Property and land acquisition has been identified as the number one risk to construction projects being delivered on time. Delays to construction can lead to millions of dollars in penalties, delayed benefits realization, as well as additional costs to land acquisition budgets. Auckland Transport (AT) is the agency responsible for the ongoing delivery and management of an integrated transport system to meet the needs of New Zealand’s largest and fastest growing city – Auckland. The City of Auckland is expected to grow by 1 million people over the next 30 years. To prepare for this growth, Auckland is developing a fully funded transport program from 2012 -2042 estimated at $60 billion in 2012 dollars.
Acquisition of over 1300 properties and land will be necessary for this major 30-year construction endeavor. This can be complex and demanding, taking up to a year to complete for each entity (many including multiple properties) with significant risks involved including financial, schedule, legal, and reputational. People who are impacted must be consulted and informed throughout the process. A complex legislative and legal process with demanding requirements must be managed with multiple interdependencies that impact project delivery timeframes, costs, and contractual obligations.
Auckland Transport addressed the issue of overcoming capital infrastructure risks with LeapThought’s FulcrumHQ software platform. It is a scalable, extensible, and secure platform that enables internal and external parties involved in property acquisitions across multiple capital projects to collaborate and exchange information, documents, and files in a transparent, compliant, consistent, controlled, and federated manner. The time-consuming manual processes and use of complex spreadsheets that are prone to errors and inconsistencies are eliminated by delivering a digitized process enabling internal and external parties to collaborate.
The outcome for Auckland Transport has been a world-class, award-winning business solution successfully delivering and translating into considerable cost savings through operational efficiency gains while at the same time digitizing a complex legislative process. Comprehensive document management and transparent, auditable workflows help AT mitigate risk by ensuring compliance with regulations and contracts.
“For thought leadership and rock-solid delivery, I look to LeapThought.” -
Roger Jones - Chief Technology Officer, Auckland Transport
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