Civiltech Solutions is deploying a cloud-based asset management platform to help Australian councils plan and deliver local road maintenance amid tightening budgets and rising service expectations. The system integrates defect data, pavement condition, work orders and contractor scheduling into a single interface, replacing fragmented spreadsheets and paper-based workflows. For engineers, this enables network-level prioritisation of reseals and rehabilitation, clearer forward works programming, and more defensible funding bids tied to quantified road condition and lifecycle cost scenarios.

Caterpillar has completed its roughly $1.1 billion acquisition of mining software specialist RPMGlobal, adding mine planning, scheduling and simulation platforms such as XPAC, HAULSIM and TALPAC to its portfolio. The deal folds RPMGlobal’s cloud-based enterprise solutions for fleet management, maintenance and ESG reporting into Caterpillar’s MineStar ecosystem, tightening integration between OEM equipment data and planning tools. For engineers, this signals deeper OEM-backed digital workflows for haulage optimisation, drill-and-blast design and life-of-mine scheduling, with potential lock-in around Caterpillar machine data and interfaces.

Caterpillar has completed its acquisition of Brisbane-based RPMGlobal Holdings, adding mine planning, scheduling and operations management software to its existing mining equipment and autonomy portfolio. RPMGlobal’s data-driven platforms span the full mining value chain, from long-term pit optimisation and truck–shovel scheduling to short-interval control and maintenance planning, giving Caterpillar tighter integration between fleet hardware, telemetry and decision-support tools. For engineers, this signals deeper OEM-backed support for model-based planning, productivity analytics and site-wide digital twins across Caterpillar-equipped operations.