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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

08/07/2017 By Admin 6 Comments

Integrating Climate Change into Road Asset Management

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The technical report "Integrating Climate Change into Road Asset Management" is a climate adaptation resource that we recommend your reading. Prepared by Theuns Henning, Susan Tighe, and Ian Greenwood, with the overall direction of Christopher R. Bennet, this technical report provides governments, road authorities, and development partners with practical guidance on how to integrate climate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Adaptation, Climate Adaptation Platform, Infrastructure Management Education, Infrastructure Management Resources, Infrastructure Resilience, Transportation Infrastructure Management Tagged With: christopher bennet, climate change, ian greenwood, road asset management, Susan Tighe, Theuns Henning, world bank technical paper

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

17/05/2016 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

Fitting the Great Lakes Region Roads with Green Stormwater Infrastructure

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In the Great Lakes regions of both the USA and Canada, infrastructure managers are considering how they could use road runoff by creating a green Stormwater infrastructure to handle the excess water that is often rapidly channeled to nearby ponds, rivers, or lakes. Often, if the water runs into these natural water sources untreated, it can become a source of pollution, as well as wasting the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Asset Management Plan, Civil Infrastructure Management, Future Demand, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Innovation, Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Management Education, Infrastructure Management Planning, Infrastructure Risk Management, Stormwater Infrastructure Management, Transportation Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management Tagged With: asset management, Asset Management Plan, asset management planning, Environmental management, Environmental protection, Future Demand, Great Lakes Region, Risk Management, Stormwater management, United States

05/04/2016 By Ross Waugh 2 Comments

Will I Buy a Tesla Model 3 and Why Does It Matter to Infrastructure Asset Management?

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A few days ago the American electric car maker Tesla announced details of its Model 3 car, priced from USD $35,000. The Model 3 will also be available in some more countries, including New Zealand where I live. Seating 5 adults, and with a range of 215 miles (346 km) per charge the Model 3 is potentially a breakthrough vehicle for electric vehicles (EV's) The projected release of the Tesla … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Asset Management Plan, Future Demand, Future Infrastructure Management Implications, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Funding, Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Revenue, Transportation Infrastructure Management Tagged With: asset management, asset management planning, Demand, Electric Vehicles, Future Demand, future implication transportation, Infrastructure Funding, infrastructure management usa, Tesla Model 3, transportation networks, United States, USA

14/07/2015 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

America’s Crumbling Infrastructure Inspires Finnish Video Game INFRA

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When you think of first-person video games, you usually imagine soldiers, guns, aliens, and general violence, right? Not so for a Finnish video game developer who has designed a game focused on puzzle-solving and repairing dilapidated infrastructure whilst avoiding disasters like falling bridges and burst pipes. City Lab reports: "It was actually America’s dangerously outdated roads and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Civil Infrastructure Management, General Information, Infrastructure Asset Management, Optimised Decision Making, Transportation Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities USA Tagged With: asset management, Crumbling America, crumbling infrastructure usa, Finland, INFRA Game, Stalburg

15/06/2015 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

Is it Time to Stop Growing Cotton in the Arizona Desert?

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In the middle of the dry, Sonoran Desert of Arizona, the Wuertz family (and several others) have been farming cotton for generations. This was once considered an exciting accomplishment, but now it weighs on their consciences, as this now unneeded crop siphons so much of Arizona's limited water supply. The farmers understand that they could plant many other, less-water-consuming crops, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management Plan, Future Demand, Future Infrastructure Management Implications, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Management Forecasting, Infrastructure Management Planning, Transportation Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities USA Tagged With: Arizona, asset management, Asset Management Plan, asset management planning, Demand, forecasting infrastructure management, infrastructure management, infrastructure management usa, Land use changes, Land use planning, transportation asset management, United States, US water utilities asset management

28/05/2015 By Ross Waugh 4 Comments

Disaster Preparedness – How Infrastructure Asset Management Planning Helps

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On 25 May 2015, for several days, Texas was hit hard by severe storms, flooding, and tornado warnings. Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster in 24 counties in addition to 13 counties that were mobilized earlier. Based on forecasts, the weather was only expected to worsen throughout the week, which may cause the Governor to add more counties to the disaster list. Unfortunately, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Civil Infrastructure Management, Emergency Response Planning, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Natural Disaster Management, Infrastructure Resilience, Infrastructure Risk Management, Stormwater Infrastructure Management, Transportation Infrastructure Management, Wastewater Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities USA Tagged With: asset management, Asset Management Plan, asset management planning, flooding in austin texas, infrastructure resilience, Natural event emergencies, natural hazards resilience and refits, Risk Management, state of disaster texas, texas flooding may 2015

07/05/2015 By Ross Waugh 1 Comment

Dr Natalie Jackson, Population, Demography and Change

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In April 2015, Dr. Natalie Jackson, New Zealand's preeminent research demographer, gave a presentation hosted at the Waugh Infrastructure Management offices in Timaru to an audience of New Zealand local government transportation and water utility engineers and Waugh Infrastructure Management staff. The presentation provided an update from the previous February 2013 presentations on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Future Demand, Future Infrastructure Management Implications, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Management Planning, Infrastructure Service Delivery, Population and Demography, Transportation Infrastructure Management, Videos, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management Tagged With: asset management, asset management planning, Demand, developing levels of service, infrastructure management, Professor Natalie Jackson, transportation asset management, video seminar asset management

30/04/2015 By Admin Leave a Comment

Infrastructure Asset Management Challenges Confronting Jackson Mississippi

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Lemuel, thanks for your comments on this post. You raise a lot of interesting points. From an infrastructure asset management point of view, there are two parts to the question about how to go forward - first, developing long-term expenditure requirements for the infrastructure, and second, developing a plan to fund that expenditure. As you observed rightly when a city tax base is declining … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Asset Management Plan, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Funding, Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Management Forecasting, Infrastructure Management Planning, Infrastructure Service Delivery, Transportation Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management Tagged With: asset management, Asset Management Plan, asset management planning, city of Jackson, funding water systems US, Infrastructure emergency, Infrastructure Funding, infrastructure management, infrastructure management usa, Jackson Mississippi, Mayor of Jackson, Tony Yarber, United States

30/04/2015 By Ross Waugh Leave a Comment

International Conference on Managing Pavement Assets, Washington DC, May 18-21

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Inframanage.com contributors Dr. Theuns Henning and Ross Waugh attended the IMPCA9 Conference in Washington DC on 18-21 May 2015. IMPCA9 is a major international conference on the management of pavement assets. Conference topics of discussion will include: The “next generation” of pavement management systems;Sustainable design, construction, maintenance, and operation of pavement … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Conferences, General Information, Transportation Infrastructure Management Tagged With: asset management, Conferences, Heather Himmelberger, inframanage.com, Managing Pavement Assets, Ross Waugh, Theuns Henning, United States

16/04/2015 By Ross Waugh 2 Comments

Will Mayor’s Declaration of Infrastructure Emergency Solve Jackson Mississippi’s Funding Issue?

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On March 27 Tony Yarber, Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi declared an infrastructure emergency, which expired after seven days. Soon after, Mayor Yarber signed a second emergency declaration declaring a 30-day emergency. This second declaration has yet to be approved by the City Council, who are concerned that they had no prior knowledge of Mayor Yarber's initial emergency declaration. Mayor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asset Management, Asset Management Plan, Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Funding, Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Management Planning, Infrastructure Service Delivery, Transportation Infrastructure Management, Water Utilities Infrastructure Management Tagged With: asset management, Asset Management Plan, asset management planning, city of Jackson, funding water systems US, Infrastructure emergency, Infrastructure Funding, infrastructure management, infrastructure management usa, Jackson Mississippi, Mayor of Jackson, Tony Yarber, United States

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