International success for Kiwi-made public loo
The kiwi-designed Exeloo, as featured in LG magazine, was named best public toilet facility in the United States recently. Below: Exeloo facility at Sunkist Bay,...
Category : Assets & Asset Management
Comparative information for council budgets and services
To meet financial challenges councils are being asked to re-examine their budget processes and content and improved levels of performance. Larry Mitchell says this can...
More public drinking fountains needed
A national survey of public drinking fountains around Aotearoa, recently undertaken by RefillNZ, has shown that, on average, there is only one drinking fountain for every...
Tasman District Council – Modelling assets
Outcomes from modelling an asset network effectively can help justify funding in a council’s next Long-Term Plan. Tasman District Council has been doing just that....
The future of asset management
Young Opus engineer Jules Scott-Hansen says one of the biggest challenges for her generation may not lie in building new assets but in looking after...
Push me / pull you: Can less be more when it comes to levels of service?
What happens if a council decides to check the condition of its road network less frequently? Or maybe it reckons it can shave a teeny...
Cemetery Management: A delicate balancing act
New technologies, increasing cultural diversity, revised industry standards, rising land costs and competing demand for space are just some of the factors affecting how councils...
Seven ways to make the most of your libraries
Building engagement with communities, ratepayers and local businesses begins with understanding one of councils’ biggest assets – public libraries. Tim Antric asks whether councils are...
Exeloo solution helps tackle anti-social behaviour
A penny well spent. Burwood Council in New South Wales, Australia, has eliminated anti-social behaviour at one of its toilet blocks thanks to a simple...
Balancing Act: Creative Tension
New Plymouth opens the doors to its new combined Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and Len Lye Centre next month. The iconic project has attracted intense interest...