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Defensible planning, in plain English.
Field notes on building capital programs and regulator evidence that survive scrutiny — for the people who actually have to write the submission.
What IPART actually wants in an SRV
Regulatory
What IPART actually wants in a Special Rate Variation — and where submissions fail
The evidence annexure is where most SRVs lose marks. Here's the prudence-and-efficiency lens, and how to make every renewal dollar defensible.
Read →From spreadsheet to defensible
Practice
From spreadsheet to defensible: fixing the IP&R Report on Infrastructure Assets
Why the asset-backlog and renewals ratios trip councils up, and how to produce numbers that reconcile and reproduce.
Read →IFS bought Copperleaf
Strategy
IFS bought Copperleaf. What it means if you're an SAP shop.
The only SAP-certified asset-investment-planning tool is now owned by an SAP competitor. Here's the trust question every SAP-aligned council should ask.
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