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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Waugh Infrastructure Management is happy to announce that the conference papers presented to this date in 2014 have been published on this site. These infrastructure asset management papers were presented at conferences here and abroad. The conference papers published are as follows: The Evolution from a Simple Planning …
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As we posted in our previous blog post Waugh Infrastructure is a finalist in the Service Industry Category of the 2014 Aoraki Business Excellence Awards. Part of the fun of these awards is that there is also a Peoples Choice Award. Yes, we need your vote. Please click on the Peoples Choice Award graphic above or below. …
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We are very happy to announce that Waugh Infrastructure Management has been selected as one of four finalists in the Service Industry Category of the Aoraki Business Excellence Awards. Every year, the former Aoraki Development Business and Tourism runs the Aoraki Business Excellence Awards, covering the South Canterbury region where …
We are continuing to expand the content and services offered at our sister site Inframanage.com We have added the Inframanage News page, which allows you to read about recent information, events, products, processes and useful write-ups related to infrastructure asset management and allied industries. We would encourage you …
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Regular readers of this blog will have noted in the sidebar the link to Inframanage.com - our sister site. Information regarding Inframanage.com is included in the About Inframanage page on the Inframanage.com site. The overview summarises the purpose of the Inframanage.com site: Inframanage.com is developing …
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New Zealand has been ranked 5th in the World in the Good Country Index for its positive contribution to humanity. This ranking was widely reported in the New Zealand news media in early July. This is great news for New Zealand and continues to reinforce the highly positive world rankings that New Zealand has been receiving over …
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