NSW Councils Join The Adac Consortium

Mark Lamont Director, Information & Resources

Over the past couple of years, interest in ADAC (Asset Design as Constructed) as an asset management solution for automated data transfer has been attracting interest in NSW. Four NSW councils have since joined the Consortium with several other councils now committed to implementing the ADAC schema to better manage their donated and other assets.

Tweed Shire Council and Port Macquarie-Hastings Council have been involved with the Consortium for several years with 22 other councils, and are now joined by Shellharbour Council, Wollondilly Shire Council, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council and Ballina Shire Council.

ADAC is the preferred solution for automated data transfer for three primary reasons: it was developed by local councils for local council, and it is nonproprietary and available for any organisation to utilise without cost. It also accommodates the range of council business systems and processes already in place and experience has shown that implementing ADAC also streamlines those systems and processes. This has been a key driver for the growing interest in ADAC.

Being a member of the ADAC Consortium, offers an opportunity for member councils to influence the future development of the schema to incorporate attributes that are important for their local conditions, local rules and legislation. The contributions of our NSW member councils have been invaluable in the development of version 6 of the schema to be launched later in 2022. The fundamental drivers of ADAC also fulfil the requirements of the Queensland Government Strategic Asset Management Plan framework and similar frameworks and policies adopted in other states. The objective of these frameworks is to strengthen the accountability, performance and capability across the public sector.

ADAC contributes to this broader asset management framework by focusing on the registration, valuation and maintenance of assets. This enables councils to effectively plan for the disposal and replacement of their assets.

In other ADAC matters, we would like to acknowledge the tremendous contributions of outgoing Chair of the ADAC Strategic Reference Group, Darren Moore. Darren has taken on a role with KPMG as Manager - Engineering, Assets & Project Delivery - Infrastructure, Assets & Places and we’re sure we’ll continue to connect with Darren. A new Chair will be announced shortly.