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 narrating the lessons they have learned since doing asset management. She cited specific examples, which is … [Read more...]
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 9 – AM Knowledge Sustainability
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 management knowledge. She talks about how the Southwest EFC deals with the sustainability of asset … [Read more...]
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 8 – Successes of the AM Program
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 respective water utility communities. Watch this video and know how the Southwest EFC guided … [Read more...]
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 7 – Next Steps and Future Goals
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 utilities, water, wastewater, from the smallest to the largest, with the states and EPA. Learn more … [Read more...]
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 6 – Dealing with Economic and O & M Challenges
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 economic decline or increase. This issue isn't only valid to New Mexico, some states, or the US in … [Read more...]
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 5 – Challenges Encountered
"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 their infrastructure management journey. Watch the video and know the challenges thatHeather shared … [Read more...]
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 4 – Asset Management Tools for Utilities
Considering the 20 years of helping small to medium water utilities, which includes 15 years of asset management application, Ross asked Heather to explain more about the asset management tools that they have developed and used. Heather begins by presenting that the number one challenge that they are facing in the United States is the sheer number of water and wastewater utilities. She … [Read more...]
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 3 – Funding the AM Program
In this video, Ross asked Heather about the funding source of 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 most of the time small utilities don't have the funding money to get the kind of help that they … [Read more...]
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 2 – How the AM Program Started
This is the second of the 10-video series on the Southwest EFC Asset Management story, which is 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 years ago. Know why Heather is passionate about asset management and how it has impacted the small … [Read more...]
Southwest EFC Asset Management Story 1 – History, Programs, Challenges
In this video, Ross Waugh explains that he is doing this interviews about the work Heather Himmelberger, Director of the Southwest Environmental Finance Centre is doing, the successes they have achieved, and challenges they are facing. He said that the Inframanage.com audience, in the USA and worldwide will benefit from the asset management learning that the SWEFC has garnered in the last two … [Read more...]
Infrastructure Asset Management – How to Start (Webinar)
On 21st January 2020, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger conducted a webinar on getting started in infrastructure asset management. This is the 8th "Ask-the-Expert" webinar that they have conducted. Below are the asset management subjects that Ross and Heather discussed in the webinar: Getting Started with Asset ManagementSmall System Asset ManagementBest Practices in Asset … [Read more...]
Asset Management Plan and Demand Management Overview (Video Blog)
In this video blog, Ross gives an overview of asset management plans and demand management. He mentioned sharing further details on the topic in his "Asset Management Planning Lecture at the University of Auckland." Ross talks about where the asset management plans fit in the wider asset management structure. He explains this through the ISO 55000 Annex B, Key Element Relationships … [Read more...]