In this period of lockdown, our local libraries are one of the many places that will be missed. Apart from the customary range of books and reading materials, our libraries offer many other things like study nooks, computer and internet service, photocopying, and audio-visual or meeting rooms. Because libraries are public places, it is definitely closed to the public to avoid the spread of … [Read more...]
Covid-19 Lockdown Carpe Diem Strategy – Road Networks
In this period of lockdowns local or national, we have created a series of blogs on "Covid-19 Lockdown Carpe Diem Strategy" as you stay at home and think about the infrastructure systems that you are managing. Road networks are major infrastructure that people use every day and thus, need consistent checking and maintenance. For their role in the day-to-day life of the populace, they have … [Read more...]
Covid-19 Lockdown Carpe Diem Strategy – Pools and Aquatic Centers
The Covid-19 pandemic caused a disruption of services as governments impose lockdowns in a strong bid to contain the spread of the deadly virus. In this post, Ross talks about the use of carpe diem strategy on public pools and aquatic centers. This is a repost of the blog series "Covid-19 Carpe Diem Strategy" that Ross Waugh, Director and Founder of Waugh Infrastructure … [Read more...]
Applying the Carpe Diem Strategy in this Coronavirus Pandemic Time
We are sharing the "Covid-19 Carpe Diem Strategy" series of articles that Waugh Infrastructure Management has started publishing. Read the excerpts from the overview that Ross Waugh, Director and Founder of Waugh Infrastructure Management wrote. The present and coming shutdowns associated with COVID-19 suppression measures provide infrastructure owning and managing authorities a unique once … [Read more...]
Stopping Covid-19 Spread – “Hammer and the Dance” Strategy
Your country is probably dealing with Covid-19 now as you read this blog post, Whether your country is preventing coronavirus from reaching your locale or suppressing its spread, we are recommending the "Coronavirus: Hammer and the Dance" article for you to read. Written by Tomas Pueyo (and his team), the article presents the progress of Covid-19, how countries are dealing with it, his … [Read more...]
WASH and Waste Management for COVID-19 by World Health Organization
The world map above shows how widespread the Covid-19 have become as indicated by the orange dots, the bigger the higher the number of confirmed cases. As of writing, the Bing.com Covid-19 tracker showed 243,665 cases all over the world, with 146,393 active cases. It also showed that 87,265 cases have recovered. Unfortunately, 10K cases have died. As you go through this pandemic and as … [Read more...]
NZ Asset Management Firm Shares Planning Ideas in Pandemic Situation
Waugh Infrastructure Management, an NZ-based asset management consulting company, blogged about the "Business Continuance Plan for Water Supply in Case of Pandemic" document they created in 2009 for one of their clients. Written and published by Ross Waugh, the blog post says: Back in 2009, New Zealand prepared for a possible bird flu pandemic, which from a planning point of view, gave … [Read more...]
Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start (Webinar)
On 21st January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger conducted a webinar on getting started in infrastructure asset management. This is the 8th "Ask-the-Expert" webinar that they have conducted. Below are the asset management subjects that Ross and Heather discussed in the webinar: Getting Started with Asset ManagementSmall System Asset ManagementBest Practices in Asset … [Read more...]
Ross Waugh holds asset management lecture at Central Philippine University
Ross Waugh conducted a lecture on infrastructure asset management at Central Philippine University (CPU) on 10th January 2020. CPU is located in Iloilo City, Philippines. Ross talked on, "Climate Change Factors in Infrastructure Asset Management: New Zealand Experience and Philippine Context." CPU's College of Engineering organized and hosted the lecture, led by the Dean, Engr. Dany Molina … [Read more...]
Applied Contextualization in Infrastructure Upgrade Planning
Oroville Dam spillway damage, February 27, 2017 In 2017 the United States experienced one of the worst dam failures in recent history when the Oroville Dam partially split, causing major downstream evacuations and damages. The cause of the problem was unstable bedrock beneath the dam that consequently eroded and structural weakness due to deterioration. Since then the dam has been … [Read more...]
Wow, 2020! What a start to another Year of Infrastructure Asset Management
It is March 2020 already and this is my first blog post for the year. 2020 has started at a huge and hectic pace and hasn't let up since. Early January saw me in the Philippines visiting family friends and working with NGO's (non-government organizations) with my daughter. During this period I made a presentation on Asset Management to the Central Philippines University (CPU) College of … [Read more...]
Angkor – What Ancient Water Infrastructure Can Teach Us Today
Angkor Wat is a temple complex in Cambodia and is the largest religious monument in the world, on a site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m2; 402 acres). Source: Wikipedia The pre-industrial city of Angkor in Southern Cambodia, most famous for the ruins of Angkor Wat today - with its heyday in the 13th century, had a very complex water infrastructure system. The features of this system … [Read more...]
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