Smart City Framework, Victoria, Australia
Glenelg Shire Council
Glenelg Shire in far south-western Victoria, covers a large area around Portland, which is home to Victoria’s second-largest export port built on forestry, aluminium, agriculture and aquaculture.
Like many regional communities Glenelg Shire has challenges around the cost of service delivery, employment growth, retaining young adults and communications infrastructure. Glenelg Shire Council is very progressive and fully recognises the potential of smart technology to help the community achieve three key attributes of liveability, workability and sustainability.
GHD was appointed to prepare a smart city framework, roadmap and governance process. We engaged widely across the community to identify initiatives that are tailored to the region. Our client was particularly pleased with the time our team spent in the community and our open and friendly, collaborative working style. We have since introduced a potential partner who may be willing to fund one of the identified smart technology trials which would enable the Council’s limited available funds to be leveraged further.
The Connected Site, Victoria, Australia
Level Crossing Removal Authority
A major rail infrastructure upgrade on the east coast of Australia is facing a number of challenges, including escalating cost pressure, increased resource competition and complex coordination of works.
The Connected Site will evaluate the extent to the ‘Internet of things’ , pattern recognition, mobility and other smart technologies will be able to enhance safety, improve resource liability and reduce project delivery cost.
So far, GHD Digital has delivered a range of benefits to our client including:
- Identifying savings
- Providing a single point of truth for data across the project
- Facilitating efficient data handling and enhanced information sharing across the project
- Enabling the client to view and access project information on mobile devices
- Minimising site work through timely insights.