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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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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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The American Society of Civil Engineer’s (ASCE) 2021 Report card rated C- America’s overall infrastructure system. The report was released on 3 March 2021. Using an A to F school report card format, the rating reflects the comprehensive assessment of the current infrastructure conditions and …
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We have put up on our Free Subscription asset management resource site the lecture videos that Ross Waugh produced for the University of Auckland students and Inframanage.com subscribers. In the Infrastructure Management Series Part 1 - Demand Management video, he discussed the following …
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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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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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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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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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 …
"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 …
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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 …
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 …
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