In this video, Theuns Henning and David Fraser, CEO and Board Chairperson of IDS, respectively discuss the recent changes in the infrastructure asset management industry in the last two years and how the IDS project has adapted with the flexibility to these changes. Watch as Theuns describes …
IDS Success Stories – NZ’s Asset Management Success Story Revealed (Video)
Watch Theuns Henning (IDS CEO) and David Fraser (IDS Board Chairperson) narrate success stories Infrastructure Decision Support has achieved in its 18 years of operation. David Fraser outlines just how impressive the return on investment has been for New Zealand road authorities, gaining …
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How Does IDS Work in Practice – NZ’s Asset Management Success Story Revealed (Video)
Practitioners recognize the important role Infrastructure Decision Support plays in the success of infrastructure asset management implementation in New Zealand. How does IDS actually work in practice? Watch Theuns Henning answers the question, providing details on how it all started and …
The IDS Business Model – NZ’s Asset Management Success Story Revealed (Video)
What is the IDS vision? How did it progress into having its current attributes making it distinct from other models? Ross Waugh (Inframanage), David Fraser (IDS Board Chairperson) and Theuns Henning (IDS CEO) discuss the answers to these questions in this video. Watch as David describes the …
Infrastructure Asset Management Challenge – Sanitation Failures and Hookworm Infections in Rural Alabama
In Lowndes County, Alabama, many septic systems are old, leaking, or have failed completely. Problems thought to have been solved at the turn of the 20th century have again surfaced, mostly in the form of hookworm infecting many children living in these rural communities. Often this is so …
Important Highway Asset Management Lessons from the Boulevards of Paris
You might have read the article "The revolution that built the streets of Paris" that BBC Future published. It dealt with the urban plan Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann created during the Second French Empire, which resolved the congested and complicated layout of medieval …
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NZ’s Asset Management Success Story Revealed – The Infrastructure Decision Support Project (Video)
Inframanage.com presents the Infrastructure Decision Support (IDS) conversations, a series of videos discussing the infrastructure management services that the organization, Infrastructure Decision Support is giving. Infrastructure Decision Support is a company owned by the public works …
New Investment Center Initiative to Aid Water Systems and Development in Western USA
The U.S. Department of the Interior launched a new center in December 2015 to encourage water infrastructure investment in the dry West of the United States. The Natural Resource Investment Center (NRIC) has been set up in the hopes that new infrastructure will be developed and invested in as …
Infrastructure Asset Management Planning Thoughts on EPA-Funded Water Infrastructure Projects of Connecticut
On 1 December 2015, EPA announced it had awarded Connecticut $26 million to help finance water improvement projects. These funds are intended for the upgrading of sewage plants and drinking water systems, as well as dealing with aging infrastructure through the state. The EPA …
Infrastructure Management Discussions eBook Out Now
Here's another eBook you can add to your resource list. DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE COPY NOW In this eBook, Inframanage.com team members, Ross Waugh and Grant Holland discussed the following topics: Why “If I Was Starting Again” as Infrastructure Management Discussion StarterTaking the Right …
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Fitting the Great Lakes Region Roads with Green Stormwater Infrastructure
In the Great Lakes regions of both the USA and Canada, infrastructure managers are considering how they could use road runoff by creating a green Stormwater infrastructure to handle the excess water that is often rapidly channeled to nearby ponds, rivers, or lakes. Often, if the water runs into …
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21st Century Innovations to Solve Water Shortages – Infrastructure Management
It has been observed by many that quite often water utilities are trying to replace aging infrastructure from the 20th century or earlier with very similar infrastructure such as central water and wastewater systems. What if this thinking was turned upside down? What if new, innovative, …