https://wiki.talkinginfrastructure.com/ 2026-04-18T06:41:38+00:00 https://wiki.talkinginfrastructure.com/ https://wiki.talkinginfrastructure.com/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2022-03-21T17:47:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.talkinginfrastructure.com/doku.php?id=stewards_of_the_21st_century:7_truths_about_infrastructure_management&rev=1647884847&do=diff The Fundamentals of Managing Infrastructure * A Tool for our Communities: Physical infrastructure is a tool we manage for our communities to use, not an end in itself A Tool for our Communities * Good Infrastructure Management is Largely Invisible: what our communities need is physical infrastructure that works, that someone is taking care of without them tripping over it text/html 2022-03-17T10:26:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.talkinginfrastructure.com/doku.php?id=stewards_of_the_21st_century:about_funding&rev=1647512794&do=diff About Funding In general, it is easier to access money to build physical infrastructure than to maintain it. Major capital infrastructure is often funded directly by external government agencies – by grants to public infrastructure agencies - or by government regulators agreeing price (or rates) for a privately-owned infrastructure company explicitly against what they agree is necessary capital expenditure. A ‘public private partnership’ may use private investment, but often with guaranteed r… text/html 2022-03-17T11:54:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.talkinginfrastructure.com/doku.php?id=stewards_of_the_21st_century:about_this_book&rev=1647518078&do=diff About this book Our physical infrastructure is vital to our society, our economy, our very well-being. Our current physical infrastructure is – ok. Until there is a crisis such as a drought, a wildfire, a pandemic. And not counting all the structures that are crumbling and barely fit for purpose . Or the dollars that are wasted on the wrong projects. And if you ignore some very stupid outcomes (‘stupidity stories’), like airports that cost three times their construction budgets , or trains th… text/html 2022-03-18T14:34:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.talkinginfrastructure.com/doku.php?id=stewards_of_the_21st_century:a_tool_for_our_communities&rev=1647614046&do=diff One: Infrastructure is a Tool for our Communities Infrastructure is a tool for society, a capability. It is not an end in itself. The question for us is, are we managing it so it is an effective capability for our communities to use as they need? text/html 2022-03-21T17:46:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.talkinginfrastructure.com/doku.php?id=stewards_of_the_21st_century:focus_on_levels_of_service_to_communities&rev=1647884796&do=diff Focus on Levels of Service to Communities For physical infrastructure, the overriding purpose is to deliver service to our communities. That is, to deliver safe drinking water to their taps, reliable energy, effective transport services (transit and roads). The overall safe disposal of waste. The physical assets to support the social services of physical and mental health, education, law enforcement, the arts. text/html 2022-03-21T17:43:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.talkinginfrastructure.com/doku.php?id=stewards_of_the_21st_century:good_infrastructure_management_is_largely_invisible&rev=1647884607&do=diff Good Infrastructure Management is largely Invisible What our communities need is physical infrastructure that works, that someone is taking care of without them tripping over it. The physical assets our communities depend on are often where our communities cannot see them. They are underground, or behind secure fences in out of the way places. Even where the assets are out in the open, most people will barely notice them. text/html 2022-03-17T10:23:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.talkinginfrastructure.com/doku.php?id=stewards_of_the_21st_century:some_common_beliefs_in_infrastructure_development&rev=1647512621&do=diff Some Common Beliefs in Infrastructure Development * New infrastructure will bring about economic growth: build, and they will come (and growth is always a good thing). * Constructing new infrastructure creates jobs. * If we innovate, we can minimise on-going costs. text/html 2022-03-17T10:33:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.talkinginfrastructure.com/doku.php?id=stewards_of_the_21st_century:stewards_of_the_21st_century&rev=1647513209&do=diff Stewards of the 21st Century Since 2021, Lou Cripps and Ruth Wallsgrove have been writing a follow-up book to Building an Asset Management Team, aimed this time at Boards, Councils and C-suites. Stewards of the 21st Century: How to Succeed at Infrastructure Leadership is being made available here in wiki form. That is, you can search by topic or follow your own threads, as well as reading straight through. text/html 2022-03-17T10:18:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.talkinginfrastructure.com/doku.php?id=stewards_of_the_21st_century:the_role_of_the_infrastructure_decision_maker&rev=1647512336&do=diff The Role of the Infrastructure Decision-Maker As an infrastructure decision-maker – whether you are on the Board, are a CEO, other executive, a City Council member – your role is to take the lead in providing and maintaining the infrastructure our communities must have to function, the physical systems needed for people to lead productive and comfortable lives. text/html 2022-03-18T14:31:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.talkinginfrastructure.com/doku.php?id=stewards_of_the_21st_century:tools&rev=1647613899&do=diff Asset Management Tools For Instructure Decision Making List with links text/html 2022-03-17T10:31:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.talkinginfrastructure.com/doku.php?id=stewards_of_the_21st_century:what_can_possibly_go_wrong_in_a_decision_for_a_new_asset&rev=1647513105&do=diff What can possibly go wrong in a decision for a new asset? * We do not, in fact, need a new asset at all * We do not need the asset we think we do * We choose the wrong place, the wrong time for it, with too much or too little capacity * We have not considered the resources that will be needed after it is in place, including interdependencies with other assets (for example, electric buses need new facilities)