Title
Mr
Full Name
Rex Harland
Job Title / Position
Executive Asset Manager
Company / Organisation
GHD Business Advisory
Biography
Rex has 25 years of experience and leadership in large portfolio property and infrastructure management including strategic reviews of asset management portfolios as well as the prioritization and programming of large capital programmes, risk, and criticality. Highly adaptable, Rex’s experience encompasses project and programme management, risk management, facility contracts, KPI development and contract management, and developing integrated systems and practice for maintenance, asset management, GIS and projects.

New Zealand Defence Estate – Acting as Chief Engineer Rex has uplifted the Estate Asset Management Practice from a score of 1.21 in 2019 towards asset management competence in 2024 with a score of 2.28. Achieved by leading the improvement programme including the GIS based Asset Management Dashboard development
Eke Panuku, various engagements have improved their data asset plans and the development of a digital asset management dashboard that displays the state of the assets risks and cost predictions for CAPEX and OPEX
Asset Management Review Papua New Guinea Department of Works and Highways ultimately measuring the performance of the Department on behalf of the aid funders, improved the assessment tool outputs and integrity of linkages to the report.
Tauranga City Council Waste AMP Quick review, including a digital readiness assessment, very positively received by the client.
University of Auckland Capital Asset Management Reviews for: Property, Research and Teaching and Information Technology portfolios, this work has been carried out since 2019 with continuous improvement observed particularly on asset handover / data practices.
Auckland Transport Capital Programme Manager: Rex applied the CRL Primavera tool to manage the wider Capital Programme the circa $800m annual spend to within 3% of budget!