• "Roads Australia represents all organisations in the road industry as equal partners. The organisation facilitates the flow of information, knowledge and news to and between all members. Macmahon have found Roads Australia to be very useful to our business operation."

  Willie Rooney, Executive General Manager Construction - Macmahon Contractors

• "As we are a national permanent and contract recruitment company specialising in sourcing engineering executives and technical professionals with major clients in the road industry, membership is a natural choice for us."

  Neil Edwards, CEO - ETM

   

• "Boral was a member of the foundation Board of Roads Australia.  We are pleased that it is now a true national peak body for the road sector that advances issues important to Australia."

  John Douglas, Executive GM Australian Construction Materials - Boral Limited

• "Roads Australia is Australia's only umbrella body for the road sector.  Owned and managed by the industry. Advancing issues. Networking. Creating policy. I am proud to be involved in a unique service to the industry."

  Ian Webb, Roads Australia Chief Executive

• "Roads Australia is not just concerned with construction.  Its agenda specifically includes road transport, including the interface with other modes.  This is critical if we are to solve major policy issues which Roads Australia has identified, especially road congestion."

  Paul Low, Deputy Director General - Queensland Transport

• "CCAA is the peak body for the heavy construction materials industry, covering almost $6 billion in annual production.  Like most of the other major players who together make up wider road industry, we are also active members of Roads Australia."

  Ken Slattery,  CEO, Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia (CCAA)

• "The Australian Constructors Association (ACA) member companies have a combined annual revenue in excess of $AUD 40 billion and collectively employ over 86,000 people in their Australian and international operations. Roads Australia is an important forum to advance significant industry issues that affect ACA members."

   Jim Barrett, Executive Director - ACA

• “We have supported Roads Australia since its inception.   There are no other forums which facilitate such open and honest discussion between the widest range of interested parties in the road industry on critical roads issues.”

  David Cattell, CEO - Downer EDI Works

• “The Victorian Transport Association (Over 800 Freight & Logistic Member Companies) joined the Roads Australia to influence the road building industry.  We are the users and it means safety and productivity are key issues.  The Roads Australia has considerable influence with all Governments and we support their activities.”

  Philip Lovel, Executive Director - VTA

• “Connell Wagner has been a full member of the Australian Road Forum since April 2005.  We value the contribution the Roads Australia is making in raising the profile of road issues in Australia as well as the networking opportunities it creates for a range of people in industry."

  Paul Hardy, Group Executive Chairman - Connell Wagner

• “Roads Australia is more than a ‘who’s who?’ We enjoy attending the Roads Australia meetings as they give you a great sense of partnership. They always remind us that HMS Civils is an important part of the common purpose of the Roads Australia and that is to help develop Australia’s infrastructure in to becoming ‘world’s best’.”

  Lee Unwin, Director - HMS Civils

• "Roads Australia gives Hyder Consulting the opportunity to share ideas and collaborate with over fifty industry partners within the transport sector. This is particularly important in todays fast moving world."

  Greg Steele, Regional Transport Sector Leader - Hyder Consulting

• "The credibility of an industry organisation depends on who it represents, where its income goes and what it stands for.  I serve on the Roads Australia Board and I know it passes all the tests."

  Ken Mathers, CEO - SEITA

• "The Roads Australia provides Currie & Brown with access to a network of organisations working in the road industry. The formal and informal opportunities provided by the Roads Australia to discuss common issues and future opportunities is invaluable."

  Bob McCallum, Managing Director - Currie & Brown

• "When Maunsell joined Roads Australia, there were only a handful of members, but we saw the need for a national peak body.  It is great to see how Roads Australia has flourished."

  Graham Hooper, Director - Maunsell Australia

• "Main Roads Queensland is strongly committed to National action.  Roads Australia is unique - it includes both government and industry as partners in national development.  I am proud to be a member of the Roads Australia Board."

  Neil Doyle, GM Organisational Positioning and Stakeholder Relations - Queensland Main Roads

• “Transfield Services is one of the 10 companies which created the Roads Australia and we’re proud to be ongoing supporters to help to enable the Roads Australia champion the interest of Australia's road transport system.”

  Peter Watson, MD & CEO - Transfield Services

• "We recently joined Roads Australia, not simply because of the obvious networking opportunities, but because we are committed to being an active member of the roads infrastructure industry."

  Wain Lawrence, Managing Director, Infrastructure Asia Pacific - Hatch

• “Pioneer was there at the beginning and we sponsored the first prospectus.  Roads Australia provides a forum for all parties involved in roads to share views facilitating the opportunity to improve outcomes. We remain strongly committed to Roads Australia and to its original ideals."

  Louis Nucifora, Chief Executive Officer - Pioneer Road Services

• "Being a member of the Roads Australia allows our company to be part of the strong communication forum needed between Governments, Industry contractors, suppliers and all stakeholders in all states.  Healthy debate needs to continue and Roads Australia provides for this."

  Paul Wise, Divisional Manager Civil - Reed Constructions Australia

• "BIS Shrapnel is delighted to be a regular contributor at Roads Australia events, sharing our thinking with other Roads Australia members about recent trends and prospects for infrastructure in Australia. The Roads Australia is the peak body for road transport stakeholders. At Roads Australia events, we know we are talking with the most important people in the Australian roads industry."

  Adrian Hart, Economist - BIS Shrapnel

• "GHD is  pleased to continue  to support  the Roads Australia, which offers us the opportunity to engage with leaders in the transport  sector,  discuss and debate current issues and  be a proactive part of an organisation whose membership  is charged  with securing the success of  Australia's transport  future."

  Des Whybird, Chief Executive Officer - GHD

• "KBR is pleased to be a member of Roads Australia. We believe it provides a valuable forum for the discussion of road transport issues, and keeps us in touch with what is happening across the country in the road transport industry.”

  Colin Elliott, VP Gov’t & Infrastructure Asia Pacific, KBR

• "At GHD we work with our partners in a whole-of-life cycle management approach to constructing, operating and maintaining roads.  It is no surprise that we strongly endorse Roads Australia's role in promoting this nationally."  

  Rob Gilmore, Global Business Stream Leader - Roads & Highways - GHD

• "Transurban served on the original Roads Australia Board as Vice-President.  In 2007 we accepted the IRF Global Achievement Award in the USA for Roads Australia.  Roads Australia has been a great achievement for the industry."

  Ken Daley, Executive Vice President, International Development - Transurban

• "At Komatsu everything we do comes down to one thing: providing industry with the equipment and service they need to succeed.  In establishing a national umbrella body for the industry and backing it with member service, Roads Australia is doing the same."

  Sean Taylor, General Manager Construction Division - Komatsu

• "As a supplier of specialised products to the road industry, ACP gets great value from the networking opportunities that Roads Australia provides. No other industry association or network within the industry has Roads Australia's coverage or bona fides."

  Leigh Brown, General Manager - Australian Construction Products

• "Austroads is the association of Australian and New Zealand road transport and traffic authorities and aims to improve road and road transport outcomes.  Roads Australia significantly enhances our partnership with industry stakeholders. As Austroads Chair I serve on the Roads Australia Board."

  Alan Tesch, Chairman - Austroads

   

• "We value the industry linkages Roads Australia provides with major players, particularly in the road sector."

  Rick Turchini, Managing Director - Baulderstone Hornibrook

• "Within Roads Australia road agencies and commercial companies are equal members in a common purpose.  This is a high priority for us.  The RTA served on the foundation Board and continues to do so."

  Les Wielinga, Chief Executive - RTA NSW

• "John Holland believes in their people and the development of partnerships with clients and industry stakeholders. Roads Australia provides meaningful access to road sector participants unequalled by any other infrastructure body and expands our understanding of future challenges."

  Jim Waller, National General Manager : National Roads Group - John Holland

• "I am on the Roads Australia Board and in that capacity I represent what is best practice for the industry.  The Roads Australia is a not profit organisation, owned by its members, and represents the ultimate interests of all sectors of the transport industry." 

  Nick Miller, Chief Executive - Fulton Hogan

• "The networking opportunities afforded to attendees at Roads Australia Functions is invaluable, contributing to a collegiate approach to the strengthening of the road construction sector".

  Bob Seiffert, Chief Executive Officer - CCF Victoria

• “Abigroup is a foundation member of the Roads Australia Board.  Roads Australia was created to enable all the participants in the road sector to work together better on issues of common interest in what is vitally important infrastructure for Australia.”

  Peter Brecht, Managing Director - Abigroup

• "AAPA is the national peak body for Australia's asphalt pavement industry.  Roads Australia enables us to work even more effectively with our industry partners and with government."

  John Lambert, Chief Executive Officer - AAPA

• “SMEC is pleased to be a member of an industry body like Roads Australia which draws together the key players within the Highway and Road industry in Australia.  Our company looks forward to being involved in future initiatives brought forward by this group.”

  Neil Evans, Managing Director - SMEC Australia Pty Ltd

• "As a Board member of Roads Australia, I can say that it is much more than a networking shop.  It is now evolving into a major engine room for stimulating national policy discussion."

  Phil Mumford, CEO - Queensland Motorways

• "The Roadmarking Industry Association of Australia is proud that our membership with the Roads Australia aligns us with individuals & organisations who are also committed to facilitating safer roads for all Australians."

  Peter Thurston, CEO - Roadmarking Industry Association of Australia

• "The Roads Australia is the national peak body for road transport stakeholders, its membership facilitates the convergence of a wide range of industry views and expertise on transport and infrastructure issues. The Roads Australia has a key role to play in the future of Australian transport, and ARRB is proud to support its activities."

  Gerard Waldron, Managing Director - ARRB

• "As President of Roads Australia on the Foundation Board and since, I can see there is no stopping an idea whose time has come. Roads Australia is now in a position to make a real national contribution."

  Ray Fisher, Roads Australia President

• "Aon provides risk financing and risk management solutions to more Australian roads projects than any other insurance broker.  The Roads Australia provides us with valuable insight into issues confronting the Australian roads industry."

  Steve Nevett, CEO - Aon Australia

• "Parsons Brinckerhoff is proud to be a member of the Roads Australia, an industry association with unique credibility and coverage which provides a special service to industry."

  Jim Mantle, Managing Director - Parsons Brinckerhoff

• "Shell has been a member of Roads Australia for over fifty years and has served on the Board most of that time. We have been pleased to see the Roads Australia evolve into Australia's national peak body for roads."

  Russell Caplan, Chairman - The Shell Companies in Australia

• "The Roads Australia provides Clayton Utz with opportunities to share our thoughts with other Roads Australia members on best practice models for the planning, procurement and delivery of road projects."

  Doug Jones, Head of Construction & Major Projects - Clayton Utz

• "As the owners and operators of EastLink, ConnectEast understands the importance of working with local communities and other stakeholders to ensure the success of a project of national significance. So does the Roads Australia as it encourages the whole sector to pursue a vision and then focus on achievable aims."

  John Gardiner, MD - ConnectEast

• “SKM is Australia's leading firm of consulting engineers and the first to join the Roads Australia.  I am proud to be an Roads Australia Vice President.”

  Tim Boyle, Chief Operating Officer - SKM

• "ALGA is the peak body for local government throughout Australia. As its President I am proud to serve on the Board of Roads Australia."

  Paul Bell, President - ALGA

• "Leighton Contractors are delighted to be a member of the Australian Roads Forum. The Roads Australia is the peak body for the roads sector, bringing together the Government agencies and industry to enhance the development of road infrastructure in Australia."

  Brett Smythe, Roads Division Manager NSW/ACT - Leighton Contractors

   

• "Because of its membership, Roads Australia is a natural think-tank on infrastructure.  We value the intense policy discussion which actually gets  back to both members and government."

  Mark Streeting, Principal - Booz Allen Hamilton

   

• "BR Durham and sons a supplier of drainage products, is a successful family owned business. I too belong to an industry association that is owned by its members, not a commercial operator. Roads Australia helps us stay in touch with the key players in government and industry."

  Charles Durham, Director - BR Durham

• "Roads Australia is one of the few industry associations at the 'big end of town' that worked fully with the union movement before the change of government."

  Tony Sheldon, Federal Secretary - Transport Workers Union

• "As a major player in the roads sector across Australia, Thiess was one of the earliest members of the Australian Roads Forum.  The Forum gives government and the private sector the opportunity to discuss issues that affect us all.  Congratulations on your success and we look forward to our ongoing involvement.” 

  David Saxelby, Managing Director - Thiess Pty Ltd

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