Infrastructure asset management practitioners who are handling a network of “very poor condition” assets need to show decision-makers the amount needed to restore assets to “very good condition”. The use of an optimized decision model does just that. The Deighton Water Model is able to …
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Understanding Optimized Decision-Making Using the Deighton Water Model
Deighton is the company that develops and implements infrastructure asset management software, particularly optimized decision-making principles. Deighton has partnered with IDS over the last 16 years in New Zealand to deliver an optimized decision tool for New Zealand public infrastructure …
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Advantage of Optimized Decision-Making as Deighton Water Model Shows
Looking at the “very poor” condition bucket of the Deighton Water Model, the amount of investment (water) needed to restore it to “very good” condition is tremendous. It’s not the situation that a municipal engineer or a highway engineer would want to be working. Aside from dealing with the …
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Optimized Decision Making, IDS and the Deighton Water Model (Video)
Infrastructure Decision Support (IDS) is part of IPWEA NZ and provides infrastructure management industry support to New Zealand public asset owners - local councils and road controlling authorities. IDS is the sole distributor of the Deighton dTIMS software in New Zealand. The New …
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Communicating Infrastructure Management Issues and dTIMS Modeling
I guess that’s about what the dTIMS modeling and this conference are all about. It’s about that optimization of expenditure but we all know that we can get away with under-investing for a while and then it shows up and then it’ll create a less than optimal expenditure profile going forward. So …
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Impact of Hidden Risk to Cost – The Case of Flint Water Crisis and I35W Bridge Collapse
This is the continuation of Ross's discussion on the earlier post, "Explaining the 'Levels of Service-Cost-Risk Diagram' through Analyzing the Flint Water Crisis." He explained further by adding the case of I35W Mississippi River Bridge collapse in August 2007. So the follow-up effects …
The IDS Business Model – NZ’s Asset Management Success Story Revealed (Video)
What is the IDS vision? How did it progress into having its current attributes making it distinct from other models? Ross Waugh (Inframanage), David Fraser (IDS Board Chairperson) and Theuns Henning (IDS CEO) discuss the answers to these questions in this video. Watch as David describes the …
Aging Water Infrastructure Hinders Dover, New Hampshire to Locate Water Leak
In May 2015, the New Hampshire city of Dover noticed that somewhere within their water infrastructure was a massive leak - a leak losing millions of gallons of water per day. However, as of late June, the leak still hasn't been located. Dover Public Works is partnering with the state to try …
Infrastructure Asset Management Videos
You are most welcome to watch these videos that we have published for your infrastructure asset management learning and reference. WelTec OP Lecture Series CLICK on the image or title to watch the videos! Introduction to Practical Asset Management - Full Version Series CLICK …
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3 Free eBooks to Build Your Infrastructure Asset Management Knowledge
DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY! IT'S FREE! Inframanage.com is happy to publish the three-part eBook series on "Infrastructure Asset Management - Myths, Realities, and Money" These eBooks were crafted based on the topics that Ross Waugh discussed in his lecture video of his keynote …
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Infrastructure Asset Management – Myths, Realities, and Money
"Infrastructure Asset Management - Myths, Realities, and Money" is a lecture video that Ross created based on his keynote presentation during the July 2016 International Deighton USer Conference in Canada. Inframanage.com transcribed the lecture video. Below are the blog posts that have been …
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IDS Success Stories – NZ’s Asset Management Success Story Revealed (Video)
Watch Theuns Henning (IDS CEO) and David Fraser (IDS Board Chairperson) narrate success stories Infrastructure Decision Support has achieved in its 18 years of operation. David Fraser outlines just how impressive the return on investment has been for New Zealand road authorities, gaining …
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