1. A Working Session Exploring Opportunities to Enhance Collaboration By Water and Wastewater Utilities in Advancing Asset Management May 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 21 st 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:Overview3-4 hoursSr. Mgt. Team Phase 2:Workshop2-3 daysMgt. 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 – 1555E-mail: jgriffin@atlantaga.gov –Mr. Richard Thomasson, Parsons Brinckerhoff Tel.: (404) 368 – 2534E-mail: thomasson@pbworld.com –Mr. Leonard Ingram, Southeast Society for Trenchless Technology Tel.: (334) 872 – 1012E-mail: sestt@engconco.com –Dr. Tom Iseley, Hydromax USA, Inc. Tel.: (864) 322 – 2614E-mail: tom.iseley@att.net