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E n g i n e e r i n g f o r P u b l i c W o r k s | D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 6 Carey Morris
Advisory Leader – New Zealand GHD Advisory
Thank you to IPWEA NZ, Hynds and IPWEAQ for sending and hosting me at the IPWEAQ state conference in Brisbane. It was a great conference with a couple of days added on for some R&R with my wife, Sue.
I found there to be a great mix of presentations and papers at the conference and it was good to hear what a number of councils and suppliers small and large are up to across Queensland. Keynote speaker, Dr Stephan Hajkowicz from the CSIRO provided a
very insightful presentation on global megatrends to open the conference. I was impressed by the presence and involvement of Young IPWEAQ members in the Fireside Chat and also thought the closing session debate ‘women make better engineers than men’ was a good way to round things out.
My paper presentation, ‘is cheap real value’ went well and sparked a number of conversations with a few people before and after I presented. It was seen as an interesting concept in an environment where many councils self-perform their maintenance works and the collaboration message within the paper certainly
sat well with the conference theme,
‘collaborative engineering’.
The social events were also very enjoyable and it was great to meet a diverse mix of people dealing with a number of common issues that challenge us in New Zealand.
It was also fascinating to hear how some of the very remote regions go about their business.
So thanks again IPWEAQ, IPWEA NZ and Hynds for the opportunity to travel to Brisbane and take part in the Queensland conference. It was a very enjoyable and rewarding experience.
Hynds’ Best Paper Award recipient, IPWEA NZ
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