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The City of Detroit is emerging from its Chapter 9 bankruptcy, and a recent Economist Magazine article notes the major details of the bankruptcy settlement: 7 billion debt removed, 11 billion remainsRetiree pensions and health care benefits reducedDetroit Institute of Arts savedInfrastructure and …
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Presenting "Asset Inventory, Description of Assets – Summary Series", the 6th of 16 videos in the "Introduction to Practical Asset Management - Summary Series." Please watch Ross present an overview of asset inventory, what information to include and where to get the asset management …
In relation to the question on the best way to track O & M cost, Heather gave guidance and discussion on the asset management information system. Heather: I was just going to mention that you know it’s something that comes up a lot if the question is also getting at, you know, “What kind …
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In a small water utility system with a small number of staff members who are still learning, the normal tendency is to hire a professional to do the asset management job. Heather advised against this option. She explained that having the plan at the level that you yourselves can implement is …
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A webinar participant asked the questions below: "Based on experience at different places, what is the best way to track O & M (operation and maintenance) cost, and how to estimate the asset value, depreciation, all the equipment refurbishments for replacement pricing and insurance …
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I came across this article "Activists Discover Evidence of St. Petersburg's River of Poop", which relayed the recent publicity of environmental activists in St Petersburg, Russia. In summary, the activists claimed to have flushed GPS tracers down a toilet in a suburban bathroom in St Petersburg …
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Ross Waugh shares his wide knowledge of Asset Management Plans in this 5th video of the "Introduction to Practical Asset Management" video seminar. The Practical Asset Management video seminar covers 16 topics. Ross has extensive experiences and exposure in writing and reviewing …
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Here's the 5th of the 16 videos of the "Introduction to Practical Asset Management - Summary Series", which presents an overview of asset management plans. In this five-minute summary video, Ross mentioned his authoring more than fifty asset management plans; peer-reviewing over a …
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This the FULL VERSION of "Asset Management Policy and Strategy" provides details on the subtopic. This is the fourth of the 16 videos that Inframanage is producing and publishing. Ross Waugh discussed further on infrastructure asset management policy, strategy and plan. As a practical …
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The fourth of the 16-video seminar titled, "Introduction to Practical Asset Management - Summary Series" is now available for your watching. In this summary series video, Ross defined Asset Management Policy and Strategy, mentioning the importance of context in one's asset management …
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The discussion on the question below continues with Heather and Ross providing more insights. "Is there a formula or is research being done to assist utilities balancing aging infrastructure with the possibility that the customer base will decline? The population in our area is declining. If we …
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In the previous post "Infrastructure Management in Shrinking or Declining Towns" there were two questions. Ross Waugh responded to the first question on that blog post. This blog post presents Ross' response to the other question, which reads: Is there a formula or is research being done to …
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