Meet the Team – Candy Lopez
Lidiar Group’s Candy Lopez has a passion for infrastructure inspired by Megastructures that has led to a career supporting the development of major resources and civil engineering projects. As Candy makes a positive impact on the projects we support, we caught up with her to learn a little more about her role, projects and interest […]
The Importance of Contract Administration – Initiation and Execution
Author – Ben Eastoe So often we see the reliance on individual relationships to support a contract outcome. Whilst relationships are critically important when you have a contract to deliver, the best foundation to support a relationship in a contract environment, is ensuring that you always administer the contract. At Lidiar Group a key fundamental […]
‘Take care of the pence; for the pounds will take care of themselves’ – The Importance of Cost Control
Author – Ben Eastoe Originally attributed to Lord Chesterfield in 1747, ‘take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves’ is one of those Victorian phrases that sum up the frugal, principled lifestyle admired by many of the era. Today, especially for the construction and infrastructure sector, it is as relevant […]
Meet The Team – Pablo Brandao
Lidiar Group’s Pablo Brandao is currently supporting the delivery of the North East Link Project – Early Works in Melbourne, Victoria’s biggest road project comprising Victoria’s longest twin road tunnels, an overhaul of the Eastern Freeway, Melbourne’s first dedicated busway, completion of the Ring Road in Greensborough and a North East Trail with more than […]
Fitzroy Region Set for Exciting Future
Lidiar Group’s Niall Callan believes that the future is bright for the Fitzroy Region. As identified in the 2021 Queensland Major Projects Pipeline report, the region is set to benefit from a $4.7bn pipeline of projects over the next five years. Here are Niall’s thoughts on the future for Fitzroy. “Defence, road, coal, renewables and […]
APGA Conference Wrap-up
Lidiar Group was delighted to sponsor the APGA Conference and to support this year’s virtual event. With an emphasis on innovation, speakers discussed the critical issues and opportunities facing the sector. There was a lot to take in and some fantastic sharing of insights from machine learning monitoring of pipelines to cross border carbon capture […]
Love Me Tender – An Industry Perspective
Elvis Presley summed it up beautifully: Love me tender,Love me trueTell me you are mine It is what every contractor wants to hear when bidding for work. After the long hours, the innovative approach and thinking, competitive pricing, construction methodology and the potential team have been developed and are at the ready; the critical element […]
Conference Showcases Central Queensland’s Resources Future
Lidiar Group’s Niall Callan travelled to Gladstone last week to attend the Gladstone Engineering Alliance Major Industry Conference and CQH2 Hydrogen Forum. The conference outlined the projects and technologies that will shape the region and the resources sector in the years ahead. There was a lot to take in, from hydrogen vehicles to carbon capture projects, […]
The Importance of Project Scope
By Ben Eastoe Whether you are a project developer/owner writing full principal requirement scope documents or a construction contractor carving off a portion of your delivery scope to a subcontractor defining and writing a clear scope is essential. Project scope normally starts with a well-written body of text, incorporates any design, drawings or models which […]
The Great Construction Squeeze
In our new series of blogs, our team is taking a look at the challenges associated with the delivery of infrastructure and engineering projects and the opportunities to improve each aspect of the process from planning and procurement, through contract delivery, management and completion. In our first blog, we examine the Great Construction Squeeze. The […]