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In the previous post, Heather and Ross started discussing how to start an asset management plan. This post is the continuation of their discussion. Don't build a massive inventory at a highly detailed level Ross said that the interesting thing about where not to start is trying to build a …
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Heather Himmelberger and Ross Waugh discussed the questions that were sent before the webinar. One of the questions was: Somebody wants to start an asset management plan, what do you tell them? Heather: Great. So, where we are going to start is actually at the very basic question. We’ve …
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Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held the Ask-the-Expert webinar, "Asset Management – How to Start and Practice Actively" on 30 August 2018. Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. Heather: Thank you. And welcome everybody out there, listening to …
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In this 10th video, the last of the series, Ross asked Heather the lessons they've learned along the way. He had observed that the Southwest EFC has been doing a great job implementing asset management planning with utilities in the last 15 years. Watch this video to see Heather …
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How do we capture the asset management planning knowledge that people who had been working in the industry for a long time hold, so that we can transfer their expertise and successes to other people? Heather expressed that the most significant issue they have is continuity in terms of asset …
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In this video, Heather proudly shares the notable successes that they have garnered in the last 15 years of implementing an asset management program with water utilities. She said that the main reason she got into asset management was to see the utilities benefitting from implementing it in their …
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After 15 years of implementing asset management with water utilities in New Mexico and the Environmental Finance Centre network areas, Heather talks about their next steps and future goals. In this video, she said that they would continue the promotion of asset management in all levels of …
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In the previous video, Ross asked Heather to share the challenges that they encountered as they implement an asset management program with water utilities. In this video, Ross brought up the issue of declining population in some communities and rapid growth in other communities because of …
"The Southwest EFC story isn't without any challenges," Heather reveals in this video. In their 15 years of doing asset management with water utilities, Heather narrated the many challenges they went through and how they dealt with them. Discover the asset management lessons they learned in …
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Considering the 20 years of helping small to medium water utilities, including 15 years of asset management application, Ross asked Heather to explain more about the asset management tools they developed and used. Heather begins by presenting that the number one challenge they face in the United …
In this video, Ross asked Heather about the source of funding for the asset management program that the Southwest EFC is implementing with small and medium water utilities. Heather shared how their asset management developed from the funding stream that they have received. She said that …
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This is the second of a 10-video series on the Southwest EFC Asset Management story. It features an interview with Heather Himmelberger, Director of the SWEFC, by Ross Waugh, Inframanage.com. In this video, Heather talks about how their organization started its asset management journey about 15 …
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