The National Infrastructure Unit within Treasury is conducting a wide-ranging review into the country’s infrastructure institutional settings.
Jon Grayson outlined ideas at the recent IPWEA NZ 2018 Conference in Rotorua. He said the review will consider whether there are better fits in aggregating central government infrastructure...
Alan Titchall reports from the two-day Water Summit 2018, attended by local government delegates, industry experts and central government officials, who will be implementing regulatory water change in the future.
As LGNZ president Dave Cull pointed out in his opening address, a summit on delivering future three waters solutions...
IPWEA NZ vice president Myles Lind calls for a public water Investor Confidence Rating.
A public water Investor Confidence Rating (ICR) would signal our sector’s confidence in our ability to continuously improve, adapt and deliver high-quality infrastructure services to our customers through better delivery options. It also opens the...
The Timaru District Council’s Wastewater Strategy has been named as one of Australia and New Zealand’s most outstanding public works engineering projects. The council was recently presented with the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) Excellence in Water Project 2017 award for the Timaru Districtwide Wastewater...
Samantha Gain is manager, legal and procurement at the Greater Wellington Regional Council. She has also just been elected president of IPWEA NZ. She took time out at the organisation’s annual conference in Dunedin to talk with Ruth Le Pla about her priorities for her new role, how IPWEA NZ is evolving and the significance of being the...
Recent news of more funding plus the release of a world-first strategic plan for road lighting provide councils with a huge boost to their lighting plans. Godfrey Bridger & Bryan King report.
Two critical events have recently taken place that will lighten the way for New Zealand. The most recent took place in early March when the...
A new joint venture project aimed at helping councils make better decisions around when to replace water pipes could save millions of dollars. By John Pfahlert, CEO of Water New Zealand and Canterbury University Quake Centre manager Greg Preston.
A joint initiative between Water New Zealand, the Institute of Public Works Engineering...
The Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) has launched a new sector called SLSC (street lighting and smart controls).
The New Zealand arm of the new sector has already lodged a submission with the NZ Energy Authority which called for views on new and disruptive technologies and their potential impact on the...
Opus International Consultants partner Philip McFarlane reports that for every $1 invested in resilience projects, it’s possible to get returns of between $5 and $10.
“The United Nations quotes figures of a $10 return for every dollar spent,” he says. “And in the United States they talk about improvements to levies for stopbanks...
MWH Global specialists warn of challenging times ahead as declining and aging populations in many regions combine with increasing debt and a looming asset renewal cycle.
“Asset managers need to be very creative in finding sustainable solutions to these challenges,” writes MWH Global’s ANZ new business director Ralph Fouché in a...
