In August 2022, sharing our passion for creating better places, Tanya Moran and Tim Judd joined Director Sam Williams as part of Team PJA in Australia. They opened the inaugural Western Australia PJA office in Perth, recognising a significant opportunity for growth in influencing transport outcomes, sustainable infrastructure and placemaking in the area.
12 months after bringing the PJA brand to the west coast, Tim and Tanya continue to prioritise planning infrastructure for people and places to call home.
In the 365 days they have been there they have gone from a team of three to six, supporting a number of local and national clients and winning awards. They’ve done all this whilst still picking their children up from school, going to their sports events and performances while maintaining that healthy life-work balance we all strive for.
So what might the next 12 months bring? Tanya and Tim said:
“We’re so pleased to provide a ‘go -to’ transport and place making specialist group for our clients and partners in the industry on a national level. In the next 12 months we aim to continue to work on projects that we are truly excited about and organically grow our team. We thank our project partners and clients for their support of PJA in Australia over the last year and will continue to offer our combined 40+ years’ expertise in the transport planning industry.”
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Meet our team in Australia
Sam Williams
Sam heads up the Melbourne office of PJA and has over 11 years’ experience in civil engineering design consultancy’s.
He has worked on a wide range of projects including: development infrastructure, public realm improvements, national cycle routes and urban regeneration.
Sam brings a genuine passion for early engineering engagement at concept stage to ensure that a creative and credible design can be delivered.
Tanya Moran
Tanya has 20 years’ experience across the transport sector working on urban regeneration, built form, greenfields and major infrastructure projects for the public and private sector.
She has a proven track record of delivering complex projects, drawing on her in-depth appreciation of the transport system and expectations of its users to service land use planning and create places that people feel comfortable to interact in and safe to call ‘Home’.
She is a Fellow of Engineers Australia and has been an active committee member for over a decade for Transport Australia, Student Engagement and the National Women Working Group of Engineers Australia.
Tim Judd
Tim has over 20 years’ experience in transportation and land use planning, road safety, public transport and active travel. Tim’s main focus is on providing advice on street design and its role within places.
He is a board member of Streets for People, a member of the Cycling Walking Australia and New Zealand Design Innovations Working Group and a panel member of Main Roads WA/IPWEA Road Safety Panel.
Tim has also been actively involved in developing the Healthy Streets framework and is an accredited Healthy Streets Assessor.
Richard Spencer
Richard has over 20 years’ experience in both the public and private sector in Road Design & Construction, Traffic Engineering, Traffic Management Planning, Road Safety, Crash Investigation and Road Safety Engineering.
With expansive experience and appreciation for projects of all size Richard is passionate about delivering high quality safe places with a commercial focus.
Rodney Ding
Rodney has over 33 years’ experience in transport planning, traffic management, traffic engineering, transport/traffic modelling, road safety engineering and traffic planning. He specialises in Transport Impact Assessments, Intersection Analysis, Transport Modelling, Traffic Design, Parking Assessment/Design, Road Safety and Expert Witness. Having worked across a wide variety of projects, he is also fluent in the use of key traffic engineering/planning software platforms such as Sidra Intersection (Network), Q-Paramics and the Emme suite.
Sonja Hayes
Sonja has over 13 years’ experience in the traffic and transport industry. She started her career in New Zealand with a focus in road safety before relocating to Australia in 2012. She has experience in the local government sector and in small and large consultancies, undertaking traffic assessments for small individual developments through to larger structure plan and subdivisions.
Sonja has a vast skill set having prepared traffic impact assessments, car park assessments and design, safety inspections and crash analysis for sites across Australia and New Zealand. Her passion lies in road safety, hoping to contribute to improvements in the experience of travel for all road users, across all modes of travel.
