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With reference to the crumbling water infrastructure of America, a participant asked the question "Why asset management hasn't been regulated in US towns and cities like in New Zealand?" Ross said that he doesn't know much about American politics and mentioned that New Zealand regulated quite …
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Ross discussed the importance of asset management in terms of saving money and preventing infrastructure breakdown that would affect normal utility operation and maintenance budget. Ross explains: Asset management is about committing a bit of thought up front, a bit of inspection and a …
Discussing how to institutionalize asset management in local authorities and utility organizations, Heather and Ross presented two ways this could be done. Celebrating your successes Heather observed that asset management thinking gets to be embedded by celebrating your successes. We’re not …
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Heather and Ross discussed how to deal with the “sawtooth” phenomenon in administering infrastructure asset management in the utility system. Heather maintained that having more leaders getting involved in the asset management process can help deal with the “sawtooth” problem. She said that when …
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Heather finds the "sawtooth" problem as a very interesting issue, which she experienced with utilities she has been working with. She concludes that Ross is right about the problem. She learned this from Ross when he came three years ago. She asked Ross to talk about the "sawtooth" …
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Ross presents the final video in the 16-video seminar "Introduction to Practical Asset Management", titled "Sustainability." Find out Ross' reasons for keeping "Sustainability" as the last topic in this 16-video series. How does an infrastructure management practitioner view …
Have you heard or watched the movie of a fictional hero named, Lone Ranger? Ross begins this FULL VERSION video with the story of the Lone Ranger. Isn't it interesting to know how "Lone Ranger" relates to Infrastructure Asset Management as Ross presents? Ross has written the "Asset …
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Watch Ross present an overview of the topic "Asset Management Information Systems," which is the section of the IIMM 2011 edition he authored. He's in the process of updating the said section. Know why Ross is saying in this summary series "There is no silver bullet in infrastructure asset …
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An asset system may gather data that needs to be sorted and presented to end-users. Heather and Ross provided some ideas. Heather said that one has to think about what is it you want to make decisions about. This will help set your outputs for your process, she said. It should answer the …
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For a small water utility that's manned by an all-volunteer board, there's a question on who will do the updating of inventory and asset management plan. Heather replied that once you've got the process in place, again looking at it as a very small utility that maybe now a lot is changing, it …
Knowing the frequency of updating asset inventory and asset management plan is important, whether or not you’re managing smaller utilities. Ross opined that once the original inventory has been made, things don’t change quickly. Unless you’re replacing some assets, in which case you know …
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As you go through the process of preparing your asset management plan, you will realize there are lots of gaps in your data and assumptions. How do you move forward to bridging these gaps in your asset management plan? How do you identify and undertake improvements? How do you improve your …
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