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 …
Infrastructure Asset Management Views on Detroit’s $1.7B Infra Funding
The City of Detroit is emerging from its Chapter 9 bankruptcy, and a recent Economist Magazine article notes the major details of the bankruptcy settlement: 7 billion debt removed, 11 billion …
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Fixed Costs and Variable Costs Impact of Shrinking or Declining Towns
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 …
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Issues Around Aging Population Demographic and Infrastructure Funding
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 …
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Infrastructure Management in Shrinking or Declining Towns
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 …
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Infrastructure Asset Management – Challenges of Shrinking Cities
The postindustrial phenomenon of shrinking cities is a topic of considerable importance to infrastructure asset managers. The prediction of future demand is a core component of infrastructure asset …
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