In this post, I discussed when Detroit, Michigan is in the news again, this time with sound and fury around planned water shutoffs. As of writing this post, a simple google search on the topic returns over 400,000 pages The issues facing the city of Detroit have been featured on this …
Why Asset Maintenance Program is Basic to Asset Management
In April 2014, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held the Ask the Expert Asset Management Webinar. Inframanage.com is organizing blog posts out of the learning Ross and Heather shared with the participants—Asset Management practitioners around the USA. In the previous blog post entitled “3 …
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Infrastructure Asset Management Lessons in Toledo OH – What Price Water?
Reporting from the Toledo Blade and other news sources worldwide have told of a water crisis in Toledo and the subsequent state of emergency that was declared. Concerns about the presence of microcystin — a toxin produced by the harmful blue-green algae known as microcystins — had penetrated …
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Los Angeles Water Main Break – Case for Infrastructure Asset Management
I was catching up on the news here in New Zealand this evening, and on our online news sites was this article about a major water main break in Los Angeles that has flooded UCLA, including a recently refurbished stadium, and forced the shutdown of Sunset Boulevard. An estimated 8 million …
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Asset Management Practice – Service Level Trade-Offs Diagram
In April 2014, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held the Ask the Expert Asset Management Webinar. Inframanage.com is organizing blog posts out of the learning Ross and Heather shared with the participants—Asset Management practitioners around the USA. In asset management, it is important for …
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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, …
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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Infrastructure Asset Management – Future Implications Utilities
Video 8 - Future Implications Utilities Do you know how old the utilities are in your city, province or country? Watch the "Future Implications Utilities" video - the 8th of 11 videos that Ross Waugh created. Section 9 of his paper, "Infrastructure Management, Forecasting the …
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