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UsingWorkTechtoManageMunicipalAssetsDaveAnderson-ShortCourse
OnDecember18,2014,DaveAnderson,CET,President,4RoadsManagementServicesInc.,presentedashortcourseon“How toUseWorkTech toManageYourMunicipalAssets”.Managinga roadsystem isfarmorecomplexthansimplymanagingbypavementcondition;itisonlyonefactorinthefinaldecision.Managingaroadsystempresentsrisksfromanumberofperspectives:financial,performanceandliability.WorkTeckAssetManagerFoundationprovidesa robustdatabase that iseasilyconfigured toadapt toanyattributesetdesires,butispre-configuredfortheInventoryManualforMunicipalRoads,1991andalloftheinherentcalculationsthataredefinedbythemanual.
ThepresentationfocusedontheInventoryManualanditsusageandconfigurationinWorkTechAssetManagerFoundation.Presentationcontentsincluded:• Assetidentification• Existingroadcondition• Trafficvolume,typeandprojectedgrowth• Pointratingofroadelements• Typeandtimingofrequiredimprovements• Improvementcosts• Interpretationofrating,andrecognitionoftheimplicationsofdefectsfoundwithintheroadallowance
withrespecttoliabilityexposureandperformance• Theinter-relationshipofthedatafieldsandthecalculationsintheManual•DaveAndersonisanAssetManagementSpecialistwithover30yearsofexperienceasamunicipalemployee,andapproximately7yearsasaconsultant.Dave’s municipalcareerbegan insurveysand inspectionandadvancedtospendthelast20yearsofhismunicipalcareerattheseniormanagerordepartmentheadlevel.Dave’smunicipalexperienceincludesmunicipalitiesattheupper-tier,lower-tier,andsingle-tierlevels.Hisresponsibilitieshaveincludedallinfrastructuretypesandroadsystemsofupto1,425centreline-kilometers.
Hisrangeofexperienceincludespublicworksengineeringandoperations,engineeringstudiesforalltypesof infrastructure, including Class Environmental Assessments, Master Plans, Road Needs Studies, andcapitalplanningandprogramimplementation.Notably,DavebecamethefirstManagerofEngineeringandInfrastructureforthenewlyformedHaldimandCountyinthefallof2000andwastaskedwithcreatinganengineeringdepartmentforasingle-tiermunicipality,responsibleforcapitalplanningandimplementationforallassets.
Duringhismunicipalcareer,andthenasaconsultant,Davehascompletedacombinedtotalofover70RoadNeeds/StateoftheInfrastructurestudiesordatacollectionexercises,followingtheMTOInventory Manual methodology.