Thinking by expertise - Asset management

Harmonising risk management to achieve organisational goals: a top-down and bottom-up approach

Aurecon's Mayuran Sivapalan, a risk advisory expert, explains the role of asset risk management in realising high-performing investment portfolios.

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Consumers lead the digital charge in the agrifood industry

In this first thinking paper, Aurecon’s Dr Ingrid Appelqvist and Hester de Wet explore how changing consumer demands will lead digital changes in the agrifood industry.

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Good models enable good decisions: using digital to prioritise and manage assets

Aurecon's Neil Naismith talks to clients about a new way of approaching asset portfolio management, looking to new digital technologies to help make asset decisions.

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The importance of digitisation in asset management to stay in the game

Arjun Narang, Aurecon's Global Head of Asset Management explores how a strategic digital approach is necessary to make informed business decisions.

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Data connected with technology and business purpose key to identifying assets that drive value

Aurecon’s Chris Needham and Elisha Bellchambers share how data connected with digital technology and business purpose can help organisations realise more value from their assets.

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Addressing the infrastructure gap in fast-growing countries

Francois Joubert, Aurecon’s Africa Lead for Asset Management, believes that asset management experts need to start looking at how we will accommodate the population of the future.

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Digital disruption through the tunnel

Aurecon's Cristian Biotto and Prakash Sabapathy discuss how digital engineering can present great innovation in physical tunnel assets.

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Five criteria of sustainable asset transformation

Aurecon Technical Director Pieter Scholtz discusses what it takes to ensure a mining asset's financial, socio-economic, and environmental sustainability.

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Risk exposure: A balancing act

Aurecon's Risk Leader, Program Advisory Simon Van Wyk shares the eight-step process leaders can use to optimise risk exposure of their business.

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Symptoms of risk: Dealing with uncertainty

Aurecon's Simon van Wyk discusses the importance of knowing how to identify the symptoms of risk along with understanding their effects on the business.

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Risk in context: Identifying blind spots

Aurecon's Simon van Wyk defines the risk blind spot and shares how success can be attained by navigating and embracing uncertainty.

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Risk and reward: Top 10 tips on business optimisation

Aurecon's Simon van Wyk identifies top 10 tips for business optimisation that minimise risk in high-risk environments.

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What if the last infrastructure in South Africa has already been built?

Does South Africa need more infrastructure? Francois Joubert shares how physical asset management can benefit SA's public and private sector.

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Finding your customers to reduce losses – a case study

Aurecon embarked on a PoC capture project with the Nigerian Power Sector in 2016 to facilitate loss reduction and improve its customer service.

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Is sustainable post-closure mine development achievable?

Aurecon’s Pieter Scholtz explores the possibility of achieving a sustainable post-closure mine development.

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Smart asset management for critical urban infrastructure

One of the major challenges with rapid urbanisation is there is not enough infrastructure to support the increasing number of people moving to cities every week. Abe Nezamian discusses how one of Aurecon's key offerings, Asset Management, aims to solve this problem.

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Plan combines vision with the realities of Newcastle communities

Aurecon’s Eric Kreutzer explore how doing the right type of planning can help drive the success of a wide-scale city initiative.

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Building the digital estate

According to Aurecon’s Chief Digital Officer Andrew Maher, rushing it to digital without a fit for purpose strategy will pose more challenges than opportunities.

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Opportunities in tough times for South African defence

Tight budgets do not have to result in reduced outcomes for the South African defence sector. Aurecon's Lizelle Botha and Kevin Nadasen suggest ways to prioritise projects and optimise spend to ensure positive results.

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How drones are changing the way we design, deliver and manage assets

Aurecon’s Ralph Loesche explores how drones are having a significant impact on how we design and deliver aspects of our built environment, which has the potential to change the way we live and work.

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Bringing greater certainty to an uncertain world

In today’s evolving world, uncertainty is rising with increasing severity. Fortunately, risk advisory can provide the answers, Aurecon's Simon van Wyk explains.

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The living digital jigsaw

Aurecon’s Will Hackney says that the process of developing and harnessing ‘Information Models’ is the key to unlocking substantial value.

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Value engineering: The key to achieving return on investment

Aurecon’s Ashley Underwood explains the importance of value engineering, especially as an project consultancy prerequisite.

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Smart substation design: How utilities can benefit

Aurecon's Technical Director for Energy Mark Hibbert talks about smart substation design offers utilities major benefits by linking design efficiency and long term asset management.

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Manufacturers use asset optimisation to extract value

For manufacturers working in a competitive global market environment, product price point is an imperative. And yet, the intelligent optimisation of assets, which can have a major impact on reducing production costs, is an area often overlooked.

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Capturing assets: Connected network modelling enhances quality and reduces cost for utility

A different approach to conventional field data recording methods has provided benefits to eThekwini Electricity for its asset capture project.

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Why your asset management needs change

In this article, we highlight useful ways in which we have managed to reduce the failure rate of asset management adoption by looking at the required steps through the lens of change management.

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