Case Study: City of Montreal reduces infrastructure costs and improves service levels with Direxyon Asset Investment Planning

City of Montreal reduces water infrastructure costs by up to 50% with Direxyon

The City of Montreal faced a significant water infrastructure deficit exceeding $1.2 billion, with aging assets requiring a $10 billion investment over 20 years. With an annual budget of only $216 million, the city needed to prioritize urgent repairs for 3,600 km of water mains and sewers while also aiming to reduce service disruptions and optimize spending. To address this, the city partnered with vendor Direxyon and implemented its Asset Investment Planning suite.

Using Direxyon's solution, the City of Montreal was able to simulate investment strategies and discovered that prioritizing rehabilitation over replacement, while synchronizing work across different asset types, was highly effective. The results were significant: the city reduced its required annual investment by up to 50%, saved over $200 million per year, cut its water infrastructure break rate by 50%, and rehabilitated an average of 37-40 miles of infrastructure annually.

City of Montreal