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In the previous post "Finding a Starting Point in Infrastructure Management Despite Outdated Asset Database", Heather replied to the question on how asset management can be implemented when the true condition of utility assets in the field, especially for buried assets are not known. Heather then …
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A participant posed the question below: “Dealing with several decades of deferred maintenance in a few written records can be quite complicated. How can we implement asset management when we do not even know the true extent of our utility’s assets that exist in the field or their true aging …
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In the previous post, Heather discussed planning and setting up an Asset Management Program. She pointed out that Ross is going to talk about simplifying asset management. She asked Ross for anything he wanted to add. Ross shared: Look, I think that’s just reminded me of the very early …
A webinar participant asked: “Small utilities struggle with funding to begin an asset management program. Is there any help for planning and setting up a program?” Heather: I’ll jump in and then I’ll let Ross add. I would say one is the small system project that the EFC network is doing and …
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Simple Infrastructure Asset Management Diagram (1) Ross presented the Simple Infrastructure Asset Management Diagram, which shows the distinct components of asset management. He revealed that he made the diagram based on examining all the data and what he has been doing with clients over the …
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Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger shared their infrastructure asset management expertise in their 4th webinar series titled "Ask the Expert: A Unique Opportunity to Ask Your Asset Management Questions" on 5 November 2015. Inframanage presents the webinar topics through a series of blog …
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Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another webinar titled "Ask the Expert: A Unique Opportunity to Ask Your Asset Management Questions" on 5 November. Inframanage.com is pleased to be able to share this webinar with you. This is the second webinar for 2015. It is also the fourth in the …
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DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE EBOOK NOW! The Ask the Experts May 2015 Webinar eBook discusses new topics that are distinct from the first two Ask-the-Experts eBooks. Please read the list of the topics below for your reference. Critical Issues to Consider in Asset Management System …
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After all the questions by the participants were answered and discussed, Heather proceeded to talk about how water utilities could engage in asset management. Heather says: Well I just wanted to mention one of the things that have come up in the past and we’ve been talking a lot about this …
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Ross explains: I sure am. Because of the thing from New Zealand we have that big earthquake in Christchurch about four years ago. And the conversations changed as a result of that, from redundancy to resilience. Evaluating and managing resiliency Because you can have redundancy and still …
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Heather answers: Well, certainly redundancy has a big part of the criticality. And there’s a couple of different ways you can do it, depending on how complex or how simple you want it to be. The simplest way would be to have the probability of failure reading times the consequence of failure …
In this post, Ross answers "How can we best integrate CMOM (Capacity, Management, Operations, and Maintenance) into both asset management and fiscal sustainability plan?" He also shared briefly his thoughts on cybersecurity application in infrastructure asset management. Capacity, Management, …
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