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Utility Meet-Ups
CONNECTING USERS IN THE SAME INDUSTRY
Locus FME Utility Meet-Ups, sharing, learning and growing.
The Locus FME Utility Meet-Up will host three or four virtual meetings per year
Dedicated to fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing among FME users in the Utility sector across New Zealand and Australia. The Locus FME Utility Meet-Up has been designed to provide a platform for utility professionals to connect, share best practices, and learn about the latest advancements in FME technology.
Join us to learn from real-world FME applications in the industry, showcase your expertise and expand your network.
Member
Presentations
Member organisations will showcase their recent FME projects and applications within the utility space, followed by a Q&A session
FME Technical
Update
A representative from Locus will provide insights into the latest FME developments and features relevant to the utility industry
Networking
Opportunities
Meet-up attendees will have the opportunity to connect with other FME professionals working in the utility sector
Download Utility Meet-Up Presentations
Date of Meet-Up: 19 March 2025
| Title of Presentation | Title | Presenters | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| ArcGIS Utility Network | Overview of the Utility Network including platform capabilities, network management and data readiness. | Aaron Sapsford, Eagle Technology | Download |
| Harnessing the Power of FME for Utility Network | How to use FME to interact with Utility Network. | Sahil Bhouraskar, Network Waitaki | Download |
| The Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence of Things Kriv Naicker | The future of the Internet of Things | Kriv Naicker, Synaptec & NZ IoT Alliance | Download |
Date of Meet-Up: 4 December 2024
| Title of Presentation | Title | Presenters | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| What’s New in FME 2024.2 | Highlights of the FME 2024.2 software release | Jan Roggisch, Locus | Download |
| Big things in small packages | FME is great at doing some big wonderful smart analysis big complex forms, but we forget and overlook the small pieces of work that also contribute to better, more streamlined workflow etc. | Trent Bradley, Unison Networks | Download |
| FME usage for ComCom Information Disclosure Schedule 9c Overhead Lines | High level view into how Unison uses FME to derive network lengths for the overhead network for the annual Information Disclosure reports schedule 9c. | Shane Libeau, Unison Networks | Download |
| ICP Address Challenges | Better addressing for the electricity industry | Dayna Plimmer, CoreLogic | Download |
Date of Meet-Up: 18 September 2024
| Title of Presentation | Title | Presenters | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| What’s New in FME 2024 | Highlights of the FME 2024 software release | Darren Fergus, Locus | Download |
| Our Journey with FME | Vector, New Zealand’s largest distributor of electricity and gas shares their experience with FME | Ashley Paice, Vector | Download |
| Building a High Availability and Fault Tolerant FME Environment | A guide to designing and deploying high availability and fault-tolerant solutions | Hamish Kingsbury, Locus | Download |
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Full Control of a critical data pipeline
Wellington Electricity relied on daily retailer files to keep their network records accurate but inconsistent formats made automation a real challenge. Partnering with Locus, they built a fully automated FME Flow pipeline that now runs daily with no manual touchpoints and no third-party dependencies.
90% Faster Data Processing
NZTA, Waka Kotahi was spending a full day manually downloading, compressing and sending photo attachments for newly installed network devices. By integrating FME into their survey workflow, that same process now runs in just five minutes.
The Locus Team and FME delivered the most efficient solution, by a long shot. It’s released us from highly manual processes, given us cleaner data, and built confidence in the accuracy of our reporting
50% Faster Biosecurity Reporting
Auckland Airport handles over 18 million passengers a year, making biosecurity monitoring mission-critical. Manual inspection reporting was slow and eating hundreds of GIS hours annually. By partnering with Locus and the help of FME and Esri automating the workflow, they cut manual effort in half.
Real Time freight visibility across the rail network
KiwiRail operates 900 freight trains a week and handles 18% of New Zealand's imports and exports. Manual GIS updates were taking hours every time a disruption hit. Using FME, they built a live freight disruption dashboard eliminating manual overhead and keeping freight moving.
60% Faster Water Data Requests
Auckland Council was taking up to 10 days to fulfil water resource data requests, a manual, approval-heavy process serving a city of 1.7 million people. By automating submissions, approvals, and data delivery with FME and Esri, that turnaround is now just 3–4 days, with better service and no manual bottlenecks.
The dashboard, powered by FME has reduced manual effort and improved operational efficiency in the handling of major event data by more than 30%. Where we had previously relied on multiple sources of disparate data, we now have a single source of real-time intelligence.
