With climate change looming, asset management is more important than ever

“With fewer human resources, you can spend some of the (federal) money to improve that situation,” Dircks said, noting predictive maintenance tools that can tell administrators “‘based on this data and this predictive algorithm, these are the five assets you should replace next.’” “If you have a ver...

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Published in:The American City & County 2023-08
Main Author: Castillo, Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Asset management
Broadband
Climate change
Global temperature changes
Infrastructure
Predictive maintenance
Sewer maintenance
Sewer systems
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Summary:“With fewer human resources, you can spend some of the (federal) money to improve that situation,” Dircks said, noting predictive maintenance tools that can tell administrators “‘based on this data and this predictive algorithm, these are the five assets you should replace next.’” “If you have a very accurate map of your infrastructure that includes data from many different disciplines–water, broadband, sewer—you can see that, at any given site, you have six or seven assets going on,” Dircks said. Especially with climate change making conditions hotter and storms more extreme, socio-economic data is being taken into account more than ever. [...]as climate change continues to put pressure on communities, it’s a trend Dircks says will only increase.
ISSN:0149-337X
2161-9123