Infrastructure and Environment

  • Review of work on transport congestion for the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission.
  • Facilitated and prepared a Futures Plan for Mosman Municipal Council, Sydney.  
  • Prepared an economic impact study of proposed housing development in Southern NSW.
  • Report on ‘Financing of Public Infrastructure for Urban Development’, for and published by the Urban Development Institute of Australia.
  • Economic evaluation of proposal by Australian Rail Track Corporation to take over the long-term management of NSW interstate rail system, prepared for the NSW Office of the Coordinator General of Rail.
  • Delivered training course on economics of environmental management for the NSW Environmental Protection Authority.
  • Report on urban environment aid strategy for India, with Environmental Resources Management (UK), prepared for the Swedish International Development Agency.
  • Manual on Financial Planning and Economic Evaluation for Infrastructure Development and presentation of workshops around Australia, commissioned by the Australian Council for Infrastructure Development and Department of Transport and Regional Development.
  • Preparation of Manual on Urban Environmental Management, for workshops for Mayors and senior officials in the 52 largest Chinese cities, and training of workshop presenters in China, commissioned by Asian Development Bank.
  • Provision of Training Courses in the Economics of Environmental Management for the State Environmental Planning Administration (China) commissioned by Crown Agents, UK.
  • Report on Use of Economic Instruments for Management of the Environment in Shanghai, for the Shanghai Environment Protection Bureau, commissioned by the Department for International Development, UK.
  • Preparation of Business Plan of Management of Kosciuszko National Park, for the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
  • Report on Pricing of Water for the Department of Land and Water Conservation.
  • Economic advice on evaluation methods for major infrastructure investments for Transfund New Zealand.
  • Report on Methods of Economic Evaluation for Major Transport Infrastructure, including a national survey of evaluation methods, for the National Transport Planning Taskforce, Canberra.
  • Report on target rates of return and discount rates for major transport projects, for the Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics.
  • Economic evaluation of proposals for a high-speed train from Sydney to Canberra for Australian, NSW and ACT governments.
  • Economic evaluation of major freeways in Sydney (M2, M5, and M2-Gore Hill free way) for the Roads and Traffic Authority.
  • Manager of economic and financial study of proposed major railway from Parramatta to Chatswood (Sydney) for NSW State Rail.
  • Economic evaluation of major public transport options for the Warringah Pensinsula, Sydney, for the Department of Transport.
  • Economic evaluation of proposed major urban land developments in Sydney, for the Department of Defence and Landcom.
  • Economic evaluation of proposed development of TAFE College, for NSW Department of Education and Training.
  • Econometric model of commercial office rents in the Sydney CBD for Jones, Lang Wootton.
  • Report on financing of urban infrastructure for Newcastle City Council.
  • Financial analysis and pricing policy for the NSW Government mobile radio network for the Public Works Department, NSW Government.
  • Assessment of the economic benefits of the proposed Moomba to Botany Bay gas pipeline for the NSW Office of Economic Development.