Australian Spatial Analytics

This is a great opportunity for anyone involved in the disability space to have their story told to a massive audience. Great to see this ABC Australia and International Day of People with Disability - Australia partnership come to life.

We can vouch for how invaluable media coverage from the ABC can be for not-for-profits like us. One example was this story that aired in 2024 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-19/autistic-employees-excel-at-innovative-software-company/104368190. Let's just say our website visits spiked a bit after the story reached over 750,000 views on ABC's TikTok channel, one of their most popular posts for that year!

Calling all budding storytellers living with disability If you are an emerging content maker or journalist with disability and have a story to tell, now is your chance to work with the ABC to tell it.

John Holland is one of Australia’s leading construction companies, building critical infrastructure across multiple sectors.

They engaged our young analysts to deliver over 4,000 As-built drawings and conformance reports for a major project on the Gold Coast. Our analysts used digital engineering and task management programs such as 12d, 12d Synergy and ClickUp to deliver this essential work. It also provided on-the-job training opportunities for over 20 analysts or eight full-time equivalent positions! You can see some of the team involved with the project in the photo!

Andrew Fenwick, the Senior Survey Manager, said, "When ASA came on board during a crucial point in the project, they quickly became an essential part of our workflow, focusing on survey As-built support. ASA were thorough, dependable and helped us push through a significant backlog of requests. I was so impressed with their performance that I expanded their scope of work, and they continued to deliver excellent results. ASA has been a standout partner, and I look forward to working with them again in the future."

We would like to thank everyone involved for giving our analysts this invaluable opportunity to build their skills, while creating enormous social impact through their supply chains for autistic Australians facing a 34% unemployment rate.

Data, data, and more data.

That was the overwhelming theme of the Future of Construction FCON conference last week in . The event brought together over 1000 people in the construction industry who are all dealing with the same challenges: workforce shortages, digital transformation, delivery certainty, and the enormous opportunity of Queensland’s largest-ever infrastructure investment, Brisbane 2032.

Here's what it means for us.

1. Data is critical for construction. Your ‘single source of truth’ needs to be accurate and connected to enable efficiencies and better decisions. The ‘digital twin’ of a project is as complex as the physical one. Someone has to build and maintain it.

2. The workforce problem won't be solved by the same talent pipelines that created it. The construction industry critically needs new sources of skilled, loyal, precise data professionals. But they already exist – young autistic adults facing a 34% unemployment rate. They're just overlooked.

Australian Spatial Analytics has the answer to both of these problems. If we spoke at FCON26, it was great talking to you. If we didn't, please get in touch with us to find out more.

Find out more at https://www.asanalytics.com.au/

We’d like to welcome two new ASA board members – Jolie Baasch and Mudit Srivastav! They are both passionate about creating social change and will bring a wealth of experience to help shape our future!

Jolie is a data and analytics executive with extensive experience in strategy, having led and transformed organisations across software, financial services, property, and government sectors. Currently at The Australian National University, this expertise, combined with her governance credentials and demonstrated commitment to inclusive workforce development, makes her a valuable addition to the ASA board.

Mudit is an executive with experience across technology, data and AI across multiple sectors. He has been recognised as a thought leader in building data-driven organisational cultures. His combination of deep expertise in AI, advanced analytics and executive leadership across large, regulated industries will also bring invaluable insights to ASA.

We look forward to working with Jolie and Mudit alongside existing board members Alex McDonald, Alice Walker, Emma Charlton and Susan Bannigan to drive our mission to make mainstream! Welcome!

ASA would also like to thank departing board member George Curran, who was there right from our inception in 2020, for helping us reach where we are today!