Keolis Downer is Australia’s leading provider of multi-modal transport options. The company employs 4000 staff and operates transport services across our nation, including Melbourne, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and regional areas1. Multi-modal transport, simply put, is the offering of all types of mobility services. That includes: bus networks, light rail, rail, ferries, bikes, private drivers and the on-demand transport option.
Great news for defence assets and Australian manufacturing recently, when two home-grown businesses were awarded contracts for the equipment designs on the Attack Class Submarine program.
The businesses will partner with international companies to deliver and sustain the Medium Capacity Press, High Capacity Press and Large Capacity Milling Machines (LCMM) required for the submarines. The two presses will shape the steel for the bulk head and hull of the assets. The LCMM is a multi-purpose cutting tool that will be used in a number of ways in relation to submarine’s hull1.
The Queensland Government recently published its Strategic Asset Management Plan Framework and the AMCouncil has been invited to provide feedback on it. You can view the document here. We welcome your comments and thoughts on this document. Please email through any feedback to info@amcouncil.com.au by Friday, 28th February 2020. The feedback will be collated and a response sent from AMCouncil.
News announced mid-December of an incoming Director-General of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD). Commencing in February 2020, Ms Rachel Noble PSM will become the first woman to lead the ASD, a major intelligence agency in Australia.
The ASD is the government agency responsible for foreign signals intelligence, support to military operations, and cyber and information security. Its purpose is to defend Australia’s national interests from global threats by leveraging technology to inform, protect and disrupt1.
Construction is at flying pace at Brisbane Airport, with a new milestone reached earlier in December: the completion of the concrete taxiways for the new runway.
For an infrastructure project of this size, planning and preparation is critical. Site preparation on the Brisbane River delta began more than five years ago, with land clearing, and consolidating the soil with sand, a crucial element as the soggy site had the consistency of toothpaste1.
The Australian government, through its Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), is to provide $18 million dollars in grant funding to develop Australia’s second energy-from-waste plant, based in Western Australia.
The facility in East Rockingham is expected to process 300,000 tonees of residual waste from non-recyclable waste, delivering 29MW of baseload electricity capacity. That’s enough to provide power to more than 36,000 homes1.