The National Forward Works Viewer is owned by Digital Built Aotearoa, a purpose-built foundation whose mission is to encourage collaboration and knowledge-sharing from lessons learned in recovery infrastructure projects to enable and improve infrastructure resilience throughout Aotearoa.
The NFWV was previously owned by Christchurch City Council, but was moved into the ownership of the Digital Built Aotearoa Foundation in 2023 to support the continued growth and goals of the programme. The platform is supported by feedback and engagement from our users and key industry stakeholders, along with Te Waihanga InfraCom and Waka Kotahi NZTA.
Open Plan are the programme lead for the NFWV. With a historical association going back to the inception of the tool, they engage with current and existing stakeholders, onboard organisations, and liaise with the technical services team to ensure that the NFWV is fully functional.
The NFWV is also supported by Jacobs, who build the processes to bulk upload the data.
The Underground Asset Register (UAR) is Aotearoa’s first online map of federated underground assets in one central location. Historically, underground asset information has been held by asset owners in various formats and locations. The UAR seeks to bring this information together into a simple and easy to understand format in one central location.
We are working with Wellington City Council and asset owners in the region to publish assets onto the map. Utility data is displayed on the map with interactive tools so users can understand what assets exist in their area of interest, who the asset owners are, and how to contact them. The UAR also provides a convenient mechanism for providing feedback when a user find something in the wrong place, or something that isn’t recognised. This feedback is provided to the utilities and to WCC to support updating the data sets that feed into the map.
– View asset location and information from different organisations on one map
– View the data at any time, on any device
– Improve health and safety outcomes
– Mitigate programme risk
– Improve asset lifecycles
– Enable feedback on asset data quality
– Enable feedback on asset information
– Reduce community disruption
– Reduce project costs
– Reduce the chance of asset strike
– View assets in the context of other supporting geospatial information
We’re not recruiting right now, but if you’d like to build the smarts that help New Zealand deliver better infrastructure, feel free to flick your CV to info@openplan.co.nz, or check the Open Plan website for vacancies at the link below.
