Maintenance
Safety and efficiency in drain cleaning
Kody Cook Asset Management, Community Services, Council, Maintenance, Sponsored Editorial, Technology 0Water jet drain cleaning is an important part of maintaining pipe networks, and it’s vital that council workers have...
Optimising council vehicle fleets
Kody Cook Asset Management, Council, Energy Efficiency, Maintenance, Sponsored Editorial, Transport 0To carry out vital services, councils manage an enormous number of vehicles. But without fully understanding how these vehicles...
Maximising water network efficiency
Kody Cook Asset Management, Maintenance, Sponsored Editorial, Technology, Water 0Councils around Australia manage many thousands of kilometres of water pipelines, and ensuring these assets are operating at their...
Funds for LGAs under $1B maintenance blitz
Kody Cook Community Services, Maintenance, News, NSW, Project, Spotlight 0The first 750 New South Wales social homes to receive critical maintenance upgrades under the $1 billion Repair and...
SA Gov funding jetty refurbishments
Kody Cook Asset Management, Council, Maintenance, News, Spotlight 0The South Australian Government is providing funding to local councils for the refurbishment of ageing jetties as part of...
Taking the environmental impact out of drainage repairs
Council Journalist Maintenance, Sponsored Editorial, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0For underground assets, non-intrusive solutions not only take the physical labour out of the job by avoiding open excavation,...
Treating historical structures with efficiency and care
Council Journalist Asset Management, Maintenance, Sponsored Editorial 0Heritage and historical structures possess irreplaceable architectural and historical value, making their preservation a matter of cultural importance. When...
Choosing an electric solutions provider: what you need to know
Council Journalist Electric vehicles, Maintenance, Sponsored Editorial 0Seemingly a very new technology, many don’t know that electric vehicles actually have a long history dating back to...
Opinion: planning reform needed, let’s get it right
Council Journalist Features, Maintenance, People, Planning, Urban Development 0By Cr David Clark, President of the Municipal Association of Victoria Major planning reform is coming, and Victorian councils...
Digging deep into the data: making real change
Council Journalist Condition Assessment, Maintenance, People, Project, Safety & Training, Sponsored Editorial, Technology 0It’s employee survey time, the results are in! Have you moved the dial? Do the numbers look good? Looking...
Eureka! Award-nominated research improves water on the Central Coast
Stephanie Nestor Council In Focus, Drainage, Features, Maintenance, NSW, Project, Water 0By Stephanie Nestor, Assistant Editor, Council Magazine After a decade of poor quality, the water of Terrigal beach has...
A modern controller platform for secure remote communications
Council Journalist Maintenance, Project, Smart Cities, Technology, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0Sourcing critical data from remote areas over vast water and wastewater plants is crucial to making decisions for optimal...
How to restore pipe integrity with versatile repair solutions
Council Journalist Maintenance, Sponsored Editorial, Stormwater, Water 0Repairing underground water assets can be a costly and time-consuming task, with pipes and sewers being hard to reach....
Building a resilient future for infrastructure
Council Journalist Civil Construction, Features, Maintenance, Project, Regional, Road 0Some aspects of society never waver, like local government’s commitment to community sustainability and safety – both of which...
Mapping a new way to protect native ecosystems
Stephanie Nestor Condition Assessment, Features, Footpaths, Maintenance, Project, Recreation 0By Stephanie Nestor, Assistant Editor, Council Magazine In an innovative trial, Sunshine Coast Council is testing the capabilities of...
Pipeline Plant Hire riding crest of water industry wave with VacLift
Council Journalist Features, Maintenance, Planning, Project, Sponsored Editorial 0For more than 20 years Pipeline Plant Hire’s VacLift equipment has been the gold standard for safety and efficiency...
ALGA partnership to update assets report
Kody Cook Civil Construction, Council, Maintenance, News, Planning, Project 0The ALGA has announced that it is partnering with the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) to deliver...