PMAA Sponsors 2003

New South Wales

GOLD SPONSOR

NSW Roads and Traffic Authority
Contact:   Pat Kenny
Telephone: 02 8814 2083
Email:  patrick_kenny@rta.nsw.gov.au

As one of its major responsibilities to the Government of NSW, the RTA delivers road infrastructure projects on highways and other major roads across the State.  Most construction works are undertaken by industry contracts managed by RTA project and contract managers.   The RTA has a strong and mature project management culture with project managers in Sydney and Regional locations working with clients and the community to achieve the best outcomes for the people of NSW.  A Project Management Office works with the project management community to support the project managers and drive consistency and improved project management practices across the State.

SILVER SPONSORS

Enerserve

Contact: Ian Whitehurst   
Telephone: 1800 804 678
Email:  enerserve@energy.com.au
Enerserve is the electrical engineering, consulting and contracting business of EnergyAustralia.  Our experience and expertise originate from almost 100 years of providing design, construction, maintenance and operation of one of the largest electricity distribution networks in Australia. 

The size of our business and the skills and experience of our staff ensure that we can rise to any new challenge presented by a customer. Our diverse customer base includes mining, building constructors, manufacturing, electricity supply industry and telecommunications businesses across Australia and overseas. 

We are equipped to design, construct and maintain electrical infrastructures and associated equipment from 240/415V to 330kV.

NSW Department of Commerce

Contact:  Francis D'Lima
Telephone: 02 9372 8862
Email:  francis.dlima@commerce.nsw.gov.au

The NSW Department of Commerce (Commerce) brings together a comprehensive range of commercial services for government in property and public infrastructure.

Services include State projects and regional services including project, program and contract management and independent real estate valuation. Incorporates the former State Valuation Office.

Other services include architecture and the built environment through the Government Architect's Office; project management of capital works; water and environmental engineering; building and civil engineering advice, designs and documentation; and heritage and building services.

Last year, Commerce was recognised by The Australian Institute of Project Management as a Project Managed Organisation. 

BRONZE SPONSOR

Clexan-Peak Personnel

Contact: Steve Norman
Telephone: (02) 9876 8888
Email:  clexan@ozemail.com.au

Clexan-Peak Personnel is an Australian owned Company specialising in the recruitment of temporary, contract and permanent Professional and Technical personnel.  Over the past ten years Clexan-Peak Personnel has proven its ability to meet the needs of both Public and Private Sectors by providing personalised, timely, cost-effective and practical recruitment services. The Company's philosophy is to operate at all times with integrity. We provide clients with the right people to facilitate increased profitability and productivity. By utilising our services clients are assured of obtaining high quality resources, the key element for future success and growth of their business.

QUEENSLAND

GOLD SPONSOR

Project Services - Queensland Department of Public Works
Contact: Mat Tiley
Telephone: 07 3224 5156
Email: mat.tiley@projectservices.qld.gov.au

Project Services provides unmatched capability in the planning and delivery of projects from signature major structures to multiple programs, from asset planning to detailed office design and fitout.

• Leadership
• Innovation, and
• Capability

These are the hallmarks of Project Services

Leadership as the Queensland Government's expert adviser on all matters of building capital works procurement and risk management; setting the standards for industry performance

Innovation with the latest design technologies implemented by talented and creative professionals to deliver leading edge solutions that have won more than 40 national and international design awards in recent years.

Capability as the largest and most comprehensive project management and building design consultancy in Queensland with over 625 staff across 19 professional disciplines - supporting effective project integration and 'value-for-money' solutions.

Committed to mutually beneficial, long-term business relationships with its clients, Project Services is a business partner that exceeds expectations.

SILVER SPONSOR

GHD

GHD is an international company providing leadership in management, engineering, environmental, planning and design services with a commitment to balanced sustainable development. With over 2,300 staff, GHD is counted in the world’s top 50 multidisciplinary consulting groups. We operate in 25 countries in Australasia, the Middle East and South America.

The technical details of a project may vary, but there is always a need for completion on time, within budget and performance to specification after commissioning. GHD’s project management specialists have practical experience in working with a wide range of public and private companies. Our procedures and systems facilitate the coordination and control of all phases of project development from project identification to handover, for small and large developments.

Corporate Directory - GHD has a total of 52 offices worldwide, including:

BRONZE SPONSORS

Mincom Limited

Contact: Kirsty Garrett
Telephone: 07 3303 3333
Email: info@mincom.com

Mincom is a leading global technology partner for asset-intensive industries and is Queensland's largest exporter of software. Since 1979, we have served customers within the mining, oil and gas, utilities, transportation, defence and government industries in more than 40 countries.
Our people have successfully linked organizations with their mission-critical assets for over 20 years. Our collaboration experience has delivered dramatic process improvement and reduced costs for our customers. Our vision provides innovative answers that maximize our customers' business, assets and people. We have over 1,000 employees in 18 offices in 12 countries including Australia, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Europe.

AQUA Project Consulting

Contact: Brad Cowan
Telephone: 07 3851 4314
Email: brad.cowan@aquaconsulting.com.au

AQUA Project Consulting is a “network” consultancy that provides strategic Business and Project Management services to government and private sector clients in the infrastructure and services industries. Our project management services include consulting, staff development and training.
We can only prosper by the sound relationship between the associates. This reliance on quality relationships for success is applied to any projects we undertake for our clients, in that our general approach to each project will be.

• Ensure we understand the client’s long-term goals and objectives Identify any existing activities, programs or systems that can be used Focus on delivering the agreed outcomes or outputs
• Ensure at completion, our client has improvements to staff skill, competencies or business processes.

Maintain regular contact with the client throughout the project.

Our business philosophy articulated in our Vision and Values is summed up by the phrase.
“Your success is our business”

We have an established presence in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, and operate form bases in Brisbane and Townsville.

QR Rail

Contact: Bob Stuart
Telephone: 07 3235 1762
Email: robert.stuart@qr.com.au

QR Projects specialises in the planning and delivery of multi-disciplinary rail projects.
Our experienced and dedicated project management team are Registered or Master Project Managers, accredited by the AIPM.

As part of the only fully integrated rail operator in Australia, QR Projects is uniquely placed with the knowledge and experience to manage the full range of rail projects including engineering, design and construction, signalling, rollingstock, maintenance and train operational services.

With a strong track record, QR Projects has helped client’s achieve their objectives with projects ranging in size from $100,000 to $370 million. Many of these projects have complex interfaces with both government and private sector organisations. We add value by delivering responsive, innovative, rail-based (project management) solutions to our client’s needs.

South Australia

BRONZE SPONSOR

SA Water Corporation

Contact: Milind Kumar
Telephone: (08) 8204 2104
Email:  milind.kumar@sawater.com.au

SA Water is an internationally recognised water utility wholly owned by the Government of South Australia that provides water and wastewater services to about 1.4 million people.

Incorporated in 1995, SA Water employs more than 1100 people and can trace its history back to 1856.

SA Water is charged with the responsibility of developing the South Australian water industry - as well as owning, managing and operating the State’s water supply and wastewater treatment systems. Its core business is to provide reliable and sustainable water and wastewater services to the population, to minimise the impact on the environment of wastewater treatment and disposal and to provide an adequate return on funds for the Government.

SA Water retains ownership of all assets including over 25,000 km of water mains and over 8,000 km of sewer mains, 19 water treatment plants and 23 wastewater treatment plants.  However, in recent years it has entered into innovative and highly-successful outsourcing contracts which deliver operation and maintenance services to Adelaide (United Water) and some country water filtration plants (United Utilities).

Victoria

BRONZE SPONSORS

Planpower

Contact: Ms Louise Milton (Sydney)
Telephone: 02 9251 5228
Email:  louise.milton@planpower.com.au
Contact: Sarina Pickering (Melbourne)
Telephone: 03 8622 8722
Email:  sarina.pickering@planpower.com.au

Planpower is a boutique, medium-sized consulting firm with a niche in the business consulting industry.  We deliver business transformation through our expertise in Project Management, Organisational and Process Change.  Our head office is in Melbourne and we operate two regions: one from Melbourne the other from Sydney. We maintain a core of permanent consultants and supplement these with associate (contract) resource when necessary.  Over 50% of our consulting team have 15-20+ years business experience.  65% operate at Senior Consultant level or above reflecting the fact that most of our consulting resources have a high degree of management know how behind them.

Department of Infrastructure

The Department of Infrastructure (DOI) will be a leader in policy, planning and development of integrated infrastructure to enhance sustainable environmental, economic and social development across the whole of Victoria.

Western Australia

SILVER SPONSORS

Main Roads WA
Contact: Bob Hunt
Telephone: 08 9323 4398
Email:  bob.hunt@mainroads.wa.gov.au

Main Roads Western Australia - MRWA Main Roads is Western Australia's State road authority, managing a network of some 17,500 kilometres of National Highways and State Roads with a value of more than $14 billion. To manage the road network, Main Roads works in conjunction with Local Government and its local road network in order to provide safe and efficient road access that will enhance community lifestyles and ensure economic prosperity. Outside of road construction and maintenance, Main Roads also has statewide responsibility for all regulatory road signs, traffic control signals and road markings.

The Water Corporation provides water services to the people of Western Australia. In all of our operations we strive to achieve a high level of customer service and a strong focus on work safety and protection of the environment. Form minor works to large scale projects, we keep customer's and environmental needs to the fore.

BRONZE SPONSOR

Honeywell
Contact:  Mark Griffiths
Telephone: 08 9362 9566
Email:  mark.griffiths@honeywell.com

At Honeywell Customers + Technology = Performance

For more than 60 years, Honeywell has delivered solutions to business, industry and customers in Australia, New Zealand and the greater Pacific region. These solutions enable customers to be more productive, efficient, and competitive, and help enhance human comfort and safety, save energy and protect the environment. Honeywell is a highly diversified global technology and manufacturing company represented in 95 countries.

Honeywell Pacific has grown significantly over the years. The company has offices in New Zealand and every territory in Australia. Today, Honeywell employs 1,200 employees in the Pacific region.

In 2001, Honeywell Limited was the first company in a decade to be awarded the prestigious Australian Prize for International Business Excellence. The Honeywell Software Centre, based here in Australia, is a global centre of excellence for Honeywell International, responsible for the design and development of world-class software-based products such as Experion PKS* and Enterprise Buildings Integrator* for global export to the industrial, manufacturing and commercial building industries.

Tasmania

GOLD SPONSOR

Hydro Tasmania
Contact: Jane Crosswell
Telephone: (03) 6230 5301
Email:  jane.crosswell@hydro.com.au

Hydro Tasmania is Australia's largest renewable energy generator with 28 small to medium sized hydro electric power stations and a 130 megawatt wind farm under development.  Hydro Tasmania also owns a large consulting business of engineers, scientists and technical specialists providing consulting services internationally.  This business is principally focused on working with renewable energy and sustainable water management industries.

SILVER SPONSOR

Tasmanian Government Inter Agency Steering Committee
Contact: Mitchell Knevett
Telephone: 03 6233 5011
Email:  mitchell.knevett@dpac.tas.gov.au

The Tasmanian State Government established the Inter Agency Steering Committee (IASC) in 1998. The purpose of the IASC is to support the efficient use of government resources and reduce the duplication in activities related to eGovernment, particularly where whole-of-government projects and issues are involved, and encompassing policy principles where necessary.
The IASC aims at consistency of approach within government, provides high-level governance for projects, identifies whole-of-government issues and activities, and encourages collaboration, innovation and flexibility across State Government Agencies.

BRONZE SPONSOR

Transend Networks Pty Ltd
Contact: Hugh Watkins
Telephone: 1300 361 811

Transend Networks Pty Ltd owns and operates the electricity transmission system in Tasmania. Transend transmits electricity from 28 power stations to substations around the State. The company owns 3,500 circuit kilometres of transmission lines, 45 substations and ten switching stations. The transmission system operates mainly at 220 kV and 110 kV.

As well as operating the transmission system, Transend is currently responsible for power system control in Tasmania. In future when Tasmania joins the national electricity market, NEMMCO will perform the system controller function. However, Transend will retain the capability to maintain the security of the power system in Tasmania.

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