Thank you to the 195 delegates who joined us in Chinchilla for the SWQ Branch Conference. Congratulations to Cameron Ives from GenEng Solutions, who won best paper for his presentation on “a reseal contract like no other: How external factors united in unprecedent fashion”. Cameron will present his paper at the 2021 Annual Conference held in Cairns, 12-14 October.

Our events are successful because of the organisations that support and sponsor IPWEAQ. Thank you to our conference sponsors, Brandon & Associates, GenEng Solutions, Project Delivery Managers and Shepherd.

Our Branch Conference dinner, sponsored by GenEng Solutions, was meant to be an outdoor feast under the stars whilst exploring the Chinchilla Museum, but the weather had other ideas! While the much-needed rain covered the area, we enjoyed dinner at the Cultural Centre and a live auction (run by Mark Lamont, IPWEAQ’s Director Information & Resources and Excellence Awards Master of Ceremonies), raising money for Rural Aid. Congratulations to Luke Hart from HARO Civil Engineering for winning the auction. After dinner, delegates heard an emotional and thought-provoking speech by Raad Jarjees on, “from a lieutenant in the Iraqi army to a president of the SEQ Branch”.

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 charity raffle, where we were able to raise over $2,500 for Rural Aid.  

We were also delighted to present gifts to members who had achieved an IPWEAQ membership milestone during the last 12 months. Thank you for your ongoing support of IPWEAQ!

Andrew Johnson

IPWEAQ SWQ Branch President