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Abbotsford launches Riva Modeling for PSAB and Decision Support
The City of Abbotsford has selected Riva EI and Riva AR to prepare for meeting the PSAB 3150 requirements. The applications have been deployed at the City and configuration of sample asset types will be completed by June. In addition, the City has plans in place to integrate Riva EI to SAP in 2009 and then launch Riva DS to support long range planning.

City of Calgary Selects Riva DS for Enterprise Planning
The City of Calgary has selected the Riva DS (Decision Support) application to perform long range planning to build an integrated corporate plan. Over the next two years Riva DS will be implemented in each of the city’s departments, assisting Calgary in moving to the forefront of asset management in North America.

Oxford County Starts Riva DS Implementation
Oxford County has selected Riva DS to perform its long range planning in cooperation with ESRI Canada and CityWorks. The County will use the OnDemand version of the software to deliver decision support functionality over the Internet.

Waterford Township, Michigan integrating Riva Modeling and Cityworks
Riva Modeling is participating with Cityworks and ArcGIS in integrating Cityworks and Riva Modeling software applications to enhance the scheduling and future planning capabilities for Waterford Township, Michigan. (Full PDF)

ESRI Regional User Conference – Calgary
Riva Modeling will be exhibiting at the ESRI Regional User Conference at the Calgary Telus Convention Centre on April 3rd, 2008. Please come by and see us. Click here for further details.

Calgary Roads and Riva Modeling
Riva Modeling was used by Prior & Prior Associates to deliver a 100 year strategic plan for Calgary Roads. This comprehensive forecast of activities and costs covered over 100 distinct asset types, including Pavement, Bridges, Signals, Signs and Streetlights.

Ottawa Riva Modeling Pilot
The Riva Modeling pilot project in Ottawa went live with long range plans for facilities, roads, water and sewer assets. The pilot was completed in 6 weeks and shows the integration of Riva Modeling with GIS and other corporate data sources.

The Canadian Institute’s Accounting for Tangible Capital Assets  - Implementing PS 3150 at your Municipality, Toronto, January 28-29, 2008
Ian Woodbury, President of Riva Modeling will be delivering one of the sessions at the conference. Ian’s presentation is entitled “Employing Technological Solutions to Inventory and Value Your Linear Assets”. Using advanced software and mapping techniques allows municipal managers to build an inventory of their roads, bridges, and other linear assets more efficiently. This session will explore the potential and limitations of this technology to help you build a robust inventory of assets in your municipality and value them appropriately. For more information please click here.

Ottawa Riva Modeling Pilot
The City of Ottawa has launched their pilot of Riva Modeling. The pilot will show that Riva Modeling can assist their long range planning for both linear infrastructure and facilities.

Kitchener Selects Riva Modeling Asset Repository
Kitchener has joined the Region of Halton, the County of Simcoe and the City of Red Deer in selecting the Riva Modeling Asset Registry to replace their spreadsheet and custom database asset inventories.

August 2007 - Kitchener, ON
Riva Modeling along with our partners SAP Canada, IDS Sheer and ESRI Canada have been selected by the City as the vendor to implement a new Enterprise Resource Planning Asset Management system at the City. Riva Modeling will provide Strategic Long Range Asset and Risk planning and PSAB 3150 compliance, SAP and IDS the Financials component and ESRI (Cityworks) the Maintenance Management portion.

June 2007 - Brandon, MB
Along with our partner Applied Geologics Ltd. (AGL), Riva Modeling was selected to help the City meet its Asset Management solution needs. AGL will implement Cartegraph for Maintenance Management and Riva Modeling will provide the Strategic Long Range Asset and Risk planning and PSAB 3150 compliance.

MISA 2007 Conference - Asset and Project Management: Disclosing Your Assets
Presentation Abstract: Meeting the reporting requirements for Tangible Capital Assets (TCA) Reporting, PSAB 3150, is a challenge shared by all Canadian municipalities. In this session, Halton will be discuss it's approach to asset reporting and how an integrated solution with asset management (AM) will drive benefits for the region in life cycle planning and management of it's assets. This session will highlight critical success factors, challenges, resourcing and phasing required to meet the 2009 CICA deadline.
PowerPoint Presentations, Monday, June 11, 2007, MISA 2007:
1. Disclosing Your Assets: Integrated TCA/AM Approaches - Halton Region, Presenter: Henry de Jager, Karyn Smithard-Costanzo - Halton Region
2. SAP for PSAB 3150, Rob Corazzola, SAP Canada 

May 2007 - Prince George, BC
This northern British Columbia community is the latest to run a Riva Modeling pilot project. The project is in the initial stages and will concentrate on the asset base in a section of the Downtown core.

May 2007 - Simcoe County, ON
Riva Modeling, along with our partners SAP Canada and IDS Sheer have been selected by the County as the vendor to implement a new Enterprise Resource Planning Asset Management system at the County. Where SAP will provide the Financial and Maintenance Management portion, Riva Modeling will be used for Strategic Long Range Asset and Risk planning and for PSAB 3150 compliance. The project was officially kicked off in October 2007.

February 2007 - Strathcona County, AB
This pilot of Riva Modeling is being conducted for planning capital projects for the Roads and Sidewalks in the County. Summer students have been tasked to collect condition data which is being input into the Riva Modeling System. At the end of August the output of the pilot will be presented to Council.

January 2007 - Waterford Township, MI
Riva Modeling has conducted a successful pilot at the Township. The pilot focused on integrating Riva Modeling with the Townships’ Azteca Cityworks maintenance management system. The results of the pilot allowed the Township to create a month by month flushing program for the next several years.

May 2006 - Review of Commercial Municipal Infrastructure Asset Management Systems,  Journal of Information Technology in Construction
Authors: Dr. Mahmoud M.R. Halfawy, Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Research, National Research Council, Canada; Dr. Linda A. Newton, Defence Construction Canada, formerly, National Research Council, Canada; Dr. Dana J. Vanier, National Research Council, Canada
Article: PDF Riva Excerpt | ITCON Website full article PDF

May 2005 - The Municipal infrastructure Investment Planning Project, National Research Council
Author: Dr. Dana J. Vanier, National Research Council, Canada
Article: PDF

 
 
 
 
 

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