By David Jenkins Australia and New Zealand have ambitious infrastructure plans. However, both countries are facing a similar challenge when it comes to workforce capacity. It’s likely that in the future, ...
Some people might think that working for luxury sports car maker Porsche was a dream come true, but for Simon Harris it lacked the purpose he was seeking. “At the end of a ten-year chapter at Porsche, ...
For many employees, AI use began as informal experimentation with tools like ChatGPT and Claude, and has rapidly evolved into a regular part of the workday. With AI emerging as a practical assistant that ...
By Steve Mooney As debate grows about the future shape of local government in New Zealand, one question is being asked with increasing frequency: should we have fewer councils? Advocates of amalgamation ...
For organisations responsible for large building portfolios, condition assessments are a familiar part of the asset management cycle. Every few years, surveyors inspect facilities, assign condition grades, ...
Every infrastructure project begins with information. Yet one of the industry’s most critical datasets – utility information – has traditionally been fragmented across multiple asset owners, formats and ...
By Steve Mooney The latest Network Environmental Performance reporting from the Water Services Authority – Taumata Arowai should remove any lingering doubt about the scale of New Zealand's water infrastructure ...
The City of Chicago is investing US$1 million to upgrade cooling infrastructure at 42 neighbourhood parks, targeting communities identified as the most vulnerable to extreme heat through a data-driven ...
French municipalities have become a real-life laboratory for dimming and switching off street lighting at night, with lessons that are highly relevant to Australian cities and regions. From energy crisis ...
Local councils across Australia and New Zealand are increasingly facing the problem of coastal erosion and land instability from rising sea levels. What was once a rare event, has evolved into a persistent ...
In the 2025 financial year South Australia’s Local Government Finance Authority (LGFA) announced an improved after-tax equivalent profit of $6.9 million, but according to Davin Lambert that only tells ...
Australia and New Zealand’s infrastructure plans are ambitious. Australia currently has $230 billion in planned, committed, or in-progress public infrastructure projects, and a similar pipeline is projected ...
Nicole Allen believes Canada should celebrate its achievements in asset management while maintaining its momentum and continuing to build on the progress the country has made. “There is no ‘done’ for asset ...
The Dutch capital The Hague held its annual ‘roof festival’ in September and showcased six locations which demonstrate how rooftops are supporting biodiversity, storing rainwater, generating solar energy, ...
New Zealand is marking the completion of the country’s largest transport infrastructure project with the opening of Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) in September. Costing NZ$5.5 billion and taking a decade ...
The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has established and implemented a set of standards for the three-dimensional use of space in a move designed to enable more flexible urban planning. The ...
A feasibility study in New York will examine the viability of combating extreme heat on the city’s subway stations and recycling the excess heat to warm municipal buildings during the winter. US$800,000 ...
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