3 Mega Shifts shaping Brisbane’s 2032 Games

Brisbane’s 2032 Games are not just a global event. They are a deadline. A chance to prove how a mid-sized city can lead with smarter infrastructure, inclusive design, and legacy.

This paper reveals three global shifts reshaping the Victoria Park/Barrambin precinct and why Brisbane must act now to deliver a Games that goes beyond spectacle.

1. Infrastructure in a compressed world:
Why speed, sustainability, and modularity are now the baseline for infrastructure.

2. The human experience:
How movement design shapes safety, trust, and the entire event experience

3. A new era of partnerships:How collaboration, not coordination, will define success.

Why it matters
When we succeed in seven years, it won’t be because we threw the biggest party. It will be because we mastered a new operating model.

Download the report and explore how Brisbane can set a new global standard for mega event delivery. One built to flex, evolve, and endure.

This report is not commissioned, sponsored or approved by the Brisbane Organising Committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games ('Brisbane 2032'), the Australian Olympic Committee, Paralympics Australia, the International Olympic Committee or the International Paralympic Committee. GHD is not associated or affiliated with Brisbane 2032, the Australian Olympic Committee, Paralympics Australia or the Olympic and Paralympic Games Brisbane 2032.