In reading this blog post please review our Flint, Michigan - Introduction to Infrastructure Asset Management Analysis blog post, which provides background information for this post. Introduction Much is being written about the public health crisis in Flint, Michigan caused by the …
U.S. Territorial Island Puerto Rico Decides to Fix Inadequate Water Infrastructure
Puerto Rico, through a settlement with the U.S. federal government, has agreed to upgrade and improve its Stormwater infrastructure in the San Juan city and area. Critical upgrades are needed due to the 6 million gallons of untreated sewage that is now released daily into local waterways and the …
Flint Michigan — Introduction to Infrastructure Asset Management Analysis
Flint Michigan has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons regarding its water supply. The issue has escalated politically and now has the involvement of authorities at Federal, State and Local levels. Here at Inframanage.com, we believe that there are lessons to be learned from …
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Simplifying Infrastructure Asset Management
Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger shared their infrastructure asset management expertise in their 4th webinar series titled "Ask the Expert: A Unique Opportunity to Ask Your Asset Management Questions" on 5 November 2015. Inframanage presents the webinar topics through a series of blog …
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International Infrastructure Management Manual 5th (2015) Edition
IPWEA published the International Infrastructure Management Manual 5th (2015) Edition in October 2015. The manual is available to international customers from IPWEA. If you are in New Zealand, the manual is available from NAMS. The information on the IPWEA website about the IIMM 5th …
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Infrastructure Management Journey Continues, Come Join Us!
After a very busy year-end work-wise to 2015, a long vacation, we are back to blogging for 2016 here at Inframanage.com. There is a lot happening in infrastructure management in 2016, and we intend to do our best to keep you informed about this and apply infrastructure management perspectives to …
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Happy Christmas
It was Christmas Eve here in New Zealand when I wrote this post. Christmas coincides with our summer vacation in the Southern Hemisphere. I would like to wish all the readers of this blog a very Happy Christmas, wherever you are in the world. Thank you for your readership, comments and …
Infrastructure Asset Management Webinar Recording Available Now
Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another webinar titled "Ask the Expert: A Unique Opportunity to Ask Your Asset Management Questions" on 5 November. Inframanage.com is pleased to be able to share this webinar with you. This is the second webinar for 2015. It is also the fourth in the …
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Available Now! Starting Infrastructure Asset Management eBook
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE EBOOK NOW! The Ask the Experts May 2015 Webinar eBook discusses new topics that are distinct from the first two Ask-the-Experts eBooks. Please read the list of the topics below for your reference. Critical Issues to Consider in Asset Management System …
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South Carolina Floods Devastate Water Infrastructure
On Monday the 5th of October, South Carolina was hit with a deluge that occurs on average once per millennia, receiving six months of rain in two days. Columbia, SC with its many waterways was a prime target for flooding and is one of the worst affected areas. To make things more complicated, …
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Key Questions to Starting Asset Management
After all the questions by the participants were answered and discussed, Heather proceeded to talk about how water utilities could engage in asset management. Heather says: Well I just wanted to mention one of the things that have come up in the past and we’ve been talking a lot about this …
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Water Utility Asset Management – Importance of Infrastructure Resilience
Ross explains: I sure am. Because of the thing from New Zealand we have that big earthquake in Christchurch about four years ago. And the conversations changed as a result of that, from redundancy to resilience. Evaluating and managing resiliency Because you can have redundancy and still …
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