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City of Kingston Council has announced a new partnership with enterprise asset management solutions company, Brightly.
The Council is one of Victoria’s main employment centres and largest industrial sectors, with a population of approximately 163,724, and more than 70,000 people employed across 15,500 businesses. Almost 30% of the community also work locally and the population is forecast to reach 198,340 people by 2041.
Brightly has been engaged to support the Council to adopt a strategic asset management approach and deliver asset management plans as part of Victoria’s rigorous compliance requirements.
With extensive experience collaborating with other Victorian councils, Brightly can offer tailored strategies for the industry, ensuring outcomes that meet ISO standards and Local Government requirements and reporting outcomes, the company said in a statement.
“We are delighted to collaborate with City of Kingston in implementing our proven Predictor solution as they plan for the future,” said Brightly’s Senior Sales Executive for Local Government ANZ, Jim Apostolovski.
“With a proven track record of working with a substantial number of Councils across Australia, we have a deep understanding of the processes involved. As experts and industry leaders, we offer reliable expertise in this domain.
“We recognise the challenges councils face across all aspects of their asset portfolios, which is why we are dedicated to helping them find solutions and enhance efficiencies.”
In order to unlock capital for Kingston Council to support its growing community, its planning framework needed to be addressed, he said.
Brightly’s Predictor Platform solution integrates with existing asset management systems and can forecast the lifecycle of an asset to minimise downturn and empower councils to deploy capital optimally.
“We’re excited to bring our Strategic Asset Management software and expertise to bear at Kingston,” said Brightly General Manager, APAC, Blake Gordon.
“Predictor allows our clients like Kingston to merge the real and digital worlds, simulating the performance of their asset portfolio’s into the future. This enables data-driven decision making with respect to capital planning and drives optimised investment planning in an inflationary and capital constrained environment.”
