Public Infrastructure Asset Management, Second Edition


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The Latest Tools and Techniques for Managing Infrastructure Assets
Fully updated throughout, this practical resource provides a proven, cost-effective infrastructureasset management framework that integrates planning, design, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and renovation. Public Infrastructure Asset Management,Second Edition, describes the most current methodologies for effectively managing roads, bridges, airports, utility services, water and waste facilities, parks, public buildings, and sports complexes.
This comprehensive guide covers information management and decision support systems, including proprietary solutions and new technological developments such ascloud storage. The book discusses total quality management, economics, life-cycle analysis, and maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction programming. Up-to-date examples and real-world case studies illustrate the practical applications of the concepts presented in this thoroughly revised reference.
This new edition features:
- Planning, needs assessment, and performance indicators
- Database management, data needs, and analysis
- Inventory, historical, and environmental data
- In-service monitoring and evaluation data
- Performance modeling and failure analysis
- Design for infrastructure service life
- Construction
- Maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction strategies, policies, and treatment alternatives
- Dealing with new or alternate concepts
- Prioritization, optimization, and work programs
- Integrated infrastructure asset management systems
- Visual IMS: an illustrative infrastructure management system and applications
- Available asset management system and commercial off-the-shelf providers
- Benefits of implementing an asset management system
- Sustainability, environmental stewardship, and asset management
- Future directions for infrastructure asset management
Public Infrastructure Asset Management, Second Edition Review
With our aging infrastructures, current shrinking resource, the theme everywhere of doing more with less, this book is a great start to look at ways to manage any assets to address challenges some industries are faced with. The authors have done a great job to provide up to date step by step on how to manage your assets and how to find a suitable solution to save time and money. I highly recommend this book and intend to use it as textbook for my next class.Most of the consumer Reviews tell that the "Public Infrastructure Asset Management, Second Edition" are high quality item. You can read each testimony from consumers to find out cons and pros from Public Infrastructure Asset Management, Second Edition ...

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