Infrastructure Asset Management

In October 1989, a 7.1 earthquake shook central California in Loma Prieta and made its way to Oakland and around the bay area. This earthquake caused billions in damages with 3,800 people injured and left 62 people dead. My mother was living in Oakland at the time and remembers a lot when the earthquake hit. Although my parents were not together at the time of the earthquake my dad also experienced the shake all the way in Novato, California. The aftermath of the earthquake really caused many to…

abilities of Indigenous communities to self finance forms of development like water treatment infrastructure. The IA not granting band councils full municipality status limits their ability to self develop because they cannot fund water infrastructure through methods like levying a municipal tax for loans. Furthermore, the inability to levy a municipal tax also reduces their access to loans for infrastructure because they can not make repayment guarantees. The second dependency structure the IA…

comments on INAC’s unwillingness to discuss water infrastructure with Indigenous communities. “if INAC wants a community to have a specific process, the community has to put up a fight to get a different process, even if capital and operational costs are much lower for the process the band favours” (ibid)). This reluctance to communicate with communities could result in weaker managerial decisions of INAC and the building of less efficient infrastructure. In addition to weaker managerial…

Water Crisis has been unfolding for two years ever since the city began to use water from the local Flint River (Foley). The case of Flint is a precautionary one as it is tragic as it may herald the need for a significant shift in America’s water management plant. By addressing important issues such as this, Ultius is pleased to provide succinct analysis and relevant viewpoints, in providing a timeline; and to give potential customers and opportunity to familiarize themselves with the high…

In the Chicago Tribune article, “As Other Cities Dig Up Pipes Made Of Toxic Lead, Chicago Resists,” the author discusses Mayor Rahm Emmanuel’s efforts to modernize Chicago’s aging and deteriorating water system; however, as other cities prefer to tackle the root problem and replace the toxic lead pipes altogether, Rahm prefers to resist this approach and, instead, continue with his original project that will only help to increase lead exposure to Chicagoans. While, at first glance, this dilemma…

Modern infrastructure is a core component of a competitive economy. Trade-enabling infrastructure should be a critical part of Canada’s long-term plan. Trade infrastructure includes the roads, ports, railways, border facilities, airports, pipelines, and most important digital networks that move Canadian products, services, and people to global markets. Trade infrastructure has the highest return on investment, It is the structure that makes a country wealthier by making it more competitive.…

in the market or not. Profit itself is what left of the turnover a business beget after it pays all expenditures which contributed in the generation of the turnover (like product production, overheads, wages and other expenditures) related to the management of business operation. If the business is generating the turnover equal to its expenditure, making neither a profit nor a loss, company is said to be breaking even unprofitability is the financial loss faced by the company. The fast expansion…

currently present in 20 countries across the globe. 2. ATOS: Also based in France, ATOS is an IT services corporation specialized in Transactional & Payment services, Business and Platform Solutions, Cloud and Enterprise Software and Infrastructure and Data Management. Currently it has over 100,000 employees and spread across 72 countries. Besides that, it also involves in delivery and catering services as well as franchises its brand…

debts in the future if the quality of Orica's management of inventory and receivables does not improve (despite an increase in sales by almost $500m). 1.2. Profitability…

the GH which is the showcase of the airport. However, a few introductory remarks are necessary as an explanation of the airport status. The airport of Heraklion is currently run by the government, and comes under the umbrella of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks. Following a Skype interview with airport official Mr. Nikos Parasyris the departments are labelled as follows: a) Airport Authority (or Airport Ops), b)…