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Heather: We also have one particular question that relates to one piece of inventory is how do you determine the realistic lifespan of a piece of equipment? And it gets into that useful life question, so we always ask people to estimate how much longer you think a piece of equipment when your …
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Further on the question of using a spreadsheet or database is the use of applications or software for asset management. Many participants had asked what software Heather and Ross would recommend. In response, Ross and Heather elaborated that asset management is about the thinking process. They …
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In the previous post, Ross and Heather tackled the question on asset inventory. Discussing further, Ross and Heather give tips and examples on how to do asset inventory efficiently. Ross: Yes, I mean a good example of that sort of thing is pumps. So, if you’ve got a small pump set and …
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Heather: Let’s move on to asset inventory questions. One of the core components of asset management is the current state of the asset, which gets into your asset inventory: What do you own?Where is it?What is it worth?What is it going to cost you to replace it?The condition, useful life, all …
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Heather Himmelberger and Ross Waugh discussed the questions that were sent before the webinar. One of the questions was: Somebody wants to start an asset management plan, what do you tell them? Heather: Great. So, where we are going to start is actually at the very basic question. We’ve …
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Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held the Ask-the-Expert webinar, "Asset Management – How to Start and Practice Actively" on 30 August 2018. Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. Heather: Thank you. And welcome everybody out there, listening to …
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How do we capture the asset management planning knowledge held by people who have worked in the industry for a long time so that we can transfer their expertise and successes to others? Heather expressed that their most significant issue is continuity in terms of asset management knowledge. In …
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"The Southwest EFC story isn't without any challenges," Heather reveals in this video. Heather narrated the many challenges during their 15 years of asset management with water utilities. Discover the asset management lessons they learned in their infrastructure management journey. In this …
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When Ross commended the EFC Network for the asset management training they are doing for years now, Heather presented their resources. Heather: And one of the things that we offer is a free Access Database and a free Excel spreadsheet. There’s nothing magic, whatsoever about them. But it’s …
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This post is the continuation of Ross Waugh’s discussion on “two important steps to consider in buying and using an asset management software,” and Heather’s rejoinder on what asset management is. Ross: In New Zealand, we have known from bitter experience in millions and millions of dollars …
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Heather and Ross continue to talk about best practices in the industry and the purchase and use of asset management software. Heather: Often, communities get caught up in the 50,000 things that this tool can do. And you don’t really need to do them all if you’re a small to a medium-size …
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In the previous post, Heather discussed how asset management should not be an additional workload and advised against hiring more people to do it. Ross explains how getting and relying on the CMMS or any software could result in more complexity in doing asset management. Ross reveals: I …
