Local Government Services:

Specific services offered to local government by EmStyles are wide-ranging, covering many aspects of service delivery. Malcolm Styles has 35 years of experience.  During a critical timeframe Malcolm ran the business arm of the Wangaratta Rural City Council. Contracts included engineering design services. He negotiated an arrangement with two local engineering and surveying companies to meet the requirements of his client, being the Rural City. Malcolm was also responsible for maintenance and construction contracts won against fierce local and regional competition. Malcolm also was responsible for parks and reserves, the running of the Wangaratta Airport, Town Planning, Building Surveying, and Environmental Health services.

Malcolm called the service arm of the municipality ‘CivicNET’ which was an acronym for Civic North-East Traders. It returned equity to the Council and its community of over $500,000 in a bit over 18 months. This was achieved despite having to provide a number of services that were not allowed to return any equity due to the nature of the services being delivered. These were such services as Family Day Care, home and community care, the Wangaratta Exhibitions gallery, running the Town Hall facility, and picking up a contract that had been negotiated at an earlier time by others at nil cost to the client earlier for long day child care.  The facility provided too few places to be able to even break even.

Malcolm also was responsible for the Wangaratta liveweight selling facility for which his astute management skills provided financial   returns to the municipality. This enabled the Council to regularly upgrade the complex so as to meet the changing needs of the industry. He serviced the Liveweight Selling facility Advisory Committee to Council. During that time electronic readers were introduced into the complex, as well as a major lighting upgrade enabling 24/7 use of the facilities.

Malcolm can provide particular specialist services in the form of relief work for current Engineering and Technical Services Directors, CEOs, and for Managers.  Malcolm has considerable expertise and experience in leading and managing departments, and in representing municipalities at regional and State forums and meetings.

Engineering Management Styles has arrangements with a number of associates who can deliver technical and relief services over the whole spectrum of local government and public works.

Malcolm’s earlier experience included  survey and designs of many roads and stormwater drains, special charge schemes, saleyard relocation project planning, designing and construction supervision of a modern landfill, and the list is enormous. For more detail, check EmStyles’ Projects page.

Malcolm has written and presented an immense number of formal reports to the Councils he has served. The variety ranges from strategic asset management strategy reports underpinning long-term financial plans to tender evaluation reports to road maintenance reports. Malcolm has presented to Government Road Safety Senate enquiries. He has presented to Ministers of the Crown about the need for increased road and bridge funding. He has written and presented academic papers to his peers at local, regional, State, National and International conferences in Australia as well as overseas. Malcolm is well equipped and highly qualified in his fields of expertise.

EmStyles, through its associates contact network, can provide the flexibility to tailor particular skills and experience to the tasks required.