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City of Hume Work  – Experience Program for Undergraduate Engineers

City of Hume Work – Experience Program for Undergraduate Engineers

Experience Program for Undergraduate Engineers Project Summary The project is a work experience program for undergraduate engineers.  Council advertises for student engineers. The program includes an interview, a personal mentor for the duration of the work experience and tasks that include a major project and several minor projects. The students diarise their experience and this forms the basis of a reference at the end of the 12 weeks.  The s...

City of Greater Geelong – Infrastructure Development Guidelines

City of Greater Geelong – Infrastructure Development Guidelines

Project Summary The creation of the Sustainable Communities Infrastructure development Guidelines by the City of Greater Geelong ensures cross divisional cooperation, innovation and business improvement in Council’s planning process for new and existing developments. The Guidelines bring together existing best practice industry standards and importantly, local input and content in the following key areas: Transport and Movement; Landscap...

City of Greater Dandenong – Meals on wheels distribution centre

City of Greater Dandenong – Meals on wheels distribution centre

Meals on Wheels distribution centre Project Summary The City of Greater Dandenong Council Meals on Wheels Service provides meals to eligible residents through its Home and Community Care Program. This service is available to residents in their own home or at a number of senior citizen centres throughout the municipality.  The Meals on Wheels Service Distribution Facility receives meals daily from the Community Chef Regional Food Kitchen (CCRFK)...

City of Darebin – Safe Travel Strategy

City of Darebin – Safe Travel Strategy

Bike Ed at Preston North East Primary School Summary of Project The Darebin Safe Travel Strategy has moved beyond traditional `road safety’- a very car oriented approach-, to a more inclusive concept of ‘safe travel’. The Strategy adopts an international best practice approach to safe travel by focussing on protecting our most vulnerable road users – pedestrians and cyclists –and includes actions to encourage residents to ad...

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