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There is a very interesting article in The Australian newspaper regarding the work that Lockheed Martin the US Defence contractor is doing with small nuclear fusion reactors. What used to be the stuff of science fiction appears to be getting closer to reality - although the Australian newspaper …
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The City of Detroit is emerging from its Chapter 9 bankruptcy, and a recent Economist Magazine article notes the major details of the bankruptcy settlement: 7 billion debt removed, 11 billion remainsRetiree pensions and health care benefits reducedDetroit Institute of Arts savedInfrastructure and …
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I came across this article "Activists Discover Evidence of St. Petersburg's River of Poop", which relayed the recent publicity of environmental activists in St Petersburg, Russia. In summary, the activists claimed to have flushed GPS tracers down a toilet in a suburban bathroom in St Petersburg …
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The postindustrial phenomenon of shrinking cities is a topic of considerable importance to infrastructure asset managers. The prediction of future demand is a core component of infrastructure asset management, and along with understanding levels of service, this guides the development planning …
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At the recent Pacific Water Conference (Sept. 2014) in American Samoa, my colleague Richard Taylor from Thomas Civil and Environmental Consultants delivered a paper 'Intermittent Water Supplies - an International Update'. This paper drew on work from the IWA pre-conference workshop on …
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I came across this short video the other day and thought I might share it, as it illustrates some 'out of the box' thinking that can help us as we consider infrastructure asset management. Traditionally, when a problem is presented to be solved in an infrastructure field, we will engineer a …
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This conference has transpired. Please browse related articles on the website. Thank you! On 9-11 September, Grant Holland and I attended the Pacific Water Conference in American Samoa. In our infrastructure management consulting work we have been undertaking projects in the Pacific …
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Fortune Magazine has a very interesting article on "Improve Urban Infrastructure? There's an app for that." Using crowdsourced GIS and other data from fitness applications such as Strava, city governments can track usage of city cycleways, footpaths, and tracks. This data can be …
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Population growth (or decline) matters a lot in infrastructure asset management. In conjunction with levels of service delivered and asset lifecycle management, future growth forms a core analysis tool in the practice of infrastructure asset management. This blog noted in October 2013 …
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Please watch the short video above where I shared updates on what is happening at Inframanage.com In the short video I discussed: The Inframange Blog The Inframanage News feed The 'Ask and Experts Webinars,' particularly, the 27 August 2014 webinar with Heather Himmelberger. There were …
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This lighthearted image popped up on my Facebook wall this afternoon, and it made me smile. Welcome to the future - coming to a Western Country near you. The demographics profiles make it almost inevitable. If you are interested in the subject we have published a number of previous blog …
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In my previous post "Detroit, Michigan Water Shut Offs – a Right, a Privilege or an Infrastructure Asset Management Problem?", I have pointed out the infrastructure management issues arising from the Detroit water shutoffs. In the later part, I have expounded on the issue "So Who Pays?". …
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