Asset Management
Lake Macquarie Council awards bridge replacement tender
laurendelorenzo Asset Management, Civil Construction, Council, News, Project, Safety & Training, Spotlight, Transport 0Lake Macquarie Council has awarded the construction tender for a $3.1 million replacement of a 50-year-old bridge at Wilton...
Cairns undertakes study for Smart Green Economy
April Shepherd Asset Management, News, Smart Cities, Spotlight 0Cairns Regional Council is preparing a multi-stage strategic planning study to advance their Smart Green Economy. The project is...
Industrial water quality monitoring for cooling towers a success
April Shepherd Asset Management, Sponsored Editorial, Sustainability, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0An innovative monitoring approach has seen lasting success at a cooling tower project in Melbourne, revealing how automation and...
Revolutionary wastewater level monitoring solution
April Shepherd Asset Management, Sponsored Editorial, Waste Management, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0Leading Telemetry expert, Metasphere, has launched a revolutionary wastewater level monitoring solution, Art Sewer. Metasphere provides robust, reliable systems...
The role of electric vehicles in local government
April Shepherd Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Electric vehicles, Sponsored Editorial 0The global market for electric mobility continues its unstoppable growth, both in terms of registrations of hybrid and full-electric...
City of Ballarat’s circular economy to turn full circle
Council Journalist Asset Management, Sustainability, Technology, Waste Management 0The City of Ballarat is calling for its local waste system to turn full circle, launching a suite of...
Finding the right partner for productivity
April Shepherd Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Sponsored Editorial, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0Local governments have plenty at stake when it comes to upholding the safety and integrity of critical pipeline assets, but...
Boosting connectivity across regional council operations
April Shepherd Asset Management, Community Services, Electric vehicles, Maintenance, Sponsored Editorial 0Developing and delivering solutions to meet the unique communications needs of Australian regional councils requires specialist expertise. With a...
Ground-cooling trial to beat urban heat
Council Journalist Aged care, Asset Management, Community Services, Disaster Management, Footpaths, Welfare 0by April Shepherd, Editor, Council magazine As the effects of climate change become more and more evident in Australia’s...
The FK Range by DAB: submersible pumps for sewage
April Shepherd Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Maintenance, Sponsored Editorial 0Thanks to their construction, the FK Series – DAB’s professional submersible wastewater pumps – can guarantee reliability, efficiency and...
How to measure tree canopy coverage – and why it’s so important
April Shepherd Asset Management, Condition Assessment, Disaster Management, Drones, Maintenance, Sponsored Editorial 0Interest in measuring tree canopy and building policies to increase urban tree canopy coverage is, quite literally, growing. Here,...
Funding round for SA local road projects now open
laurendelorenzo Asset Management, Council, News, Spotlight, Urban Development 0South Australian local councils can now apply to supercharge local road initiatives, with the opening of a new funding...
Uncovering the latest in smart, sustainable cities
April Shepherd Asset Management, Environment and Sustainability, Features, Smart Cities 0Sustainable Cities, held in November 2021, was hosted by Council magazine, and it was the latest event to be...
Trends in digital sensing, thinking and acting technology
April Shepherd Asset Management, Community Services, Features, Maintenance, Sponsored Editorial 1by Gerard Dyson, Managing Director, Spectur In our personal and working lives, we are becoming increasingly comfortable with the...
ASCA releases Federal Election Platform
April Shepherd Asset Management, News, Smart Cities, Spotlight, Sustainability 0The Australian Smart Communities Association (ASCA) has released its 2022 Federal Election Platform, aiming to elevate the discussion of...
As cyber threats rise, businesses can no longer manage threats alone
laurendelorenzo Asset Management, Council, Sponsored Editorial, Technology 0Australian organisations reported a cyber attack every eight minutes in the 2021 financial year, according to the Australian Cyber...
Hobsons Bay Council requests tough penalties for Cherry Creek chemical spill
Stephanie Nestor Environment and Sustainability, Maintenance, Spotlight, VIC 0As the clean-up continues at Cherry Creek and Lake following a chemical spill, Hobsons Bay City Council is calling...
Does Australia have the domestic capability to weather a digital crisis?
April Shepherd Asset Management, Disaster Management, Maintenance, Sponsored Editorial 0In recent years, the world has had to face numerous crises – the COVID-19 pandemic, increased number of targeted...