Asset Management
Health sector a ticking time bomb for New Zealand
By David Jenkins and Steve Mooney
In a recent television interview Geoff Cooper, from the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission Te Waihanga, used an excellent analogy...
Fleet Management
Emerging Technology
LED street lighting and a sustainable future?
By Ian Killick, GM - Connected Light Solutions
The use of LED for street lighting is now the norm, driven by the benefits LED light...
Christchurch City Council (New Zealand) deploys Itron Smart Streetlighting Solution
With a population of more than 395,000 (as of June 2023), Christchurch City is the largest urban centre in the South Island of New...
Career
Kevin Walters. Lessons from a sporting life
A few years ago the Brisbane Broncos NRL team was struggling for wins, and coach Kevin Walters was copping advice from all sides.
“We were...
Advance of the Robots
The first Robotics Roadmap for Australia was published in 2018 and it put Australian industry revenue at $12 billion, and by the time the roadmap...
Fleet Council Member Profile: Ryan Brumley
How did you get started in the Fleet Industry? I always had a passion for cars, trucks and machinery growing up. After leaving high...
Lighting gets Smarter
In its 117-year history, Belgian company Schréder has evolved from producing the first electrical panels to becoming a leading independent provider of connected lighting,...
Industry News
Connected cars fail on data privacy, says Mozilla
While connected cars can deliver more efficient fleet management and safety benefits they are also a “privacy nightmare on wheels”, according to the US...
Tokyo expressway goes green and pedestrian-friendly
Tokyo is converting a two kilometre stretch of expressway into an elevated green walkway as part of the city’s plan to create more pedestrian-friendly and people-centred...
Australia’s public swimming pool crisis
Australia’s ageing public swimming pools are nearing the end of their lifecycles and will require $8 billion to repair or be replaced over the...
Smart Pole collaboration for Smart Cities
Chinese LED display and lighting company Unilumin Group is working with telco Huawei on a joint smart pole solution designed for smart city projects...
BYDA’s latest improvement – collated responses
By Before You Dig Australia
As part of continued efforts to improve the user experience, Before You Dig Australia (BYDA) released an update to the...
Water metering. The infrastructure solution which can help NZ’s water crisis
While New Zealand grapples with an estimated NZ$100 billion water infrastructure gap over the next 30 years there is one solution which could make...