GBM Konect field management in Bendigo: practical lessons for asset engineers
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell
First reported on Roads & Infrastructure (AU)
30 Second Briefing
City of Bendigo’s Coordinator GIS & Asset Information, Paul Nicholson, is deploying GBM Konect, a mobile field management app, to overhaul how road and drainage assets are captured and maintained in the field. Konect’s flexible data model allows crews to map linear assets, attach photos and condition data offline, and sync directly to the council’s central GIS rather than relying on point-only, office-based systems. For civil and asset engineers, this means faster defect logging, fewer data transcription errors, and more reliable spatial information for pavement and drainage renewal planning.
Technical Brief
- Konect was selected after benchmarking “a few different systems” for GIS field data capture flexibility.
- Similar councils with dispersed road networks and legacy GIS can replicate this approach without replacing core systems.
Our Take
With only a handful of Software stories in our coverage, GBM Konect’s field management focus stands out against a portfolio that is otherwise dominated by physical project delivery rather than digital tooling.
Most of the 71 tag-matched ‘Projects’ pieces centre on construction and infrastructure outcomes in Australia, so a software-led case involving the City of Bendigo signals that local councils are becoming early adopters of structured field-data platforms rather than relying solely on contractors’ systems.
Featuring a named practitioner like Paul Nicholson alongside GBM Konect aligns with a pattern in our database where software uptake in Australian infrastructure is driven less by central IT and more by project managers seeking auditability and real-time visibility on dispersed worksites.
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