Local Government Asset Management Consultants
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When I was sitting in the council chair, I knew asset data mattered. What I didn't have was a clear path from good intention to working reality. That's what this guide is: a twelve-stage roadmap for implementing ADAC in a council, across four phases. It begins where it really counts, with governance and the standard itself, before any software enters the picture, then works through your local rules, the pipeline, and going live. The map I wish I'd had.

Many Australian councils are adopting or requiring ADAC-compliant digital handovers for new infrastructure because it enables consistent asset capture and efficient integration with corporate systems. State infrastructure projects also increasingly align with structured digital asset handover practices.

Building a data warehouse/lakehouse for your organisation is a strategic necessity. Data is the fuel that powers innovation, automation, and AI. As Microsoft and others have emphasised, the organisations that will extract the most value from AI are those that have invested in preparing, staging, and organising their data. Without a strong foundation, AI projects often fail to deliver value, leading to wasted investment and what is sometimes referred to as the ‘trough of disil

What is the main thing holding you back? Is it a lack of systems and processes, or disparate systems and overly complicated processes.