Honing the skills for asset management
Kym Baker moved four hours north-west of Brisbane but her professional life has almost completed a full circle.
Baker’s undergraduate degree at the Queensland University...
Tackling the big themes in asset management
Gary Losier is the leader of asset management for a small Canadian town and also President of the American Public Works Association, an organisation...
Overseas engineers and Australia’s skills shortage
By David Jenkins
Australia has a chronic shortage of engineers and yet part of the solution to this problem may be right here, and right...
Following a passion, from South Africa to NZ
For someone who travelled a great deal during her university days, a move halfway across the world didn’t pose too many hurdles for coastal...
Enhancing lifelong learning opportunities
By: Jonathan Jones
For many engineers and asset managers their career progression is to begin by specialising in a technical area before moving into a...
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...
