Author: Jon Davies

On the day of the ‘race that stops a nation’ it is worth taking time to consider the runners, riders, owners and bookies in the race that builds a nation. Don’t know what race that is? Infrastructure Race Well you

The recent announcement of a $1.2B claim being submitted for alleged misrepresentation of utility risk on the Sydney Light Rail project will come as little surprise to anyone involved in the engineering construction industry and it highlights the issue of 

The time has come for Lean Construction in Australia The Australian Construction Industry Forum policy paper ‘Boosting Construction Industry Productivity’ noted that in 2015-16 the Australian Construction Industry had a turnover of $212 Billion, equating to 12.7% of GDP, but

Dear Santa I know it’s been a long time since I last wrote to you (thanks for the Atari console and chopper bike btw) but there are a few things I would really like this year that I just can’t

The Project Delivery Sweepstake With the Spring Racing Carnival underway, thoughts turn to runners, riders and for some an annual flutter on the big race – the Melbourne Cup. For those less interested in studying form there is always a

The  Brisbane Cross River Rail Project is likely to be a key battleground in the forthcoming election for the Queensland State Parliament. The Labor Party is fully committed to the project and whilst still in power, has already commenced the

The Queensland Major Contractors Association (QMCA), Infrastructure Association Queensland (IAQ) and Construction Skills Queensland (CSQ) have just released a mid -term update to their 2017 Queensland Major Projects Pipeline Report. Good News and Bad News Getting the bad news out

Last week I attended my first International Association for Contract and Commercial Management ( IACCM ) Australasia conference at the Crown hotel in Melbourne. I had been invited to participate in a panel discussion on the subject of Contracting for Success in

As I will be participating in a panel discussion on Contracting for Success on Complex Projects at next week’s IACCM Australian conference , I thought it would be useful to reflect on my own recent complex project experiences in Queensland. Alliance

Contracting is a tough game. The industry cycles through periods of feast and famine on a regular basis with forward workload as difficult to predict as the winner of the first race at Randwick. One minute you don’t have enough