Infrastructure asset management

A system for infrastructure asset management comprising:

• a set of sensor devices in communication with a bus of a computer system;
• at least one processing unit;
• memory operably associated with the at least one processing unit;
• the bus;
• and
• a maintenance analysis tool storable in memory and executable by the at least one processing unit, the maintenance analysis tool comprising:
• an analysis component configured to:
• capture data about a set of physical assets from a set of sensor devices;
• encrypt the data about the set of physical assets;
• receive, over a network from the set of sensor devices, the data about the set of physical assets as encrypted data, the data comprising external data including environmental weather data and demographics data for each of the set of physical assets, the network comprising at least one of a local area network, a wide area network, a broadband network, or a wireless network;
• route the data received from the set of sensor devices to a maintenance analysis tool comprising specifically configured hardware and software components of a computerized infrastructure asset management system, the routing via at least one of Ethernet, wireless network, direct serial connection, parallel connection, USB, and short-distance wireless systems;
• correlate, by the maintenance analysis tool, historical data, retrieved from a storage system, comprising a manufacturer of each of the set of physical assets, a geographic location of each of the set of physical assets, and at least one weather condition that previously necessitated maintenance for each of the set of physical assets, wherein the storage system comprises at least one of the group:
• VCRs, DVRs, RAID arrays, USB hard drives, optical disk recorders, flash storage devices, image analysis devices, video enhancement devices, de-interlacers, and scalers;
• analyze, by the maintenance analysis tool, the data about the set of physical assets, the historical data, and graphical information system (GIS) data about the set of physical assets to predict maintenance requirements for each of the set of physical assets arising from an anticipated weather condition similar to the at least one weather condition;
• identify, by the maintenance analysis tool, based on the analyzing, a subset of the set of physical assets, the subset being clustered within a portion of the geographic location, the subset comprising a higher rate of previously necessitated maintenance during the at least one weather condition, as compared to other physical assets within the set, and an output component configured to:
• generate, by the maintenance analysis tool, a maintenance plan for the subset of the set of physical assets to reduce the probability of failures within the geographic location, based on the analyzing and the identifying,
• wherein the GIS data comprises location information about each of the set of physical assets represented by one or more layers displayed on a visual map.

A system comprising:

• a set of sensor devices in communication with a bus of a computer;
• and
• a computer program product for infrastructure asset management, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium, which when executed by a processor cause the computer to:
• capture data about a set of physical assets from the set of sensor devices;
• encrypt the data about the set of physical assets;
• receive, over a network from the set of sensor devices, the data about the set of physical assets as encrypted data, the data comprising external data including environmental weather data and demographics data for each of the set of physical assets, the network comprising at least one of a local area network, a wide area network, a broadband network, or a wireless network;
• route the data received from the set of sensor devices to a maintenance analysis tool comprising specifically configured hardware and software components of a computerized infrastructure asset management system, the routing via at least one of Ethernet, wireless network, direct serial connection, parallel connection, USB, and short-distance wireless systems;
• correlate, by the maintenance analysis tool, historical data, retrieved from a storage system, comprising a manufacturer of each of the set of physical assets, a geographic location of each of the set of physical assets, and at least one weather condition that previously necessitated maintenance for each of the set of physical assets, wherein the storage system comprises at least one of the group:
• VCRs, DVRs, RAID arrays, USB hard drives, optical disk recorders, flash storage devices, image analysis devices, video enhancement devices, de-interlacers, and scalers;
• analyze, by the maintenance analysis tool, the data about the set of physical assets, the historical data, and graphical information system (GIS) data about the set of physical assets to predict maintenance requirements for each of the set of physical assets arising from an anticipated weather condition similar to the at least one weather condition;
• associate, by the maintenance analysis tool, the failures with a portion of the geographic location during at least one weather condition;
• identifying, by the maintenance analysis tool, based on the analyzing, a subset of the set of physical assets, the subset being clustered within the portion of the geographic location, the subset comprising a higher rate of previously necessitated maintenance during the at least one weather condition, as compared to other physical assets within the set, detect failures of a subset of the set of physical assets;
• and
• generate a maintenance plan for the subset of the set of physical assets based on the identifying,
• wherein the GIS data comprises location information about each of the set of physical assets represented by one or more layers displayed on a visual map.

A method for infrastructure asset management, the method comprising:

• providing a set of sensor devices for capturing data about a set of physical assets of an infrastructure;
• capturing the data about the set of physical assets;
• encrypting the data about the set of physical assets;
• receiving, over a network from the set of sensor devices, the data about the set of physical assets as encrypted data, the data comprising external data including environmental weather data and demographics data for each of the set of physical assets, the network comprising at least one of a local area network, a wide area network, a broadband network, or a wireless network;
• routing the data received from the set of sensor devices to a maintenance analysis tool comprising specifically configured hardware and software components of a computerized infrastructure asset management system, the routing via at least one of Ethernet, wireless network, direct serial connection, parallel connection, USB, and short-distance wireless systems;
• correlating, by the maintenance analysis tool, historical data, retrieved from a storage system, comprising a manufacturer of each of the set of physical assets, a geographic location of each of the set of physical assets, and at least one weather condition that previously necessitated maintenance for each of the set of physical assets, wherein the storage system comprises at least one of the group:
• VCRs, DVRs, RAID arrays, USB hard drives, optical disk recorders, flash storage devices, image analysis devices, video enhancement devices, de-interlacers, and scalers;
• analyzing, by the maintenance analysis tool, the data about the set of physical assets, the historical data, and graphical information system (GIS) data about the set of physical assets to predict maintenance requirements for each of the set of physical assets arising from an anticipated weather condition similar to the at least one weather condition;
• detecting, by the maintenance analysis tool, failures of a subset of the set of physical assets;
• associating, by the maintenance analysis tool, the failures with a portion of the geographic location during the at least one weather condition;
• identifying, based on the analyzing, a subset of the set of physical assets, the subset being clustered within a portion of the geographic location, the subset comprising a higher rate of previously necessitated maintenance during the at least one weather condition, as compared to other physical assets within the set;
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• generating, by the computer system, a maintenance plan based on the identifying, wherein the GIS data comprises location information about each of the set of physical assets represented by one or more layers displayed on a visual map.