Ross Waugh continues with his COVID-19 video blog series. In this vlog, Ross illustrates what would happen when municipal or city councils suspend infrastructure replacement, defers renewals or …
Impacts of COVID-19 and IAM Levels of Service-Cost-Risk Diagram (Video Blog)
The impacts of COVID-19 might be causing governments to cut on infrastructure spending. Ross Waugh explains the implications on levels of service and risks if costs are minimized …
Economic Recession-Growth Cycle and Asset Management Lessons (Video Blog)
Ross Waugh shares some infrastructure asset management perspectives on the economic cycles starting in 1987 and the possible financial repercussion from the COVID-19 pandemic responses. Will the …
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New Zealand Infrastructure Construction Waves – A Closer Look
Ross talks about infrastructure waves in his previous post, "Studying Infrastructure Waves through Case Histories." Here, Ross provides a detailed explanation illustrating New Zealand's …
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Studying Infrastructure Construction Waves through Case Histories
This is one is from that same report. The blue line is transportation expenditure in New Zealand, you can see from 1965 and this 1987 recession, it was a little bit of a downward decline coming out of …
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How Recession Impact Infrastructure Spending – The New Zealand Case
So, this is where you guys start to have to do some work and a bit of response back, we have at about a quarter of an hour, haven't we Theuns. So, this graph here is a graph for New Zealand that …
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