I’ve been looking around the Gartner website. You can register and access some excellent free reports (and others you have to buy), written in business language with practical examples. (my big bugbear). Once you have created an account just use the search capability. They do some excellent work on asset management in utilities. The reports don’t necessarily stay up for long so visit the site regularly.
GITA workshop
I was in Melbourne yesterday to lead a workshop on 3D Underground infrastructure modeling as part of the GITA conference. While we have had the technology for some time to model the undergrounds of our cities, getting the data from the different organisations is another matter. In Sydney the Dept of Lands has led this initiative with the Sydney Underground project – combining infrastructure assets from electricity, gas, water, rail and the city council to create a truly amazing model for emergency management and planning.
Inevitably the conversation came around todata quality – Energy Australia have completed a 4 year audit and improvement project for their Low and High Voltage assets and Greg Oaten spoke about the process and the ensuing benefits to his organisation.