Session 4: Education, Communication & Professional Development Initiatives BAMI-I: Buried Asset Management

1. A Working Session Exploring Opportunities to Enhance Collaboration By Water and Wastewater Utilities in Advancing Asset ManagementMay 5th & 6th, 2005 - Washington DC • Session 4: Education, Communication & Professional Development Initiatives • BAMI-I: Buried Asset Management Institute- International, Inc. • Representative: Tom Iseley, Ph.D., P.E. President of the Board of Directors & Acting Executive Director

2. BAMI-I • February 2003: Formed BAMI in the Department of Watershed Management (DWM) of the City of Atlanta (COA) by Commissioner Jack Ravan • Purpose: To serve as a resource to the DWM to accomplish Mayor Shirley Franklin’s Vision of moving the COA’s WATER program beyond consent decree requirements to “First-in-Class” • July 2004: Established BAMI-International as a non-profit 501 (c) 3 Corporation. • December 2004: First Board of Directors meeting

3. BAMI-I: Mission Statement • To provide a center of excellence for owners of underground water infrastructure to join with industry and researchers, using sound science, to evaluate and/or develop buried asset management protocols for application worldwide to benefit ratepayers and other stakeholders by: • Protecting public health, • Improving the environment, • Maximizing asset life-cycle value, • Sustaining economic development, and • Enhancing the quality of life.

4. BAMI-I: What are you doing? • Establishing a resource to assist utilities in “Achieving excellence in buried infrastructure sustainability – for the 21st Century • HOW? • Get the message to political decision makers & public • Develop educational programs • Develop O&M and pipe rehab. training in-house • Develop North American Technology Benchmarking Program • Conducting assessment of utilities to assist with establishing a national direction for implementing AM programs for buried infrastructure • Coordinating with other associations and researchers

5. BAMI-I: What are you doing? • Get message to political decision makers & public • Committed to working with PIRC and NASSCO as sponsors for the development of a broadcast and non-broadcast media package being developed by Penn State Public Broadcasting • “America Underground: A Public Communications Package on the U.S. Water & Wastewater Infrastructure” • Proposal developed – funds provided by NASSCO-1 year • Project cost - $650,000 • Establishing a IAC-Industry Advisory Council

6. BAMI-I: What are you doing? • Develop educational programs • Training & educational programs must move beyond awareness to assisting with organizational cultural change challenges required to implement advanced AM principles and practices • Model being developed • Phase 1: Overview 3-4 hours Sr. Mgt. Team • Phase 2: Workshop 2-3 days Mgt. Team • Phase 3: Development of a long-term program with team participation and commitment • Teams • Engineering • O&M • Legal • Procurement • CIP

7. BAMI-I: What are you doing? • Develop O&M and pipe rehab. training in-house • COA: Developing training programs with Unions to train employees with skills for self-installation • Selected 3 trenchless processes • Localized repair • Sealing mainlines, laterals & MHs from I&I • Manhole renewal

8. BAMI-I: What are you doing? Develop North American Technology Benchmarking Program • Technology is critical for meeting future technical and financial challenges • Develop programs which minimize barriers of entry and risk of failure • Develop comprehensive evaluation programs with utility representatives designing the experiments • Establish NA data warehouse for tracking performance

9. BAMI-I: What are you doing? • Conducting assessment of utilities to assist with establishing a national direction for implementing AM programs for buried infrastructure • Coordinating with other associations and researchers

10. BAMI-I: What will be the benefits? Expediting & minimizing the cost of utilities implementing advanced AM programs for: • Protecting public health, • Improving the environment, • Maximizing asset life-cycle value, • Sustaining economic development, and • Enhancing the quality of life.

11. BAMI-I: Where does it fit in LCAM? • Our commitment is to develop well-defined policies & procedures which address the three main stages of every asset’s total life-cycle: • Planning, funding, engineering & construction • Operations & maintenance • Renewal & replacement

12. BAMI-I: When will it be available? • Most of what we have initiated is an on-going process

13. BAMI-I: • Contact information: • Dr. Troy Norris, City of Atlanta • Tel.: (404) 713 – 4603 E-mail: tnorris@atlantaga.gov • Mr. John Griffin, City of Atlanta • Tel.: (404) 557 – 1555 E-mail: jgriffin@atlantaga.gov • Mr. Richard Thomasson, Parsons Brinckerhoff • Tel.: (404) 368 – 2534 E-mail: thomasson@pbworld.com • Mr. Leonard Ingram, Southeast Society for Trenchless Technology • Tel.: (334) 872 – 1012 E-mail: sestt@engconco.com • Dr. Tom Iseley, Hydromax USA, Inc. • Tel.: (864) 322 – 2614 E-mail: tom.iseley@att.net