Modules

A developing set of proven principles and processes, advanced asset management for Government and Utilities, is considered an essential approach to infrastructure management in order to keep costs in control while maintaining the level of service expected.

In the United States there are millions of miles of buried pipe managed by 16,000 wastewater collection systems and 54,000 water systems. There are also millions of miles of pipe in storm collection systems, millions of other utility assets (such as pump stations and treatment plants), roadways, bridges, sidewalks, buildings, recreation facilities and other assets maintained by our public agencies.

Historically these systems have been maintained on an as-needed basis with funding from local, state and federal tax dollars. Often times this has meant that the repairs and improvements have been deferred as the funding requirements compete against other public needs. Over time, records have deteriorated to the point where agencies often do not know where their underground utilities are, let alone their age, material and other vital statistics necessary to manage them properly. The time has come to treat public infrastructure assets as valuable and vital components that contribute greatly to our quality of life.

VUEWorks modules work on top of VUEWorks Core to deliver a powerful suite of tools for Asset Management.

Inventory - Asset management begins with an inventory, which is also commonly known as the Asset Register. All that is required here is VUEWorks Core.

Condition and Performance - With an inventory in place it is now a simple task to assign assets a condition rating and track performance characteristics. Use Service Calls to track incidents as part of your performance reporting.

Value - GASB 34. GASB 34 has been in existence since 1999 in the United States. VUEWorks has the tools to make GASB 34 reporting an easy task year after year.

Risk Assessment - VUEWorks provides tools to calibrate Failure Consequences and Failure Probabilities to calculate Risk Factors for Sewer, Storm, and Water system assets. This allows users to ask such questions as what assets are near failure and are likely to cause a health and safety issue?

Preventive Maintenance - VUEWorks will soon introduce an Advanced Work Order module with recurring schedule controls. The standard Work Order management module available today can be used to schedule work orders against any asset including roads, bridges, sewer, water, and more.

Prioritize Capital Planning - Water, Sewer, and Storm modules all contain tools to create groups of Capital Projects for budgeting and planning purposes. The CIP module sits on top of the Sewer module to add advanced Capital Planning functions for Sewer.