Asset Management
What? Why? How?
Murat Ulasir, PE, PhD, Technical Specialist
www.ohm-advisors.com
34000 Plymouth Road | Livonia Michigan, 48150 | www.ohm-advisors.com

CITY OF ANN ARBOR
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN
City Planning Commission Meeting
Tuesday, April 1, 2008

CIP and Asset Management
Where does the CIP fit in Asset Management?

Elements of Asset Management
• Maintenance & Operation
• Repair / Rehabilitation
• Replacement

Why Do Asset Management?
In order to manage Risk, which is defined as
The chance that a hazard will turn into disaster
It’s got two elements to it:
How important is it?
How much usefulness is left in it?

How To Get Started?
Inventory / Digitization
Risk Assessment
Decision Maker Input
Revision / Implementation

Inventory / Digitization?
PDF Scanning
Google Earth
CUPSS

Check Up Program for Small Systems
EPA Free Asset Management Software

What is CUPSS?
Free Asset Management tool
‘Desktop software’ – program that runs on your computer
Series of modules that store
information about a user’s utility

Risk Assessment
What if there is a critical water main in the
ground and you have no idea about its
condition?

• Non-Intrusive
Water Main Condition Assessment
PC-based correlator
Receiver
1
Sensor
Hydrant
RF transmitter
Pipe
D

• Road Condition Assessment – RoadSoft

Decision Maker Input
How many times have you seen a decision
maker in the trenches, with you, repairing a
water main?
How many times have you attended a political
campaign to get re-elected?
It’s not a question of what (there are needs), it’s a
question of how (how to address them)
TEAMWORK

Questions / Comments / Discussions