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The A-SPEC group was formed to streamline the processes undertaken to display new assets within each member’s GIS and Asset Management Systems.
A common specification for the supply of digital data was identified as a major opportunity for the consortia members to achieve efficiency and cost savings in the process of maintaining their corporate geographic information systems (GIS) and asset management systems (AMS). Moreover, a common specification shared between Councils would also provide efficiencies to the Land Development Industry by removing the need to maintain separate processes, standards and software tools for numerous Councils.
The key objectives of the A-SPEC Group is to streamline stake holders’ (local government/utilities) processes for receiving, handling and storing of infrastructure related to subdivision developments in their GIS. This process will increase the efficiency of information access and result in greater customer satisfaction when dealing with inquiries from consultants, developers and prospective residents.
- Eliminate duplication of effort. Significant duplication of effort exists in the digitising of as constructed information. This duplication exists between the private sector (who capture as constructed information), and council staff (who may digitise that information from paper plans);
- improve process efficiency, in the process of accepting and processing lodgements, and in checking existing data against design criteria and/or design plans;
- improve customer service to both internal and external customers of asset information; improve the quality of information held in council systems for audit and financial requirements, as well as operational and business requirements;
- and ultimately manage assets better to reduce the need for capital works and/or to reduce ongoing maintenance costs.
A consortium of Councils/Utilities has been formed to participate in the use of the A-SPEC standard.
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