Our Perth Chapter kicked off their 2021 schedule of events with an in depth look at asset management from Water Corporation's perspective. First at the lecturn were Jakob Verhoef (Principal In Service Assets Regional) and John Nazimek (Principal In Service Assets Metro) who shared how Water Corporation is improving their understanding of risk across a wide range of assets. They explained how Water Corporation is using data to prioritise asset renewals and shared their journey developing Asset Class Management Plans.

The Asset Management Council Perth Chapter facilitated a government focused community of practice with virtually all agencies with large infrastructure asset portfolios represented, as well as the AMCouncil national chair, Dave Daines, and Perth Chapter chair, Dr Carla Boehl. This is the 4th government CoP the Chapter has run in recent years.

What a great turnout at Perth's latest chapter event with AMCouncil members from all over the country coming together to hear from Ian Sedgwick as he shared his knowledge and approach to Asset Management, focusing on the importance of balancing key elements within Asset Management. The second part of an evening proved more of a celebration of 2018. Congratulations to Tristan Velnoweth, who won the quiz and brought home the title 'WA Asset Management Guru of the Year'.

Last week's Perth mining event was so well-attended, the chapter ended up upgrading to a bigger venue in the Deloitte building to accomodate the popularity! A quick AGM resulted in Anselm Boehl being re-elected as Perth Chapter Chair for another season, and we also welcome Michael Patterson to the general WA Committee. Also on the agenda were great presentations, great engagement, and great food and drinks. Read on for further details.

In this ever changing and fast paced world, the running of maintenance operations in large and complex industries is an intricate process and has a significant impact on the profitability of the business.

Managing this process effectively with the current computer-based support has been proven to be difficult, but achieving successful long term implementations and use of these systems requires a major change-management program over many years.

Another great evening learning about Emotional Intelligence, what it is and how it can support the implementation of Asset Management. This workshop lead by ‘Critical Components’ gave a psychological perspective on being more effective as an individual and as a team.

The AGM was also held and a full strength committee elected including 3 new committee members, Jane Agnew, Therese Brooks and Tristan Velnoweth.

Last Thursday saw the Perth chapter conduct their hybrid technical session. It was an insightful and informative evening where Fremantle Ports, Southern Ports and the Pilbara Ports Authority were able to come together to present on asset management approaches in ports.

You can watch a recording of the session, and download each of the presentation slides from the following links: (Content available for members only. To see our affordable membership options, visit here).

People from all around Australia watched on as Perth broadcasted their technical meet last night (a first for AMCouncil which we hope to do more of!) when Felicia Wong from Frontal Business Consultants explained how to understand, analyse and interpret financial statements using key ratios. The ability to understand financial statements is one of the imporant skills that will be condered favourably for upward career-mobility, and many people - both at the event and online - took the opportunity to learn more about it.

Our Perth chapter got together yesterday evening to kick off the first of many events for 2018, this one all about Value, Improvement and Innovation in Asset Management. James Wright (Jacobs) went through some practical examples of how to embed an effective asset management culture in organisations. Ian Moon from the Warship Asset Management Alliance Management Office followed up with exploring the understanding, development, implementation and challenges of Continous Improvement in a defence and industry alliance environment.

Please check out some snaps below, taken through the course of the evening. If you have any of your own to add, please send to info@amcouncil.com.au

Calling subject matter experts - we want you! Journey with us in 2021 as we take a deep dive into six aspects of Asset Management.

The latter half of this year will see the AMCouncil launch a weekly technical series  - Asset Management Landscape Insights - a webinar series designed to increase capability within the sector.

Geared around six GFMAM Landscape areas, the series will take place weekly over six months, with each month dedicated to a particular asset management area:

Free for all Guests | Online | 9 and 10 June 10am - 4pm | Register at www.amcouncil.com.au/RAID 

In a collaboration with Federation University Australia, the Asset Management Council is delighted to announce this year's Research and Industry Days, taking place virtually over Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 June 2021.
This is afree event for all guests.

The Asset Management Council in collaboration with Federation University Australia recently hosted two full days for the 2021 RAID event, featuring 28 technical presentations from students presenting on their latest research and findings. This was a free event for all guests, and as such all are now welcome to access the post event RAID page to watch the recorded sessions and download the presentations from the event. Click here to access the post event page.

Join the our Maintenance & Reliability in Asset Management Special Interest Group (MRiAM) as they deep dive into Spare Parts Management with 4-part series, every Tuesday through February.

On the 18^th October 2018, the NSW Women in Asset Management (WiAM) Special Interest Group hosted its second Sydney Chapter event; Miriam Stacy (Place Management, Property NSW) gave a thoroughly absorbing presentation on the role she and her team plays in repurposing heritage-listed property assets in The Rocks area of Sydney. 

An essential service of any association is offering high quality continuing education and learnings to its professional members. As valued members of the Asset Management Council, we invite you to join us in our commitment to deliver relevant and engaging information to those who work in the field of asset management.

Dr Nathanial Bavinton, Smart City Coordinator for the City of Newcastle, last night presented at the Newcastle Chapter's March meeting on A Smart City Infrastructure for the future of Newcastle.

With Newcastle moving rapidly to adopt smart city technologies as part of the urban revitalisation of the city, Federal and State governments are investing in the vision for infrastructure to enable a range of new approaches to asset management and service delivery, which will position the city as a technology development testbed.

At Newcastle's recent event, David Nicholas, Principal Consultant, Nicholas Corrosion Pty Ltd presented an interesting and engaging presentation on the variations of stainless steels used in domestic and industry applications. 

It was a great turn out for the Asset Management’s AOG Knowledge Forum panel discussion on Superior Asset Performanceyesterday. Thanks to the Panel (Julie Harrison, Michael Judd, Neil Clegg, Mark Mackenzie, Kevin McCafferty) and the audience for the great participation. Check out some more pics taken at the event below:

Configuration Management - Join the Asset Management Council Sydney Chapter for it's upcoming webinar: 

Date:  Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Time: 6pm - 7pm AEDT
Place: Online, register to be sent your link
Cost: Free for AMCouncil members, otherwise $50
Earn: 1 CPD point

Click here to register

Coaching for Better Leaders

Join the Asset Management Council Sydney Chapter for a presentation on how coaching with NLP creates better leaders. 

Can you imagine having extremely high self-awareness and personal alignment coupled with an in-depth understanding of others?  How different would your conversations sound? What impact would it have on your career and leadership journey? 

Coaching with neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) can give you this!