Colin Ackehurst

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Technical Advisor (Asset Management)

Colin Ackehurst's experience comprises of road, municipal services, information services, and municipal planning along with extensive maintenance experience. These skills have been supplemented with asset management and maintenance management experience gained during his partnership in Ackehurst, Gardner, Thomas and Associates Pty. Ltd.

Ackehurst, Gardner, Thomas and Associates Pty. Ltd. was acquired by VEMAX Management Pty. Ltd. in 1996.

Colin's career with various municipal governments and with Ackehurst, Gardner, Thomas and Associates Pty. Ltd. has given him the opportunity to be involved with private industry, local government and provincial government agencies as well as regulatory bodies. This involvement has been at all levels of management with these organizations.

Profile

Mr. Ackehurst has worked on projects for Australian road agencies, as well as various cities and shires, in the following areas: Pavement Management Systems, Maintenance Management Systems, Emergency Planning, Economic Analysis, Municipal Services Evaluations, Information Systems, and Corridor Planning

Projects

• Sandringham Emergency Management Plan
  carried out in 1990 for the City of Sandringham
• VicRoads 2000 - Draft Strategy Reports
  for the Eastern Region carried out for the VicRoads 2000 Project Team.
• Brighton Emergency Management Plan
  carried out in 1990 for the City of Brighton.
• Pakenham Healthy Localities Project
  carried out in 1989 for the Shire of Pakenham.
• Pilot Area Joint Road Study
  carried out in 1989 for the Local Government Road Funding Committee (RCA Central Gippsland Region) and APM Forests Pty. Ltd.
• Frankston Road Asset Management Study
  carried out in 1989 for the City of Frankston.
• Road Investment - Economic Return and Support for Government Policies
  carried out in 1988 for the Local Government Road Funding Committee (RCA Central Gippsland Region)
• Municipal Service Programs Evaluation Study - Pilot Study of the Community Services Department
  carried out in 1988 for the Shire of Pakenham.
• Pakenham - Berwick Corridor Road Study
  carried out in 1988 for the Shire of Pakenham.
• Information Systems and Plan Records Study
  carried out in 1988 for the City of Waverley
• Road Needs and Funding for Municipalities Study
  carried out in 1987 for the Local Government Road Funding Committee (RCA Central Gippsland Region)
• Review of Road Maintenance and Footpath Works
  carried out in 1985 for the City of Camberwell.
• Ackehurst, Gardner, Thomas and Associates Pty. Ltd..
  Over the last four (4) years Colin A Ackehurst has been a partner in the Consultancy of Ackehurst, Gardner, Thomas and Associates. This Consultancy has been implementing the RTA Pavement Management System (RTA PMS) and the RTA Asset Maintenance Management System (RTA MMS) in Victorian municipalities, as the Victorian Agent for the Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales.