Episode 2 - Ashley Brinson: Innovation of Opportunities

In this episode, we meet Ashley Brinson, Executive Director of the Warren Centre. Ashley delivered the keynote address at the recent Society of Construction Law Australia National Conference. The Conference brought together lawyers and construction industry professionals to discuss ‘Building Australia’s Future.’ Ashley speaks on the innovation of opportunities, and looks at how can we improve and react to the situations around us. Ashley focuses on two key opportunities, the first being the AU$30 million opportunity to raise performance in the construction industry, and the second being global trade and engineering services. Ashley looked at risk allocation across project levels and the potential to manage cost savings, demonstrating this by discussing the large cost blowouts on large energy projects in Australia in the LNG space. A key takeaway from Ashley ’s presentation includes that we need policy, technology and law to work together to reduce infrastructure waste. Ashley is dually qualified in law and chemical engineering, and is a Fellow and Chartered Professional Engineer of Engineers Australia, and a Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers. To read more about The Warren Centre head to http://thewarrencentre.org.au/ and Ashley can be found on twitter @jashleyb For more information please head to www.scl.org.au or find us on Twitter @SCLAust