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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Calling all GIS Coordinators, Public Works Directors, Engineers, and anyone who tracks city assets…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please join us for the RI GIS Municpal Users Group September workshop on Asset Management on September 20<sup>th</sup> from 9-1 at the Cranston Public Library. Four speakers will give presentations on various
Asset Management strategies, followed by a general Q and A panel discussion with plenty of time for comments, discussion and advice. The event will conclude with vendor presentations on different options from CityWorks, Vueworks, GreenCitys and DudeSolutions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The speakers for the event are: <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Shelby Southworth, Kent County Water Authority - Using the most basic ESRI software licenses and a workforce equipped with tablets/smartphones, KCWA has addressed some asset management needs on a budget and preserved
the knowledge of an aging work-force. Uses such as tracking the status of street lights, planning weekly landscaping of city green spaces for Parks and Recreation department, and inspecting the functionality of fire hydrants will be discussed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Shane White, RIDOT – RIDOT has been successfully using an asset management system called VueWorks from DTS for many years. Implementation for some groups has lead to increased interest by management at many levels
to improve their group’s workflows and adoption of technology. Our discussion will focus on the core components of this system and how we are applying it towards the goal of maintaining a complete system to support the life cycle of RIDOT assets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sam Swartwout – Tighe and Bond -How to configure your GIS to track maintenance and work activities using ArcGIS Online and the collector and survey 123 applications. Case studies include catch basin cleaning,
hydrant flushing, outfall inspections, and daily facility inspections. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Bob Shea – Town of Falmouth, MA. How Falmouth has and hasn’t used the VueWorks application to nearly its potential and some of the reasons that may have occurred.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Event registration is available at</span></b><span style="color:black"> :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ri-gis-municipal-users-group-asset-management-workshop-tickets-37040213275<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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