Conversations with Evan is a video series that Ross Waugh started to provide asset management learning and information based on on-going questions and answers with Evan Arias, a Senior Civil Engineer based in the Philippines. In this first question and answer video, Ross responds to Evan's query about asset inventory. According to Ross, the asset inventory (or asset register) is the absolute … [Read more...]
Asset Management Conversations with Evan – Introduction (Video)
Ross Waugh starts a video blog series he titles, "Conversations with Evan." In this edition, he talks about Evan Arias, a Senior Engineer he met in the Philippines and Evan's asset management questions. Please get to know more about Evan, his education, his Civil Engineering work experiences, and his interest in infrastructure asset management in the video. Watch the video to know more … [Read more...]
Timaru Library’s Success Story Amid the NZ COVID-19 Shut-down (Video Blog)
Ross Waugh blogs about the Timaru Library and how they successfully managed to cut short the 30-week planned repairs, renovations and upgrades to 8 weeks. The Timaru Library building, which was constructed in 1977, needed repair and renovation. In 2019, the Timaru District Council allocated $1.8 Million for the refurbishment and rehabilitation of the library. Among the projects that were … [Read more...]
Asset Management Thinking on Buying and Using a Software
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. Heather: We did get a fair number of questions about asset management or CMMS, which is computerized maintenance management system … [Read more...]
Asset Management is About the Thinking Around Your Assets
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. Heather And one of the things that we want to make a point about is that asset management is about thinking. And anybody who has come to … [Read more...]
Why Starting Asset Management Doesn’t Have to Cost Much
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. Heather So we have several questions that are related to the cost of asset management, how expensive was it going to be, how much it’s going to cost? We want to … [Read more...]
Understanding Infrastructure Replacement Using the Football Game Analogy (Video Blog)
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 other expenditure due to the economic impacts of the pandemic. Ross uses the sports analogy in this video blog to explain how to manage infrastructure spending when there is an economic recession and … [Read more...]
Asset Management Strategy Best Practice Discussions
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. A participant asked a particular question, "Is there a downside to purchasing replacement pumps and valves to meet future needs instead of … [Read more...]
Asset Management Issue – Funding Depreciation or Replacement Cost
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. This post deals with two questions from the webinar participants. Can you give a little background on funding depreciation?Does funding … [Read more...]
Asset Information Management and Data Capturing
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. Heather took a break from the questions that were submitted and checked on the questions posed during the webinar. An attendee asked if … [Read more...]
Lessons Learned and Best Practices in Asset Management New Zealand
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. In the previous post, Ross shared a quick background on the asset management implementation in New Zealand. In this post, Ross shares the … [Read more...]
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 significantly. Here's another short video blog on the impacts of COVID-19 and infrastructure asset management by Ross Waugh. There's a lot of pressure on the dollars as a lot of economies are trying to recover from … [Read more...]
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