Building Capability Across Queensland: Asset Management Education Supporting Queensland Local Government
Queensland’s 77 councils collectively manage $142 billion of infrastructure assets (roads, bridges, water assets) that are used to provide services to their communities. From...
Pavement recycling. It’s here and ready to implement
Many people would consider the idea of pavement recycling as just a buzzword, but according to Tanja Conners that future is already here. “The...
Data project improves New Zealand road management
New Zealand has around 11,000 kilometres of state highway regulated by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and about 83,000 kilometres of local roads...
Green Infrastructure: Asset management’s sustainability solution
Infrastructure creates around 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions and accounts for approximately half of all the resources used and waste created on the...
Bishop says New Zealand needs to lift its game on infrastructure
New Zealand, says the country’s Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop, used to be a world leader in infrastructure but poor asset management practices are putting...
Swapping concrete for vegetation
Naturalisation initiatives in the Queensland city of Bundaberg have been so successful that neighbours with adjacent properties have donated their own land for inclusion...
Beyond the Pipe: Why Infrastructure Needs a Systems View
By David Jenkins
We've spent too long looking at infrastructure through a narrow lens, thinking about the individual pipe, bridge, or pump instead of the...
Balancing the environment and tourism with infrastructure
Rottnest Island is one of Western Australia’s premier tourist attractions and welcomed over 823,000 visitors in 2024. Visitor numbers are increasing to Rottnest, which...
Auckland Transport harnesses AI to build resilience
In 2023 New Zealand’s largest city Auckland experienced two extreme weather events. Weeks of heavy rain culminated in tropical Cyclone Gabrielle in February 2023,...
Joining the dots in the MidCoast
The road network maintained by the MidCoast Council in New South Wales is regularly under pressure, but when major rain and flooding hit the...
