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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Thinking by expertise - Asset management
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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