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First Quarter 2017

In this issue:

  • The Auckland challenge for 2017 
  • On the surface 2016 showed significant steps in infrastructure but dig a little deeper and a year of much less progress emerges
  • Natural gas and zero-carbon fuels are expected to satisfy 60 per cent of the rise in global energy demand by 2035
  • Pipeline forecasts will drive better procurement planning for clients and suppliers
  • The vexing question of managing risk in a local government environment thrown into stark relief by the Kaikoura quake

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Cities
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How are cities responding to extreme weather?

Weather events are becoming more unpredictable, more intense and more damaging, posing huge challenges in both preparing for and recovering from their growing impact, says Jeremy Kelly, Global Director of Cities Research at JLL From extreme heat across southern Europe to the heaviest rainfall on record in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, to flooding in Brazil and cyclones devastating parts of southern Africa, cities face unprecedented physical risks. Continue →
Communication
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New caretaker for communications infrastructure

Chorus has appointed Programmed to manage and maintain the integrity of buildings and infrastructure services that support New Zealand’s critical communications network Programmed has won a competitive bid to maintain Chorus’ property portfolio across 2,600 sites in a potential eight year, multi-million-dollar contract. Continue →
Construction
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Support lacking for at-risk construction workers

While mental health in the construction is improving overall, more support is needed for the sector’s most vulnerable workers MATES in Construction, a not-for-profit organisation which supports positive well-being in the industry, surveyed more than 2000 workers, with 85% of workers reporting good mental health in 2023. Continue →

Energy
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Is there a future in carbon capture technology?

Stubbornly high costs and performance issues threaten the prospects for carbon capture and storage (CCS), according to the Institute for Energy Economic and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) In just two years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has halved its outlook for fossil fuel use in association with CCS by 2040 and 2050 in its Net Zero Emissions (NZE) scenario. Continue →
Environment
Local Government
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Wellington Council under close watch for all the wrong reasons

Local government Minister Simeon Brown’s intention to appoint a crown observer to Wellington City Council raises concerns, not so much about the council as about the quality of the advice the Minister has received, writes Peter McKinlay Those concerns go to the very heart of the intended role of the Department of Internal Affairs of advising on Water Service Delivery Plans including whether plans satisfy the financial sustainability requirement. Continue →

Training & Management
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Work-based learning to become industry-led

Industry representatives are pleased vocational education and training providers will be given more control over their own programmes, rather than taking direction from a ‘centralised behemoth’ Beginning next year, the Government will introduce a new, independent, and industry-led model for work-based learning, Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds says. Continue →
Transport
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Cheaper public transport sees drop in car use

50 cent flat fares have been made permanent for urban public transport networks state-wide in Queensland, Australia – Adventures in Transitland’s Darren Davis explores the impact and notably how parking providers have responded Queensland launched 50 cent flat fares across all urban bus networks in the state in August 2024 (including free transfers), initially as a cost of living relief measure implemented in the lead-up to the October 26 2024 state election. Continue →
Water
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Region plagued with water restrictions investigates massive dam

A bid to build a dam in the shadow of the failed Ruataniwha dam in Central Hawke’s Bay has been given a $3 million injection from the Government By Linda Hall, Local Democracy Reporter The money will be used to find out if the massive project to store water on the Makaroro River is viable – commercially, environmentally and technically. Continue →