Projects



Australia


Review of Road Making, Road Maintenance and Road Management Activities

Client:

Oberon Council

Location:

New South Wales

One of Morrison Low's specific fields of expertise is in road management, construction and maintenance, and it was within this area that Oberon Council engaged us to undertake an operational service review.

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Business Cases for Infrastructure

Client:

Blayney Shire Council, Kyogle Council and Tweed Shire Council

Location:

New South Wales

Morrison Low has built up extensive experience in the preparation of business cases for infrastructure, in accordance with the NSW Treasury’s Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis. Our recent work has included undertaking business cases for Blayney Shire Council, Kyogle Council and Tweed Shire Council.

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Community Facility Business Cases and Capital Expenditure Reviews

Client:

Federation Council, Goulburn Mulwaree Council and Hornsby Shire Council

Location:

New South Wales

Our community facility business cases and capital expenditure reviews have included projects for Hornsby Shire Council, Federation Council and Goulburn Mulwaree Council.

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Strategic Asset Management Plans

Client:

Goulburn Mulwaree Council

Location:

New South Wales

In May 2019, Morrison Low commenced work on developing ten-year asset management plans and an overarching asset management strategy for Goulburn Mulwaree Council, in accordance with IIMM and IPWEA NAMS guidelines.

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Project Management Framework, Manual and Tools

Client:

Tamworth Regional Council

Location:

New South Wales

Tamworth Regional Council required a project management framework that accommodated a wide range of local government project sizes and types, as well as increasing the project management skills, knowledge and accountability within Council. Morrison Low's framework enabled a tailored process and set of tools to be embedded within the organisation as the sole approach that establishes the standard methodology, roles, responsibilities and reporting requirements for qualifying Councils' projects as well as the process by which they are managed.

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Sustainability Through Service Reviews

Client:

City of Canada Bay Council

Location:

New South Wales

The City of Canada Bay was faced with the challenge of providing fit for purpose assets over the long term while remaining financially sustainable. To achieve this, Council engaged Morrison Low to work with them to assist them in this journey.

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The Road to Financial Sustainability and Resilience

Client:

Balranald Shire Council

Location:

New South Wales

Balranald Shire Council was assessed by NSW Treasury Corporation as not financially sustainable and Council had been issued with a Performance Improvement Order to address its financial position.

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Financial Sustainability Business Case

Client:

Armidale Regional Council

Location:

New South Wales

Armidale Regional Council recently needed to review the Council’s Financial Policy and Strategy for the years 2017/2021 and also their Long Term Financial Plan. Their objective was to review Council’s long term sustainability given the range of challenges and opportunities following the recent merger.

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Why is it all about the infrastructure backlog?

Client:

IPWEA Conference Presentation

Location:

IPWEA Conference

The infrastructure backlog in New South Wales has gained a lot of attention in recent months. Both the size of the backlog and the discrepancies in determining the size have been raising concerns. The Division for Local Government (NSW) estimates the infrastructure backlog for local government as $7.4 billion (at 30 June 2012) and the local government total nationally has previously been estimated at over $14 billion. Having no consistent definition of ‘the backlog’, nor methodology to calculate it and, in some cases, a lack of data to support the calculations makes relying on a single number difficult. Whatever the true number is, it is still significant.

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Commercial Opportunities - Shell Cove Marina

Client:

Shellharbour City Council

Location:

New South Wales

Council needed commercial analysis of a range of business opportunities associated with the development of the Shell Cove Marina, culminating in a number of recommendations for Council. Morrison Low developed governance, capital and returns matrix models for comparative evaluation.

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