John Holland has hit an
impressive milestone: the
company recently celebrated
65 years of operation.“We’re well known in the
Australian marketplace
for taking on complex,
specialist projects, and
have led the industry with
creative, complex engineering
projects since our inception,”
said Brendan Petersen,
Executive General Manager of
Engineering, Technology, and
Innovation at John Holland.
“Our 65-year history—which
includes iconic work on the
Alice Springs to Darwin rail
project and new Parliament
House—is a testament to this.”“Looking back on that kind
of time is humbling,” David
Banger, CIO, shared. “Our
history proves that we’re
always looking for a unique
and improved way to handle
our client’s projects.”Marking this milestone has
also given John Holland’s
executive leadership an
opportunity to plan bigger
and better for the future, and
cutting-edge technological
innovations lie in store for
each one of the company’s
unique projects.Technology for the
Future of Construction
An overarching theme to John
Holland’s improvements for
the future is to simplify the
technology its employees
use on a daily basis. Going
mobile and paperless are
both priorities to provide a
better employee experience
as well as provide increased
productivity and visibility for
clients. These changes show
how simple things can have a
big impact.One of the ways the company
is succeeding at this is the
introduction of its Project
Pack Web, a web-based
application that has digitised
over 50 processes used
on a daily basis. Now daily
site diary, purchasing, field
data entry, safety, and many
other processes are available
across all desktop and
mobile devices, and enable
employees to upload notes
and images from the field.Project Pack Web has allowed
the company to dramatically
decrease the amount of paper
used to conduct business, and
employees can now access
80 to 90 per cent of relevant
information for their job on
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