Our communities rely on excellent service from a very long-lived infrastructure. The infrastructure that will almost certainly outlast not just our careers but probably our lives. The asset management case study "My Kingdom for a Crystal Ball" takes you through the thought-provoking process of how one of our clients manages …
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A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of our infrastructure management clients and readers. Thank you for your support and readership throughout 2018. 2018 has been a very busy and satisfying year for us and we have enjoyed being able to assist our clients with their work programs and offer information to our …
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If you are looking for a general overview of Asset Management without it being too complicated, then the AM Basics Guideline (AMB) is for you. Who would find this Guideline useful? Murray Erbs, IPWEA’s NAMS Chair, says "the publication is essential reading for junior engineers, technical officers, works supervisors …
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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 …
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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 it is that …
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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 …
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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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