Ross and Heather continue to discuss the case of the Havelock North New Zealand water contamination incident. A webinar attendee's question led Ross and Heather to discuss the importance of levels of service and public health. The participant asked whether the water system at Havelock North was chlorinated, which Ross said that they wished it was. Ross explains further: There’s a … [Read more...]
Impact of Hidden Risk to Cost – The Case of Flint Water Crisis and I35W Bridge Collapse
This is the continuation of Ross's discussion on the earlier post, "Explaining the 'Levels of Service-Cost-Risk Diagram' through Analyzing the Flint Water Crisis." He explained further by adding the case of I35W Mississippi River Bridge collapse in August 2007. So the follow-up effects within this diagram, what’s going to happen now or what’s already happening is a huge amount of money … [Read more...]
Explaining the “Levels of Service-Cost-Risk Diagram” through Analyzing the Flint Water Crisis
What I really wanted to talk about is “Risk” and particularly this “Levels of Service-Cost-Risk diagram. And it’s coming out of some work that myself and a colleague Grant Holland who works with me did a few years ago for a ministerial taskforce here in New Zealand. That’s a bit like a… I guess a congressional inquiry, that sort of thing in the US. And what we recognized is that there're 3 … [Read more...]
Infrastructure Asset Management Practice – How Risk Impacts Cost?
In the previous post, Ross explained the "Levels of Service-Cost-Risk Diagram" and he continued to provide a couple of illustrations. Heather also mentioned two examples regarding the safety and trust threshold. Ross: And a couple of examples that have dropped out recently is that, was obviously in transportation, the Mississippi bridge failure back in 2007. So it killed - people were … [Read more...]
Understanding the Levels of Service-Cost-Risk Diagram
On 30 June 2016, Ross Waugh and Heather Himmelberger held another "Ask the Expert: A Unique Opportunity to Ask Your Asset Management Questions or Seek Advice on How to Begin" webinar. Inframanage.com presents the webinar topics through a series of blog posts. Heather: Great. Again thank you all for being here today. And just as a reminder, we’d like to focus this as much as possible … [Read more...]
Flint Michigan – Is it Too Late to Start an Asset Management Program?
This post is the continuation of Heather's article "Flint Michigan – Would a Robust Asset Management Program Have Prevented the Disaster?"In reading this blog post please review our Flint, Michigan - Introduction to Infrastructure Asset Management Analysis blog post, which provides background information for this post. Implications of engaging in asset management A utility engaged in … [Read more...]
Flint Michigan – Would a Robust Asset Management Program Have Prevented the Disaster?
In reading this blog post please review our Flint, Michigan - Introduction to Infrastructure Asset Management Analysis blog post, which provides background information for this post. Introduction Much is being written about the public health crisis in Flint, Michigan caused by the contaminated drinking water. I will leave to others the extremely important discussions of the short … [Read more...]
Flint Michigan — Introduction to Infrastructure Asset Management Analysis
Flint Michigan has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons regarding its water supply. The issue has escalated politically and now has the involvement of authorities at Federal, State and Local levels. Here at Inframanage.com, we believe that there are lessons to be learned from Flint Michigan about infrastructure asset management. We will be publishing a series of blog posts … [Read more...]
Infrastructure Management – Detroit to Flint Water March and its Ramifications
The ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan is not new to the team at Inframanage.com - read our earlier posts on the Flint Michigan Water Crisis. It has now reached the point where Flint residents in July 2015 staged a scheduled, one-week demonstration under the title: "CLEAN AFFORDABLE WATER FOR ALL: Detroit to Flint Water Justice Journey." Several organizations sponsored the walk and many … [Read more...]
Flint, MI Deals with Safe Drinking Water Issues — Infrastructure Asset Management Planning
The mayor of Flint has sent a letter to President Obama's Director of Intergovernmental Affairs requesting the participation of the White House and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a City of Flint Technical Advisory Water Committee. Flint is forming both a water committee and a technical committee within its community to address the concern that the city has for the safety of its … [Read more...]