In this post, I discussed when Detroit, Michigan is in the news again, this time with sound and fury around planned water shutoffs. As of writing this post, a simple google search on the topic returns over 400,000 pages The issues facing the city of Detroit have been featured on this …
Asset Management Pondering on Boston’s Solar Powered Park Benches
Bloomberg Businessweek recently reported on Boston's Solar-Powered Park Benches. The benches are designed to allow mobile phone charging and also the bench can connect to the internet and transmit a range of environmental and other diagnostic data. This is just a small trial but highlights …
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Infrastructure Asset Management Lessons in Toledo OH – What Price Water?
Reporting from the Toledo Blade and other news sources worldwide have told of a water crisis in Toledo and the subsequent state of emergency that was declared. Concerns about the presence of microcystin — a toxin produced by the harmful blue-green algae known as microcystins — had penetrated …
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Los Angeles Water Main Break – Case for Infrastructure Asset Management
I was catching up on the news here in New Zealand this evening, and on our online news sites was this article about a major water main break in Los Angeles that has flooded UCLA, including a recently refurbished stadium, and forced the shutdown of Sunset Boulevard. An estimated 8 million …
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Infrastructure Management Insights from Detroit’s Bankruptcy
In November 2013 this blog posted on Detroit's bankruptcy and lessons infrastructure managers could learn from this. A recent Fortune Magazine article looks at the progress that Detroit has made a year after the bankruptcy. The Fortune article is worth the read, and I would …
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Colombia’s Infrastructure Investment – Asset Management Implications
It will not be a surprise to anyone observing international infrastructure investment trends that Colombia is currently planning massive investments in road, port and airport infrastructure, particularly roads. Colombia through the National Infrastructure Agency (ANI), and using Public-Private …
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Infrastructure Asset Management Thoughts on America’s Infrastructure
A recent article in the Economist Magazine, "For a country where everyone drives, America has shoddy roads" examined the funding gap with America's Infrastructure. The article canvassed the build periods of US transport infrastructure - the 1930's during the Great Depression and the 1950's and …
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Strong Infrastructure Asset Management Papers and Streams at IPWEA NZ
Grant Holland and I have just returned from the IPWEA NZ Conference in Auckland. This Conference is always one of the highlights of our year and has strong infrastructure asset management technical papers and streams. This year's conference theme of 'Leading Tomorrow's Infrastructure' provided …
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Infrastructure Management Reflections on America’s Infrastructure Rating
The 2013 Report Card for America's Infrastructure was published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The 2013 Report Card has its own website that provides a wide range of analysis. The site is well worth visiting if you want to gain an understanding of the problems and issues …
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ISO 37120:2014 Sustainable Development of Communities
I came across this video about ISO 3710:2104. Thanks to Chris Champion and LinkedIn. ISO 37120:2014 'Sustainable development of communities — Indicators for city services and quality of life' is a standard that may be well worth having a look at from an infrastructure asset management …
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Infrastructure Asset Management – Julian Watts Presents at Geo: the Big 5, Bristol UK
My colleague Julian Watts presented on Infrastructure Asset Management at the Geo the Big 5 BIM and Asset Management Conference in Bristol UK on 5th June 2014. It looks like an interesting conference with a range of papers on Infrastructure Asset Management. It aims to examine how the …
Austria Makes 50 Countries that Visited Inframanage Blog
Inframange Blog has had a visitor from Austria, the 50th country to visit and browse our website. The development of the Blog and the number of international visits shown have been encouraging. Thank you to all of our visitors. We really appreciate your interest. We are committed to …
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