AIMnet - Atlantic Infrastructure Management Network

GIS and Asset
Management Solution
for Small Communities
8 March 2016
AIM is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to guide and
support public infrastructure management in Atlantic Canada by
facilitating opportunities for knowledge-sharing and collaboration and
providing resources
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Steps in Preparing the AM Plan
AIMnet solution addresses
these steps

Council Policy

Establish Service Levels

Asset Inventory – Know what you have and where it is

Determine what it is worth

Assess the condition of your assets

Determine the remaining service life

Determine cost to bring to desirable or acceptable service level

Identify what needs to be fixed first

Communication and education
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AM Challenges for Small Communities
funding
 Limited
in-house technical staff and expertise
 Infrastructure
 Software
data not maintained
and IT requirements expensive and difficult to use
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 Limited
GIS/AM Needs of Small Communities
Low cost

Easy to use

Support to move infrastructure data to GIS format

On-going support - scalable to needs

Ability to easily maintain data and generate reports

Multi-user functionality
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
AIMnet Solution
 Uses
open source (free) software
 Easy
to use interface
 Accessible
 Uses
on computers and mobile devices
“cloud” technology for data and program storage
 Shared
computer hosting services = lower costs
 Standardized data
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formats and report generation
AIMnet GIS/AM Components
Cloud
GIS Software
(QGIS/ArcGIS)
Street
View
Web/mobile
Browser
AIMnet
Financial
Software
Eg. MAIS
AM Software
Eg. AssetFinda
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Google
Maps
Bing
Maps
GIS
Portal
AIMnet
Secure
Server
Other
AIMnet GIS/AM Components
GIS Software
QGIS/ArcGIS
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AIMnet GIS/AM Components
Cloud
GIS Software
QGIS/ArcGIS
Street
View
Web/mobile
Browser
AIMnet
Financial
Software
Eg. MAIS
AM Software
Eg. AssetFinda
www.aimnetwork.ca
Google
Maps
Bing
Maps
GIS
Portal
AIMnet
Secure
Server
Other
www.aimnetwork.ca
www.aimnetwork.ca
AIMnet GIS/AM Components
Cloud
GIS Software
QGIS/ArcGIS
Street
View
Web/mobile
Browser
AIMnet
Financial
Software
Eg. MAIS
AM Software
Eg. AssetFinda
www.aimnetwork.ca
Google
Maps
Bing
Maps
GIS
Portal
AIMnet
Secure
Server
Other
www.aimnetwork.ca
www.aimnetwork.ca
AIMnet GIS/AM Components
Excel
PSAB/Cost
Reports
Cloud
GIS Software
QGIS/ArcGIS
Street
View
Web/mobile
Browser
AIMnet
Financial
Software
Eg. MAIS
AM Software
Eg. AssetFinda
www.aimnetwork.ca
Google
Maps
Bing
Maps
GIS
Portal
AIMnet
Secure
Server
Other
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Renewal cost
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Software Cost comparison
AIMnet
Commercial GIS
GIS Software
Free (QGIS)
$2,000 to $10,000 plus 20% software
maintenance
Web map engine
Free (Geoserver)
$5,000 to $40,000 plus 20% per year
Web mapping interface
AIMnet (included in service costs) $20,000 plus 20% per year
Total
$0
$27,000 to $70,000 plus 20% per year
AIMnet Implementation Cost
GIS data capture
Cost ($)
Open data layers
• Street Centre lines
• Ortho Photos
• Street View
• Etc.
Information accessed for free
from the Internet
Setup cost included in
customization fee
Parcel base map for your Municipality
0 - $3,000
Infrastructure
• Water network
• Sewer Network
• Storm Network
• Etc.
Average $3,000 – 5,000 per
asset group.
(depends on no. of layers and
quality of data).
AIMnet Implementation Cost
Software and WebGIS Service Setup
Customized and setup for your city
On AIMnet secure server
$3,000 to $6,000
Total estimated implementation cost for one
asset group. (Data capture and Setup)
$6,000 - $14,000
AIMnet Implementation Cost
On going service and support cost
WebGIS services (software, data)
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•
•
•
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Dedicated map server;
Account setup and maintenance;
Server back up and maintenance;
Spatial data back up
AIMnet map interface maintenance and upgrade,
Open source software (Geoserver, Openlayers, Bootstrap,
etc.) upgrade and maintenance
* Future updates (i.e. capturing additional data layers) on fee for
service basis
$200 - $500 per month
(based on number of
layers)
Summary

AIMnet is a low cost, easy to use GIS solution to get
communities started on AM planning.

AIM has developed this application and is providing it free

AIM will provide support for use of the application: (ie.
implementation, training, data capture, report generation, etc.
– AS NEEDED –
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