Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers

Cooper Grace Ward was established in 1980 and has quickly become one of the largest independent Brisbane based law firms, with more than 20 partners and 200 team members.

The firm offers a full range of commercial legal services to our clients focusing particularly in the areas of corporate and commercial, property, litigation, insurance and family law. Their key practice areas are among the largest Brisbane-based teams in their respective areas.

Cooper Grace Ward have highly specialised people who strive for excellence in everything they do and work across many different industries for an array of clients, including listed companies, private companies and individuals, and local and foreign governments.

Eifers

With a proven track record in complex, time sensitive project environments, Eifers has delivered some of the most aggressively scheduled critical infrastructure work at airports across the East Coast of Australia for many years. Eifers has built a trust-based relationship with its clients where its ‘Code of Conduct’ and ‘Principle Safety Controls’ provide transparency and confidence in how Eifers conduct, plan and execute work. With a busy airport environment comes great responsibility to ensure services are running to schedule, safety standards are maintained, and the airport is a place that Victorians and Australians alike can be proud of.

Eifers provides a team that is highly committed to delivering transformational projects, safely, with a strong focus on collaborative relationships. We understand the Airports opportunity, with recent government funding, to transform pavement maintenance and repair from a reactive to a proactive process. Identifying a maintenance program and engaging a suitably qualified contractor to manage the works will not only reduce maintenance costs but will provide an assurance that the airport operability is secure and compliant with CASA Standards.

Eifers as a specialist contractor differentiates itself from general contractors through its ability to see the things that many others just can’t. 24/7 airport operations requires contractors to be agile and responsive to operational requirements. At Eifer’s, the teams extensive experience working in off peak times provides clients with the confidence that work is performed safely and with minimal impact of other airport operations. We have based our pavement maintenance programs on proven methodologies and our extensive in delivering over 200 projects for Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Lilydale and Avalon Airports over the past decade.

The Eifers Principle Risk Program has been developed to meet the demands of high-risk work environments from Airports to busy operating motorways. Our clients see Eifers as a true partner in maintaining world leading airport infrastructure. The Eifers quality assurance and governance systems provide clients with confidence that work performed meets quality standards and safety requirements at all times. Eifers in-house capability in design, estimating and execution ensures projects are delivered on time and on budget with proper identification of risk and dependencies prior to project commencement. The key to Eifers success has been the use of our ecosystem of capability, using trusted specialist contractors to compliment and partner with Eifers self-performing teams. The use of equipment and materials by partner organisations are required to meet the high standards set by Eifers systems. Eifers’ owns its own plant and equipment which is deployed on all sites to perform core work activities, no third-party supply is required unless under extreme circumstances.

Eifers’ planning provides standby equipment at the ready to ensure all projects have minimal delays or in most cases uninterrupted supply of material.

Avitech Solutions Global Pty Ltd

Avitech is a specialised aviation fuel facilities and hydrant system consultant with 30+ years international experience with major oil companies and airports in design, construction, operation and maintenance of facilities and equipment. Our aim is to provide clients with high quality engineering and technical services to deliver outcomes that are compliant with all required standards, are practical and fit for purpose at the lowest possible life cycle cost. We also have strategic partnerships with specialist training providers in all aspect related to aviation fuel handling, quality control, fuel farm and into-plane operations.

AVSEC GROUP Pty Ltd

AVSEC GROUP is a small Australian owned start-up new to the Australian market after over a decade overseas providing specialised consulting in Aviation Security and Critical Infrastructure Risk Management.

We help you gain an independent and objective perspective of your risks and gaps in your current operations! Using the “Tenth Man Rule”, we take the contrary position to whatever has been proposed or agreed – if everyone says it won’t happen or will work, we explore why it could happen or won’t work. We are also positioned to conduct red man penetration tests and normal risk assessments of your operations.

Daifuku Oceania Limited

Daifuku Oceania, an affiliate of Daifuku Co., specialises in end-to-end solutions, operations and maintenance across aviation and intralogistics industries. While our head office is located in Auckland, New Zealand, our projects span the globe, with offices throughout New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada and Norway.

As the proud employer of over 500 staff, we recognise that our people are our greatest asset which is reflected in our business philosophy and values. Daifuku Oceania is known for being a business that looks beyond the obvious. A belief that can only be achieved by having an in-depth knowledge and appreciation of our market, our customers and our people, attuned to the ever-changing environment and demands of the industries we work within.

Daifuku Oceania is a leading global provider of end-to-end solutions across baggage handling, security, digital systems, operational support and equipment. Our leading-edge solutions continue to revolutionise airport operations around the world, enhancing the productivity, accuracy and passenger service levels of our partners, creating a seamless airport journey for their passengers.

BMD Group

BMD’s capability in the delivery of airport infrastructure benefits clients through construction efficiencies, unwavering quality standards and the delivery of projects without incident. Having worked on airports from as far as Peth to Sydney and Townsville to Whyalla, our project teams’ diligence and commitment to safety ensures seamless security amidst a fully operational airport.

Our wealth of experience working in live, operating environments including airports, ports, railway corridors, resource terminals and defence facilities sees the effective staging of works, delineation of worksites, management of stakeholders and ingress and egress from secure areas without incident.

BMD has the in-house capability to self-perform works, investing in plant and equipment to deliver associated work including forming, paving, curing, saw-cutting and jointing on airside infrastructure projects.

Our capabilities:
• specialist expertise in land and airside works within live, operational environments
• experience in airport security, protocols and compliance
• specialist equipment to enable self-performance of works
• national network of key and long-term suppliers
• collaborative management of stakeholders
• a genuine care and commitment to safety, quality, environment and overall project performance.

Arup Pty Ltd

In all our work we focus on helping our clients solve today’s complex issues while planning for the future with a balanced view on value for money. The circular economy, sustainability, resilience and climate change are dominating factors in our solutions-based approach across the airport environment and its integration into our cities and regions.

We seek creative solutions that address the complex relationships between aircraft, passengers, baggage, ground transportation and cargo.

We help optimise the capacity and value of existing assets, while assisting with the complex decisions of when and how to invest in redevelopment.

We help to prepare for and implement new technologies and approaches that address current and future trends such as biosecurity, decarbonisation, zero waste and resilience.

Our aviation team provides a leading edge, comprehensive range of planning, design, program management, operations, project and design leadership and business consultancy services, including:
• Airport masterplanning services relating to airport wide (airside and landside) and terminal area planning, service level definition, definition/analysis of processes for passenger flow, ground support equipment, terminal logistics and simulation modelling.
• Specialist airport systems and technical advisory services (including digital strategy, baggage systems, security, fire, lighting, cargo, information/digital systems, visualisation, auralisation and simulation tools etc) including development of user requirements, operational processes and service levels and associated engineering / procurement management / commissioning.
• Operations consultancy, such as operational readiness planning and program management including development of plan of operations, scheduling and management of resourcing, training and trials, management of stakeholder relations, and organisational transformation.
• Corporate finance advisory associated with business plan development, technical due diligence on sale / acquisition and public-private partnerships.

Our team employs a highly analytical approach to problem definition and solution development, based on an in-depth technical understanding of airport and airline operations and an appreciation of airports as commercial businesses and public assets.

We deliver pragmatic solutions, directed to achieving projects that are fundable, buildable and minimise impact on operations.

Infrastructure Design across engineering, architecture and technical specialist such as tunnelling, track design, pavement design, facades, access, acoustics, fire engineering, aviation security, blast and building physics.

Offering services across the full lifecycle of assets and a functional understanding of the aviation business, we are able to provide customised, integrated services to our clients.

AAG Aviation Safety (APARS Pty Ltd)

We have over 30 years of experience in aviation safety and airside operations.

Our experience includes civil and military clients all across Australia, and experience in the Middle East.

We have bases in Townsville, southeast QLD and Perth; and can mobilise to any location.

Key services include WSO and ARO operations, MOWP development, provision of Airside Inductions and Liaison with airport operators/ executives, NOTAM review and amendment, AROC/ ARO/ WSO training and certification. Establishing key contacts before a project commences helps achieve a safe and efficient outcome.

We have experienced staff who ‘walk the talk’ based on their qualifications and experiences (including management in civil and military aviation, Air Traffic Control, commercial pilots, private pilots, WHS diplomas, Cert III and Cert IV in Aviation Supervision, Aviation Operations and Training & Assessment, Firearms licences).

Contact us at www.aagsafety.net.au to discuss your project or aerodrome operations and we can assist.