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I came across this clip on Youtube and it got me thinking... One of the objectives of infrastructure asset management is the sustainable deployment of infrastructure to provide services to our communities. One of the challenges is to provide 'non-asset' or different asset solutions to the …
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In the Netherlands, two innovators, Daan Roosegaarde, an artist famous for novelty projects, and Hans Goris, a civil engineer working at Heijmans have developed the highway that glows in the dark. The article "Motorway of the future uses glow-in-the-dark road paint" features the development of …
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You might have read the post on Detroit bankruptcy and some of the possible implications for infrastructure asset management in my previous blog post. In the Ingenium 2013 Conference Paper Series on the future of infrastructure management, I noted that in a constrained fiscal environment, …
Hoping for an economic resurgence, Detroit filed for bankruptcy on 18th July. The Economist published an article explaining the situations that made Detroit do such move. According to the "Detroit files for bankruptcy, Motown's blues continue" article, the city's economic life has been …
By Theuns F.P. Henning, Derek C Roux, and Gordon Hart The thrust of the New Zealand government for the road industry is how to generate considerable savings at the same time achieve satisfactory road efficiency through implementing the following directives: flat lining of maintenance …
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A news article in The Philippine Star 23 July 2013 edition noted that the Philippines Government plans to increase infrastructure expenditure to 5% of GDP before President Aquino steps down in 2016, lifting expenditure off a relatively low percentage of GDP base. As featured in our blog …
Have a look at that chart the Economist Magazine published showing forecast increase in world population from 1950 to 2050. The figures are based on the UN World Population Prospects. It is a common understanding in the infrastructure asset management sector that new infrastructure will be …
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As a site dedicated to assisting infrastructure management professionals and practitioners, you will know that we are convinced that Infrastructure Asset Management is important. A recent World Bank Paper 'Transformation through Infrastructure' states the following in it's …
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If there is ever a question to start a discussion in infrastructure asset management circles it is how to fund roads. The Economist Magazine has an article on Taxing Motorists: Roads Less Travelled relating to Vehicle Miles Travelled Fees being trialed in the US State of Oregon. Paying for …
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Will making sound road asset management decisions lead to improvement in efficiency, effectiveness and whole of life value for money in the delivery of road maintenance operations and renewals? This is the challenge that the Road Maintenance Task Force considered in the research report, "NZTA …
Video 11 - Summary In this video (11th of 11 videos), Ross sums up the subtopics he covered in the paper he presented during the 2013 Ingenium Conference. Ross recaps the topics presented in the previous ten videos and mentions the infrastructure management constraints that the local …
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Video 10 - Resolving the Budget-Level of Service-Risk Triangle Budget, level of service, and risk are three elements that should always be considered when forecasting changes in infrastructure management. In this video (the 10th of 11), Ross discusses the triangular relationship …
