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Celisa Faulkner

CQ Branch President

Engineer - Networks

Celisa Faulkner (Branch President)

Murray Donald (Vice President)

Civil Engineering Advisor

Lorna Oliver 

Manager (Technical Services), TMR 

Ashleigh Tomkins (YIPWEAQ)

Senior Engineer, Asset Management, Gladstone Regional Council

Adam Doherty

Director

Dileigh Consulting Engineers Pty Ltd

Banana Shire Council, Barcaldine Regional Council, Barcoo Shire Council, Blackall-Tamboo Regional Council, Boulia Shire Council, Bundaberg Regional Council, Central Highlands Regional Council, Diamantina Shire Council, Fraser Coast Regional Council, Gladstone Regional Council, Isaac Regional Council, Longreach Regional Council, North Burnett Regional Council, Rockhampton Regional Council, Winton Shire Council, Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council.

We are getting ready for the CQ Branch conference to be held in Barcaldine, 13-15 June 2018! I am really pleased to be taking our conference west again as there is a lot to learn and share in this part of our region. Our sincere appreciation to our gracious hosts and dedicated IPWEAQ Supporter, George Bourne and Associates and thanks also to the Barcaldine Regional Council for their continuing support and official welcome by the mayor, Councillor Rob Chandler.

We have a great opportunity to earn valuable CPD hours through an impressive technical program including a Technical Tour of the Barcaldine Solar Farm and TMR geotechnical laboratory. And of course, as is key for IPWEAQ conferences, we’ll be catching up with mates and making new ones at our social events including dinner and a movie outback-style hosted by McCullough Robertson who will be celebrating the return of the firm to their Barcaldine origins.

The program kicks off with our keynote speaker, Simon Rea from The Lightning Group on behavioural profiling which is not to be missed. I am really very proud of the program we have compiled for you with high calibre presentations on roads, water, contract management, stormwater, new products and everything in between. Please join us in Barcaldine and don't forget to bring your graduates and younger professionals. As we all know, these events are invaluable as we embark on our careers and forge long-lasting friendships.

On other news, I would like to warmly welcome Adam Doherty from Dileigh Consulting Engineers who has joined the CQ Branch committee. It is a pleasure to have Adam onboard! Adam and Dileigh Consulting Engineers have been long-time supporters of IPWEAQ. ‘Many hands make light work' so if you would also like to join our branch committee, please let me know. I am a working mum juggling my progressing career and family but being on an IPWEAQ committee has allowed me to develop my business and leadership skills in a low stress environment which I feel is really going to help me in the long run. Not to mention how good it feels giving back. It can help you too! 

We are currently investigating some exciting opportunities for the CQ Branch including how we can better connect with you through technology as our time is becoming more and more valuable. If you also have some ideas please don't hesitate to let us know. In the near future, the CQ Branch will be trialling the livestreaming of a PD event and we look forward to your participation in this trial and your feedback.

Our next PD event in CQ is the QUDM workshop in Gladstone on 25 July 2018. Be sure to register early. And if you still have a budget to spend on training before the end of the financial year, be sure to contact Craig Moss to discuss a Professional Development package tailored to your council’s needs and budget.

Both the SWQ and NQ branches had 130+ delegates in attendance at their recent branch conferences so I’m certain that we can beat that! I hope to see you all in Barcaldine!

Take care and be safe!

Celisa Faulkner

CQ Branch President

CQ Branch conference, Yeppoon, 23-25 March 2017 conference wrap-up. 

See photos

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Chip for Charity at the CQ Branch conference! 

Nominate your council's projects and people for the 2018 IPWEAQ excellence awards!

Complete the online forms for the People Awards and Project Awards.

CQ Branch members who require assistance to attend the IPWEAQ annual conference to be held at The Marriott, Surfers Paradise, 10-12 October 2018 may apply for a branch scholarship. For more information, please contact Leigh Cunningham.

Nominate for the quarterly Member Profile in our e-journal, Engineering for Public Works. And nominate a YIPWEAQ member for the Emerging Leaders series.