SimmondsStewart blog
Project Overview: We helped SimmondsStewart add a blog to their website, give the design a light touch-up, and improve the site's management by deploying it on the WordPress platform.
2010
Fuel Efficiency Reports
Project Overview: We helped EECA build reports to monitor the success of fuel labelling in reducing total fuel cost and CO2 emissions in NZ.
2010
Flexible Accommodation Options
Project Overview: Systems built for one set of requirements often need adjustment as the business grows. In this case, Victoria Accommodation Services were bringing new buildings into operation as temporary accommodation, and needed their admin system to cope with the different choices...
2010
Victoria University Press
Project Overview: Victoria University Press came to us looking for big improvements to their public catalogue. They got an easy-to-use, e-commerce enabled site, plus much better administration…
2008
Legal references database
Project Overview: What are popular perceptions of the law? This database and website lets anyone examine key legal themes and issues that appear in New Zealand fiction — and discover popular perceptions of the law.
2009
Fees Calculator
Project Overview: For students making course decisions based on several criteria, it's important to have all relevant information at hand — such as cost. This project was a chance to provide that information within the course catalogue…
2005
Online Enrolment System
Project Overview: A big institution like Victoria University requires top quality systems to run efficiently, to cope well with periods of peak strain, and to provide students with a good, marketable experience. Online enrolment is a major component…
2008
SimmondsStewart
Project Overview: Doing work for people you like is always a pleasure - and especially when they've done good work for you. SimmondsStewart are a great legal firm and we enjoyed helping them create their website…
2007
API for Xero
Project Overview: As fellow Wellingtonians we're proud of the splash Xero are making — and are happy to help their development effort...
2009
Winefinder for Vinacom
Project Overview: Helping a startup develop the technology side of a tech-heavy new business offers particular satisfaction. Vinacom's concept was very exciting, right in our domain expertise, and something we wanted to use for ourselves. And we haven't been disappointed…
2009
Rockgas for Contact Energy
Project Overview: Whilst we manage and complete entire projects, we also happily work as part of larger teams — this time led by VIS. We were asked to help architect and then build the front end of a private portal…
2009
VIS redesign
Project Overview: Very Impressive Software needed a much more impressive website. They came to us and we helped them get content, design and ongoing maintenance sorted…
2009
ComplyWith Upgrade
Project Overview: Tools should be beautiful as well as useful. We helped one of our partner companies upgrade ComplyWith, a tool that helps government departments simplify their legal compliance obligations.
2008
NZNDTA website with members' area
Project Overview: There's nothing like eating your own dog food. We helped NZNDTA get an editable website online, and in the process test-drove our own tool to help create website content on time. It worked…
2007
NZTA content & branding enhancements
Project Overview: NZTA's rebranding exercise needed to be carried across all its existing assets. Webstruxure took care of the ones we'd built and maintain.
2009
EECA: "label not available" extension
Project Overview: When a system can't give a result that complies with legislation, the user needs proof that at least they tried. Time once again to extend EECA's fuel labelling engine…
2009
The Moment
Project Overview: The Moment had a straightforward requirement: get a great-looking, content-intensive, self-manageable website up. They'd had a get-out-of-bed quote for what we thought should cover the whole project…
2007
Fuel consumption database
Project Overview: This is another project that kicked off a long-term plan - starting with the basics. In this case the plan was to help NZ become more energy-efficient. The basics? A database of vehicle fuel consumption…
2004
Fuel Labelling Improved Usability
Project Overview: This system is another good example of doing the basics first, then waiting for market feedback before making usability and feature improvements. It's cost-effective and safe…
2009
International Meeting Service
Project Overview: Need to co-ordinate various service providers to achieve a goal for your own clients? This project got us in the thick of just such a situation...
2009
Online Reference System
Project Overview: Need a secure facility for others to submit information to you online, to manage access to it, and to print off the results? Victoria Accommodation Services did. We made it happen…
2007
References PDF Formatting
Project Overview: Want to reuse data from an online form elsewhere, in a consistent format? Victoria Accommodation Services did. We made it happen…
2009
Unregistered Vehicle Support
Project Overview: In another incremental improvement, we added support to EECA's labelling system by extending the data it used to match vehicles to fuel consumption ratings…
2009
Rightcar review for NZTA
Project Overview: Begun 5 years' previously in 2004, the suite of 'Rightcar' tools and processes needed a review. As the architects, builders and maintainers, naturally we were involved…
2009
Labelling service efficiency enhancement
Project Overview: After getting EECA's fuel economy labelling system built and doing the basics, it was time (appropriately enough) for some efficiency improvements.
2009
EECA: Managing bulk labelling users
Project Overview: With EECA's fuel efficiency labelling system in full swing, it was time to optimise oversight by EECA of the many high-volume private users…
2009
Fuel consumption certification site
Project Overview: When a new legal requirement to produce fuel consumption data hung over the heads of importers, we were called in to make it painless. NZTA's fuel consumption certification site now helps importers connect the dots from the car on the dock to the record for that car held in the Fuel Consumption Database — all in a few clicks. Compliance made easy.
2005
Rightcar for NZTA
Project Overview: The third major tool build on top of Fuel Consumption data extended the information and provided a powerful, side-by-side comparison feature for vehicles. Launched at Parliament, it has enabled and supported car-makers efforts to differentiate themselves based on economy and safety...
2007
Fuelsaver for MoT
Project Overview: Fuelsaver was the first tool built on top of the Fuel Consumption Database. It packaged information about fuel efficiency in a way that people find interesting — their pockets…
2006
Searchability and efficiency
Project Overview: Having seen what we'd done for the RFAA, sister authorities RRB and RRA also wanted best-of-class in publishing, data management and public access to appellate decisions. We helped them get it….
2006
Fuel labelling for EECA — public users
Project Overview: They say that people focus on what's measured. With the government requiring that car fuel efficiency be measured, EECA wanted something that would make this easy to display and communicate — an easy-to-use, high-volume labelling system. "Ah," we said, "we can do that..."
2008
Abstracts for Refugee Status Appeals Authority
Project Overview: With the basics done and delivering value, the RFAA wanted improvements. What we built with them then is still acknowledged as a leading public-access system for appellate decisions…
2005
Appeals Authorities' websites
Project Overview: The original Appeals project is an example of getting the necessary basics done first. We got the three Authorities' websites up, helped them get their library of MSWord-based decisions online, and helped redirect their processes toward efficient web-based publishing.
2002
