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One of the purposes behind the Asset Management Council’s series in Fluidity in Assets, is to share knowledge of how businesses are contributing to reducing the impact of COVID-19. But another purpose is to share good news stories from around the world. In this post, we head to the USA, where the US military is helping to convert disused buildings into hospitals.
Welcome to the Asset Management Council’s third post on Fluidity in Assets. This time, we travel to the United Kingdom, to Dyson. Traditionally the home of the bagless vacuum cleaner, the company has been asked by the UK government to supply ventilators, in this time of crisis due to COVID-19.
It’s throwback Monday! Please enjoy this week’s five asset management videos carefully selected for you:
In the second on our series in Fluidity of Assets, we look at buildings and how they are currently being repurposed to provide new ways to help the community during the coronavirus pandemic.
Let’s head to Western Australia. Nineteen kilometres off the coast of Fremantle, lies Rottnest Island, famous as the home to Australia’s cutest marsupial, the Quokka. However, the infographic gives a brief history of the building assets on the island, and how they have been constructed and repurposed over time.
And most recently, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Western Australian prime minister is considering the option of Rottnest Island being a quarantine zone1, highlighting again the fluidity of assets to meet stakeholder and community needs.
We are concerned about the impacts of the COVID19 outbreak on the health, safety and well-being of our members and wider community. Everything is changing rapidly and our thoughts are with those severely impacted.
We are ensuring continuity of member services as far as possible by offering alternative opportunities and new opportunities for you to keep participating in continuing professional development such as: