CQ Branch Conference Wrap Up

CQ BRANCH CONFERENCE

From the 19 to 21 April 2021, we welcomed 142 delegates to the town of Maryborough. The event kicked off with the Welcome Function at the Brolga Theatre and Convention Centre, overlooking the tranquil Mary River.

Thank you to our host council, Fraser Coast Regional Council, represented by Rob Hazzard, Executive Manager Capital Delivery, who delivered the keynote presentation on “Boundary Road Extension Project - A new urban transport link, 40 years in the making”. The project will provide a new four lane, two-way road to help cater for the proposed population of 150,000 in Hervey Bay within the next 20 years.

Our Branch Conference dinner, generously sponsored by Tipec, was one to be remembered! Following a home cooked meal at Susan River Homestead, delegates enjoyed a special presentation by Guy McLean, better known as The Horseman from Susan River. Guy’s mixture of bush poetry, horsemanship and interaction was a crowd pleaser, whether you are from the bush or the city. Mark Lamont (IPWEAQ’s Director Information & Resources and Excellence Awards Master of Ceremonies), ran the greatly anticipated Rural Aid auction. Thank you to Leading Roles for donating a sport-fishing trip hosted by Leading Roles Principal, Mark Ogston. Congratulations to Thomas Haslett from SuperSealing on the win!

A special thank you to our exhibitors for offering delegates an opportunity to hear about and experience what is available to improve local communities. We appreciate the raffle prizes that exhibitors donated for our raffle alongside the auction, allowing us to raise over $1,650 for Rural Aid. Our events are successful because of the organisations that support and sponsor IPWEAQ. Thank you to our conference sponsors, Dileigh Consulting Engineers, Tipec, JAC Civil, Leading Roles, GBA Consulting Engineers, Project Delivery Managers and Shepherd.

We were also delighted to present gifts to members who had achieved an IPWEAQ membership milestone during the last 12 months. Congratulations to Davendra Naidu and Rob Hazzard (5 Years) and Stuart Harvey and Geoffrey Tweddell (10 Years).

142 ATTENDEES

74 68

members non members

112 30

male female

Well done to Jordan Maultby (AECOM) and Tim Fichera (Bundaberg Regional Council), who won best paper for their presentation on “Bundaberg Regional Council Stormwater Management Strategy - A New Path for Council’s Long-standing Challenges”. Jordan and Tim will present their paper at the 2021 Annual Conference held in Cairns, 12-14 October.

Thank you to everyone who attended the conference and for sharing their experience, knowledge and expertise for the benefit of the public works sector in Queensland.

Thank you to our CQ Branch Conference sponsors!

Overall Conference Sponsor

Lunch sponsor

Branch Conference Dinner Sponsor

Name Tag sponsor

Charity Auction Sponsor

Afternoon Tea sponsor