Inframanage.com presents some infrastructure asset management topics from Europe and from countries like China, Australia, and the USA. Read the news we have compiled. The topics listed below are very interesting. Please don't miss reading and reflecting on Ross' annotations found at the …
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Ask Your Infrastructure Management Questions through Inframanage
Inframanage.com would like to invite you to send in your questions on infrastructure asset management and other related topics. Yes, you can get expert answers to your asset management questions by sending your questions to us. We also feature an asset management resource page where you can …
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Get This Free Infrastructure Asset Management eBook Now!
DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY! IT'S FREE! We have organized the topics discussed during the Ask-the-Experts webinar that Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held on 30 June 2016. Please browse the topics included in the eBook: Understanding the Levels of Service-Cost-Risk DiagramInfrastructure …
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Read Infrastructure Asset Management News Now!
We are back compiling, annotating, and presenting infrastructure asset management news. Please read the insights and opinions that Ross gives on each news item. You are also invited to share your ideas or opinion on any of the articles presented. Feel free to post it through the comment form …
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21st Century Approach to Water Utility Resilience
For those investing in water infrastructure and water solutions, there is a concept that must be grasped: water will always win against human control. It is possible to think outside the box and not trying to stop or change the naturally occurring patterns in waterways or geographically wet …
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Further Thoughts on Infrastructure Asset Management Ethics and Thought Process
I had the chance to interact with a colleague after sharing “Ethics and Thought Process in Infrastructure Asset Management” on LinkedIn. He expressed that consultants shouldn’t be adding in projects that a council doesn’t need. I replied, “I think people are a lot wiser to the possibility …
Reviewing the Simple Asset Management Diagram and Lessons Learned from Flint Michigan
Since there were no more questions from the participants and the one-hour webinar was nearing the end, Heather asked Ross for his final thoughts regarding asset management. Ross: I’m just thinking about that simple asset management diagram while you were discussing. So this was the diagram …
Ethics and Thought Process in Infrastructure Asset Management
Ross shared the ethical practice that must be observed in doing one's infrastructure asset management plan. Heather explained the thought process that would-be infrastructure management practitioners must adopt. Ross: We’ve had a situation in New Zealand where consultants had written a …
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Best Way to Do Infrastructure Asset Management Planning
In the previous post "Important Advice in Developing Your Asset Management Plan," Heather mentioned that using a consultant to fill a gap or plug a hole you have is a better way to go than to contract out the whole plan and hope that that’s going to make the change. Ross provides further advice …
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Important Advice in Developing Your Asset Management Plan
A participant asked: There are some states that are starting to offer asset management planning grants. And for small systems, in particular, are there areas that you would recommend that they hire an engineer or some breaks group or someone to help them with developing their asset management …
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More Ideas on Involving Customers in Determining Levels of Service
This is the continuation of Ross and Heather's answer to a participant's question mentioned in "Levels of Service - How to Involve Customers and How Involved Should They Be?." Heather: and one last comment I want to make is the consulting process with the community can be a little …
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Levels of Service – How to Involve Customers and How Involved Should They Be?
A participant asked about levels of service, to wit: How involved should I have my customers be in determining my level of service and how do I go about involving them? Heather: Now I can tell you. I’ll give an answer and I’ll let Ross intervene because New Zealand has a lot of getting …