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 …
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Transportation Asset Management Paper of Theuns Henning and Ross Waugh
On 28-30 April 2014, Dr. Theuns Henning and Ross Waugh attended the TRB 10th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management at Miami, Florida. They also had the opportunity to present the paper "The Evolution from a Simple Planning Document to an Integrated Asset Management Plan" An …
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Infrastructure Management Development in the US, UK, Islamabad, and Sri Lanka
Where is the US going in terms of infrastructure management direction? Will the infrastructure improvements scheme that local municipal officials initiated work? How will the US President convince the private sector to fund public infrastructure? Do you know that Pakistan and Sri Lanka …
Asset Management Pondering on Boston’s Solar Powered Park Benches
Bloomberg Businessweek recently reported on Boston's Solar-Powered Park Benches. The benches are designed to allow mobile phone charging and also the bench can connect to the internet and transmit a range of environmental and other diagnostic data. This is just a small trial but highlights …
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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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Asset Management – More Learning from Actual Asset Inventory Experiences
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 post “Tips to Successful …
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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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Funding Infrastructure Projects is Major Concern of Many Countries
The infrastructure asset management news we rounded up this week show that funding infrastructure projects is major concern of the US, the UK, Canada, South Africa, and India. The news "Outbreak! How to Fight a Pandemic in a Metropolis" refreshes us of the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong and points out …
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Asset Management – Myths and Facts
Asset Management Myths & Facts Series Welcome to this blog series regarding myths and facts about asset management. We will explore a series of myths regarding what asset management is and what it isn’t. We’d love to hear from you so let us know if you have any suggestions for …
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Infrastructure Management Insights from Detroit’s Bankruptcy
In November 2013 this blog posted on Detroit's bankruptcy and lessons infrastructure managers could learn from this. A recent Fortune Magazine article looks at the progress that Detroit has made a year after the bankruptcy. The Fortune article is worth the read, and I would …
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