Managing an award winning project

Infrastructure for a Better Future

Earlier in 2022, a culvert replacement project won the award for Excellence in Environment and Sustainability, Best Public Works Project ($2–5 million) and Supreme Asset Management Excellence at the 2022 IPWEA (Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia) New Zealand Asset Management Excellence Awards. At first glance, it might be hard to understand how a culvert replacement project could attract so much interest, but this project highlights the important connection our infrastructure has with our people and places, how important it can be to get infrastructure right for its place, the environment surrounding it, and the people who use that environment. Blake Lepper, General Manager - Infrastructure Delivery at Te Waihanga spoke to Kathryn O’Reilly, Senior Project Manager at Waka Kotahi and Kat McMullen, Civil Engineer at WSP about how they managed this award winning project.