I am utterly convinced that one of the more interesting growth areas for employment of water professionals is in corporate risk management. Almost every manufacturing and agricultural process requires water, and any firm in the business of making or selling things will find water inputs at some stage of their supply chain. Since most power stations are [...]
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In my view, the biggest winner from climate change and water scarcity will be the pipe industry. It is no secret that there is a global crises in agricultural water supplies which could threaten world food supplies in the not so distant future. The good news is that agricultural water use is so inefficient that [...]
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Well, Melbourne desal has been awarded to the Thiess-Degremont-Mac Bank consortium. Compared to Veolia-John Holland-ABN, the winning team is coming off a relatively low base of work. Veolia and John Holland are now in an unenviable sitution of coming off a massive 08/09 and facing a very quiet 09/10. This was the outcome that would cause [...]
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I am interested to get people’s thoughts/perspective on this. In Australia there is a rapidly growing market for small (kilolitres rather than megalitres a day) grey water and blackwater recycling systems for office buildings and residential estates. It is interesting to see that the design/fabricate/install/operate industry serving this market is still dominated by small players, mostly [...]
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I am blogging from the Sydney Water Sensitive Cities Workshop. The conference has been a mix of presentations by leaders in the area, and workshops by attendees and has been co-hosted by the International Water Centre, the National Urban Water Governance Program and Monash University. The attendees come from all sorts of organisations, but because [...]
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Yes, another post on the water market in Japan, my current interest. You can see my previous post here. In my previous post I outlined the limited presence of foreign companies in the Japanese market and looked briefly at where I saw the opportunities. I have been conducting a search in the Japan market, and [...]
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I am president of the NSW Young Water Professionals (YWPs) in Australia. The YWPS are a specialist interest group within the Australian Water Association (AWA). We encourage AWA members under 35 years of age to register. Nationally our membership represents around 13% of total AWA membership. This is a fair indicator of the percentage of water professionals under 35 in the broader [...]
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Professionals I talk to almost always underestimate the difficulty of finding a job when they return home after working overseas. I worked outside my home country of Australia for seven years. Three years before I came back to Australia I started planning my return. Two months before, I flew over to Australia for interviews. I quit my [...]
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My purpose for starting this blog is to share what I hope are useful insights into career, professional branding, and the nature of value in the professional world. I hope the content is useful to anyone who is anywhere on their journey through their careers. Andrew
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