Halton Completes Financial Statements
We would like to congratulate Halton Region on successfully completing their officially audited, full accrual-based 2009 Financial Statements with Tangible Capital Assets compliance. The Region used Riva EI and Riva AR as key components in their technical solution and we were pleased to be able to support them through this challenging new business process.
Municipal World Magazine Article
Ian Woodbury, President of RIVA Modeling has authored an article in the March 2010 issue if Municipal World magazine entitled “Ottawa Tackles TCA/PSAB 3150 Lessons from a Rapid Software Implementation Project”. The article discusses the technique used by RIVA at the City of Ottawa to implement a solution for TCA/PSAB 3150 compliance. This technique can be used in a wide range of circumstances to ensure the success of projects.
Calgary Using Riva for All Business Units
The City of Calgary has kicked off a comprehensive project to use Riva DS to move into advanced asset management. Over the course of 2010 Riva will work with each of the City’s business units to develop long range plans for all their assets. These individual models will feed automatically into an enterprise view of their prioritized needs for asset management for the next 100 years. This project will automate their 3 and 10 year capital plans as well as giving them the tools to build and evaluate approaches for becoming a successful, sustainable city.
Riva 3.7.2 Released
Riva version 3.7.2 was released on October 22, 2009. Improvements include,
Riva Engine (Calc Engine and Process Engine) now supports the 64-bit computer architecture.
The Asset List capabilities have been enhanced including improved search criteria and the option for users to add performance measures as columns in lists.
The SQL report engine has been improved by supporting the calculated fields, additional field formatting, and error messaging.
Improved Performance Logging which provides information on the application query execution and performance measures calculation time.
Please contact Pavel Hant (phant@rivamodeling.com) for further details regarding the release.
City of Kamloops Forms Key Partnerships with ESRI Canada and Riva to Build Corporate Asset Management Solution Kamloops, BC - October 15, 2009 - The City of Kamloops has embarked on a corporate-wide asset management program called CAMP that will transform the way the City manages its corporate assets. Through a key partnership with ESRI Canada and Riva Modeling Systems Inc., the City will integrate Azteca's Cityworks solution, which leverages ESRI technology; and Riva DS (decision support) and Riva EI (enterprise inventory) software with existing corporate platforms. The corporate solution will enable the City to more effectively manage its assets today and predict capital demand 50-100 years in the future.
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