Adapt Projects for 2007: Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all

We have received a huge amount of support from family and friends (clients included of course!) since forming Adapt in May. We have been kept busy with many interesting projects and, looking at our schedule, 2008 is shaping as another big year for both Adapt and our clients. We look forward to delivering for all clients, adapting solutions and building stronger relationships.

2007 wrap-up

Integrated Asset Management System

Gippsland Water is preparing for a very busy 2008. We have been assisting their Asset Management Team in selecting a suitable AMS solution to replace existing systems. Gippsland Water has a large water factory in construction and implementing Plant Maintenance for it is the first stage of the AMS project. This will involve adding several integration points to systems, including SCADA, to automatically trigger planned maintenance activities. The project will then proceed onto reticulation asset management. Adapt Solutions will be involved with all aspects of the implementation to ensure a successful project outcome.

ATMS - Adapt Task Management System

ATMS is Adapt’s first product offering. It was first discussed with New Plymouth District Council (New Zealand) in July this year when we shared our vision of a solution to fit a need we both saw in their business and the industry in general. We have worked through the development and testing of ATMS with New Plymouth D.C. Initially the application will be used for Property Work Management and integrate to existing GIS and Asset Management applications. ATMS is browser based and built in ASP.NET with extensive use of AJAX and JavaScript to improve usability and application speed. During the build we made sure the application could be deployed across business units and asset types without inhibiting functionality or software licensing. We have made it easy for the client to adapt the application to new business units and processes.

Adapt will have product sheets and marketing available early in the New Year. A huge thanks to everyone involved to date both at New Plymouth and in our development team.  

System enhancement and process documentation

The Dunedin City Council Roading Department has had a very challenging year. Adapt worked with DCC to realign their system reporting to their contract specification. The data outputs now match the specification of the road maintenance contract. DCC are also in the process of recompiling their Road Maintenance Contract which will be released for bids in early 2008.  We are assisting them in writing the system process section.

Data

We worked with good and bad data this year and we do not expect this to change any time soon. However, there are encouraging points. We are seeing a more proactive approach to improving data over time - something we touched on in a recent article.

On the data front we have just started a project for Gerard Cody of Timaru District Council. Gerard has facilitated the GPS capture of a large water reticulation network. We are helping prepare the data to a suitable state before it migrates to their AMS system. We’ll keep you informed on how this goes.