A special, late afternoon, Technical Discussion for the AMCouncil NZ members is to be held on Monday 21st August 2017 in Auckland. The topic of discussion is financial models for long term asset management planning. If in Auckland you are welcome to join discussion leaders:-
The Australasian Corrosion Association is holding a one day seminar supported by the Asset Management Council Sydney Chapter providing an opportunity to see how the application of Asset Management can assist organisations to deal with and mange corrosion both in theory and through real-world examples. To be held on 31 August 2017 at Engineers Australia Sydney Division. For more information and to register click here
AM Council Sydney Chapter have organised a tour of Sydney Metro Trains Facility Site Thursday 17th August 2017 1:00pm till 5pm. Commencing at Bathurst Street Sydney the tour wll take in highlights of various station prototypes, Sydney Metro Trains facility site, Cudgegong Road station site, sky train site and view a life sized model train.
INCOSE International Conference
Last week on the 19th July our Sensei, Jim Kennedy, attended the International Systems Engineering conference in Adelaide to participate in a ninety minute panel session. The session, entitled ‘Systems Engineering and Asset Management, Two Sides of the Same Coin’, explored the common ground between Asset Management and Systems Engineering. The four panel members each gave a ten minute opening warm up then faced the enquiring minds of the systems engineering audience.
The Sydney Chapter of the Asset Management Council hosted a meeting on Thursday, 20th July, 2017, on the topic of Human Factors in Asset Management. At this meeting, presenter Max Hely – Manager, Sydney Trains, with three decades’ experience in providing Human Factors and safety management services, research, investigations and education to industry – shone a light on what may seem a ‘dark art’. He expanded on Human Factors, analysis and decision making throughout an Asset lifecycle. Max dispelled some of the myths and expanded on the integration of Human Factors with Asset lifecycle management.
The AMC Melbourne chapter conducted a joint technical session with the Australian Cost Engineering Society (ACES) on the use of the Total Cost Management Framework (TCMF) when implementing ISO 55001 on the 18th July, 2017. Tom Carpenter and Dwayne Pretli were the guest speakers.