The Hidden Opportunity in Not Funding Infrastructure
By Steve Mooney
So much of what asset managers do focuses on maintaining and repairing assets so they remain useful and continue to deliver services...
Moa Point Failure: Could it Have Been Prevented?
By Steve Mooney
When Wellington’s Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant flooded in early February, sending tens of millions of litres of raw and partially treated...
Infrastructure Faces a Talent Shortage. It’s More Serious Than We Realise
by David Jenkins
Australia and New Zealand are entering an essential decade for infrastructure. Governments are investing record sums in transport, water, regional growth, and...
The New Zealand Infrastructure Commission – Te Waihanga’s Asset Management Guidance Could Change Infrastructure...
New Zealand’s infrastructure challenges are not new. What is new is the growing willingness to name their underlying cause: the persistent failure to manage...
Systems Thinking and The Language of Infrastructure
Building on my earlier article on systems thinking, I have spent some time reflecting on a deeper issue that sits beneath how we plan,...
From Assets to Outcomes: Why It’s Time to Rethink How We Think
By David Jenkins
Our central question should not be about the asset itself, but rather about the outcomes we aim to achieve. While infrastructure asset...
Urban Development, Climate Risk, and the Asset Management Reckoning New Zealand Can’t Avoid
By Steve Mooney
New Zealand’s urban future is arriving faster than our infrastructure can cope with. Intensifying housing, shifting mobility patterns, and harsher climate impacts...
Asset Recycling: A Pragmatic Path for New Zealand?
By Steve Mooney
As New Zealand faces ageing infrastructure and fiscal constraints, asset recycling is re-emerging in policy discussions. The concept is simple: sell or...
Australia’s Net Zero Ambitions Rest on Local Shoulders. And It’s Not Just About More...
By David Jenkins
Australia’s path to net zero will not be decided in Canberra. It will be built, bit by bit, and a lot of...
Building Capability Across Queensland: Asset Management Education Supporting Queensland Local Government
Queensland’s 77 councils collectively manage $142 billion of infrastructure assets (roads, bridges, water assets) that are used to provide services to their communities. From...
