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27/07/2018 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

Asset Management Career in the Water Infrastructure Sector Pushed

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In the USA, many water infrastructure upgrades are going to be needed in the next couple of decades. There is a growing concern, however, that with many laborers in this field set to retire soon, there may not be enough people to do the jobs. Brookings Metropolitan Policy Programme, based in Washington D.C., has recently been thinking through this problem and has held a conference in hopes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Management Discussions, Infrastructure Management Planning, Infrastructure Service Delivery, Stormwater Infrastructure Management, Transportation Infrastructure Management, Wastewater Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management Tagged With: asset management, asset management planning, infrastructure management, Infrastructure management constraints, infrastructure management usa, Labor resources, municipal authorities, United States, US water utilities asset management, water utilities

30/07/2017 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

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

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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

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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

18/05/2016 By Admin 3 Comments

Infrastructure Management Discussions eBook Out Now

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Here's another eBook you can add to your resource list. DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE COPY NOW In this eBook, Inframanage.com team members, Ross Waugh and Grant Holland discussed the following topics: Why “If I Was Starting Again” as Infrastructure Management Discussion StarterTaking the Right Path to Infrastructure Asset Management SuccessTips to a Smooth Infrastructure Asset Management … [Read more...]

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29/04/2016 By Admin 3 Comments

More Practical Tips on Infrastructure Asset Inventory

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Ross: And coming right back to that slide with the truck and the road you know, you don’t know what you’re trying to answer and where you’re trying to get to, you’ll end up collecting the wrong information in the first place. Now the other thing, I think just advice on the inventory very quickly, is that if - it's started at a high level, get out of there quick. Because this is fast … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Management Discussions Tagged With: Asset Inventory, asset management, Australia, Australian senate, Grant Holland, infrastructure asset inventory, inventory collection, inventory information metadata, inventory maintenance, New Zealand experience, nz inventory lessons, Penny Burns, Ross Waugh

29/04/2016 By Admin 6 Comments

Doing Infrastructure Asset Inventory Right the First Time

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In the earlier post "Infrastructure Asset Inventory – Lessons from New Zealand Experience", Ross shared the two mistakes they have done in their asset inventory process. He recalled collecting far too much small detail. Discussing further, Grant expressed that having too many details will cause you to be stuck in your inventory work. Grant says: You are going to be there for a long time. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Management Discussions Tagged With: Asset Inventory, Grant Holland, infrastructure asset inventory, inventory collection, inventory information metadata, inventory maintenance, New Zealand experience, nz inventory lessons, Ross Waugh

29/04/2016 By Admin 2 Comments

Infrastructure Asset Inventory – Lessons from New Zealand Experience

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Ross: And we’re just going to jump forward to “Inventory”. We really want to talk about that because if you’re starting again, and if you’re starting, then one of the things that you’re going to need to do very very early on the piece, and then continue doing well with good quality is an asset inventory. And we’ve had the full plethora of experience on inventory across New Zealand. We’ve … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Management Discussions Tagged With: Asset Inventory, Grant Holland, infrastructure asset inventory, inventory collection, inventory information metadata, inventory maintenance, New Zealand experience, nz inventory lessons, Ross Waugh

28/04/2016 By Admin 6 Comments

A Glimpse of NZ’s Infrastructure Asset Management Journey

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Ross: And that’s a journey we still are on in New Zealand. We recently had a change in our legislation that we now have to produce 30–year infrastructure strategies. One of the things that you’ll find as you start. Well, I remember when I started my engineering career, we had annual budgets and the money magically disappeared at the end of the year. So you had to spend it all the year … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Management Discussions Tagged With: 30-year asset management plan projection, Asset Management Plan, asset management process, Grant Holland, infrastructure strategy, Ross Waugh

28/04/2016 By Admin 3 Comments

Communicating Infrastructure Asset Management to Political Decision-Makers

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Ross and Grant continue to talk about the importance of communication in infrastructure asset management, particularly, dealing with political leaders. Ross: Coming back to the subject communication, I think the thing with the political decision-makers, and I have had conversations with colleagues in the US, and Australia and in Africa - one of the comments that I got a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Management Discussions Tagged With: asset life cycle, asset renewal, asset replacement, Grant Holland, life cycle asset management, life cycle cost, maintenance of assets, municipal authorities, Ross Waugh, water utilities

28/04/2016 By Admin 6 Comments

Role of Communication in Infrastructure Asset Management

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Discussing life cycle asset management and providing ideas on how to deal with asset maintenance and renewals, Grant and Ross proceeded to talk about the importance of communication. Grant: It requires a bit of communication across the organization that you are working with. So that you know where different parts of your organization, whether it be a water authority or transportation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Management Discussions Tagged With: asset life cycle, asset renewal, asset replacement, Grant Holland, life cycle asset management, life cycle cost, maintenance of assets, municipal authorities, Ross Waugh, water utilities

28/04/2016 By Admin 7 Comments

Life Cycle Asset Management – Maintaining and Renewing Infrastructure

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This post is the continuation of Ross and Grant's discussions in the previous post, "Know the Basic Infrastructure Asset Management Process." Grant continues: So that’s why you might have two processes running at the same time there Ross. Where you've really got the existing assets that you’re maintaining throughout their life cycle, whatever point of the life cycle that may … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Management Discussions Tagged With: asset life cycle, asset renewal, asset replacement, life cycle asset management, life cycle cost, maintenance of assets

28/04/2016 By Admin 6 Comments

Know the Basic Infrastructure Asset Management Process

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Ross: It is interesting just stepping out of the African context back into the US one. Back in late April 2014, I was at the TRB asset management conference in Miami and there were a lot of transport, transit system executives and asset managers at that conference because of the federal requirements for asset management for both highways and transit. So I had a number of conversations with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Management Discussions Tagged With: Africa, asset management, asset managers, Auckland, bus rapid transit system, fast growing cities, Florida, Future Demand, infrastructure, life cycle asset management, life cycle cost, Nairobi

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