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 topic's and would be of assistance to any student of infrastructure asset management. Ranging from … [Read more...]
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 Innovation Partnership Theme 1 Projects (2020)IntroductionResearchCase Study: Comparisons with … [Read more...]
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 management thinking through this "Metropolis" case story. Watch the video to know why we came up … [Read more...]
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 video blog to explain how to manage infrastructure spending when there is an economic recession and … [Read more...]
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 narrating the lessons they have learned since doing asset management. She cited specific examples, which is … [Read more...]
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 management knowledge. She talks about how the Southwest EFC deals with the sustainability of asset … [Read more...]
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 respective water utility communities. Watch this video and know how the Southwest EFC guided … [Read more...]
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 utilities, water, wastewater, from the smallest to the largest, with the states and EPA. Learn more … [Read more...]
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 economic decline or increase. This issue isn't only valid to New Mexico, some states, or the US in … [Read more...]
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 5 – Challenges Encountered
"The Southwest EFC story isn't without any challenges," Heather reveals in this video. In their 15 years of doing asset management with water utilities, Heather narrated the many challenges they went through and how they dealt with them. Discover the asset management lessons they learned in their infrastructure management journey. Watch the video and know the challenges thatHeather shared … [Read more...]
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 4 – Asset Management Tools for Utilities
Considering the 20 years of helping small to medium water utilities, which includes 15 years of asset management application, Ross asked Heather to explain more about the asset management tools that they have developed and used. Heather begins by presenting that the number one challenge that they are facing in the United States is the sheer number of water and wastewater utilities. She … [Read more...]
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 3 – Funding the AM Program
In this video, Ross asked Heather about the funding source of the asset management program that the Southwest EFC is implementing with small and medium water utilities. Heather shared how their asset management developed from the funding stream that they have received. She said that most of the time small utilities don't have the funding money to get the kind of help that they … [Read more...]