Melbourne Chapter to Host 4th Chinese Delegation Today

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A group of 20 from the International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Finance (MOF), P. R. China will be hosted by the Melbourne Chapter at Engineers Australia in North Melbourne today.

The group will examine Australian Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) case studies and approaches in infrastructure. Topics include:

  • PPP Governance – David Bacon, Major Projects Leader, Honeywell, Simon Taylor, Senior Bid Manager, Honeywell, and Ian McGrath, PPP Design Manager, Honeywell
  • PPP Information Management Overview – Michael Thomson, Managing Director, Affinitext
  • Asset Management System Requirements – Ken Robertson, National Technical Manager, Sodexo
  • The Risk Associated with Proximity of Housing to Major Hazard Facilities – Ian Thomas, I F THOMAS & ASSOCIATES

This will be the fourth Chinese Delegation that the Melbourne Chapter has hosted.

New Melbourne Chapter Chair

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Following voting for the positions of Chapter Chair and Deputy Chapter Chair, the Melbourne Chapter is delighted to confirm that:

  • Greg Williams has been elected as Melbourne Chapter Chair; and
  • John Harris has been elected as Melbourne Chapter Deputy Chair.

Greg has agreed to take over the role as of Monday 28th July 2014, with John seamlessly continuing in the Deputy Chair role.

The Asset Management Council would like to extend its sincere thanks to Andy Webb, outgoing Melbourne Chapter Chair, for all his time and effort over the last few years.

Melbourne Chapter Meeting, April

That Great Idea Lives … Give Your Message an Edge!

Thursday 11th April

This technical meeting is dealing with two key issues:

  • to give our members the chance to raise their opinions with their technical colleagues
  • to build their preparation and presentation capabilities

Come and support three speakers who have prepared 10min discussion on topics dear to their hearts. They all have asset management themes and are set to challenge us to rethink some long held beliefs.

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WA Chapter AGM

Perth Chapter AGM & Sundowner

Thursday 18th April, The Bell Tower

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View from the Bell Tower Viewing Platform, taken during our Christmas Function – photo by A Morgan.

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WA Chapter Technical Session

Define & Establish Asset Management (Design in Reliability) 

“Getting it right up front”

When there is a need for asset expansion it is easy to rate the asset on an upfront  value driven decision, but what is the effect of that decision across the life of system?  This technical session will look at two real life case studies where the value proposition has been justified on the whole of life cost.

We invite asset managers, finance managers, project managers, operation managers, reliability engineers, maintenance practitioners, procurement specialists, and technologists to attend and participate.

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