Each year Sheargold are proud to sponsor the UDIA NSW Award for the Roy Sheargold Scholarship, to enable a young industry professional to conduct research or further their education.

The winner for 2020 is Joshua Pineda, a Senior Project Manager for Orion Consulting, with over 10 years experience in delivering projects ranging from small to large scale developments, including residential, commercial and industrial projects.

Joshua's experience also includes the delivery of various types of public infrastructure such as roads, drainage facilities, community spaces, utility installations, service lead-ins and authority designated upgrade projects.

Joshua intends to use this Scholarship to visit smart cities technology parks in the USA, Singapore and Japan, focusing on how the infrastructure and technologies found in the public domain has attracted some of the world's best companies, with a view to introducing those outcomes into projects in Australia.

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