From left to right: Noburu Katsu (Chairman & CEO, Mitsui & Co (Australia)), Ian Petherbridge (Chairman, Aptella), Martin Nix (CEO, Aptella), Nobuaki Kitamori (Representative Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer, Mitsui & Co), Hiroshi Kubo (General Manager, Construction and Industrial Machinery Division, Mitsui & Co). The Mitsui representatives learnt about Tokara Link telematics and remote support technology, developed by Aptella to streamline the design file transfer and technical support capabilities on site by eliminating the need to visit machines in person. Global company becomes a corporate shareholder in intelligent positioning technology provider Aptella to amplify innovation across its core markets. Mitsui & Co. (Mitsui) is a Japanese organisation with operations in 66 countries worldwide. Specialising in identifying and realising innovation
Adam Burke, Aptella’ Geospatial Manager NSW It’s now a matter of rethinking the structure of survey practices or being left stranded, short staffed and priced out of the market. Stating the obvious – there’s a shortage of qualified surveyors A 2018 BIS Shrapnel study quantified what we’ve all been experiencing in recent years, and what is about to worsen dramatically. Nationally, globally in fact, there’s a dire shortage of qualified surveyors. In NSW alone, there is a current shortfall of 530. This is tipped to reach 680 by 2024. The impact is being felt across a number of industries – construction, mining and general spatial sectors – and there’s a delay and cost knock on effect to our
Stanwell Park – January 2019 by Gavin Docherty Between 1890 and 1900, in the sleepy seaside town of Stanwell Park, Lawrence Hargrave tirelessly experimented with his flying contraptions. He was one of only a small handful of aeronautical pioneers around the globe attempting to make manned flight a reality. As he sat on the dunes of Stanwell Park beach he studied the flying seagulls and realised that there was no magic to flight, just engineering. Although he was focussed on recreating the flapping motion of the wings for many years using a rotary engine, it was only when he realised it was possible to soar the updraft with a fixed wing that he made major progress. After several
