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Robots crawl through sewers and a GIS-equipped bike monitors sidewalks as part of a new management system that tracks more than 250,000 infrastructure assets.
Cambridge gained IBM’s recognition as the result of deploying a new knowledge-based technology system for asset management, which allows the city to track more than 250,000 infrastructure assets worth $1.2 billion. The new system makes use of sensors and analytics to manage municipal infrastructure, facilities and equipment in real time.
The assets include 25 parking lots, 62 storm ponds, 100 walkways, all roads and sidewalks, 24 bridges, 61 culverts, two dams, 480 km of sewer systems, 320 km of draining systems and 490 km of water systems.
IBM technologies involved in the Cambridge project include Maximo asset management technology, which was implemented by IBM business partner The Createch Group, a Bell Canada company.
Smarter cities are those that take advantage of the increasing amount of instrumentation that is around the world, said Chris Mallon, senior brand executive at IBM Canada, at Cambridge City Hall on Wednesday.