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AKL Young Professionals – Contracts 101 Event – ACENZ

Join us for the next Auckland Young Professionals event – Contracts 101 on Tuesday, 10th July from 5:30-7:30pm, hosted at the Beca Auckland Offices (21 Pitt Street, Auckland). You’ll enjoy networking time before and after the short (30 minute) presentation by Brent Meekan, Business Director of Roads and Highways with Beca. 
Brent will give an overview of the commonly used contracts within the industry including CCCS (Conditions of Contract for Consultancy Services), SFA (Short Form Agreement), Producer Statements and more. This is a great session to attend if you are interested in the business or management side of the engineering and consulting industry, as this overview session is a great intro into common contracts.
FREE drinks and nibbles will be provided and this event counts towards your CPD records as well. Please RSVP so that appropriate catering and arrangements can be made.
This event is open to any Young Professional (aged 35 or younger) or the “young at heart” who want to support the next generation of leaders.
Tentative timeline:
5:30pm – arrival and networking
6:00pm – welcome and introduction of our speaker
6:30pm – Q&A
7:30pm – event concludes and guests depart
We hope you can join us on Tuesday, 10th July from 5:30-7:30pm for the next Auckland YP event. If you haven’t already, make sure to follow us on Facebook or on LinkedIn.

ACENZ and Engineering NZ YP Event – Sustainability Panel – ACENZ

Join us for drinks, nibbles and an exceptional panel of sustainability experts who will share their experiences, knowledge, lessons, and openly discuss audience questions. This networking and learning event is not to be missed! Open to any Young Professional of either ACENZ or Engineering New Zealand, we encourage you to circulate this among the YPs in your office.
The event will take place on Tuesday, 26th June 2018 from 5:30-7:30pm at Leroys Bar (upstairs) in Wellington. Our panel is composed of three expert speakers including:

Kat McDonald – Sustainability Manager with Lion Co (discussing sustainability in business)
Kerry Griffiths – Technical Director of Sustainability with AECOM (discussing sustainability in infrastructure)
Genevieve Smith – Senior Sustainability and Environmental Advisor with Beca (discussing sustainability in design)

We will have networking time before and after the panel speakers. First drink is on us, with nibbles going around as well. Don’t forget to RSVP to this FREE event to reserve your place! If you’d like to print the flyer for this event to hang in your office, click here for the PDF. 
We also want to thank the generous support of WSP Opus as our event sponsor!

Wellington Young Professionals Networking Panel – ACENZ

Join us for the next Wellington Young Professionals Networking and Panel Event on Thursday, 26th October 2017 from 5:30-7:30pm. The event will take place at the Aurecon Wellington Offices (located at 42-52 Willis Street, inside the Spark Building…you must enter from the Willis Street entrance, where staff will keycard you into the elevators).
This event will highlight Alliancing in Practice and look at the Alliancing procurement model from the perspective of the Client, Consultant and Contractor for the Mackays to Peka Peka (M2PP) Expressway Project. We will hear from the following confirmed speakers:

Craig Pitchford of NZTA (client)
Andrew Goldie of Fletcher Consortium (contractor)
Rob Haskell of Beca (consultant)
and another senior consultant perspective TBC

This free event will have light nibbles and drinks and allow time before and after the panel for networking. Any staff employed by an ACENZ Member Firm is welcome to come, and please circulate this to your colleagues if you feel they do not receive ACENZ emails.
While it may be a “YP” event, we welcome the “young at heart” to join us as well.
We  hope to see you there, so please RSVP so that appropriate catering can be arranged.
 
M2PP Summary:
The Mackays to Peka Peka (M2PP) section of the Wellington Northern Corridor is one section of the Wellington Northern corridor which consists of 110km road corridor from Wellington Airport to Levin. The $630 million project delivers 18km of four-lane expressway through Paraparaumu and Waikanae, including a new bridge over the Waikanae River. The new route improves safety, reduces congestion and provides more reliable journey times into and through the Kapiti Coast.
The M2PP Project Alliance was formed with Fletcher, Beca, Higgins joining with NZTA to manage critically important relationships with Kapiti Coast District Council and the Kapiti Community, in the wake of the decision to adopt the Western Link route.
NZTA made the decision to form a project alliance prior to concept design and prior to RMA public consultation in an effort to resolve the potentially difficult stakeholder relationships that were emerging from the central Government decision to replace the long awaited Western Ring route with an expressway with potentially only one interchange over the 18km span.
This event will present commentary from key individuals who worked on the project and which represent the client, consultant, and contractor perspectives which made up part of the alliance. They will discuss the approach to the project, the decision to use an alliance model and their experiences of delivering a major project as an alliance.

Unlocking the power in procurement – an ACE New Zealand masterclass – ACE New Zealand

Join ACE New Zealand’s masterclass to learn ten thinking tools to transform your approach to procurement and ensure better outcomes for Aotearoa New Zealand.
Do you have expertise in procurement and want to advance your problem-solving and creative thinking skills? Do you want to reimagine procurement and become an industry spokesperson and a champion for change? Are you a senior employee at an ACE New Zealand member firms or client organisation? If you want to play a part in improving procurement, this is the masterclass for you.
What is the problem we’re trying to solve?
A lot of great discussions are happening across the construction and infrastructure sector as we look at how to increase efficiency and productivity to deliver innovative, affordable and impactful outcomes for our communities.
How we define, set up and procure a project from the outset has significant implications downstream for the outcomes we will achieve – cost, time, innovation, behaviours and more. How we procure can also help us achieve better cultural, economic, social and environmental outcomes for New Zealand. Nevertheless, we continue to see inconsistent, unco-ordinated approaches to procurement that have widespread negative impacts throughout the supply chain and society, affecting our ability to be efficient and productive.
ACE New Zealand believes procurement is the key to industry transformation – we can improve procurement if we want to. 
What does the masterclass involve?  

An interactive, conversation-led programme using visual thinking tools to transform the way we approach procurement
Work in teams to clarify the procurement “problem”, design the focal question, and redesign the way we approach procurement 
Present your observations, ideas and recommendations at the Futurespace conference on Wednesday 23 October 2024  

Facilitator
We have partnered with Maureen Thurston, Chief Executive of Access Partners, to deliver this bespoke educational and thought leadership masterclass.

Programme 
Download the full prospectus: Unlocking the power in procurement
Cost
Total masterclass fee including GST $4,887.50. 
Register your interest and join the info session 
This is an exclusive offering with space for 12 participants and priority will be given to those who are “first in”.
We know this is a significant investment of cost and time. We will hold a 30-minute online information session with facilitator Maureen Thurston so you can find out more about the opportunity and ask questions. 
Please email ACE General Manager of Engagement Hannah Bryce at hannah@acenz.org.nz for more information and to register for the meeting.
 

IPWEA NZ Excellence Awards – ACENZ

The 13th IPWEA NZ Excellence Awards will be presented at the Fulton Hogan Conference Dinner at the IPWEA NZ 2018 Conference, being held in Rotorua, June 22nd, 2018.
Whether your team has had an amazing 12 months, you have brought innovative ideas to fruition or you want to celebrate the achievements on a challenging project, enter today.

Building Nations Symposium – ACENZ

Thursday 26 October:  7:30am – 8:45am Women in Infrastructure Network Breakfast, and from 9am Conference Day One
Friday 27 October:  7:30am – 8:45am Emerging Talent Network Breakfast, and from 9am Conference Day Two
Further information can be viewed here.

ACE New Zealand AGM – ACE New Zealand

We’d love to see you online at our upcoming ACE New Zealand Annual General Meeting, where we’ll share our annual report, fill you in on what we’ve been up to over the past year as your consultant’s champion, celebrate our members and volunteers, and report on the year ahead.
A full agenda will be published and circulated before the meeting.
ACE New Zealand AGM 2024

12-1pm, Thursday 15 August
Register to attend online

Agenda

Welcome and karakia tīmatanga
Apologies
Minutes of the 2023 AGM
Matters arising
Members
Annual report and financial results
Year ahead
Budget 2024/25
Election results
Appointment of the auditor
Thanks to our volunteers
General business
Close and karakia whakamutunga

We hope to see you there!

NZIBS Conference 2017

28 September: Optional Delegate Activities
29 – 30 September: Conference Day One and Two (30 September includes the Partners Programme)
For further information click here

ACE New Zealand SME Summit – ACE New Zealand

Aotearoa New Zealand is a nation of small and medium-sized businesses and there are unique challenges for consultancies of this size operating in the built and natural environment. 
In 2024 we’re bringing you the ACE New Zealand SME Summit, an action-packed day of presentations and workshops on topics that matter to you most. The event will be a tailored experience to support professionals at different stages of the business development journey.  
You’ll have the ability to customise your day by choosing between two tracks – business development, or business governance and leadership. The programme has been designed with facilitated workshops following each speaker to help you apply the learning to your organisation straight away.
The summit is a one-day event to minimise your time away from the office, and you can also take the hybrid option and join us online.
It’s a great chance to get together with your peers from other ACE firms around the country – grow your network, have new conversations and share ideas.
Programme

8.30am: Registration, networking, light breakfast 
9.20am: Karakia, welcome, housekeeping

9.30am: Opening keynote speaker Ana Ivanovic-Tongue, Head of Delivery at AcademyEX
10.20am: Introduction session on how the programme will run and how to design your day  

10.35am: Concurrent session one  (keynote speaker followed by workshop)   

Winning the big deals with Warner Cowin at Height PM; OR
The ESG landscape and future planning for your business with Steve Bowman at Board Pro

11.50am: Lunch 

12.35pm: Concurrent session two (keynote speaker followed by workshop)

AI, digital disruption and creating your digital strategy with Louisa Bloomer at Stantec; OR
Equity engineering: Crafting share plans to engage talented employees with Luke Smith at Orchestra

1.55pm: Concurrent session three (keynote speaker followed by workshop)

Recruitment and retention with Ben Tinker at HainesAttract; OR
SME ownership and governance – panel discussion featuring Ian McKnight at BMC, Chris Short at CGW Consulting Engineers,  Phil Bull at BlueBarn, Emily Afoa at Tektus, and Samantha Almeida  at Egis

3.10pm: Afternoon tea

3.40pm: Closing keynote speaker Mike Bennetts, former Chief Executive of Z Energy
4.40pm: Debrief and facilitated action plan
5pm: Networking, drinks, nibbles
6pm: Event ends 

Cost

In-person ACE member $350
In-person non-member $550
Online ACE member $200
Online non-member $400

Registration
Register for the ACE New Zealand SME Summit 
 
  

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