Infrastructure
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8 Things You Need To Know About Innovations In Water Asset Management
7/12/2018
With resources constrained and needs abundant, water and wastewater utilities are obliged to understand and evolve with trends in asset management.
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A Shift In Strategy: Improving Global Water Management
5/14/2018
What effect will the push to improve inadequate water infrastructure have on the cost for supplies and services? A procurement research analyst predicts the near future.
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Collaborative Approaches That Deliver Infrastructure Project Flexibility
3/14/2018
Utility and government agencies with limited resources for water infrastructure projects aren’t limited to traditional approaches; collaborative approaches such as progressive design-build delivery give owners more flexibility to optimize not only the price, but also the overall result and experience.
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Delivering Assets And Strengthening Communities: A CBP3 Primer
1/24/2018
Local government can harness the power of community-based, public-private partnerships (CBP3s) to efficiently implement programs that encompass delivery of many unique assets — such as stormwater management programs that include green infrastructure. Can your community benefit from this delivery approach?
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Sediment Solutions Within Existing Intake Facility Footprint
11/10/2017
Sediment and turbidity can be enough to shut down a drinking water treatment plant if the headworks aren’t suited to the source water. Learn how one facility near Tacoma, WA, which incorporates fish-handling to further complicate intake operations, secured sustainability through masterful design.
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Evaluating Technologies To Keep The Lead Out
8/25/2017
With lead contamination still a paramount concern for consumers around the country, many water utilities need to improve their buried infrastructure sooner rather than later. For those that cannot embark on ambitious replacement projects, a new report on coating and lining technologies for lead service lines might be the guide forward.
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Lessons On Rightsizing Water And Sewer Infrastructure Projects
5/3/2017
Two case studies prove that the key to cost-effective condition assessment is choosing the right approach for your system.
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Construction Management At Risk: Rebuilding Infrastructure Through Collaboration
3/20/2017
What’s so great about construction management at risk (CMAR)? The story of Fremont, OH — and a description of four key CMAR benefits — sheds light on the alternative delivery method.
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The Case For Condition Assessment
12/5/2016
The need for using condition assessment as part of an overall asset management program has been documented over the past two decades, but the value of this work for the cost has eluded many utilities.
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Innovations Bring Southern Delivery System Online On Time And Under Budget
11/28/2016
Colorado Springs Utilities creates the modern-day blueprint for pipeline project delivery with the timely completion of the historic Southern Delivery System.