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In the earlier post "Infrastructure Asset Inventory – Lessons from New Zealand Experience", Ross shared the two mistakes they have done in their asset inventory process. He recalled collecting far too much small detail. Discussing further, Grant expressed that having too many details will cause …
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Ross: And we’re just going to jump forward to “Inventory”. We really want to talk about that because if you’re starting again, and if you’re starting, then one of the things that you’re going to need to do very very early on the piece, and then continue doing well with good quality is an …
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Carrie Tuttle is the director of engineering for the Development Authority of the North Country, New York. She has a joke about municipal water system maintenance: "No one cares until you turn on your faucet and there is no water." She realizes that because most water infrastructure is …
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Ross: And that’s a journey we still are on in New Zealand. We recently had a change in our legislation that we now have to produce 30–year infrastructure strategies. One of the things that you’ll find as you start. Well, I remember when I started my engineering career, we had annual budgets …
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Ross and Grant continue to talk about the importance of communication in infrastructure asset management, particularly, dealing with political leaders. Ross: Coming back to the subject communication, I think the thing with the political decision-makers, and I have had conversations with …
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Discussing life cycle asset management and providing ideas on how to deal with asset maintenance and renewals, Grant and Ross proceeded to talk about the importance of communication. Grant: It requires a bit of communication across the organization that you are working with. So that you …
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Des Moines, Iowa, and many other municipalities across the US are joined in realizing that they need to fix their drinking water infrastructure and fix it soon. The problem is money. There isn't enough to fund all the necessary repairs to aging systems. As a result, many Americans can expect …
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This post is the continuation of Ross and Grant's discussions in the previous post, "Know the Basic Infrastructure Asset Management Process." Grant continues: So that’s why you might have two processes running at the same time there Ross. Where you've really got the existing assets that …
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Ross: It is interesting just stepping out of the African context back into the US one. Back in late April 2014, I was at the TRB asset management conference in Miami and there were a lot of transport, transit system executives and asset managers at that conference because of the federal …
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Municipal water treatment plants deal with the raw sewage of roughly 80 percent of America's households. Almost all of these facilities treat the waste and release the treated waste into a nearby body of water. However, often, if the plant is handling more than its capacity, untreated waste is …
Ross and Grant discussed in the earlier post, "How To Deal With Traffic Congestion and Infrastructure Expansion of Growing Cities" what should be considered before deciding on the best option to support the infrastructure needs of growing cities. Grant: That ties in pretty well with our next …
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Ross and Grant continue to deliberate on the topic/question that a webinar participant posted on the blog post, "Meeting Future Demand and Level of Service Needs of Fast-Growing Cities" Ross: So how do you go forward? From an infrastructure management point of view, the first thing that you …
