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Ross: Taking the US example, I was recently reading Fortune magazine, which is one of the major business magazines in the US. I was looking at where Fortune 500 companies, these are massive global companies, are located. And certainly, if you’re in a state or a city or municipality that has …
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Ross: Yes, one of the things that we've explored here in New Zealand in a 15-year plus journey of asset management planning that’s been legislated with several changes and amendments along the way, is when we originally started, we started with asset management plans. That was very asset …
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DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE COPY NOW This is the eBook version of the Ask-the-Experts webinar, the fourth in the series, that Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held on 5 November 2015. Below are the topics covered in this eBook: Simplifying Infrastructure Asset ManagementSimple Infrastructure …
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Ross and Grant tackled the next slide, which features Peter Drucker's questions. They explained how these relate to doing infrastructure asset management. Ross says: I think many of you will know about Peter Drucker who was one of the management gurus of the last century and only passed …
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In the earlier post, Grant and Ross were talking about "Taking the Right Path to Infrastructure Asset Management Success" and here's the continuation of the conversation. Grant: And I think that’s the risk that certainly some people is like trying to keep to the speed limit, if they’re …
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At this point, Ross presented the slide that has a famous quote of T.S. Eliot as they continue to talk about finding the right direction in undertaking asset management. Grant says: Thanks, Ross. Really one of my favorite quotes from T.S. Eliot, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any …
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Ross Waugh and Grant Holland held the "If I Was Starting Again" Infrastructure Management Discussion webinar on 16 September 2014. They talked about the challenges and best practices in the industry. Inframanage.com is publishing the transcript through a series of blog posts. After …
Towards the conclusion of the 5 November 2015 Ask-the-Expert Webinar, Heather pointed out where to find further infrastructure asset management resources. Heather says: Okay, I think we’re getting towards the end of our time today. We only have an hour webinar today. So if there’s any other …
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“With aging infrastructure and with limited, if there’s any, records, are there any tools or best practices for figuring replacement cost for assets and/or their classes?” Heather: Okay, tools to figure out cost? I don’t know of any particular tool that’s set up for that exact purpose. That …
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“Are there any templates that you are aware of that can serve to track assets, something simple that is already developed which contain headings and indicating the information ones you should track for assets? For example, asset type, location. age, etc.” Heather: Well, we have developed a …
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A participant shared that they have started doing asset inventory. She expressed that numbering assets are a bit overwhelming so she asked for some recommendations. In the previous post "How to Number Assets without Being Overwhelmed," Heather shared a couple of ways. Then she asked Ross to share …
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A participant asked, “We have little to no records on the system assets so we have recently started doing an inventory of manholes, valves, etc. How do you recommend numbering the assets? It seems a bit overwhelming.” Heather: I’m going to give you an answer and turn it over to Ross. There …
