Sep 13, 2017 | General
As an outcome of some positive interactions and conversations the AM Council recently had the opportunity to present our models, approach and offerings to the Australasian Procurement and Construction Council’s (APCC) lead special interest group – ‘Construction and Asset Management’. The presentation delivered by John Hardwick with support from Toby Horstead was well received by the APCC group chaired by Joe Monforte from the Department of Treasury & Finance Victoria.
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Sep 11, 2017 | General
Health Infrastructure NSW is looking for an Executive Director for the newly formed Asset Management Unit.
More details available at https://www.derwentexecutive.com.au/public-sector-jobs/executive-director-asset-management-unit/1356193
Sep 5, 2017 | Chapter News
A special late afternoon, technical discussion for the AMCouncil New Zealand was held on Monday 21st August 2017 to an enthusiastic group in Auckland. The topic of discussion was financial models for long term asset management planning.
On our guest panel of presenters was Raymond Tan from Auckland City Council who spoke on developing financial models for long term asset management planning. Philip McFarlane from Opus spoke about a research project for the UC Quake Centre and development of a framework for renewals planning for wastewater networks. Lastly, AMCouncil’s own Peter Kohler presented on how to develop a ‘defensible’ maintenance budget.
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Sep 1, 2017 | Chapter News
On the 31st of August 2017 we hosted the joint Australasian Corrosion Association and Asset Management Council seminar in Sydney. The high calibre of presenters and the depth of knowledge provided the audience relevant case studies in Asset Management and the underlying processes for managing corrosion. Pictured to the left is one of the many presenters from throughout the day, Norbert Schaeper from Sydney Water.
Valuable insights drawn from and widely agreed on the day included that:
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Aug 29, 2017 | Chapter News
The 17th August, 2017, saw a busload of twenty keen members from our Sydney Chapter taken out on an exciting and interactive Sydney Metro Site Tour.
The guided tour was an excellent opportunity to view and get up-to-date with Sydney Metro’s huge infrastructure project. The tour was taken by Alexander Lawrance, Stakeholder Management Advisor of Sydney Metro, and concentrated on the infrastructure along the north-west corridor and the prototype facilities built for the Metro project to date.
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