ConnellGriffin was appointed to developed strategic and final business cases for four highprofile infrastructure planning projects.
CLIENT'S OBJECTIVES:
School Infrastructure NSW sought to investigate and evaluate the opportunities, costs and benefits of investing in world class, contemporary agricultural education for students across NSW. ConnellGriffin was appointed as Senior Project Director for the following infrastructure planning projects:
OUR ROLE:
ConnellGriffin was appointed to lead a multi-disciplinary team of educational experts and specialist consultants for the development strategic and final business cases for submission to NSW Treasury. The work involves significant interface management of multiple stakeholders within the Department of Education, school community and state government, and requires strict application of project governance to control project scope and to deliver within the project budgets and timeframes
Each project is well on its way to delivering a new model of agricultural education that will benefit students and teaching professionals across NSW.
Our advisors have so far delivered:
KEY ISSUES:
All four projects are highly contentious locally and have attracted media coverage, negative community sentiment and Ministerial announcements. Each project involves complex stakeholder management issues, collaboration across multiple state government agencies and the management of multidisciplinary project teams to deliver final business cases within set budgets and timeframes.
FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT OUR INVOLVEMENT:
Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Education
A new residential Centre of Excellence in agricultural education will be co-located on the Western Sydney University (WSU) Hawkesbury campus. The Centre will be accessible by all NSW students and teachers. It will have a strong focus on peri-urban agriculture and industry partnerships, enabling immersion into shared educational research programs and clearly articulated career pathways into the agricultural sector.
Western Sydney and in particular the Hawkesbury region, has been identified as the preferred location for innovation andinvestment in agricultural education, given its rich history in agriculture and agricultural education.
WSU’s AgriPark (Hawkesbury Campus) brings together the University’s key agricultural, agri-business, STEM and innovation-themed academic and professional technical expertise. It is also home to WSU’s world-renowned Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment and National Protected Cropping facility. The partnerships between Dept.of Education, TAFE, researchers and industry being developed on the Hawkesbury Campus are essential in driving the future direction of the industry.
Mark Harrison
Director
Mark has over 20 years industry experience in executive project planning, delivery and client side operational roles. He has worked for Government, not for profit and private sector clients and firms in a variety of strategic leadership and project management roles. Mark has proven leadership capability and a willingness to be accountable for developing and delivering transformational strategies, programmes and projects.
Mark has exceptional leadership, stakeholder engagement and executive partnering skills supported by in depth knowledge of whole of lifecycle elements of property portfolio and project management and strong technical project delivery and strategy execution capability. He has extensive corporate governance experience - creating and implementing best practice policy, process and cultural change with demonstrated capacity to build and lead large and diverse multidisciplinary teams and a proven record of innovation and change / stakeholder management.
Mark joined ConnellGriffin from School Infrastructure NSW where, in his Director role in the infrastructure Planning team, he led a team of infrastructure professionals in the early project development phase of over 50 new school and upgrade projects with a total capital investment value of over $4bn.
Outside of work, Mark enjoys playing and watching anything sport related. He is also a Board Member for the not for profit Warrakirri College, a not for profit independent school for students aged 15–22 who have disconnected from mainstream education.
School Infrastructure NSW is responsible for delivering new school buildings, major upgrades and maintenance strategies that will ensure every school-aged child has access to high quality education facilities at their local public school. ConnellGriffin was appointed to developed strategic and final business cases for four highprofile infrastructure planning projects.
School Infrastructure NSW is responsible for delivering new school buildings, major upgrades and maintenance strategies that will ensure every school-aged child has access to high quality education facilities at their local public school. ConnellGriffin was appointed to developed strategic and final business cases for four high profile infrastructure planning projects.
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