Adroit Leasing Wins Favour with Major Players

Adroit’s leasing model has been welcomed across the construction and infrastructure sectors as a smarter, more agile alternative to traditional equipment procurement.

The model allows end-to-end environmental monitoring on a flexible, operational budget — ideal for short- to mid-term projects where compliance is critical, but permanent hardware ownership doesn’t necessarily make sense, or doesn’t meet with a company's asset policy.

Fonterra’s Edendale site in Invercargill is a prime example of leasing in action. The dairy giant recently leased Adroit’s fixed noise and vibration monitoring solution for its site works — then returned to lease a second unit shortly after.

“It’s great to see larger organisations like Fonterra embracing leasing for environmental compliance,” says Adroit Head of Sales, Guy Macpherson. “These are 12-month leases, designed to suit the construction timeline of the project. They saw value straight away and came back for further monitoring on their next project.”

Traditionally, Adroit’s solutions have been purchased outright and used by contractors like Brian Perry Civil or Icon Construction — firms directly responsible for delivering civil infrastructure works and holding resource consents. But Macpherson says that’s changing.

“We’re now seeing asset owners and stakeholders like Fonterra and Northpower take direct responsibility for monitoring. They want to manage the environmental side of the project themselves, not just leave it to the contractor.”

This trend is part of a broader evolution in how environmental monitoring is procured. Leasing allows organisations to avoid large capital outlays and align monitoring costs with the project lifecycle. Once a project concludes, equipment is simply returned. No long-term asset management required.

“Leasing is an ideal solution for finite projects,” says Macpherson. “It makes budgeting easier, simplifies approval processes, and gives clients access to a full-service, Spark-connected platform with real-time alerts and compliance reporting.

However, for long term projects where an Adroit unit might be in place for months to years, customers are still choosing to buy where it makes sense. For example Fonterra now has a mix of leased and fully owned Adroit sensor kits depending on the project and the need.

“With stakeholder expectations rising and regulation tightening, we expect more infrastructure owners will recognise the strategic benefits of a leasing approach,” he said.