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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 …
“What would it take for a built-up city to adopt a bus rapid transit system? And growing attention to a city like Nairobi where I come from which experienced traffic congestion in the state of infrastructure seems difficult to expand.” Ross: Okay, yes I know a little bit about Nairobi because …
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The former Obama Administration had noticed a problem in the U.S. - people don't feel inclined to invest in infrastructure. This, coupled with the fact that mass infrastructure and technology upgrades are needed across the country, has led the government to recently launch a new "smart cities" …
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Hinkle Mountain and Little Laurel Road, Nicholas County, near Richwood, West Virginia are infamously known for being the only unwatered spots in the county. According to Mayor Robert Johnson, there has been hope for decades that Richwood would finally be able to upgrade and use its wastewater …
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One of the biggest problems that organizations and utilities face in the water infrastructure face is making people aware that they even exist. One organization, Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor - a partnership of water sector companies, is trying to "make universal water access …
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Ross: Taking the US example, I was recently reading Fortune magazine, which is one of the major business magazines in the US. I was looking at where Fortune 500 companies, these are massive global companies, are located. And certainly, if you’re in a state or a city or municipality that has …
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