Ross Waugh talks about the investment story for the infrastructure assets that municipalities and cities will need to develop in the next number of years. Ross shares about New Zealand's infrastructure asset management practice where municipalities prepare an infrastructure management strategy. Watch Ross Waugh explain the content of the infrastructure investment story, which includes the … [Read more...]
Asset Managing Peaks and Troughs in a COVID19-caused Recession (Video Blog)
Ross Waugh continues his video blog series on asset management and the impacts of COVID-19; presents tips on managing peaks and troughs. In this blog post, Ross talks about the impacts of peaks and troughs on asset management planning tasks. Watch Ross discuss two replacement plan situation graphs showing a peak and a trough. He mentions what would happen when a peak or trough is created … [Read more...]
Infrastructure Asset Management Actions on the Effects of COVID-19 (Video Blog)
Ross Waugh talks about Warren Buffet's Value Investing Principles and how they apply to infrastructure asset management practice. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected countries all over the world, which every one of us is so aware by now. We have also read how it is affecting the economy of countries in particular, and the whole world in general. As infrastructure asset management … [Read more...]
How Asset Managers Respond to the Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns (Video Blog)
Ross Waugh shares some essential insights on how infrastructure asset management managers respond to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch Ross Waugh present how infrastructure asset management professionals deal with the impacts of the COVID-19 shutdowns on the economy and delivery of asset management services. This video blog is the continuation of the series on the Covid-19 asset … [Read more...]
Asset Management and its Vital Role in Restoring COVID-affected Economies (Video Blog)
Ross Waugh explains the vital role of asset management in restoring economies that COVID-19 affected. Watch the video now! "Our societies are going to spend an awful lot of money on health and income support, and rebooting economies from the shutdowns and economic shock." - Ross Waugh Ross Waugh is back creating video blogs after the New Zealand government had implemented the COVID-19 Alert … [Read more...]
The Southwest Environmental Finance Center Interview Series (Video Blog)
In this video blog, Ross introduces the series of videos on the Environmental Finance Center asset management programs and advocacies. He interviewed Heather Himmelberger, Director, Southwest Environmental Finance Center, University of New Mexico, on the work that she does and the programs that her organization is implementing. The Environmental Finance Center has programs all over the … [Read more...]
Kaikoura and What Happens to the Asset Management Plan After a Major Disaster (Video Blog)
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...]