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The translator - with Rebecca Jackson
Posted by · March 24, 2021 11:41 AM
Environmental engineer for Tonkin + Taylor and professional coach and mentor Rebecca Jackson is an ACE Awards judge and, this year, co-convenor. Find out more about what she's looking for in a winning ACE Awards entry.
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Auckland Council urged to show financial leadership
Posted by · March 24, 2021 11:28 AM
On 10 March, our former Chief Executive, Paul Evans, delivered a presentation to Auckland Council focussing on the need for more significant infrastructure investment in its ten-year plan. Here's his summary of the presentation and outcomes.
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Be comfortable being uncomfortable - with Annette Sweeney
Posted by · March 22, 2021 12:25 PM
Annette Sweeney enjoys being uncomfortable. Whether it's cycling 1,100km across the North Island or challenging herself professionally, you won't see her sitting comfortably for too long. Managing Director and Principal Environmental Engineer at Good Earth Matters Consulting, we caught up with her to hear about being a woman in leadership and winning gold at the 2020 ACE Awards.
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Are you the best in consulting and engineering in Aotearoa?
Posted by · March 21, 2021 2:01 PM
The Oscars of the consulting and engineering community, the ACE Awards are a chance to showcase the best of the best - the work you do to create vibrant and sustainable outcomes for Aotearoa. So what makes these awards so great? We sat down with ACE New Zealand CE, Helen Davidson, to get the low down.
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Kiwis in outer space - with Julian Ramsay
Posted by · March 17, 2021 1:01 PM
Julian Ramsay is your classic, unassuming Kiwi. You'd never have guessed that he helped design an international space radar to track space debris for Silicon Valley clients. We talked to the founder and managing director of Ruamoko Solutions recently to see whether he'd come down from his Gold Award win at the 2020 ACE Awards.
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New report identifies industry personnel challenges
Posted by · March 16, 2021 9:07 AM
We've released our latest report that looks at the personnel challenges currently affecting the consulting and engineering sector. ACE Chief Executive Helen Davidson examines the report's findings on how the industry is coping with the shortage of people with specialist skills.
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Making a difference to people and places is what's important to me - with Mayurie Gunatilaka
Posted by · March 09, 2021 12:28 PM
Mayurie Gunatilaka travelled the world with her parents before settling in New Zealand in the nineties when there was a strong recruitment drive for engineers outside of the country. She's now the Group Leader for Arup and says making a difference to people and places is what matters the most.
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Choose to challenge this International Women's Day - with Helen Davidson
Posted by · March 08, 2021 11:19 AM
The theme of this year's International Women's Day is "Choose to Challenge". ''A challenged world is an alert world, and from challenge comes change. So let's all choose to challenge''. New ACE Chief Executive Helen Davidson gives us her thoughts on what this means to the engineering and consulting sector.
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Improve business performance with our ACE Future-Fit Forums
Posted by · March 04, 2021 12:07 PM
ACE will deliver four new Future-Fit Forums during 2021. Our Chief Executive, Paul Evans, looks at how the forums will help improve business performance and what individuals can expect from the events.
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Calling all men
Posted by · March 04, 2021 8:48 AM
In late March, ACE will host an event focused on women in STEM, headlined by acclaimed speaker Alexia Hilbertidou, Girlboss NZ CEO. Outgoing ACE Chief Executive Paul Evans tells us why this event will be of enormous value to a wide range of members, not just women.