Wastewater and Stormwater infrastructure in the 2017 ASCE report Card received a D+. This is up from the 2013 report card grade of D. This is in part due to the fact there has been some innovation with the treatment plants to ensure protection against flooding and cross-contamination and new more …
Asset Management Plans – Conclusion
So in conclusion, in New Zealand, we’ve had 20 years of asset plans and 7 cycles of development. We’ve got guidance available through plans and resources and templates for the specific industries as well as across multiple industries. Levels of service, future demand, risk are the key inputs …
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The Walkerton Canada E. coli Outbreak and its Worldwide Implication on Infrastructure Risk Management Practice
This is a different example. So this was Walkerton, Canada in 2000. So what happened here, they’ve got some bores, they have cows around and they’ve got E. coli, a particular type of E. coli that are carried in cow manure into the bores. Because they had set up a contract with, they have a …
Factors of Safety and How to Model and Communicate Risk Trade-offs
So, the other thing is, this is the Minnesota River Bridge, in the US. I don’t know if you remember. In 2007 it collapsed; killed 13 people, 145 injured. This is the Mississippi River and it made worldwide news at the time. The bridge dropped into the Mississippi River while they were …
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What Infrastructure Managers Lose When Infrastructure Fails
Now the interesting thing about that threshold of safety and trust is you can spend heaps of dollars and get your levels of service up to and get your risks back down but you never get your trust back. So as infrastructure asset management practitioners, if you build something that fails or you …
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Levels of Service-Cost-Risk Diagram and the Flint Michigan Water Case
Alright. Levels of service. So levels of service, cost, and risk. And again this came out of the Road Maintenance Task Force work and one of the things we see are these three axes. So levels of service, you can say, hey I’ve got these levels of service and it going to cost me here at this much. …
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Infrastructure Asset Management Impacts of the Electronic Vehicle Disruption
Tony Seba has published an updated lecture: The Electric Vehicle Disruption - End of Oil 2030 Having attended a lecture by Tony Seba two years ago, I have found his analysis coherent, well-researched, and well worth taking note of. If you are involved in transportation infrastructure …
Asset Management Plan – Managing Service Levels of Specialty Assets
One of the things that are a bit interesting in terms of service levels, things like that, that we tend to forget about is we have specialty assets. So this one is the Boston, they build this new bridge. This is iconic for Boston, US. This one is Te Rewa Rewa footbridge in Taranaki, with Mount …
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Asset Management Planning – NZ ONRC and Utility Service Level Categories
In this post, Ross talks about the categories of service levels in New Zealand on the areas of roads and utilities. NZ ONRC Service Level Categories And then, this was the slide I used up in Canada in July. And I take photos as a hobby so I was putting in photos on these slides, just sort …
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Overview of the New Zealand One Network Road Classification Service Levels
So in terms of service levels, what I thought I’d look at. This is New Zealand… I don’t know if you’ve heard of One Network Road Classification. Those of you who have done any work in transportation will know about it. So the way that you manage roads generally is you set up a hierarchy from hey, …
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Asset Management Plan Ensures Infrastructure Systems Aren’t Taken for Granted
In the "Gap Analysis and Review – Infrastructure Asset Management Diagram" post, Ross emphasized the importance of identifying, reviewing, and reconciling the gaps in the asset management plan. In this post, Ross explains further about financials and risks. Read his summary and don't miss his …
Gap Analysis and Review – Infrastructure Asset Management Diagram
So, it’s easy, isn’t it? Good. You go write an asset management plan but what happens is when the minute you start doing this, you’ll realize you've got gaps. So, hey, here’s the service level we like but we’re not delivering that or you’ve got gaps in that. Here’s the demand we think was …
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