New ways of living require a new approach
By: David Jenkins
The pandemic lockdowns have left us with some diametrically opposed approaches on how people want to configure their home and work lives.
On...
Infrastructure planning in a fast changing world
By: David Jenkins
One of the biggest dilemmas in the modern world is between our need for long term planning and adapting to a time...
Natural assets. A natural alternative
By: David Jenkins
Sustainability is one of the key priorities for asset managers today and in the drive for sustainability natural assets can often be...
Custodians of community assets
Elected Local Government members are key stakeholders in asset management, but with their election come responsibilities.
Many of the key decision makers responsible for the...
Professional Certificate survey shows strong uplift in capability
Participants in IPWEA’s Professional Certificate in Asset Management Planning course have achieved a 67% uplift in their proficiency across a range of 12 capability...
Do public private partnerships have a future?
The recent Australian Financial Review National Infrastructure Summit highlighted the fact governments and the private sector are constrained when it comes to financing and...
Can the power grid handle the transition to electric cars?
By some estimates, eight out of 10 cars sold in Australia will be electric by 2030. But all those cars need somewhere to charge,...
IPWEA CEO David Jenkins: Australia’s infrastructure boom will fail without people
In May 2021, the Australian Government announced an increase in the national rolling 10-year infrastructure investment pipeline from $110 billion to $120 billion, a...
How MAMP is helping asset management achieve maturity in Canada
In 2016, the Canadian Government launched the Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP), an eight-year CAN$110 million program designed to support municipal asset management capacity...
NZ prioritises asset management with Three Waters Reform Programme
The New Zealand Government’s multibillion-dollar plan to help stressed councils deal with their water assets expanded significantly in 2021, underscoring Jacinda Arden’s belief in...
