Napier tackles city asset challenge

June 25, 2009:The City Council of Napier, New Zealand, is to deploy Accela Automation software to help maintain the city's water and wastewater assets, as well as its various parks, reserves and public spaces.

The city estimates the new software will eventually track close to 100,000 individual assets. Napier currently uses different kinds of asset management software running on separate databases, which lowers efficiency and reduces visibility across asset classes.

Napier will deploy the Accela Asset Management module of Accela Automation, which allows local and regional government organisations to efficiently track and manage their assets and resources, providing an automated solution for costing, inventory, maintenance, investigations, and inspections.

A powerful workflow engine facilitates integration across disparate departments and systems by allowing customers to create their own work processes without the need for re-programming.

"Napier has wanted for some time to update our existing asset management systems with a single solution, built on advanced technology, that would deliver the flexibility to meet all of our needs now and into the future," said Ian Tidy, the city'sGIS Analyst and Developer.

"Accela Automation will be the central hub for all of our most critical GIS, CAD and asset data, so the application's ease of asset modelling and Accela's commitment to innovation were major factors in our selection -- as was the ability to manage work orders and record maintenance data with greater accuracy."

Accela established its Melbourne-based wholly owned subsidiary, Accela South Pacific (Accela SP) in July 2008 to service local customers.