On 15 May 2014, CPATT (Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology) and Norman W. McLeod Chair invited me as their speaker. I spoke at the University of Waterloo, Davis Centre on "Understanding Road Network Needs through Performance Measurement and Monitoring". I talked in a broad sense …
What is the Return on Investment for Implementing Asset Management?
As I move around the U.S. providing asset management training, I am often asked some version of the question, “What's in it for me?" People want to know what benefits they will receive from asset management if they commit the time, energy, and resources to the program. I believe it is …
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ISO 37120:2014 Sustainable Development of Communities
I came across this video about ISO 3710:2104. Thanks to Chris Champion and LinkedIn. ISO 37120:2014 'Sustainable development of communities — Indicators for city services and quality of life' is a standard that may be well worth having a look at from an infrastructure asset management …
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Austria Makes 50 Countries that Visited Inframanage Blog
Inframange Blog has had a visitor from Austria, the 50th country to visit and browse our website. The development of the Blog and the number of international visits shown have been encouraging. Thank you to all of our visitors. We really appreciate your interest. We are committed to …
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Introducing Dr. Theuns Henning, Inframanage.com Contributor
Inframanage.com are very happy to introduce Dr Theuns Henning, who has joined as Contributor. Dr. Theuns Henning is the Director of the Transport Research Centre and a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, specializing in the areas of Infrastructure Asset Management. Prior to …
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Deighton Water Model Shows Disadvantage of Fixing Assets in Very Poor Condition
Infrastructure asset management practitioners who are handling a network of “very poor condition” assets need to show decision-makers the amount needed to restore assets to “very good condition”. The use of an optimized decision model does just that. The Deighton Water Model is able to …
Heather Himmelberger Appointed to EPA’s Environmental Financial Advisory Board
Heather Himmelberger, contributor to the Inframanage site, was appointed to the US Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Financial Advisory Board. This board advises EPA and the EPA Administrator on issues related to financing environmental infrastructure and regulation, …
Understanding Optimized Decision-Making Using the Deighton Water Model
Deighton is the company that develops and implements infrastructure asset management software, particularly optimized decision-making principles. Deighton has partnered with IDS over the last 16 years in New Zealand to deliver an optimized decision tool for New Zealand public infrastructure …
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Advantage of Optimized Decision-Making as Deighton Water Model Shows
Looking at the “very poor” condition bucket of the Deighton Water Model, the amount of investment (water) needed to restore it to “very good” condition is tremendous. It’s not the situation that a municipal engineer or a highway engineer would want to be working. Aside from dealing with the …
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Heather Himmelberger, Infrastructure Asset Management Blog Contributor
Inframanage.com are very happy to introduce Heather Himmelberger, who has joined as Contributor. Heather is well known throughout the USA in her role as Director, Southwest Environmental Finance Center where she had been working with utilities, providing asset management training across the …
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Transportation Asset Management Conference by TRB, Engaging Day One
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 10th National Conference started in Miami today, 28 April 2014. With 450 registrations from all 50 US states and Washington DC, the National Conference has a real buzz. The Transportation Asset Management Conference has five technical streams, all with …
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Asset Management User Group New Mexico Does Good Support Mechanism
I (Ross) was able to attend the New Mexico Asset Management User Group on Wednesday, April 23rd in Albuquerque, New Mexico Water and Wastewater Utility Asset Managers from across New Mexico attended the meeting, which led to a good discussion on asset management topics. The Southwest …
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