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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Grant Holland and I attended the IPWEA NZ Conference in Auckland on 26-28th June. It was a good conference with engaging and thought-provoking keynote speakers and some excellent technical papers. The Hynds Papers were all of a very high standard. I will blog with a link to the papers as soon as they are available online on the …
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At the IDS Conference in Christchurch, I presented a video I had prepared regarding the Deighton Water Model. This video has been posted on the Inframanage.com Blog and the Inframanage.com Youtube Channel. The video provides an excellent introduction to optimised decision-making. If you are interested in this topic, I will encourage …
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As I mentioned on Infamanage.com, I (Ross) joined the Transportation Research Board 10th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management in Miami, USA. When I wrote this post, I was in Miami and ready to attend the TRB National Conference from 28th April until the 30th. I'm eager to learn about the latest developments in US …
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The last item I want to discuss in this AMP 2014 Update series is the AMP Improvement Programme. Every Asset Management Plan has an improvement plan, and if you haven't made already, now is a good time to review and document progress on your last AMP's improvement plan: Have all the improvement plan items been completed?If there …
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If your asset valuations are due to be updated, then they need to be added to your AMP project plan. Some issues to consider: Much of the preparatory work for asset valuation updates can be undertaken now, concurrently with additions and deletions. Analysis of asset valuations and forecasts of future changes in valuation can …
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Over the past three years since AMPs were last updated there have been a number of on-going changes that affect local government and Asset Management Plans: All of these planning and regulatory activities have the potential impact on your Asset Management Plan levels of service, future demand management, lifecycle management …
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