The RIMS conference theme of “Beyond 2020” was a great way to get the Transportation Asset Management industry reflecting on the fact that eleven-and-a-half months’ ago, many of us had been wondering about the risks and realities of travelling to Napier before lock-down decided for us. The 353 days between the first instatement of …
Infrastructure Management Case Study – QR Code Initiated Form Data Collection
In this case study, David Brown shares how using the QR Code initiated forms helps collect data from multiple sites at a wastewater treatment plant. Know the benefits that the QR Code initiated forms gave the infrastructure system operators and manager. David explains: The decision to trial QR codes came about due to a desire to …
Junior Bike Parks – A Great Council Initiative
I have the privilege of cycling to work each day, passing through one of New Zealand’s Top Beaches, Caroline Bay. Over the last couple of months, a new children's bike park has been developed on the Bay. It got me thinking of one of the things I noticed during the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020. A lot of families were out on the streets …
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Welcome to Waugh Infrastructure Management, Courtney Slater
We are happy and excited to welcome Courtney Slater to the Waugh Infrastructure Management team. Courtney joined us starting in February this year. Based at the Waugh Infrastructure Management growing Hawke's Bay Office, Courtney brings her experiences in the Three Waters and local council services to our company. Read more about …
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Welcome, Andy Bartlett!
Waugh Infrastructure Management’s New Staff
Waugh Infrastructure Management is pleased to welcome Andy Bartlett to our team. Andy started in January 2021. Andy has developed expertise in multi-disciplinary consulting engineering and in local government, from working as a technician to holding a key position, a trusted infrastructure design engineer and asset management …
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Doing Good in the Community
Each year Waugh Infrastructure Staff take time out from our busy schedule to volunteer time to a worthy cause and this year we chose to help the local Riding for Disabled here in Timaru. The Riding for Disabled is a worldwide voluntary organisation, which provides opportunities for anyone with a disability to enjoy therapeutic …
Housing First – Solving the Challenging Long-term Homelessness in our Communities
Introduction According to Statistics NZ, homelessness in New Zealand has been estimated at just under one per cent of our population. This means that there are almost 50,000 severely housing deprived people in our beautiful country. This figure is about Nelson's urban area population – New Zealand’s …
Ross Waugh Presents “Review of Infrastructure Procurement” at Water NZ Conference (Video)
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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