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ROADS & INFRASTRUCTURE HELPS YOU KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR.

KATE RAYMOND – SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR, AUSTRALIAN CONSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION Kate Raymond was appointed to the role of Senior Policy Advisor at the Australian Constructors Association in July 2021. Kate has over 20 years’ experience working within the construction industry, both as a construction lawyer in the private and public sectors and in senior executive public sector roles. Prior to joining the association, Kate was the Assistant Commissioner (Service Trades and Regulatory) at the Queensland Building and Construction Commission. Kate has also had a lead role in establishing the contracts and procurement of many significant Queensland projects and performed a key role in policy development and legislative amendments to building and construction legislation.

BEN WOLTMANN – PROJECT MANAGER TRANSPORT, COATES Ben Woltmann joined Coates as Project Manager, Transport in July 2021. Ben has over 10 years’ experience in management consultancy, working at EY for over six years as well as consulting in business transformation and strategy across Australia and Europe. His clients have included Network Rail, Transport for Greater Manchester, John Holland Group, and Endeavour Energy. Ben is passionate about sustainability and holds a Board position with United Nations Association of Australia. At Coates, Ben is leading the rollout of Transport Management System (TMS) to improve how the business effectively and efficiently transports equipment for customers. “Having been in consulting for over 10 years, I was ready to go in-house and start solving business problems for the same company,” Paul said.

CHRIS NISBET – PBS SPECIALIST, SMEDLEY’S ENGINEERS Smedley’s Engineers welcomes the addition of Performance Based Standards (PBS) specialist Chris Nisbet to its team, to further broaden the knowledge and experience available to its customers, as the company expands its service offerings to greater numbers of truck and trailer builders and operators. Nisbet joins Smedley’s Engineers after more than seven years at Byford Equipment as National Sales and Compliance Manager, following two decades in the dairy equipment sector. He has been an active and indefatigable campaigner for improved access for PBS combinations for operators, interacting with local councils and road managers, a passion he will bring to Smedley’s Engineers.

PAUL WEHBE – UTILITY ENGINEERING MANAGER, UTILITY MAPPING Paul Wehbe has joined Utility Mapping as Utility Engineering Manager in Sydney. Utility Mapping is a provider of subsurface utility mapping and digital engineering solutions to private and public markets in key industries and sectors. In his newly created role, Paul will be responsible to build the Utility Engineering team, leveraging his extensive experience across significant state and federal infrastructure projects in the Australian and New Zealand market. Paul brings a strong passion and understanding of Digital Engineering and its implementation into complex projects, having provided technical advice to key government and contractor clients in previous roles. He was recently part of Transport for New South Wales’ Digital Engineering Working Group, in charge of developing the new Utilities Schema.