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Asset Plans (Victoria)

Alf Della Monica – Regional Manager VIC/TAS

Many of you are aware of the implementation of the Local Government Act 2020 in Victoria. A key change is the requirement of Councils to adopt a 10-year Asset Plan by 30 June 2022. Together with our experienced Associates in this area, CT Management Group’s integrated approach to preparing 10-year Asset Plans provides the opportunity to develop an Asset Plan that is driven by services.

CTMG Associates are providing their expertise in this area as Council’s struggle with resourcing and capability in this area.

To date we have worked or are currently working with a number of councils including Monash, Mansfield, Alpine Shire, Frankston, Darebin, Ballarat and Mornington Peninsula.

Professional Placements

Malcolm McKenzie – National Placements Manager

The current demand for resources is unprecedented with a surge in requests for Project Managers, Asset Managers, Procurement/Contract Managers, Accountants, Governance specialists, HR specialists and Property Officers.

Driving this appears to be a lack of available resources in the sector due to a combination of a number of Covid related factors.

There are fewer resources to service industry on the whole due to people being off work to isolate or not returning to work because of their vaccine status. Reduced resources across all sectors is driving increased competition for resources and increasing churn. eg. the government sector is now competing with the private sector for resources.

Associate Contribution – Fred Heinz

Our Associates become involved in many exciting community projects and Fred Heinze is sharing his experience as Project Manager of the YEA RECREATION RESERVE LIGHTING UPGRADE.

Background

The rural Township of Yea is strategically located at the junction of the Melba and Goulburn Valley Highways in Victoria’s northeast and sits centrally between the townships of Alexandra to the north, Seymour to the west and the Yarra Valley wine region towns of Yarra Glen, Marysville and Kinglake to its south east.

Yea is a thriving boutique town of 1800 people with a busy and productive retail and commercial centre catering for a buoyant year-round tourist trade, and also receives steady support from its surrounding agricultural communities

Project

Big on sporting and cultural activities, Yea boasts a highly functional and well equipped Yea Recreation Reserve (YRR) that serves as a headquarters to a constituent host of community organisations and functions.

NSW Region News

Jarrod Bryant – Regional Manager NSW

NSW Asset Management

CT Management have been successful in obtaining a large volume of Asset Management work in NSW of late. We have been delivering Asset Management Plans, Strategies, Policies and AMCap reviews for Narrabri Shire Council, Gwydir Shire Council, and Murray River Council. This has been in addition to delivering numerous Asset Condition Assessment projects throughout the state.

With several proposals under consideration currently we will no doubt have more work in this space in the coming months. Given many Councils are updating their strategic documents following the 2021 NSW Local Government elections we expect further work to flow through during the course of the year.

Notable Major Projects

Alicia Riches – Practice Manager

The importance of maintaining a Pipeline of Work is a high priority of the Company and currently our Pipeline stands at 7.74 months.

Major Projects that have been won over the past three months include the following:

Murrindindi – Capital Roads and Upgrade Projects Alice Springs Town Council (NT)- Acting Director Technical Services South Burnett Regional Council (QLD) -Temporary Works Engineers Southern Grampians Shire Council – Project Manager Warrnambool City Council – Project Manager – Saleyards Projects Narrabri Shire Council (NSW) – Asset Management Plan Services Bacchus Marsh Grammar – 3 Storey Building Project, Woodlea Campus Bacchus Marsh Grammar – 3 Storey Building Project, Maddingley Campus Darebin City Council – Asset Management Review and Asset Management Plans Hawkesbury City Council (NSW) – Parks and Recreation Asset Survey Macedon Ranges Shire Council – Condition Assessment and Data Collection

Do you know we have office space available?

Here at CT Management Group head office we have office space available for all of our associates to utilise. Features include internet, whiteboard, TV for video conference calling and an endless supply of coffee.

So if you need space to meet with clients or get your work done, give us a call on 1300 500 932 to book.

New Associates

CT Management Group directors and staff welcome the following new associates who have joined the CT Management Group over the past 3 months.

Peter Bettess (VIC) – Strategic Planning

Peter joined CT Management Group in January 2022 as an Associate with extensive experience in land use, transport planning and delivering major infrastructure and development projects. Prior to joining CT Management Group Peter was the Director, ARTC Lease Negotiations with the Department of Transport where he was the commercial adviser to the team negotiating a 99-year lease of the interstate and standard gauge rail network to the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC).

Join our AFL Tipping Competition

AFL Tipping Competition

Associates are invited to join our CT Management Group AFL tipping competition for 2022. To join click the link below and follow the prompts.

URL: https://tipping.afl.com.au/tipping/index.html#/comp/1264/about?code=SEVH6A9T

Comp Code: SEVH6A9T

The season starts on Wednesday 16th March so please sign up asap!

If you require any assistance contact Brayden Dixon braydend@ctman.com.au

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

We wish all Associates and your families a special Merry Christmas and a healthy New Year 2022. Thanks again for your support through COVID.

Holiday office closures and Invoicing

Office Closure

Just like you, we will be taking a break to be with our families over Christmas.

The Geelong Head Office and Queensland offices will close at 12pm on Friday, December 24, 2021 and will reopen at 9am on Monday, January 10, 2022.

Invoicing

Please ensure your invoices are submitted by the 30 December to ensure that we have all December invoices ready to process as soon as we start back on 10th January 2022.

If your client requests their invoice to be submitted earlier in December, please advise so that we can arrange for it to be processed accordingly.