Alliancing Association of Australia and IQPC form Partnership

Contributor: Jacqueline Bran
Posted: 07/21/2009  2:17:00 AM EDT  |  6
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Since 1998, a number of state and federal government infrastructure utilities have adopted alliances for the delivery and maintenance of large and complex road, rail, water and ports projects. Alliances have delivered benefits to our communities which may not have been achieved through any other contracting method.

However, Alliances are complex arrangements which need to be properly understood, applied and managed to deliver the outstanding results expected from them.

The AAA/IQPC partnership aims at creating synergies between the two organisations’ programs to accelerate the business community’s understanding on the use and practices of alliances, especially in infrastructure development.

Alain Mignot, Executive Director of the association said with a growing number of public and private sectors organisations interested in using or participating in alliances, the association needs to leverage the effectiveness of IQPC conferences to scale its messages to a wider business community.

“IQPC conferences showcase the application of alliancing in key infrastructure projects and it’s a good way for newcomers to get up to speed with alliance contracting” he said.

He also commented, “their events are a good complement to our convention and quarterly forums which focus on creating deeper conversations around the challenges of alliancing and the evolution of practices".

Jacquie Bran, IQPC’s global Director for Alliance Contracting, comments that IQPC has been running Alliance Contracting conference since 2003 and that she personally has been involved in this industry since 2005.

She is personally a member of the AAA and believes that membership and partnership with AAA, as the peak industry association for alliancing, is "a natural extension of our engagement and commitment to deliver relevant and dynamic events to our audiences."

“Our events are recognised as excellent training for managers who want to keep current with the trends in the delivery of alliance contracts" , she also commented.

IQPC is the leading conference organiser for the alliance contracting industry.  IQPC has been running conferences for alliance contracting professionals since 2003 and deliver two conferences annually and host a master class series each year as well. IQPC also host and deliver our respected annual ACE Award series to recognise excellence in project delivery across the region.
www.alliancecontractingsummit.com

AAA is the recognised not-for-profit, independent cross-industry body that serves organisations involved in project, service and strategic alliancing in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ).  AAA events create an industry-wide dialog between practitioners around the challenges, practices and evolution of collaborative models, leveraging a pool of knowledge to improve their outcomes and strengthen their position as alliance” partner of choice”. The AAA conducts an annual convention, quarterly forums in capital cities, seminars and an annual Alliance Team of Excellence awards program.
www.alliancingassociation.org

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