CONTENTS
RAIL
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INDUSTRY PUSHES FOR A NATIONAL RAIL INDUSTRY PLAN
ASSET MANAGEMENT
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SYDNEY TRAIN'S ASSET MANAGEMENT JOURNEY
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46 MILLION REASONS TO THINK ABOUT ASSET MANAGEMENT
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BE PROACTIVE, NOT REACTIVE WITH ASSET MANAGEMENT
Australia’s population is growing rapidly – around 1.5 per cent a year – and it’s starting to have an impact on cities.
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REVITALISING FREIGHT IN THE MURRAY BASIN
The Murray Basin Rail Project will standardise rail freight services in the north west of Victoria, providing huge benefits to the transport industry, agricultural sector and regional communities.
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AWARD WINNING APP MAKES TRACK INSPECTIONS MORE EFFICIENT
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) awarded its Young Achiever Award to Lycopodium Project Manager, Rebecca Coffey, for her contribution to developing a maintenance and inspection app which allows users to create, maintain and inspect track and associated defects in the rail sector.
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CALL TO ACTION FOR ADOPTION OF STANDARDS ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN RAIL INDUSTRY
The Australian rail industry is large and complex, causing challenges with cost, safety, visibility, logistics and efficiency.
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OPINION
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CRC LAUNCHES NEW MULTI-PURPOSE HIGH STRENGTH LUBRICANT CRX
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RAIL: SMART, AUTOMATED, SUSTAINABLE
November 2017 // ISSUE 5
INFORMATION IS POWER: SEPARATING INFRASTRUCTURE FACT FROM FICTION
Over the past year, Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, has been focused on making its information and data publicly accessible – seeking to better inform the national infrastructure debate; thereby allowing the business sector and wider community to discern infrastructure fact from fiction.
DATA ANALYTICS HELPING TO GET FULL VALUE FROM RAIL ASSETS
A $20 billion investment has been made by Federal and State Governments in Australia’s rail infrastructure and networks, and now attention should turn to how the sector can extract 100 per cent value out of these assets once they have been built.
On any given weekday, more than 260,000 train journeys will be made across Sydney Trains’ rail network.
AIRPORTS
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HOW AUSTRALIA’S AIRPORTS ARE USING NEW TECHNOLOGIES
In 2016, Sydney Airport served a total of 41.9 million passengers.
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FUTURE PASSENGER GROWTH IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT AIRPORT PAVEMENT INVESTMENT
As the national industry voice for airports in Australia, the Australian Airports Association (AAA) represents the interests of more than 260 airports and aerodromes Australia wide.
Big ideas forum
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