Project completion reporting
By Stephen Mockett, General Manager, Plan A. A tool for accountability and learning, or a pain in the ….? Many managers I talk with admit...
Category : LG Magazine
Investment in new technology
The Gisborne District Council (GDC) expects a sea change in its community services after upgrading its technology infrastructure to a modern Software as a Service...
A perspective on ‘green’ energy
By Andy Loader, co-chairman, Primary Land Users Group. Is there any such thing as “green energy” when you consider the full life of renewable generation...
Interactive sessions in tendering
By Stephen Mockett, general manager, Plan A. We have seen feedback recently from tender evaluators across a number of sectors about tenderers not making full...
Accurately charging for infrastructure investment
In the first of a two-part feature on infrastructure funding for local government, David Norman, an executive advisor in GHD’s Economics and Strategy team, discusses...
In defence of von Tempsky’s legacy
By Alan Titchall As a student of history, I was taught it is bad practice to judge the prejudices of the past with the prejudices...
Overseas investments in council strategic assets
Local government owns and maintains assets and infrastructure that are strategically important to the whole country. The National Security and Public Order regime is in...
Standardising land transport data for local government infrastructure
Supplied by the Asset Management Data Standard Programme Team at the NZ Transport Agency. Picture a world where data is easily described and recorded, readily...
Economy stressed with inflated price for too much stimulus
The latest forecast published by Infometrics reveals our economy has become stretched to breaking point, with demand pumped to unsustainable levels by monetary and fiscal...
A modern-day version of borrow and hope
By Peter Dunne. An elaborate but ultimately irrelevant game of ‘pass the parcel’ is being played out at present about who is responsible for inflation...