Back in March 2015, the Fairfax Stuff Website published an article citing Mercer's 2015 Global Quality of Living Index and outlining that Auckland was rated as the third highest in the world. Auckland is the only city in the Southern Hemisphere in the top five. Wellington rated 12th, behind Sydney at 10th. …
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It has been a long time between blog posts on this blog, so I thought I would provide a quick update. The first half of 2015 has been very busy for the Waugh Infrastructure team, with a range of client projects associated with: General infrastructure asset management,Asset Management Plans,Asset management information systems …
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In April 2015, Dr. Natalie Jackson, New Zealand's preeminent research demographer, gave a presentation hosted at the Waugh Infrastructure Management offices in Timaru to an audience of New Zealand local government transportation and water utility engineers and Waugh Infrastructure Management staff. The presentation provided an update …
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It has been a busy year at Waugh Infrastructure Management, and we are now all on holiday over Christmas and New Year. Our office will reopen on the 5th January 2015. I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Christmas. Ross …
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It has been a sport in the media the past few years to bag Christchurch City Council on occasion. For something different, here is a compliment instead of a complaint. Today I have found myself with a few hours on my hands in Christchurch and needed a quiet place to work - I chose the Christchurch City Council Fendalton …
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New Zealand continues to be very highly ranked in international surveys for liveability, to do business, and as a nice place to live - such as the 'safest country in the world' ranking this blog noted in 2013 The latest is the HSBC Expat Survey which was reported in the New Zealand Herald today. The HSBC survey ranks New …
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Waugh Infrastructure Management Limited is thrilled to announce that it has won the 2014 Services Category Award at the South Canterbury Business Excellence Awards night, 29 August 2014. Barkers of Geraldine won the Supreme Award. Barkers are one of South Canterbury's business success stories. Awards such as this represent the …
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The respected Economist Intelligence Unit has again published its annual city Liveability Index Auckland, New Zealand is ranked the worlds 10th most liveable city, with 8 of the top 10 cities being in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Vienna, Austria (2nd) and Helsinki, Finland (8th) round out the top 10 cities. Melbourne, …
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As noted in my previous blog post the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 is now law. One of the major requirements to impact asset management planning in the 2014 Amendment Act is the requirement for a 30-year Infrastructure Strategy. This is required for Water, Wastewater, Stormwater networks, Roads and …
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As noted in my previous blog post, the Local Government Act 2002 - Amendment Act 2014 has become law. One minor provision that may be overlooked, but which affects asset management plan updating is Section 31A which deals with the insurance of assets. The legislation states: Please review our previous January 2014 blog …
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As I have previously blogged back in January 2014, the Local Government Act was amended in 2012 (the TAFM amendments) to include updated statements around the purpose of local government. As you work through your Asset Management Plan (AMP) updating, here is a reminder of the requirements set out in the Local Government …
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As introduced in my previous blog post the Local Government Amendment Act 2014 has become law. The Amendment Act introduces a new Section 17A to the Local Government Act - Delivery of Services The text of the Act is replicated below: " Clause 1A of new Schedule 1AA 1A Transitional provisions relating to delivery of …
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The Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2002 received assent 7th August 2014 and became law. Good high-level summaries of the changes made by the Act have been provided by: Simpson Grierson with their scorecard; and Anderson Lloyd with their summary. This Act contains several sections that require attention during the 2014 …
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