Episode 141: Maintenance-If you think it's not important, just stop doing it

About this episode

The episode discusses the critical importance of maintenance in engineering and public works.

From that moment the very first engineering project was completed the age of maintenance began. While the initial delivery of the public work carries a lot of fanfare nothing is more important than keeping it functional and in service. Maintenance organizations have been intrusted to manage every aspect of those assets since before Asset Management was a thing. From mowing and debris pickup to restoring mobility after the blizzard of flood, it's all important. George C...

People in this episode

Host: Rick Nelson

Topics covered

• maintenance
• engineering
• asset management
• public works
• mobility restoration

Keywords

• maintenance
• engineering
• public works
• asset management
• mobility
• debris pickup
• blizzard recovery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Asset Management

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