Fantastic news from NSW as Treasury publishes the NSW Government asset management policy, adopted by the NSW public sector on 31st October.
The Asset Management Council, led by our director Toby Horstead, has been working closely with Infrastructure NSW and the NSW Government AM Community of Practice to prepare agencies for the release of the policy.
The AMCouncil is seeking expressions of interest from asset management professionals wanting to join a study tour to India, to coincide with the International Conference on Maintenance and Intelligent Asset Management (ICMIAM) meeting happening in Bangalore on 17th – 18th January 2020.
This trip will provide you with the opportunity to visit a variety of sites to learn, explore, share and compare asset management across industry in an international setting.
Only a short two-minute walk from Asset Management Council’s office lays the Oakleigh Railway Station, the latest station to get the go-ahead from the Victorian government for an upgrade.
Asset management is everywhere, but it’s exciting to see it so close to home.
Does your asset management plan include budgets for maintenance of your assets? If not, why not? It doesn’t make good business sense to overlook the maintenance of your asset.
Why is it then, so many businesses continue to overlook maintenance plans?
A relationship is symbiotic. It must benefit all parties involved and create a safe and trusting space where communication and knowledge-sharing is paramount. This is certainly the case with the relationship between Broadspectrum and the Asset Management Council. The former is a partnering organisation and a founding member to the AM Council. Broadspectrum is on the journey with us to achieve our vision of enabling value from effective asset management.
Our New Zealand neighbours held a half-day forum, co-sponsored by AM Council and Unison, on driving asset management performance improvement on the afternoon of the 31st October. Topics included: Change management strategy to implement ISO 55001; One year beyond ISO55001, digital strategy; Lessons learnt by Transpower, Asset management and PAS 55; and evolving asset management.