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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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Have you run into situations where replacement cost cannot be supported by current use? What do you recommend when the cost structure points towards the discontinuation of service in a particular area? Is there a formula or is research being done to assist utilities balancing aging infrastructure …
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In the previous blog post titled "Involving Customers in Level of Service Conversations", Ross and Heather explained the importance of communicating with clients or customers. Ross answered the follow-up question, which says: Why do utilities hesitate to do a level of service agreement and how …
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Heather and Ross took turns answering the question below: In order to have an effective level of service, do you need the input from your customers? Heather: I would say, I take a stab at some comments and then I’ll turn it over to Ross to add some because I know they’ve done a lot in New …
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