International Overseas Study Tour 2016 Report: The United States, Spain and the Netherlands by Andrew Ryan

Abstract

A group of four Australian local government and public works engineers including myself visited North America and Europe in August / September 2016. During the tour we visited the cities of Los Angeles, then on to Minneapolis in the State of Minnesota for the APWA Public Works Exhibition and Conference, then to New York and across to Madrid, Spain, and Amsterdam in The Netherlands before returning to Australia, and met with many councils and fellow professional engineers. The theme of the study tour was “Sustainable Practices and Innovation in Public Works”. Participants were interested in meeting with local government managers and public works practitioners to hear of their experiences, innovations and lessons learnt.