Thank you to all who nominated to join the AMCouncil Brisbane Chapter Committee. All nominations were accepted at last night’s Annual General Meeting. The re-elections of Keith Paintin as Chapter Chair and Peter Pennell as Chapter Vice Chair were also confirmed.
The Canberra chapter began the year with a case study presentation by Wayne Francisco from GHD, and the AGM. Wayne had the challenging project of introducing asset management to MTA Bridges and Tunnels in New York City. This journey began in 2007 and is still ongoing, but Wayne highlighted a number of hurdles and traps that organisations can encounter on the way to achieving a mature asset management system, not the least of these is what to do when the company has a change of management and the inevitable restructure.
Melbourne started it’s 2020 technical session programme by delving into the design, implementation and certification of engineering and asset management systems to ISO55001 and ISO15288, particularly for the case of Yarra Trams over their 2-year management systems journey and the next steps for them. The interactive session was presented by Dr Allen Tam, currently the Manager of Strategic Asset Management at Yarra Trams who is leading the ISO55001 certification and reliability engineering journey.
Sydney Chapter kicked off 2020 with its Annual General Meeting at Ausgrid 24-28 Campbell St, Sydney, followed by a presentation from Martin Kerr on ISO 55010: Asset Management – Guidance on the Alignment of Financial and Non-Financial Functions in Asset Management.
Thursday 20th February saw our Brisbane chapter present their first live webinar broadcast from the new EA office location in Brisbane CBD. This was aimed at non-engineers and those new to the concept of asset management.
The session was jointly presented by local chapter chair, Keith Paintin, and committee member, Stephen Walker.
In every adult’s life, there comes a time when the monthly budget turns out to be way under-planned, and the real spending goes beyond any expectations. The causes may be different each time: an expensive electricity bill, urgent car repair necessities, impromptu traveling, costly medical interventions, etc., and yet, they are all common occurrences in adulthood.