to completely replace conversation.

Despite decades of experience behind any given project team with multitudes of skills, qualifications, licenses, and expertise, is it possible that the Client still carries the greatest influence over a project’s success?

Claims for Extensions of Time occur in almost every contract and yet they are one of the least understood matters in terms of criteria for submission.

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While heavily used in the Northern Territory, NPWC3 contracts aren’t always suitable and can cause confusion when they are not properly applied. We’ve broken down in under a minute what you need to look out for when working with these contract types.

Almost everyone hates document control in Defence projects. This hatred, or dismissal, can lead a project astray. Good document control enables accurate communication, project tracking and project recording, and minimises the chance of delays. While there is an efficient and effective way to document control, there is always room for improvement.

Engineers are increasingly facing more pressure to deliver solutions faster, cheaper and better than before. It can be tempting to accept third-party recommendations as they appear as credible designs. However, without performing your due diligence as an engineer to scrutinise these proposed designs, you are dismissing the importance of your role in a project.

In Victoria, if a new lighting pole installation exceeds a height of 8m, then a building permit is required. This building approval requirement is atypical for external lighting pole installations as they are not generally associated with buildings.

The “Guideline for Operations and Maintenance Manuals” was originally published in 2007, updated in 2010 and remained unchanged for the next 10 years. Despite every other Defence process and system relating to project management and the project lifecycle advancing over the last 10 years, OMMs had not. That is, until June 2020.

A Design and Construct contract sees the Principal lose some control over the design while a Construct Only contract adds coordination risks to the Principal’s shoulders. As the Principal may not have sufficient resources in-house, a DD&C utilises the wider private sector’s resources. This also allows the Principal to take advantage of the time benefits that come with undertaking some works concurrently with others.