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Infrastructure and the Role of the Public Sector
Infrastructure Australia’s 2015 Audit
Future Cities
Future Transport
Future Universities
Future Healthcare Facilities
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Infrastructure and the role of the Public SectorInfrastructure, and the role of the public sector in building and promoting it, is on the agenda in Australia as never before. Australia faces many challenges in remaining globally competitive, and infrastructure is the key to offering its citizens a high quality of life.
The inaugural Public Sector Infrastructure Summit was
held in Melbourne on 27 october 2015. It brought federal,
state and local government departments and agencies
together with developers, operators, delivery authorities,
ePCMs and consulting engineers, manufactures and
suppliers to discuss how to best deliver major healthcare,
education, urban and transport infrastructure in Australia.
There are many challenges that are shared by these type
of projects, from financing, to delivery models, working
with multiple stakeholders, project management and how
to ensure sustainability on the projects. Speakers at the
Summit addressed all these issues, in a one-day session
attended by over 100 key decision makers from the
public and private sectors.
Four streams – Future Cities, Future Universities, Future
Universities and Future Healthcare Facilities – gave
attendees a comprehensive overview of the challenge and
opportunities facing the development of the infrastructure
Australia needs in the 21st century. over 30 speakers
– some streamed by video link from within Australia
and from north America and europe – addressed the
attendees throughout the day. Many led discussion groups
in the eleven breakout sessions that ended the day.
the Need fOr LONg term PLANNINgA consistent theme throughout the Summit was the need
to focus on the longer term. Many speakers bemoaned
the fact that far too many of Australia’s infrastructure
projects have been approached in a piecemeal fashion,
with a lack of coordination with other projects and with
insufficient vision for the future.
The most critical pieces of infrastructure discussed were
transport, and they key role it plays in urban and regional
development. Indeed, there was significant common
ground between the popular Future Transport and Future
Cities streams of the Summit. The Future Universities
and Future Healthcare Facilities Streams were also
well attended, focussing on the integration of higher
education and healthcare campuses into the urban fabric.
This was the first Public Sector Infrastructure Summit.
The quality of the speakers, and the interest of the
attendees, indicate that it will not be the last. Public
Sector network is already planning the 2016 event, most
likely to be held over two days in Sydney in the second
half of the year.
michael mccormack mP – the Importance of Australia’s regions
The Summit was opened by
Michael McCormack MP, Assistant
Minister to deputy Prime Minister
warren Truss, who is Minister
for Infrastructure and Regional development. As
member for the Riverina, Mr McCormack has a special
interest in regional issues, and as a former editor of
wagga wagga’s daily Advertiser newspaper he has the
communications skills to promote that interest.
“To be truly competitive in the global arena Australia
must make the most of our existing infrastructure at
both the local and national level,” he said in his opening
remarks. “we must identify, prioritise and put in place
key national transport infrastructure.
“great examples are the western Sydney Airport,
westConnex—currently the largest transport project
in Australia linking Sydney’s Cbd, Sydney Airport and
Port botany – the gold Coast Light Rail, the northern
Connector in South Australia, the Toowoomba Second
Crossing, Armadale Road in western Australia and a
particular favourite of mine, the Melbourne to brisbane
Inland Rail project.”
Mr McCormack spoke of the importance of developing
northern Australia, which he said would constitute
42 percent of the Australian economy by 2040. “by
developing the north the entire nation will further benefit
through investment in infrastructure, job opportunities,
the growth of services and emerging industries and
better fulfil our export potential.”
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The keynote address at the 2015 Public Sector
Infrastructure Summit was given by Philip davies, the Ceo
of Infrastructure Australia (IA). IA was re-established in
2014 as an independent statutory body with a mandate to
prioritise and progress nationally significant infrastructure.
“Australia has many infrastructure challenges,” said
Mr davies in his opening address. “These are mainly in
the cities, though regions are also important. Australia
is one of the most urbanised countries on earth, and
populations are increasing quickly. Australia has the
fourth highest population growth in the oeCd, and the
fastest growing with a population over 10 million.
“Sydney and Melbourne are growing particularly quickly, as
are Perth and brisbane. Freight around Australia will grow
by at least 80 percent by 2031. we need substantial growth
in our economic and cultural infrastructure just to keep up.”
Central to IA’s forecasting
process is its Australian
Infrastructure Audit, released
in May 2015. “Productive,
sustainable infrastructure is
essential if we are to drive
economic growth, increase
employment and enhance
the quality of life of all
Australians,” says the Audit.
“our roads, rail, ports and airports are all critical to the
movement of people, goods and resources. when our
transport and logistics networks work effectively, they
raise productivity levels and strengthen the economy.
“Similarly, telecoms infrastructure is a powerful driver of
connectivity and modernisation, while our energy and
water infrastructure is at the core of Australia’s success
in industry and trade. efficient operation of these sectors
will be essential to sustain our quality of life.
“but experiences of transport networks failing to keep pace
with demand, water quality standards being uneven, energy
costs being too high, telecommunication services being
outdated, or freight corridors being neglected are now so
common that they necessitate a strategic response.”
The Australian Infrastructure Audit takes a strategic
approach to assessing our nation’s infrastructure needs.
It examines the drivers of future infrastructure demand,
particularly population and economic growth.
The Audit provides a top-down assessment of the
value-add, or direct economic Contribution (deC)
of infrastructure. It also considers the future demand
for infrastructure over the next 15 years, and delivers
an evidence base for further gap analysis, long term
planning and future investment priorities. Infrastructure
Australia’s economic modelling found that in 2011, $187
billion was derived from infrastructure. by 2031 this is
projected to increase to $377 billion.
Infrastructure Australia’s 2015 AuditPreparing for Australia’s Infrastructure future
hotspots: top ten regions for infrastructure direct economic contribution 2031 ($m)
rank region State 2011 2031
Source: Infrastructure Australia
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Australia is one of the most urbanised countries on earth.
Australia’s cities and their future have become higher
priorities in recent years, with major urban redevelopment
and transport infrastructure high on the agenda.
with the exception of Canberra and a few other
examples, Australian cities have never been noted for
the excellence of their urban design. but in recent years
significant population pressures have increased the need
for improved and expanded urban infrastructure.
Most of Australia’s major cities have significant infrastructure
programs underway. The two largest, Sydney and Melbourne,
are undergoing significant urban redevelopment and
transport projects as their populations swell.
Jane Monk, director of State Planning Services at
Victoria’s Metropolitan Planning Authority, gave a
presentation on the massive Fishermans bend project in
Melbourne, Australia’s largest urban renewal project. The
Victorian government announced the project in 2012. It
is expected to accommodate around 40,000 jobs and
80,000 residents, over 455 hectares and five precincts,
including a 205 hectare industrial and commercial
precinct in the shadow of the westgate bridge.
“It means four new inner city suburbs,” said Ms Monk. “It’s
more than twice the size of the dockland redevelopment
and 20 times the size of Sydney’s barangaroo. It is part of
a 40 year project to make Melbourne a ‘polycentric’ city.”
She compared Melbourne’s Cbd centricity to Sydney,
which has larger suburban centres.
She said the new neighbourhoods in Fishermans bend
are being planned on the ‘20 minute neighbourhood
principle’ – nothing should be more than 20 minutes’ walk
away. “we will need to double the number of dwellings
in Melbourne in just 20 percent of the time it has taken
to build all the existing ones,” she said. “This requires new
approaches to providing infrastructure.”
Martin Haese, Lord Mayor of Adelaide and Chair of the
Council of Capital City Lord Mayors (CCCLM) addressed
the Summit by video link. The CCCLM has recently made
a submission to Infrastructure Australia to improve
accessibility and productivity in Australia’s capital cities
and how projects are planned, agreed and funded.
The submission is based on research commissioned by
the CCCLM and undertaken by the Allen Consulting
group, which Mayor Haese said quantifies the benefits of
infrastructure projects in Australia’ capital cities.
“The research shows that for each and every year these
projects operate, our economy would be better off
by $1.81 billion. After 20 years, the operation of these
projects would have boosted our economy by as much
as $25.2 billion – far outweighing the $5.44 billion initial
investment in construction.
“There is a strong chorus of governments, industry
bodies and researchers demonstrating the challenges
in meeting the infrastructure gap. what is missing is the
integrated planned solutions that are long–term, extend
beyond political cycles and have bipartisan support at
Federal, State and Territory levels of government.”
He said the combined population of Australia’s capital
cities will more than double by 2061, constituting
the majority of Australia’s population growth. but his
perspective was balanced by a presentation from the
Mayor of dubbo, Matthew dickerson, who spoke on the
growth of Australia’s regional cities.
“everyone focuses on the big cities, but Australia has 40
or more regional cities with populations over 30,000.
They have a quality of life at least equal to the larger
cities, and they are much less expensive places to
live.” Mayor dickerson made an impassioned plea that
delegates to the Summit consider the important role
regional cities will play in Australia’s future.
“we need to slow the drift to the capitals. Australia’s
regional cities have a combined population exceeding that
of Sydney or Melbourne, and at least as much potential.”
future citiesthe Infrastructure challenges of Urban Australia
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Transport is the first thing most people think about
when they consider infrastructure. Australia is a vast
country with a growing population, particularly in urban
areas, and with many major transport projects under
construction or planned.
Three of the largest of these are in Sydney – the $15
billion westConnex road system linking the western
Suburbs with the Airport, the Sydney Metro from the Hills
district and extended under the harbour to bankstown,
and the Sydney west Airport at badgery’s Creek.
Melbourne is building a new Metro rail line, and Perth
a new rail line to the Airport. Light rail has also made a
major revival in Australia, with extensions to the existing
lines in Sydney and the gold Coast, and a new system
for Canberra. Most of these had separate presentations
devoted to them.
brendon Parker from Transport for nSw spoke about
Sydney’s rail future, and how the new Metro line has the
potential to transform the Cbd, and Peter gemell of
the everything Infrastructure group gave an update on
Sydney’s Light Rail extension. Peter van der Lit of the ICn
national Rail Alliance gave an overview of light and heavy
passenger rail projects throughout Australia.
one ambitious plan, not yet confirmed but with major
feasibility studies underway, is the Melbourne to brisbane
Inland Rail project, designed to take pressure off rail
freight along Australia’s eastern seaboard and to open up
major new transport possibilities in the interior of south-
eastern Australia.
kirsty o’Connell from Australian Rail Track Corporation
(ARTC) explained the advantages of the project and
the details of the feasibility study. The concept contains
within it 14 separate projects, and with the feasibility
study nearing completion.
future transporttransport System for the 21st century
three key technologies for our urban transport futureemelio Frazzoli is Professor or Aeronautics and Astronautics
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and director of
Transportation@MIT, and initiative investigating technologies for
future urban mobility. He addressed the Summit via video link
from the US.
Professor Frazzoli sees a combination of three key technologies
as essential to urban transport in the future: car sharing, electric
vehicles (eVs) and autonomous – or self-driving – vehicles.
“Transportation as it is today is simply not sustainable into the
future,” he said.
“There are already 8 billion motor vehicles on the planet, and
their oil consumption and pollution are a major problem. As the
global population grows we really need to start to think about
transportation in different ways. The answer is not to build more
roads – more infrastructure – that just adds to the supply.
Professor Frazzoli said that there are major disruptors in the
world economy, giving Uber and Airbnb as examples, “bringing
supply and demand closer.”
He said car sharing is one answer, but it isn’t enough, because
the vehicles aren’t always where people want them. Self-driving
vehicles could solve that problem, and could also make electric
vehicles more efficient by ensuring they were taken to charging
stations when necessary.
“The three technologies in combination bring about five great
advantages: Safety (fewer accidents), Convenience (you can do
other things while driving), Accessibility (anybody can travel),
efficiency (through better traffic coordination) and a positive
environmental impact.”
Professor Frazzoli then looked at the dollar value of each of
these to demonstrate how they constitute a coherent and logical
answer to the challenges of personal mobility in the cities of the
future. “we have to start thinking of cars as a shared service, not
a product.”
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Australia’s 40 universities are faced with many challenges.
After years of strong growth their funding models are
under challenge and they are confronted with many
demands on their finite resources.
The Future Universities stream at the Public Sector
Infrastructure Summit explored the strategies many
Australian universities are pursuing to address the issues
confronting them. Presentations from the University
of Melbourne, the University of newcastle, Monash
University, Macquarie University (see below), Curtin
University, RMIT University, University of Technology,
Sydney and the University of Adelaide all examined their
master plans or strategies for integrating within the
communities they serve.
Presentations from Victoria University, Swinburne
University of Technology and griffith University looked at
physical learning environments within those universities
and trends in planning and design. The Chair of the Future
Universities stream, Andrew Feehan from design company
Sebel, spoke about how his company is working with
tertiary institutions to help them understand and meet
the challenges they face in planning and building the next
generation of learning spaces.
Lecture theatres are becoming relics of the past. The
emphasis today is on multimedia and digital, with many
students doing their courses completely online. Connectivity
on university campuses has become a major issue.
A recurring theme was making the best use of available
space. Most university campuses are a substantial size,
but all are under pressure from rising student numbers
and changing technology and expectations.
Macquarie University is now 50 years old, with a 127
hectare campus in the Sydney suburb of north Ryde and
a newer city campus in the Sydney Cbd.
The north Ryde campus
was originally designed
by walter Abraham on a
grid pattern to allow for
easy access between all
areas. over the years it has
grown substantially, and
now features a Research
Park and Australia’s only
university-owned hospital,
which houses its growing
medical faculty. The
University is adjacent to a
major retail and business
district, with many
companies located in the
Research Park and nearby.
Mark broomfield, director of Property Services at Macquarie
University, is a man on a mission. He is charged with
executing the University’s 2014 Master Plan, which outlines
the changes necessary to evolve physical framework to
accommodate the University’s predicted needs.
“Universities need to be innovative,” Mr broomfield said
in his session at the Summit. “The way we use and design
space is changing, and the cost of providing research
facilities is getting very expensive. we have to be smart
about how we use all our space.”
The first step in developing the Plan, said Mr broomfield,
was a thorough audit of the University’s facilities,
followed by the development of a series of initiatives
aimed at improving the amenity of the campus and
identifying sites to be redeveloped.
The Plan entails more than doubling the University’s
commercial property portfolio, to 955,000 m2. The
hospital will become the centre of an expanded integrated
health campus, and student housing will be brought into
the heart of the University. A new physical connection will
be created to the nearby Macquarie Town Centre, with a
new front entrance to the University, and many existing
roads used by commuters driving through the campus will
be closed. A new hotel will be built on campus.
“It’s a 25 year plan, but that is not long in the life of a
university,” said Mr broomfield. “Industry is an important part
of this,” he said. “we need to create a nexus between the
University and its partners, while still giving students what
they need and supporting or scholarly and academic goals.”
future Universitiesthe future of tertiary education
macquarie University’s 1.8 billion infrastructure project
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Health accounts for nearly 10 percent of Australia’s gdP.
with an aging population and higher expectations, that
figure will grow significantly in the future. An evolving
and growing health infrastructure is vital to the future
well-being of Australia and its inhabitants.
The first session in stream
was led by Stephen Leeder,
emeritus Professor of public
health and community
medicine at the University
of Sydney. Professor
Leeder is one of Australia’s
most distinguished health
professionals.
He is currently Chair of the western Sydney Local Health
district board, and is a former editor-in-Chief of the
Medical Journal of Australia 2013-2015. He has a long
history of involvement in public health research, educational
development and policy, in Australia and internationally.
In recent years Professor Leeder has directed the development
of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy, a collaborative
centre between The Australian national University and
the University of Sydney. He spoke on the challenges of
transforming western Sydney into a global growth corridor
based around its health facilities. westmead Hospital is one
of the largest in Australia, with nearly 1000 beds.
It is at the centre of a major health campus, with over 14,000
medical operations, including 4,600 births, performed
every year. The westmead Millennium Institute for Medical
Research has over 450 medical researchers. It is home to
Sydney University’s Faculty of Medicine, Australia’s largest.
Sessions in the Future Healthcare Facilities stream included:
• SocialInfrastructure:ANewParadigminRegionalhealth Architecture georgina kearney, Associate, dwP Sutters
• IntegratingNewHospitalFacilitiesintoCurrentStructures karen green, Project Manager, Monash Health and
kym Forrest, director, Monash Children’s Hospital
• TheBenefitsofLocalisationintheProcurementProcess Andrew bradley, Industry Capability network
• LessonsLearntinUsingaStandardisedApproachtoAchieve efficiency in Workflows Philippa blencowe, director of nursing, box Hill Hospital
and Jan Rice, Redesign Facilitator, eastern Health
• IncorporatingtheLatestDesignandTechnologySolutions in a caring and tranquil environment Peter Faulkner, executive director, bendigo Hospital Project
• AchievingExcellenceinStakeholderEngagement Jackie Hawkins, Project director, gold Coast Hospital
and Health Service
• EffectivelyManagingResearchCapitalWorksProjects Roger Parolin, Project director, University of Adelaide.
The stream was chaired by gary Coff, a specialist
health facility planning and interior design consultant,
who also facilitated a roundtable on future-proofing
health facilities to accommodate emerging technology
trends. “designing health facilities draws on facilities
management, architecture, interior and graphic design as
well as medical disciplines,” said Mr Coff. “Taking a broad
approach will improve planning outcomes.”
Penny Fielding, executive director of Major Strategic
Priorities and Infrastructure at the northern Territory
department of Health, gave an update on darwin’s
Palmerston Regional Hospital project, pictured left, a
major new $150 million facility being built on a 45 hectare
site in darwin’s suburbs, which will open in 2018.
“It will be the most technologically advanced hospital
in the northern Territory,” said Ms Fielding. It will treat
thousands of residents each year and employ 340 staff.
future healthcare facilitiesthe future of tertiary education
S.Leeder – champion of western Sydney
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