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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 …
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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 …
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Ross and Grant discussed in the earlier post, "How To Deal With Traffic Congestion and Infrastructure Expansion of Growing Cities" what should be considered before deciding on the best option to support the infrastructure needs of growing cities. Grant: That ties in pretty well with our next …
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Ross and Grant continue to deliberate on the topic/question that a webinar participant posted on the blog post, "Meeting Future Demand and Level of Service Needs of Fast-Growing Cities" Ross: So how do you go forward? From an infrastructure management point of view, the first thing that you …
“What would it take for a built-up city to adopt a bus rapid transit system? And growing attention to a city like Nairobi where I come from which experienced traffic congestion in the state of infrastructure seems difficult to expand.” Ross: Okay, yes I know a little bit about Nairobi because …
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Ross: Taking the US example, I was recently reading Fortune magazine, which is one of the major business magazines in the US. I was looking at where Fortune 500 companies, these are massive global companies, are located. And certainly, if you’re in a state or a city or municipality that has …
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Ross: Yes, one of the things that we've explored here in New Zealand in a 15-year plus journey of asset management planning that’s been legislated with several changes and amendments along the way, is when we originally started, we started with asset management plans. That was very asset …
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Ross and Grant tackled the next slide, which features Peter Drucker's questions. They explained how these relate to doing infrastructure asset management. Ross says: I think many of you will know about Peter Drucker who was one of the management gurus of the last century and only passed …
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In the earlier post, Grant and Ross were talking about "Taking the Right Path to Infrastructure Asset Management Success" and here's the continuation of the conversation. Grant: And I think that’s the risk that certainly some people is like trying to keep to the speed limit, if they’re …
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At this point, Ross presented the slide that has a famous quote of T.S. Eliot as they continue to talk about finding the right direction in undertaking asset management. Grant says: Thanks, Ross. Really one of my favorite quotes from T.S. Eliot, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any …
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Ross Waugh and Grant Holland held the "If I Was Starting Again" Infrastructure Management Discussion webinar on 16 September 2014. They talked about the challenges and best practices in the industry. Inframanage.com is publishing the transcript through a series of blog posts. After …
We have uploaded the video recording of the audio seminar "Infrastructure Management Discussion - If I Were Starting Again" held 16 September 2014. In the webinar video, Ross and Grant discussed the topics they had prepared for the webinar. Responding to participants' question, Ross and Grant …
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