Ep 37: From Risk to Resilience: How BRIM is Transforming Utility Asset Management

Episode 37

Ep 37: From Risk to Resilience: How BRIM is Transforming Utility Asset Management

October 21, 2026

Across the country, water utilities face aging infrastructure, limited budgets and growing pressure to maintain reliable service. When watermains fail, the consequences ripple far beyond repair costs, impacting roads, waterbodies and wetlands, railways, building structures, businesses and community services. On this episode, we’re talking with Kevin Campanella and Bryan O’Reilly about B&N’s watermain Break Impacts Model, also known as BRIM, and how it’s helping utilities move from reactive repairs to proactive, data-driven decisions.

To learn more about BRIM, contact Kevin and Bryan at BRIM@burgessniple.com, or visit B&N’s website.

Kevin Campanella, PE
Utility Planning Leader

Kevin is B&N’s asset management and infrastructure planning leader. He supports utility condition assessments, asset criticality evaluations, risk register development, capital improvement projects (CIP) development and prioritization, and maintenance and reliability programs. He is also a past Chair of the National and Ohio AWWA Asset Management Committees and is a frequent speaker at asset management conferences and webcasts. Kevin has served as a Blue-Ribbon Panelist for many utilities looking to advance their asset management programs throughout the United States, and he is a certified maintenance and reliability leader.

Bryan O'Reilly
Deputy Director Geospatial & Data Services

Bryan is a data scientist with experience in utility asset management, transportation planning, traffic safety, emergency management, supply chain and statistical analysis. He is a leader in GIS data management, geospatial analysis, web and dashboard application development, data visualization and machine learning. He excels at creating GIS data analysis toolkits to aid in decision-making and training users on the skills they need to make the most of their data.