Author: Study Tour Committee

Following up on the excursion of the construction of the new Sydney Metro in the morning, a visit to the headquarters of Mott Macdonald Australia was planned. Mott Macdonald is one of the largest employee-owned consultancies in the world with expertise in engineering, management and development. Together with Sydney Metro in a Public Private Partnership,…

 the morning of our visit, we arrived at the Sydney Metro West project site at 10 AM, traveling from our hostel to the location near Rosehill Gardens Racecourse. The presenter of the presentation was Hau Wei Ng, who is the Deputy Project Director. Our excursion included a presentation from Gamuda, the main contractor, along with…

Living Seawalls began as a research initiative at Sydney University’s Marine Science Institute, aiming to investigate the differences between artificial and natural coastal structures. Less than half of Sydney’s original natural shoreline remains due to the widespread construction of artificial barriers, which tend to be flat and uniform. In contrast, natural coastlines are more varied,…

On the 15th of October, the study trip visited the office of Royal HaskoningDHV in Sydney and went to the circular quay where they are currently developing an upgraded design for.

On the 14th of October the Study tour visited the office of Arcadis in Sydney.  At the office the participants received an informative presentation about the Warringah freeway upgrade which is at the time of writing in its construction phase in northern Sydney. After the general briefing about the project the second part of the…

On the 14th of October we visited the Dutch consulate situated in Sydney, Australia. The Dutch consulate is part of the representation of the Netherlands in Australia, together with the Embassy in Canberra. During the excursion, we were welcomed by the Consult-General together with a few of his colleagues. The tasks of the consulate and…

On the morning of October 11th, an excursion was made to the Yarra Valley Water Sewage Treatment Plant, located east of Melbourne. This facility treats raw sewage and discharges the treated water into the Yarra River and surrounding wetlands. The service area of Yarra Valley Water covers approximately 4,000 square kilometers, maintainingover 20,000 kilometers of…

On Thursday 10 October 2024, the Study Tour visited the North East Link Project in Melbourne as part of the visit to Arcadis. The visit to the North East Link project consisted of two parts. In the first part, a general presentation was given about the contents of the project. In this presentation, further explanations…

Wednesday 9th of October in the afternoon two more excursions were planned, these excursions were the visit to the Melbourne cricket ground and the RMIT excursion

On Wednesday 9th of October, we visited the West Gate Tunnel project visitor centre. We were welcomed by Ivan Sorokhan, a staff member of the joint venture of John Holland and CPB, who execute the project together. He and his colleague gave a presentation, which gave us deeper insights in the project. Currently, Melbourne West…