The small county town of Denham, Western Australia, about 100kms from Carnarvon, looks to become a model host to a new energy solution.
Denham is home to about 700 Australians. For the past twenty years, Denham’s electricity has been sourced from a combination of diesel and wind-generated power. Horizon own and operate the diesel facility, with the wind farm owned by Synergy. Both the current assets are aging, ready for disposal.
Engineers Australia have updated their code of ethics. Take a moment to review the EA code of ethics available on the EA website here.
As asset management practitioners, we use our knowledge and skills for the benefit of the community, to create solutions for a sustainable future. As a Technical Society of Engineers Australia the Asset Management Council adopts the Engineers Australia Code of Ethics as an ethical framework for members to use when exercising their judgement in the practice of asset management and as members of the Asset Management Council more broadly.
They continue to commit all members, and any non-members certified under the Asset Management Certification Scheme to demonstrating integrity, practicing competently, exercising leadership and promoting sustainability.
Today’s financial market requires businesses to improve productivity and asset performance with less resources and capital. This will come as no surprise to anyone in the business world, and it’s fair to say that this understanding is universal. The problem of implementing it as an asset management strategy is another story altogether.
Many organisations don’t associate the inability to achieve asset management goals with a clear, whole-of-business understanding of asset condition and performance. Asset management connects assets, strategies, people and information to enable a clear view of operations, maintenance, perceived risk, and future condition of physical assets.
Government departments across Australia at the local, state or federal level are faced with the complexities of when to renew assets.
Most of the public infrastructure in our nation was built in the post-WWII boom: 1950s to 1970s. With many assets having a life-cycle of between 30 – 80 years, it’s no wonder that right now, across our major cities and rural areas, we’re seeing unprecedented construction, upgrading and renewal. But renewing assets is not as simple as the asset reaching its end-of-life or reducing its functionality. Other factors must be taken into consideration, such as:
Keolis Downer is Australia’s leading provider of multi-modal transport options. The company employs 4000 staff and operates transport services across our nation, including Melbourne, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and regional areas1. Multi-modal transport, simply put, is the offering of all types of mobility services. That includes: bus networks, light rail, rail, ferries, bikes, private drivers and the on-demand transport option.
Great news for defence assets and Australian manufacturing recently, when two home-grown businesses were awarded contracts for the equipment designs on the Attack Class Submarine program.
The businesses will partner with international companies to deliver and sustain the Medium Capacity Press, High Capacity Press and Large Capacity Milling Machines (LCMM) required for the submarines. The two presses will shape the steel for the bulk head and hull of the assets. The LCMM is a multi-purpose cutting tool that will be used in a number of ways in relation to submarine’s hull1.