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25/03/2020 By Admin Leave a Comment

Stopping Covid-19 Spread – “Hammer and the Dance” Strategy

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Your country is probably dealing with Covid-19 now as you read this blog post, Whether your country is preventing coronavirus from reaching your locale or suppressing its spread, we are recommending the "Coronavirus: Hammer and the Dance" article for you to read. Written by Tomas Pueyo (and his team), the article presents the progress of Covid-19, how countries are dealing with it, his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Information, Infrastructure Asset Management Tagged With: Coven-19 suppression, Covid-19, Covid-19 pandemic, Covid-19-related suppression, COVID19nz, fighting coronavirus, Tomas Pueyo

20/03/2020 By Admin 1 Comment

WASH and Waste Management for COVID-19 by World Health Organization

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The world map above shows how widespread the Covid-19 have become as indicated by the orange dots, the bigger the higher the number of confirmed cases. As of writing, the Bing.com Covid-19 tracker showed 243,665 cases all over the world, with 146,393 active cases. It also showed that 87,265 cases have recovered. Unfortunately, 10K cases have died. As you go through this pandemic and as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Information, Infrastructure Asset Management Tagged With: #COVID2019, Covid-19, Waste Management Covid-19, Water Sanitation Hygiene, World Health Organization

19/03/2020 By Admin Leave a Comment

NZ Asset Management Firm Shares Planning Ideas in Pandemic Situation

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Waugh Infrastructure Management, an NZ-based asset management consulting company, blogged about the "Business Continuance Plan for Water Supply in Case of Pandemic" document they created in 2009 for one of their clients. Written and published by Ross Waugh, the blog post says: Back in 2009, New Zealand prepared for a possible bird flu pandemic, which from a planning point of view, gave … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management Plan, General Information Tagged With: Covid-19, Covid-19 pandemic, Ross Waugh, water supply planning, waugh infrastructure management

26/03/2019 By Admin Leave a Comment

Christchurch Terror Event Reflections – How Can We Make a Difference? (Video Blog)

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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...]

Filed Under: Asset Management Video Blog, General Information, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Community Engagement Tagged With: #chch, christchurch mosques attack, christchurch terror event, making a difference, muslim community christchurch, New Zealand

22/11/2018 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

Asset Management Reflections on the Water Infrastructure Act

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The U.S. Senate and the President signed a new piece of legislation that is set to improve the upgrade and maintenance of water infrastructure all over the country. The Water Infrastructure Act (known as WIA) will allow states to put more finance into water infrastructure and is hoped to ensure the eventual reality of all Americans having personal access to safe drinking water. Water … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, General Information, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Funding, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities USA Tagged With: asset management, funding water systems US, United States, US water utilities asset management, water utilities

31/07/2018 By Ross Waugh 1 Comment

American Public Works Association PWX to be held in Kansas City, MO

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The APWA Public Works Expo (PWX) will be held in Kansas City, Missouri on 26th-29th August 2018 in conjunction with the International Federation of Municipal Engineers (IFME) World Congress In New Zealand, IPWEA NZ is a member of IFME and a sister organization of APWA.   Ross has attended and presented at the previous two IFME World Congresses in Helsinki, Finland in 2012 and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conferences, General Information Tagged With: american public works association, Conferences, Finland, General Information, Helsinki, IFME World Congress, Kansas City, Kansas City Convention Center, Missiouri, public works expo

26/07/2018 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

Inframanage Team Attends Pacific Water Conference, Noumea 6th-10th August, 2018

Pacific Water and Wastewater Conference and Expo 2018

The 11th Pacific Water and Wastewater Conference will be held in Noumea, New Caledonia from 6th-10th August 2018. Members of our team will be attending this Conference, which is a vital forum for the discussion of water and wastewater issues across Pacific Island countries.   This includes infrastructure management issues. This Conference is somewhat unique in including Ministerial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conferences, General Information, Infrastructure Asset Management, Wastewater Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management Tagged With: General Information, Pacific Water Association, Pacific Water Conference, wastewater asset management, water asset management

26/07/2018 By Ross Waugh 3 Comments

Inframanage Blog 2018 – More Infrastructure Asset Management Education

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Those of you who have been regular visitors to the Inframanage Blog will have noted that it has been a long time since the last blog post - back in late 2017. A combination of high consulting workload, study, and family responsibilities has created this gap, and in effect created a lack of 'bandwidth' to regularly blog. This combination of events has now passed, and as of today, regular blog … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Information, Inframanage Learning, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Asset Management Learning, Infrastructure Asset Management Online Education Tagged With: asset management blog, General Information, inframanage blog 2018, infrastructure asset management articles, infrastructure management blog

30/07/2017 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

Water Utility Planning – Is Deep Uncertainty Analysis A Better Option?

Denver Water deep uncertainty analysis

A new scientific society, the Society for Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty, is arguing that water managers need to use a different system of analysis for planning ahead. The Society thinks that uncertainty in this time of rapid environmental and social change implies that managers need to consider potential outcomes and the probability of those outcomes occurring. The deep uncertainty … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Civil Infrastructure Management, General Information, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Innovation, Infrastructure Management Discussions, Infrastructure Management Education, Infrastructure Management Innovation, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management Tagged With: asset management, asset management planning, deep uncertainty tools, optimised decision making, Society for Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty, uncertainty theory, US water utilities asset management

03/04/2017 By Ross Waugh 1 Comment

Infrastructure Asset Management Impacts of the Electronic Vehicle Disruption

Tony Seba Clean Disruption of Energy Transportation

Tony Seba has published an updated lecture: The Electric Vehicle Disruption - End of Oil 2030 Having attended a lecture by Tony Seba two years ago, I have found his analysis coherent, well-researched, and well worth taking note of. If you are involved in transportation infrastructure management, or you own an internal combustion engine vehicle, then this presentation is well worth your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Future Demand, Future Infrastructure Management Implications, General Information, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Innovation, Infrastructure Management Discussions, Infrastructure Management Education, Infrastructure Revenue, Infrastructure Service Delivery, Transportation Infrastructure Management Tagged With: asset management, Demand, Electric Vehicles, Future Demand, Infrastructure Funding, infrastructure management, Tesla Model, Tony Seba

26/03/2017 By Ross Waugh 1 Comment

ASCE 2017 Infrastructure Report Card and Asset Management Planning

America's Infrastructure Rating ASCE 2017

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) releases a report on the state of the USA’s general infrastructure both on a Federal and State level every few years, with the previous report being issued in 2013. The ASCE conducts this detailed report in sixteen major target areas of infrastructure, such as Roads, Transit, Rail, Inland Waterways, Wastewater and Drinking water to name a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Civil Infrastructure Management, General Information, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Funding, Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Management Planning, Infrastructure Service Delivery Tagged With: 2017 infrastructure report card, aging infrastructure usa, ASCE, asset management planning, infrastructure management usa, United States, USA

13/03/2017 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

Another Infrastructure Asset Management Year for Inframanage.com

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For those of you who follow this blog, you will have realized that it has been a slow start to the year for the blog. Here in New Zealand, January is the month of our summer vacations, and this year it was coupled with some family celebrations that saw the month disappear. During February we were undertaking a range of background activities on the site to improve security and get the site … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Information, Infrastructure Asset Management Tagged With: 2017 infrastructure management, asset management, General Information, Ross Waugh

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