The University City of Gold Coast

In this document we will discuss about  and below are the summary points of this document:- The critical analysis of the engineering and infrastructure practices of the city of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The city has improved infrastructure in the tourism sector, but it requires restructuring in basic engineering and structural aspects. The city has notable natural resources such as beaches, and it generates a significant amount of revenue from the tourism industry. However, the city needs a proactive approach from the government to trigger international business conduction more efficiently through the ports. The analysis was conducted through secondary research, including business reports, construction reviews, books, electronic journals, and assessment of relevant literature and reports. The major finding is that the city requires a more proactive approach from the government to improve community engagement and infrastructure for the improvement in the lifestyles of citizens.

• The evaluation of the engineering aspects of the city of Gold coast is conducted
through the secondary research.
• The business reports, construction review, books and the electronic journals are used
in the evaluation of the engineering practices of the city.
• The evaluation of the transport facilities, supply of the water, maintenance of the
quality of the water, the management of the wastes including both solid and liquid,
the spaces for the leisure activities for the people of the city, the management of
the sports infrastructure for the increment in the involvement of the people of the
city in the sporting activities, the management of the medical infrastructure of the
city along with the management of the required resources for organizing the cultural
events in the region, is carried out through the assessment of the relevant literature
and the reports.
• The evaluation on the infrastructure for the adventure tourism is also conducted on
the basis of the secondary resources in order to identify the improved facilities of
the city (Ma and Hassink 2013).
 The local government of the city of Gold Coast is in need to put some strong emphasis on the Marine transportation to trigger the International business conduction
through the ports.
 The incorporation of the vendor organizations for the effective business conduction at the ports with the efficient monitoring of the activities, needs to be conducted from
the part of the government.
 The planning of the extension of both the forms of the railway lines need to conducted with a sheer sense of urgency for increasing the speed in the transportation and
improving the coverage.
 The business conduction of the city is notably affected with the absence of a strong linkage between the Gold Coast Rail Line and the airport and that is much needed for
increasing the ease in conducting business in the city (Yigitcanlar, Dur and Dizdaroglu 2015).
 The local government of the city needs to undertake construction operations for building the community engagement spaces in order to provide better infrastructure to
the citizens of it to engage among themselves.
 The inclusion of the required infrastructure for the adventure sports activities is seen to be a major need for the city to improve their infrastructure with a specific focus
on the increased tourism activities (Dedekorkut-Howes and Bosman 2015).
 The significant traffic that the main airport of the city experiences needs to be reduced for the produc6ion of the better improved services to the customers. Hence, in
order to provide the much required ease to the customers in taking their flights and increasing the flexibility with the effective reduction in the pressure of the customers,
the government needs to build one or two international level airport in the city.
 The inclusion of the technological advancements and the updated features like the Wi-Fi and internet services to all the major platforms or stations in all the forms of the
transportation will be significant in providing the improved technical facilities to the customers of the city.
On a concluding note, the city is seen to be notably strong in the transportation and the interconnections with the other parts
of the country. The government needs to concentrate on the improvement of the infrastructure associated with the tourism
sector. The construction of the new airport, extension of the existing rail lines and reorganizing of the infrastructure
associated with the ports and the coastal transportation are seen to be the major engineering needs of the city of Gold Coast.
In addition to this, the construction of the community spaces and the achievement of the required infrastructure is also much
needed.
 The city of the Gold Coast is positioned in the legislative structure of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The city is
seen to have 14 elected councillors and each of the councillors is responsible for the representation of one of the divisions
(Goldcoast.qld.gov.au 2019).
 Such legislative structure of the city is observed be significant in the better management of the engineering practices and
the structure is significant in the faster improvement of the infrastructure and the facilities of the city.
 The city of the Gold Coast is one of the prime tourist destination of the country, Australia.
 It is one of the most exciting places in the country due to significantly developed infrastructure for tourism activities.
 The city is one of the famous coastal cities in Queensland, Australia.
 Along with that, the notable amount of natural resources in the form of the beaches of the city is significant in making it one of the most attractable places in the region
for the tourists.
 The city is able to contribute significantly in the tourism industry of the country and generates a larger share of the revenue for the country’s economy as well.
 The city of Gold coast is positioned at approximately 66 kilometre south-south east of the State Capital of Brisbane along with being at the immediate north to the state
boundary of the New South Wales (Goldcoast.qld.gov.au 2019).
 The population of the city is evaluated to be at 6th in the list of the most populated cities of Australia and along with that, with a population of 698090 in the year 2016, the
city of Gold Coast is placed at the second place in the same list for the region Queensland (Abs.gov.au. 2019).
 The city is observed to have 414.3 square kilometre of area (Goldcoast.qld.gov.au 2019).
 The city of Gold Coast is seen to have immense history of sports, culture, music and the arts.
 The city of Gold Coast is notably dependent on two of the industries for the generation of the revenue and those industries are evaluated to be the tourism and the film
production.
 The mentioned coastal city of the Queensland region is seen to be significantly in alignment with the infrastructure that it requires to operate dominantly in the tourism
industry of the country and that is pretty evident with the strong connection of the country in the aspects like supply of the water, supply of electricity, transportation
(Dizdaroglu and Yigitcanlar 2016).
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 The city of Gold Coast is seen to have notable amount of improvement in the infrastructures and the engineering facilities which is significantly in alignment with the
growth of the city as one of the pioneer destination of Queensland for the tourism. However, some restructuring in the basic engineering and structural aspects of the city
is seen to be the major need of the city in implementing the best practices in the design and engineering section.
 The city of Gold Coast is able to achieve a strong connection with the other important parts of the country and the construction of the considerable number of roads is
seen to be the major influential factor in connecting the city with the other territories of the country such as Brisbane or New South Wales.
 The city is able to achieve the advantage of the strongly connected railway services which covers populated parts of the city and the coastal suburbs.
 The main focus of the city’s air transportation is seen to be the Gold Coast Airport. However, the city is seen to lack in the marine transportation in significant manner
and the local government of the city of Gold Coast is the responsible authority for triggering the much needed changes for instigating the marine transportation in full
flow.
 It is evident that the city requires a more proactive approach from the part of the government in making sure that the international business conduction is triggered more
efficiently from through the ports.
 As the number of the passengers in the city for the light rail service is increasing in significant manner and the governing authority of the service is in need to produce
larger coverage, a third extension of the G:link services becomes a significant need for the city.
 The planning for the extension of the G:link services to the Burleigh Heads is of great significance in increasing the mobility of the city.
 In addition to this, the heavy rail way service is also in need of extension as the production of the extension of the Gold Coast Line to Coolangatta has the potential to serve
the customers with better coverage.
 Apart from the infrastructural aspect of transportation system of the city, the required infrastructure for the improvement in the life styles of the citizens is seen to be
significantly absent. The much required improvement in the lifestyle of the people and the way of living of the citizens is observed to be restricted with the limited amount
of resources and the ineffective infrastructure (Dedekorkut-Howes 2013).
 The spaces for improvement of the community engagement is seen to be a major infrastructural need of the city for improving the community and the society.
 Along with this, the city of Gold Coast notably lacks the required infrastructure for the improved cultural practices that associate social and cultural belief of the people
of the region.
 As mentioned earlier, the city of Gold Coast is able to achieve the efficient management of the water and along with that, the city is in need to have increased number of
water treatment plant to serve fresh water to the citizens of it with a precise focus on the increment of the coverage.
 The diversified waste management system is seen to be one of the prime engineering needs of city as the absence of the appropriate system for the effective management of
the solid and liquid waste is observed to be a major drawback of the infrastructure of the city (Waltham et al. 2014). This leads to significant decrement in the
environmental balance of the city.
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 The main source of the water in the city is observed to be the Hinze Dam. The Dam is located at the south west of Nerang (Seqwater.com.au. 2019).
 In addition to that, the city of the Gold Coast also has services of the Little Hinze Damb which plays a crucial role in the mitigation of the water needs of the people
of the city.
 The city council directorate of the Gold Coast Water is in charge for the management of both the sources of the water for the city.
 The government of the city of Gold Coast is able to manage the quality of the water in an efficient manner and that is pretty visible with the recognition of the city’s
HACCP water management system by the World Health Organization (Seqwater.com.au. 2019). The major reasons responsible for the recognition are seen to be
the quality management of the water and the safety procedures from Catchment to tap.
 The project of the Gold Coast desalination plant was observed to be notably important for the people and the society in achieving the smooth supply of the
desalinated water.
 The government of the city of Gold Coast undertook a notable step in the implementation of the project of the Gold Coast desalination plant in the year 2009 and
that had the potential to supply 133 mega litres of desalinated water per day (Seqwater.com.au. 2019).
 Apart from the water management, the local government of the city of Gold Coast is seen to be significantly determined in the effective management transportation
system. The government was able to make sure that the city has a strong connectivity in terms of the light and the heavy rail transportation, air transportation and
the bus transportation. Along with this, the government played a crucial role in making sure that the city is able to improve their infrastructure in such a manner
that the city gets well connected with the other parts of the Queensland and Australia.
 The city of Gold Coast is observed to have significant strength in the railway connectivity
and that is pretty evident with the divisions of the railway connection.
 The railway connectivity of the city is divided into two different parts in the form of the light
and heavy rail.
 The Queensland rail is the responsible organization for the operations of the heavy rail
service in the city in partnership with the Gold Coast Railway Line. The railway line is seen
to have similar path like the Beenleigh Railway Line of Brisbane, however it has an
extension after reaching Beenleigh.
 On the other, the other part of the city’s dynamic railway connectivity is known to be as the
G:link and the light rail service is seen to be limited with a coverage of 20 kilometres.
 The light rail service is able to link Broadbeach and Helenslave and in doing so, it is seen to
connect the Surfers Paradise and the activity centres of Southport.
 The city is able to experience the services of the Powerlink Queensland as the fundamental
source of the electricity. The supply substations provided through the National Electricity
Market is responsible for transferring the supply of Powerlink Queensland
(Powerlink.com.au. 2019).
 The role of the interconnected multi-state power system is observed to be significant in
sourcing the electricity.
 Apart from the Powerlink Queensland, Energex plays a crucial role in the smooth
distribution of the electricity, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas and the other important
products. Energex is a government owned electricity corporation body which serves the
above mentioned products and the services to the industrial, residential and the commercial
customers of the city (Energex.com.au. 2019).
 Gold Coast Airport is seen to be central airport of the city and a significant share
of the air transportation is conducted through the mentioned airport.
 The airport is positioned at the Coolangatta region, 22 kilometres away from the
southern part of the Surfers Paradise (Goldcoastairport.com.au. 2019).
 As the city is observed to have only one major airport for the air transportation
with the other important cities of the country and other countries such as
Malaysia, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore, the mentioned airport is able to
experience a significant amount of traffic.
 The mentioned airport is placed at the 6th position in the list of the busiest
airports of Australia and that serves the proof of considerable amount of traffic
in the mentioned airport (Austairports.com.au 2019).
 The city of Gold Coast is seen to have a significantly strong bus connectivity across the various parts of the city along with the other cities of the
nation as well.
 The main service provider in the city of Gold Coast for the public bus services is seen to be the Surfside Buslines and the organization is considered
to be the backbone of the public bus services in the region (Surfside.com.au. 2019).
 The people of the city is seen to be significantly influenced with the bus transportation and that is pretty visible with the notable amount of
business that the mentioned organizations is able to conduct. Hence the maximum consumption of the people of city in case of the road
transportation is seen to be in the form of the bus services.
 The main advantage of the city is the multi-channel road connectivity. The city is Gold Coast has considerable number of multi-channel roads in
place for smooth connection of the city with the other major cities of the country such as Brisbane, New South Wales along with the adjacent areas.
 The Pacific Motorway (M1) is the central motorway of the area and along with that, the different parts of the city of Gold Coast is connected with
Brisbane through the Logan Motorway.
 The Pacific Motorway is also seen to be linked with the Logan Motorway near the state boundary of the New South Wales and Queensland.
 The linkage between the Logan Motorway and Tugun Bypass is seen to be significant for the improved connectivity of the city with the coastal
areas. On the other hand, the Gold Coast Highway plays a crucial role in serving the coastal suburbs of the city of Gold Coast which includes
Southport and Burleigh Heads.
 The connection between the Pacific Motorway and Southport in the Parkwood suburb region is conducted through one of the central arterial
roads of the city in the form of Smith Street Motorway.
 Apart from these roads, the achievement of the improved connectivity of the city with the other parts of the country is seen to be conducted
through the construction of Nerang-Broadbeach road, Southport Burleigh Road, Reedy Creek Road and Robina Parkway.

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