AECOM appoints Steve Cooley to drive operations and maintenance growth in Australia and New Zealand
20 December 2018
AECOM: AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global
infrastructure firm, today announced the
appointment of Steve Cooley to
the role of director of
asset management & optimization, in response to
increasing interest from
road authorities in performance-based asset and
operational maintenance contracts. Based in
Sydney and reporting to Australia
New Zealand Civil Infrastructure and
Environment leader Ray Rawlings, Mr. Cooley will be responsible for
connecting local and global AECOM teams to meet the needs of road
authorities as they take an increasingly sophisticated approach to
contracting arrangements.
Commenting on the operations and maintenance sector in Australia and New
Zealand, Mr. Rawlings said, “The road authorities we support recognize
the value of having consulting engineers and contractors working as
joint partners in the long-term delivery of road operations, management
and maintenance contracts. We are seeing an increase in the use of
vertically integrated models as a way to align objectives and reduce
inefficiencies, similar to the Easing Sydney’s Congestion
project AECOM is currently delivering alongside
Roads and Maritime Services.”
“Steve brings with him a wealth of experience from the UK where these
type of contracting models are common practice. He’s strategically
positioned to guide our clients through their adoption of these new
delivery models and help them achieve better performance, safety and
resilience,” continued Mr. Rawlings.
“The ‘vertically integrated’ model is a way of amalgamating asset
management, decision making, technical, design and works delivery into a
single contract let to a Joint Venture between a consultant and a
contractor,” said Mr. Cooley. “The combination of AECOM’s international
experience leading and operating these contracts, the local technical
expertise and existing strong relationships with State road authorities
means that we are well-positioned for growth.”
Mr. Cooley has more than 20 years’ experience managing contracts and
businesses that covered some of the first controlled or managed motorway
systems developed by Highways England for the busiest motorway networks
including the M25 ring road. Beyond his role at AECOM, Mr. Cooley
continues to be actively involved in the roads industry as the deputy
chairperson, Journey Reliability Chapter at Roads Australia.
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