Infrastructure Management Workshop 2014
This workshop was held July 17, 2014 at the Metropolitan Water District headquarters in Los Angeles. Presentations cover condition assessment technologies, condition assessment strategies, and case studies of utilities that have implemented successful programs.
Conference Presentations
Session 1
- Welcome -- Debra C. Man, Metropolitan Water District
- State of Condition Assessment of Buried Assets -- Jian Zhang, The Water Research Foundation
- Estimating Pipe Life Expectancies Using Breaks and Other Data -- David Spencer, HDR
- Managing Pipes with a High Consequence of Failure -- Jeff Leighton, Portland Water Bureau
- Practical Applications for NDE Tools in Small Cast Iron Mains -- Graham Bell, HDR
Session 2
- We're Perfectly Happy Being Average: An Overview of Phoenix's Large Water Main Inspection Program -- Eric French, City of Phoenix
- Asbestos Cement Pipeline Replacement Program -- Rolando Bueno, East Bay Municipal Utility District
- Integration of Seismic Risk into a Traditional Asset Management Program -- Laura Robinson, KLEINFELDER
Session 3
- An Advanced Method of Condition Assessment for Large-Diameter Mortar-Line Steel Pipelines -- Margaret Hannaford, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
- Overview of San Diego's $30 Million Infrastructure Condition Assessment Program -- Pete Wong, San Diego Public Utilities Department
- Infrastructure Asset Management -- John Shamma, Metropolitan Water District
- What's in Your Wallet? Planning for a Sustainable Future -- Getachew Melsew, DC Water
- Buiilding a Successful Financial Plan -- Rick Giardina, Raftelis