Inframanage
Infrastructure Asset Management Resources
Heather: Speaking of resources, let me show a couple of resources because somebody did ask, a couple of people asked about, what’s out there that you can look at to see what your utilities are doing. American Water Works Association (AWWA) The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has a …
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Our resource persons continue to tackle questions on using the software in infrastructure asset management practice. Ross: And software does not equal asset management. It’s a tool. And look, if I think about the biggest thing that drives asset management engineers in New Zealand mad, it …
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Asset management software questions were so many that Heather and Ross decided to deal with them before the end of the webinar. Heather: Let’s move on to software because we have quite a few people who did ask questions about, nearly along the lines of, what software should I use? Is there …
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Ross and Heather continued discussing risks. They tackled the question below: Aren't most critical assets mentioned and managed in operation and maintenance manuals and the emergency response plan? Both Heather and Ross replied in the affirmative. Heather explains further: It isn’t …
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Our asset management experts, Heather and Ross, continue to discuss questions on risk management. A participant asks are maintenance schedules required for critical assets. Heather: I think if you are talking about required, it is required by whom? If we are talking about a state agency …
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A participant asked: What are the best references available to monetized risk from a triple bottom line approach and specifically thinking about the consequences of failure? Heather: And we should remind folks what the triple bottom line is because maybe not everybody is familiar with …
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After discussing and answering questions on asset inventory, Heather and Ross talked about "Levels of Service." In this post, they talked about some useful key performance indicators (KPIs) that asset management professionals can develop. Ross: And interestingly, last year, I talked …
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Heather: We also have one particular question that relates to one piece of inventory is how do you determine the realistic lifespan of a piece of equipment? And it gets into that useful life question, so we always ask people to estimate how much longer you think a piece of equipment when your …
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Further on the question of using a spreadsheet or database is the use of applications or software for asset management. Many participants had asked what software Heather and Ross would recommend. In response, Ross and Heather elaborated that asset management is about the thinking process. They …
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In the previous post, Ross and Heather tackled the question on asset inventory. Discussing further, Ross and Heather give tips and examples on how to do asset inventory efficiently. Ross: Yes, I mean a good example of that sort of thing is pumps. So, if you’ve got a small pump set and …
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Heather: Let’s move on to asset inventory questions. One of the core components of asset management is the current state of the asset, which gets into your asset inventory: What do you own?Where is it?What is it worth?What is it going to cost you to replace it?The condition, useful life, all …
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Before moving on to a different topic, Heather and Ross discussed a question on asset management staffing that a participant presented. Heather: It is a staffing question. Who does your asset management? Is there someone that is specifically assigned to it that doesn’t do anything else? …
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