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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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New Zealand’s Transport Minister and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff announced a $31 billion infrastructure package for Auckland city. The Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) 2021-31 will invest in the city’s critical transport infrastructure and services. Mayor Goff says that this is the largest …
Looking at wastewater as a resource might come as a new concept in developing countries with a centralized wastewater infrastructure and treatments. The AP Infrastructure article, "Tapping the power of wastewater," focuses on the advantages of tapping wastewater's potential to generate renewable …
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Water is something that obeys no man-made boundaries or expectations. Many utilities in the USA have faced less-than-adequate reports on their infrastructure over the past couple of years. The water infrastructure is aging quickly. It needs constant repair and upkeep and innovations to meet …
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In many developing countries, disasters triggered by climate change like landslides can negatively impact their infrastructure, livelihood, and economy. And because of inadequate resources or low-adaptive capacity, it would take some time for them to bounce back, unlike developed …
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The ADB publication "Infrastructure Asset Management: Can the Canadian Municipal Experience Help Inform Better Practices in Southeast Asia?" shares Canada’s struggle to maintain its infrastructure and ensure that they continue to serve its community has pushed the country to adopt and implement …
To help achieve New Zealand's net-zero emissions target by 2050, its Ministry of Transport has announced in January 2021 that it will decarbonise its public transport bus fleet by 2025. It also targets 2035 as the year that it decarbonise entirely all public transport buses, which means that the …
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River migration in the Philippines presents a serious hazard to its bridges. According to a Prevention Web article, "Monitoring moving rivers: Analysing threats to critical bridges in the Philippines," hydrometeorological threats or extreme events like flash floods, coastal flooding, landslides, …
One might wonder why the world-leading power with so many economic resources still has roads with many potholes, where railway accidents are common, and bridges that collapse due to lack of maintenance. Repairing and upgrading its infrastructure will have implications for the US' competitiveness, …
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Despite the recurring flooding in Dili, Timor-Leste’s capital city, the city’s response to mitigate the risk and prepare for the extreme event has been an ongoing work-in-progress. The Interpreter reports that the heavy rains between 29 March to 4 April have caused flooding and landslides, …
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Modern infrastructure is based on a system that the Romans came up with close to two thousand years ago. While arguably this system has worked well over the course of history when employed, pumping fresh water into cities from water sources and pumping wastewater out, rural solutions may be the …
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The interview of Dr. Jamilur Reza Choudhury, one of Bangladesh's top experts in communication and infrastructure, revealed Bangladesh's enormous infrastructure challenges and potential solutions to overcome them. The Daily Star published the interview with Prof Choudhury, which took place in …
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