Spreading the word on holistic asset management
In late 2008 Ville Alatyppo was working for the City of Helsinki when the Finnish capital experienced a series of unprecedented snow storms which...
Maintaining existing assets for future generations
New Zealand has an estimated infrastructure deficit of approximately $NZ104 billion, but according to Te Waihanga – the NZ Infrastructure Commission – bridging that...
Helping build greater capacity and capability for elected members
By: David Jenkins
When people are elected as councillors or mayors of their local government authority or local municipality, they are also elected as stewards...
Rising to the infrastructure challenge
Julie Mann has lived in the vibrant, rural town of Sorell in Tasmania for 15 years.
A 25-minute drive from Hobart, Sorell is one of...
Congress Speaker, Kate Fleming: Capacity building making a difference in Canada
Local governments in Canada have made significant progress in implementing asset management programs in recent years and one of the keys to success has...
Optimism in the face of emergency
When Richard Threlfall began his career in infrastructure, issues of sustainability were not a big priority.
Over the last few years, however, they have become...
Digital Twinning. A data response to uncertainty
The sharing of data and its use in digital twin environments presents as an effective response to future challenges and uncertainties in asset management,...
Natural asset management “catching on” in Canada
Roy Brooke estimates that back in 2017 if he had asked a room full of asset management professionals if they had thought of including...
Modern careers require lifelong learning
By: David Jenkins and Jonathan Jones
Change is now a constant factor in almost every professional career.
Be it organisational or corporate change through a merger...
Advocate for upskilling
When Rachel Chambers became mayor of the recently amalgamated North Burnett Regional Council in 2016 she realised that it was “sink or swim” so...