During the Water New Zealand Conference & Expo, in the "Procurement" stream, Ross Waugh presented the "Strategic Review of the New Zealand Water Sector Procurement Practices," a work he has done in conjunction with the Building Innovation Partnership (BIP). Held on 17-19 November 2020 at Hamilton, the Water NZ Conference & Expo …
A Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year! – Ross Waugh
Sending my Christmas greetings and my New Year's message in this video. To all clients and partners of Waugh Infrastructure Management Ltd, and the people we interact with, thank you for your continued support! Ross …
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Climate Adaptation Platform, Waugh Infrastructure Management’s Advocacy
The Climate Adaptation Platform (CAP) is a site that curates research, papers, case studies, work, and recent developments to infrastructure adaptation and resilience on climate change and infrastructure adaptation and resilience. CAP is owned and operated by the Inframanage Trust, a …
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Waugh Infrastructure Management Ltd. Achieves Carbon Zero Certification
Waugh Infrastructure Management Ltd. received the Carbon Zero Certification from Toitū Envirocare on 16th November 2020. After nearly 12 months of partnering with Toitū Envirocare, meeting the requirements of ISO 14064-1 in a very structured and rigorous process, we are excited about this achievement. I have created the video above …
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Using Simple and Accessible Technology to Improve ‘Business’ Processes
What a voluntary organisation can teach us Outside of my job at Waugh infrastructure, I am involved with a charity organisation with a small team of trustees and volunteers - The New Zealand Raptor Trust Rescuing and rehabilitating Raptors in the Central South Island. When I became involved, …
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Infrastructure Management Consulting Company Achieving Carbon Zero
Carbon Zero, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon footprints offsets? When Ross first talked about these, my reaction was “how does this work for us? I mean, we are a consulting firm, not some huge industrial business”, but little did I know that was to come next. Ross went on to say he had researched various options and came up …
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Kaitiakitanga and the Four Well Beings
Recently I have been fortunate enough to assist Councils with their climate change planning. My interest and concern keep growing as we look to respond to this challenge through leadership, adaptation and mitigation strategies. It is a struggle to balance today with a focus on the future on those who live on the planet after we …
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Understanding Process Step Performance
Treatment Facilities typically comprise multiple steps or stages of treatment which contribute to the final delivered product, be that safe drinking water or effectively treated wastewater. Over time the understanding of the value and importance of the individual process steps can fade with focus increasingly applied to the final …
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Gratitude – My Approach to the Challenges Ahead
How grateful am I? I can’t find words to express my gratitude. Why you ask? Well, to be in this far flung but amazing country. It is a blessing to be here in New Zealand. what a year! Not in our wildest, nightmarish dreams would we have considered the global impact of the COVID- 19 pandemics. Our country responded …
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How the Timaru Library Implemented its Planned Renovations in the COVID-19 Shutdown (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. After more than 40 years, the Timaru Library got its much-needed repair and renovation through the funding that the Timaru District Council budgeted in 2019. The repair works …
Waugh Shares Asset Management Insights at Engineering NZ SC Event
The South Canterbury Branch of Engineering NZ, through Bruno Lagesse, Treasurer, and Simon Bird, Chair, invited Ross Waugh to share about his company's asset management consulting work in three countries. The event was held on 21st July, 12:00 to 1:30 PM at a function room of the Alpine Energy Office in Washdyke, Timaru. There …
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COVID-19 Impacts and the Levels of Service-Cost-Risk Diagram (Video Blog)
The impacts of COVID-19 might be causing governments to cut on infrastructure spending. Ross explains that the economic damage that the COVID-19 lockdowns has caused is putting a lot of pressure on the expenditure of towns and cities. Ross Waugh explains the implications on levels of service and risks if costs are minimised …
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Thank you, Council Accounts Departments
It has become clear today that several Councils that we work for have adopted a weekly account payment policy. We have had a number of invoices that are usually due for payment on the 20th of the month paid today. This action by Councils and their accounts departments is both thoughtful and appreciated. In periods such as the …
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