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City of Ottawa experts in infrastructure and asset management recently showcased their best practices and significant projects for a delegation from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The U.S. Government Accountability Office is an independent agency studying how to improve asset management practices in the U.S. federal government.
Agency representatives came to Ottawa to learn from City staff about effective asset management. Alain Gonthier, Director of Infrastructure Services and Patrick Brisson, Program Manager of Comprehensive Asset Management, hosted them for a day of information sharing. The visit included a presentation on our best practices and lessons learned, and a tour of our major construction projects. The tour highlighted the following notable city-building projects with significant asset management requirements:
The City of Ottawa is a municipal leader in asset management practices and long-range financial planning, and maintains nearly $42 billion in existing infrastructure. Each year we either develop new or replace existing infrastructure with an approximate value of $150 million.
The City’s Comprehensive Asset Management program focuses on defining the right projects at the right time needed to sustain Ottawa’s infrastructure in a state of good repair, based on fiscal constraints and risk to service. Over the last five years, the Comprehensive Asset Management program has completed foundational work, put frameworks in place and launched or completed several major transformational projects, including Lansdowne Park and the light rail project.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office, commonly known as the “investigative arm of Congress,” examines how taxpayer dollars are spent and advises lawmakers and agency heads on ways to make government work better. Their visit to Ottawa to learn from our asset management experts is part of a review of their federal agencies’ asset management policies and practices, and potential opportunities for improving them.
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Agency representatives came to Ottawa to learn from City staff about effective asset management. Alain Gonthier, Director of Infrastructure Services and Patrick Brisson, Program Manager of Comprehensive Asset Management, hosted them for a day of information sharing. The visit included a presentation on our best practices and lessons learned, and a tour of our major construction projects. The tour highlighted the following notable city-building projects with significant asset management requirements:
- Ottawa Art Gallery Expansion and Arts Court Redevelopment: a unique project to expand the Ottawa Art Gallery and Arts Court by making use of vacant City-owned land and integrating it with complementary private sector investment and development. We are building a new, museum standard Ottawa Art Gallery, and renovating spaces within Arts Court to provide improved facilities for local artists and arts organizations.
- Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel: one of the most important projects of the Ottawa River Action Plan, which is the City’s roadmap to protect the Ottawa River for future generations. The CSST will greatly reduce the frequency of combined sewage overflows entering the Ottawa River during major rainfalls, capturing surface runoff and wastewater for treatment. It will also reduce the risk of basement flooding for several low-lying lands in the Glebe/O’Connor area and increase operational flexibility and redundancy to major collector sewers.
- Rideau Canal Crossing: a new pedestrian and cyclist bridge across the Rideau Canal that will connect Clegg Street in Old Ottawa East to Fifth Avenue at Queen Elizabeth Drive in the Glebe. The crossing will reduce distances and improve connectivity between mid-town neighbourhoods, improve access for all users of Ottawa’s extensive network of pedestrian multi-use pathways and support our goals of increasing healthy, sustainable commuting by promoting walking, cycling and transit.
The City of Ottawa is a municipal leader in asset management practices and long-range financial planning, and maintains nearly $42 billion in existing infrastructure. Each year we either develop new or replace existing infrastructure with an approximate value of $150 million.
The City’s Comprehensive Asset Management program focuses on defining the right projects at the right time needed to sustain Ottawa’s infrastructure in a state of good repair, based on fiscal constraints and risk to service. Over the last five years, the Comprehensive Asset Management program has completed foundational work, put frameworks in place and launched or completed several major transformational projects, including Lansdowne Park and the light rail project.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office, commonly known as the “investigative arm of Congress,” examines how taxpayer dollars are spent and advises lawmakers and agency heads on ways to make government work better. Their visit to Ottawa to learn from our asset management experts is part of a review of their federal agencies’ asset management policies and practices, and potential opportunities for improving them.
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