Waugh Infrastructure works with many of our clients to improve and automate processes, analysis and reporting to meet asset management, legislative and consent compliance requirements. Our team engaged with the Wairoa District Council to automate their Consent Compliance Reporting using their own software. We have written a case study on this recent collaboration. The report […]
The Softer Side of Infrastructure Management for the Community
The challenges we discuss in Infrastructure Management are so often focussed on hard engineering issues such as demand, capacity and design solutions for assets that are often never seen by the community. Whilst it is important to provide the essential services to keep people safe and healthy it is easy to lose sight of what […]
Waugh Infrastructure Management Celebrates 20th Anniversary
September 2018 marked the 20th Anniversary of Waugh Infrastructure Management. We are publicly celebrating this Anniversary over the next period with a series of blog posts and articles. We have also launched our 20th Anniversary web branding as shown in this blog post. Who knows where the time has gone, but it has passed […]
My Master of Engineering Graduation at Auckland University
On Tuesday 25th September I graduated my Master of Engineering at Auckland University. That was a very satisfying week and the completion of several years of hard work. My parents, son James and daughter-in-law Chelsea were able to attend, which made for a very nice family day celebrating this milestone and success. The capping […]
Asset Management Thesis by Ross Waugh Presented at the 11th PWWA
Ross Waugh presented on his Master of Engineering thesis, “Asset Management for Developing Countries” during the 11th Pacific Water and Wastewater Association Conference that was held in Noumea, New Caledonia on 6-10 August. Ross’s research paper tackles the build-neglect-rebuild paradigm in the Pacific, the impact of infrastructure deterioration on people, budget diversions, and the fund […]
Infrastructure Management Conference Papers Published at Waugh Site
We are happy to provide two presentations from 2017 that you can add to your infrastructure management learning resources. These presentations were made in 2017 at Selwyn District Council and the IPWEA International conferences held in Perth. You are welcome to browse these latest resources. Below are the title and short description of these presentations: […]
Waugh Team Attends PWWA Conference at New Caledonia
Ross Waugh, Grant Holland, and Kierie Zeelie compose the Waugh Infrastructure Management team that attended the 11th Pacific Water and Wastewater Association conference at Noumea, New Caledonia. The conference, which ran from 6th to 10th of August 2018 and with the theme, “Innovative Solutions for our Islands”, features an Expo participated in by several companies, […]
Asset Management Blogging Resumes at Waugh Infrastructure Management
Hi infrastructure management practitioners, I’m finally back to publishing posts! To my colleagues and those who are following regularly my asset management consulting NZ site, you might have noticed that I haven’t published since November 2017. My apologies and thanks if you have been visiting the Waugh blog to check if a new blog post […]
Infrastructure Strategy Checklist Template is Available Now
In the period June – October 2017, Waugh Infrastructure Management and Kathy Dever-Tod (Dever-Tod Advisory Services) have been working with Piers Lehmann and his team at Christchurch City Council providing rolling reviews of the CCC Infrastructure Strategy. The Christchurch City Council Infrastructure Strategy review process involved an early, mid and near-final review. Resulting from […]
Key Reasons to Live and Work in Timaru District, New Zealand (Video)
This video presents key reasons Timaru District and South Canterbury is your best option to move, live, and work in New Zealand. Showcasing the vast and best natural sites that are near and accessible, the video also features several stories of people who moved to this beautiful and progressive New Zealand district and found their […]
Ethics and Process Developments in Infrastructure Management Practice
Through a blog post at Inframanage.com, Ross shares his conversation with a colleague at LinkedIn after the latter commented on his post “Infrastructure Management Ethical Practice and Way of Thinking.” The conversation spun off with the colleague’s remarked that consultants shouldn’t be adding to projects that a council doesn’t need. That brief exchange of ideas/opinion […]
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