Watch Ross Waugh's video blog with a video clip on location at Kaikoura. Kaikoura suffered a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in November 2016 and the town suffered extensive damage. When a major disaster strikes, natural (e.g. earthquakes, floods, typhoons) or man-made (like wars), what would you do with the existing asset management plan? Ross shares some information in this vlog … [Read more...]
Demand Management and More Asset Management Resources (Video Blog)
Ross provides a brief overview of "Demand Management" in this video blog. In this vlog, he talks about "Urbanization" as one big macro trend where people are coming to the cities resulting in creating population growth and infrastructure demands. It would be interesting to know how a city or regional area would be able to manage demand. Ross shares his insights and expertise. Watch … [Read more...]
Asset Management Plan and Demand Management Overview (Video Blog)
In this video blog, Ross gives an overview of asset management plans and demand management. He mentioned sharing further details on the topic in his "Asset Management Planning Lecture at the University of Auckland." Ross talks about where the asset management plans fit in the wider asset management structure. He explains this through the ISO 55000 Annex B, Key Element Relationships … [Read more...]
How Important Capital Investment Planning is in Asset Management (Video Blog)
Capital investment planning is a very important area of infrastructure asset management practice, Ross begins in this video blog. Ross talked about some capital investment planning tips in his previous video blog. In this vlog, he discusses the importance of capital investment planning, his observations and its implications using the "Lifecycle Cost Profile" below. Source: International … [Read more...]
Christchurch Terror Event Reflections – How Can We Make a Difference? (Video Blog)
In this video blog, Ross asks how we can make a difference as infrastructure asset management professionals. A week after the terrorist attack on two mosques at Christchurch, New Zealand on 15th March, Ross Waugh shares his reflections. He shares that it's been a tough time for the families, the community, and for all of New Zealand. Reaching out to people, showing them decency and … [Read more...]
Asset Management Training, Mentoring and Capital Investment Planning Tips (Video Blog)
In this vlog, Ross shares his training and mentoring activities. Ross observes that Universities and National Associations are good starting places for asset management training. Watch this video blog and know where to start if you're looking for training courses on infrastructure asset management. Capital Investment Planning tips are featured in this vlog. CLICK on the play button … [Read more...]
ISO 55000 Asset Management, Infrastructure Outlook, Replacement Constraints (Video Blog)
Following what we have mentioned in our "Welcome to Inframanage 2019" post, Inframanage.com continues to put up video blogs. In this short 4-minute vlog, Ross Waugh discusses the following topics: ISO 55000 Asset Management Global Infrastructure Outlook Infrastructure Replacement and Capital Ross reads and reflects on the ISO 55000's definition of "asset management." He then shares … [Read more...]
Inframanage 2019 – More Asset Management Learning Coming Your Way (Video Blog)
Ross Waugh of Inframanage.com welcomes you to 2019, another year of creating and publishing infrastructure asset management online learning resources. What's in store for you this year at Inframanage.com? Publishing articles and multimedia materials on asset management seminars, presentations, and webinar transcriptions;Video blogging regularly, watch out for his insights on recent … [Read more...]