Ross Waugh conducted a lecture on "Demand Management" at the University of Auckland in May 2023. We are publishing a recording of Ross' lecture, which covers the following topics: Click the play button to watch now. Thank you! The lecture is also available on our Youtube Channel. …
Asset Management Plan Content Explained
Asset Management Plan Content - Auckland University Lecture Video May 2021 from Inframanage. In this video, Ross Waugh talks about the content of an asset management plan. He used the Christchurch City Council's Community Facilities Asset Management Plan as an example. This video is a …
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Optimised Decision Making Videos Added to the AM Planning Lecture Series
We have added three more videos covering the "Optimised Decision Making" topic in Ross Waugh's lecture series on Introduction to Asset Management. As mentioned in the previous post, this lecture series was created to assist Weltec and Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand with their BEngTech Asset …
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Asset Management Planning Lecture Series Available Now!
The lecture series by Ross Waugh on Introduction to Asset Management Planning is now available. This lecture series was created to assist WelTec and Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand with their BEngTech Asset Management foundation information. The lecture series provides good overviews of the …
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Water NZ BIP Presentation – Strategic Review of Infrastructure Procurement (Video)
Watch Ross Waugh's video on the "Strategic Review of the New Zealand Water Sector Procurement Practices," the topic he presented during the Water NZ Conference & Expo. The conference was held on 17-19 November 2020 at Hamilton. Ross' presentation covers the following topics: Building …
The Metropolis Infrastructure Management Story – Introduction (Video Blog)
Ross Waugh introduces a fictional "Metropolis" to explain the importance of asset registers, type of assets, and impacts on service levels. This video blog is the introduction to the series of five video blogs on the "Metropolis" infrastructure management story. Ross hopes to stir your asset …
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Understanding Infrastructure Replacement Using the Football Game Analogy (Video Blog)
Ross Waugh continues with his COVID-19 video blog series. In this vlog, Ross illustrates what would happen when municipal or city councils suspend infrastructure replacement, defers renewals or other expenditure due to the economic impacts of the pandemic. Ross uses the sports analogy in this …
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 10 – Lessons and Best Practices
In this 10th video, the last of the series, Ross asked Heather the lessons they've learned along the way. He had observed that the Southwest EFC has been doing a great job implementing asset management planning with utilities in the last 15 years. Watch this video to see Heather …
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Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 9 – AM Knowledge Sustainability
How do we capture the asset management planning knowledge that people who had been working in the industry for a long time hold, so that we can transfer their expertise and successes to other people? Heather expressed that the most significant issue they have is continuity in terms of asset …
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Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 8 – Successes of the AM Program
In this video, Heather proudly shares the notable successes that they have garnered in the last 15 years of implementing an asset management program with water utilities. She said that the main reason she got into asset management was to see the utilities benefitting from implementing it in their …
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Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 7 – Next Steps and Future Goals
After 15 years of implementing asset management with water utilities in New Mexico and the Environmental Finance Centre network areas, Heather talks about their next steps and future goals. In this video, she said that they would continue the promotion of asset management in all levels of …
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Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 6 – Dealing with Economic and O & M Challenges
In the previous video, Ross asked Heather to share the challenges that they encountered as they implement an asset management program with water utilities. In this video, Ross brought up the issue of declining population in some communities and rapid growth in other communities because of …