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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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On 30 June 2016, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another "Ask-the-Experts" webinar, the fifth in this webinar series. Ross and Heather discussed the ethics and thought the process in infrastructure asset management. Ross shared about the ethical practice that consultants must observe in creating the infrastructure asset …
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This is the last video of the 9-video series on Infrastructure Decision Support. David Fraser (IDS Board Chairperson) and Theuns Henning (IDS CEO) share how worthwhile the IDS Project has been. Watch this video and know more about the many things that make the project worthwhile through David and Theuns testimonies. As host of …
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David Fraser (IDS Board Chairperson) and Theuns Henning (IDS CEO) have the answers to the question in this video. Watch the video and find out what Theuns said about having the right setup to allow successful replication of the IDS Project. David shares the transferable values in the IDS organization that encouraged the fruitful …
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Basically, the IDS Project became better with each challenge they meet and overcome throughout the years of implementation. This video shows David Fraser (IDS Board Chairperson) and Theuns Henning (IDS CEO) narrating about the difficulties IDS faced and providing some details on the Infrastructure Asset Management solutions they were …
What are the factors and strengths that contributed to the IDS Project reaping infrastructure management successes in its almost two decades of operating? Watch this video, see and listen to Theuns Henning (IDS CEO) and David Fraser (IDS Board Chairperson) share the factors and strengths of IDS. The examples that Theuns and David …
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