On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. We did get a fair number of questions about asset management or CMMS, which is computerized maintenance management system software. We … [Read more...]
Asset Management is About the Thinking Around Your Assets
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. Heather And one of the things that we want to make a point about is that asset management is about thinking. And anybody who has come to … [Read more...]
Why Starting Asset Management Doesn’t Have to Cost Much
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. Heather So we have several questions that are related to the cost of asset management, how expensive was it going to be, how much it’s going to cost? We want … [Read more...]
Asset Management Strategy Best Practice Discussions
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. A participant asked a particular question, "Is there a downside to purchasing replacement pumps and valves to meet future needs instead of … [Read more...]
Asset Management Issue – Funding Depreciation or Replacement Cost
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. This post deals with two questions from the webinar participants. Can you give a little background on funding depreciation?Does funding … [Read more...]
Asset Information Management and Data Capturing
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. Heather took a break from the questions that were submitted and checked on the questions posed during the webinar. An attendee asked if … [Read more...]
Lessons Learned and Best Practices in Asset Management New Zealand
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. In the previous post, Ross shared a quick background on the asset management implementation in New Zealand. In this post, Ross shares the … [Read more...]
Asset Management Practice in New Zealand – A Quick Background
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. Heather Great. So, we have covered the two that we have the most questions about. So, we will move into another topic. We have a fair … [Read more...]
Asset Management Strategy – Look for Low-Hanging Fruit and Quick Wins
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. Heather And I think, some folks asked about, what about low hanging fruit and how can you get there. One of the ways, especially … [Read more...]
Asset Management Benefits Justify Investment
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. At this point, Heather and Ross were talking about the benefits of starting asset management on small water systems. Heather Yes, … [Read more...]
There is No Size Too Small to do Asset Management
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. Continuing their discussion on starting asset management, Heather brings up the question of whether or not small systems are able to start … [Read more...]
Starting Asset Management by Putting an Inventory Together
On 21 January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another Ask-the-Experts webinar titled, “Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start.” Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. Explaining the "Getting Started with Asset Management" slide in the previous post and coming back to the question, "How do you start?" Ross said … [Read more...]