WEBINAR – Using Asset Management to Move Utility Leaders to Action – [2024 Congress Preview!]
October 17 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
2024 Global Buried Asset Management Congress Preview Webinar Series!
This webinar will help you gain the knowledge and skills to effectively communicate the value of asset management to your governing board. You will be better able to understand how to:
- Translate complex technical data into clear, concise, and persuasive arguments for investment.
- Articulate the consequences of inaction and the benefits of proactive asset replacement.
- Build consensus and secure buy-in for critical infrastructure projects.
This webinar provides some of the essential foundation for understanding the ‘why’ behind proactive asset management. Then, join us at the 2024 Congress to learn the ‘how’ and gain best practices, practical tools and techniques for implementing successful asset management strategies.
Register now and ensure your utility can deliver reliable and safe service for years to come!
Webinar Abstract
Asset management is a system utilities can use to anticipate when key assets must be replaced. It helps utilities serve their customers better and remain in compliance with regulations. Asset management, however, is only useful if utilities use the results to make proactive asset replacements. Replacing assets is a long and expensive process. Utility governing boards need to give their consent for capital projects, but these governing boards often don’t understand the importance of individual assets nor the terminology of asset management. This webinar will describe how utility staff can “translate” the results of asset management into language that governing boards will understand and act upon.
Bio
Glenn Barnes is the Director of Water Finance Assistance, a training and technical assistance organization dedicated to building the financial and managerial skills of drinking water and wastewater utility employees. He has worked for more than 15 years with utilities of all sizes across the country. Glenn’s work focuses on rate setting, asset management, affordability, increasing bill payments, accessing infrastructure funding, water loss and conservation, and workforce retention. All the work of Water Finance Assistance is rooted in data analysis, allowing utility staff to make informed and objective decisions to improve their sustainability and to serve their communities for years to come. Glenn is based in North Carolina.
