Archive for category: Disaster Management
Preparing assets for whatever the summer brings
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Asset Management, Condition monitoring and maintenance, Disaster Management, Energy infrastructure, Featured, Planning, Project, Regional, Risk management, Safety, Utility, VIC, 0Victorian electricity distributor United Energy (UE) worked right through Melbourne’s COVID restrictions in 2020 to keep electricity supplies safe...
The Critical Infrastructure Summit is back in April 2021
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Asset Management, Construction, Cyber security, Disaster Management, Events, Featured, Industry Insight, Investment, People, Planning, Policy, Project, Rail, Road, skills and training, Smart Cities, Technology, Transport, Trends, 0After a huge inaugural event in 2020, the Critical Infrastructure Summit – Australia’s premier event for the whole infrastructure...
A new paradigm for managing infrastructure during disasters
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Asset Management, Disaster Management, Featured, Planning, Research, Risk management, Utility, 0Around the world, high-impact weather events are becoming more frequent and severe. These events are putting increased operational stress...
Key takeaways from the Critical Infrastructure Summit
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Asset Management, Condition monitoring and maintenance, Construction, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Featured, Industry Insight, InfraPeople, Investment, People, Policy, Project, skills and training, Technology, Trends, 0The inaugural Critical Infrastructure Summit featured five Virtual Conferences running every Wednesday in September, thousands of delegates tuning in,...
Will global infrastructure bend or break under climate stress?
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Asset Management, Corrosion, Disaster Management, Featured, Planning, Policy, Renewables, Research, Safety, Sustainability, Trends, 0by Jonathan Woetzel, Mekala Krishnan – McKinsey Global Institute; Dickon Pinner, Hamid Samandari, Hauke Engel, Brodie Boland, Peter Cooper,...
How the rail industry is driving a post-COVID economy
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Featured, Logistics, Planning, Rail, Transport, 1by Mark Campbell, CEO of Australian Rail Track Corporation. There has been a lot written about how the pandemic...
Airports unite on Safety Week despite record bad year
Imogen Hartmann, , Airport, Disaster Management, News, Safety, Transport, 0More than 100 airports and aerodromes across Australia and New Zealand are participating in Airport Safety Week, with a...
Preparing critical infrastructure for disaster events
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Events, News, 0The Disaster Management Virtual Conference was held on Wednesday 23 September, marking week 4 of the Critical Infrastructure Summit. ...
Geelong powerlines go underground for bushfire resilience
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Energy infrastructure, News, Utility, VIC, 015km of powerlines west of Geelong are being moved underground by electricity provider Powercor in an extensive bushfire mitigation...
$110 million for projects to aid bushfire recovery
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, Logistics, News, Planning, Project, 0The Victorian Government has launched a bushfire relief plan, including a blueprint for the state’s fire-affected regions and over...
Leveraging the economic rebuild to optimise infrastructure sustainability
Imogen Hartmann, , Asset Management, Construction, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Industry Insight, News, Planning, Policy, Renewables, Road, Sustainability, Transport, 0By Imogen Hartmann, Journalist, Infrastructure magazine The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact across the country, with restrictions...
Remaking a resilient economy
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Featured, Safety, Security, 1by Romilly Madew AO, CEO, Infrastructure Australia The year 2020 has produced a roll call of calamities that have...
Rebuilding sustainably after the bushfires
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Disaster Management, Featured, Risk management, Safety, 0by Dr Sukhbir Sandhu, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and Ethics, University of South Australia, UniSA Business With bushfires raging...
Join the critical infrastructure community
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Asset Management, Construction, Disaster Management, Featured, Industry Insight, skills and training, Transport, 0Infrastructure is hosting the Critical Infrastructure Summit – a landmark virtual event for the Australian infrastructure industry involving five...
Aviation recovery strategy critical following more Virgin cuts
Imogen Hartmann, , Airport, COVID-19, Disaster Management, News, 0Virgin Australia’s cuts to jobs and long haul international routes accentuate the need for a Government-led COVID-19 recovery strategy...
Record low airport passenger numbers due to COVID
Imogen Hartmann, , Airport, COVID-19, Disaster Management, News, spotlight, Transport, 0The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen record low passenger numbers at Melbourne and Brisbane airports in the...
$126 million boost for regional Victorian rail
Infrastructure Journalist, , Asset Management, Construction, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Freight, Investment, Logistics, News, Planning, Policy, Project, Rail, Regional, Transport, VIC, 0The Victorian Government has invested $126 million to improve freight and passenger rail services for the state’s regions. The...
$3.1 million in WA regional airport grants up for grabs
Infrastructure Journalist, , Airport, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Investment, News, Policy, Project, Regional, WA, 0The 2021-2023 round of Regional Airports Development Scheme (RADS) grants has been brought forward, with over $3.1 million available...
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