Asset Management Council

Brisbane - UAV/ROV-based multi-layer Collection Methods and defect detection algorithms for asset condition inspections – Is this the future? and Brisbane Chapter Social
2023-06-01 16:30 - 19:30 (Australia/Brisbane) | Arcadis, Level 35, 111 Eagle Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
Welcome to the Brisbane Chapter’s next event of the year; which will explore the applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs) for condition assessment. It will look at the current status and market background of asset management, focusing on the global drive for asset owners to predict and prolong active asset life while de-risking their assets, and despite ever increasing pressures to increase capacity and performance.
We will also address the pain points faced by today’s asset owners regarding digital condition assessments and explore various systems available, such as UAV collection only, manual recognition and defect quantification, UAV collection and AI recognition of defects, and AI-induced UAV collection to address these concerns. The discussed methodologies will also be supported by real-life case studies of implementations from different sectors.
This session will be followed by our Chapter’s first Social of the year so please stay with us after for drinks and networking at a nearby watering hole!
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Agenda
Networking and nibbles: 4.30pm – 5.30pm
Presentation & Q&A: 5pm – 6pm
Brisbane Chapter Social: 6pm – 7.30pm

About the speaker:
Clara Owen, National Director Asset Management, Arcadis
Clara Owen is an innovative and strategic thinker with a strong background in asset management and engineering. As a qualified RPEQ Engineer, with additional qualifications in information technology and finance, she has held various technical leadership and senior management roles in the rail and transport industry. Clara’s experience spans across both private and public sectors, working on diverse and multi-disciplinary transport projects throughout her international career, and through roles as the Asset Manager for bridge infrastructure for Wanganui and Rangitikei Councils in New Zealand and Minor Works Manager Bristol for British Rail.
Currently serving as the Asset Management National Director at Arcadis Pacific, Clara has previously held positions at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Everything Infrastructure, and her own company, CMT Rail Solutions, among others. With a deep understanding of the entire asset project lifecycle, Clara is dedicated to driving innovation and fostering a positive workplace culture within her teams.

Perth - Asset Management in Government
2023-06-01 16:30 - 19:00 (Australia/Perth) | The George Perth, 216 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Australia
Digitising Asset Management and Building a Capable Workforce – Marty Stafford, Assets Manager, Southern Ports
In 2020, Southern Ports set out to transform its existing asset management practices into a world class, fully digital Asset Management System (AMS).
Guided by a clear Strategic Development Plan with a 10-year horizon, and a vision of ‘Strong Regional Ports, Strong Regions, the Board and Executive devised a comprehensive asset management vision and direction. With unwavering leadership and foundations in place, the Asset Management team developed and implemented a fully integrated and digitised AMS, aligned with ISO 55000 and asset management best practice, including the four principles of the Asset Management Council’s Asset Management Concept Model.
Within three years, Southern Ports transitioned from ad hoc, manual asset management – underpinned by paper-based policies, disparate databases and manual record-keeping and analysis – to a fully digitised system. The AMS intrinsically links each element of the organisation’s asset management framework with its core vision and objectives, and it is supported by robust capabilities, assurance systems and a strong culture of learning.
As part of an asset management system transformation, Southern Ports developed and deployed an online continuous learning system and information library to help develop a workforce capable of meeting its asset management objectives.
The process involved an analysis of ‘current state’ staff training and experience, as well as training needs and career path development options. Southern Ports developed a robust methodology for mapping Global Forum on Maintenance & Asset Management (GFMAM) Modules across all role dimensions, capturing key aspects of knowledge, skills and experience, and how they aligned with subject knowledge across the GFMAM subjects.
Training occurred at all three regional port sites, primarily through online modules via a dedicated training management system. The system recorded and retained certification and verification of competencies, in line with Certified Practitioner in Asset Management and World Partners in Asset Management CAMA examination processes.
Asset Management in Synergy – Andre Pratama, Asset Management Lead, Synergy (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation)
Asset management can be a complex subject and often misunderstood. Synergy has recently progressed its asset management journey and conceptualised an ‘infinity diagram’ model to link many parts of the organisation. This presentation will explore various asset management elements and example studies to illustrate how Synergy has embedded improvements in its asset management practice.
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About the speakers:
Marty Stafford, Assets Manager, Southern Ports
Having spent the past 15 years working in Western Australian mining and regional ports sectors in various Asset Management roles, Marty has a deep understanding of the challenges Asset Managers face in maintaining fit for purpose and ready assets in an ever-changing environment. Leveraging technology and harnessing internal capability has become a focus in meeting asset management objectives now and into the future.
Andre Pratama, Asset Management Lead, Synergy (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation)
Andre started his career more than a decade ago heavily focusing on project delivery in capital intensive industries. Throughout the journey his priorities changed from meeting quality, cost and schedule in that order, to the balance between cost, benefit and risk. This was accompanied by career moves spanning from Melbourne, Tasmania, Kalgoorlie and now Perth with a few international stints across Asia and Africa.
He has worked with various organisations such as GM Motor, Newcrest, BHP, Water Corp, Rio Tinto and Assetivity. Now he works in Synergy and is continually intrigued by the challenges and complexity of the energy market.

Webinar - Cyber security awareness for those working in Asset Management
2023-05-23 13:00 - 13:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online
A high level presentation about cyber risk, information security and data governance, and the implications for managing data within organisations, including different types of business risk and the legal aspects.
The presentation introduces concepts of

keeping information secure,
safely share information when collaborating with other organisations,

legal aspects – Privacy Act, Security of Critical Infrastructure legislation and other legal liability issues.
overview of cyber resilience generally through Prevention (Technology, People & Processes) and Mitigation (Incident Management & Insurance)

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About the speaker:
Simone Herbert-Lowe, Director Law & Cyber Pty Ltd
Simone acts for businesses impacted by cyber events. She has nearly 30 years of experience as a lawyer including 20 years managing legal claims against professionals. Since 2017, Simone’s practice has focused on cyber risk and she has provided expert evidence in Supreme Court proceedings related to email-enabled fraud. Her other areas of legal practice include insurance, professional liability and ethics, dispute resolution, and privacy.
Before establishing Law & Cyber, Simone was Manager, Strategy & Innovation and the Senior Claims Solicitor at Lawcover, the professional indemnity insurer for NSW law practices, where she handled more than 2,000 professional indemnity notifications against law firms. Between 2016 and 2018 Simone led Lawcover’s innovative response to cyber risk and the launch of its cyber risk policy. She was the principal author of the company’s cyber risk publications and sat on the company’s cyber risk committee.
Simone has an MBA (Executive) from AGSM, a Master of Law & Management from AGSM/UNSW Law, and bachelor’s degrees in Law and Arts from UNSW. In 2016 she was awarded AGSM’s Wanbil Lee Prize for Ethical Leadership in Business. She has served as:

Legal Member, Cancer Institute of NSW Clinical Trials Ethics Comm
Legal Member, Joint NSW Health and Cancer Institute Population Health Ethics Committee
Member, Australian Insurance Law Association Education Committee

Webinar - Digitally transform your shutdown events to get more from your assets
2023-05-18 13:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online
Maintenance shutdowns are business critical events. They’re an important strategy intended to keep plant operational and production on track. They can also represent up to 80% of an organisation’s asset maintenance budget, and a constant stream of hard-to-manage problems and delays, leading to expensive and unscheduled downtime.

But what if there was a way to do fewer shutdown events safely, leading to more uptime and profits with less risk?

Through a webinar, the Smart Shutdown Collective will help the audience learn more about the concepts, tools, and techniques they can use to reduce the frequency of shutdown events without sacrificing safety, work quality, or environmental outcomes.
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Our panel of industry experts, who have more than 100+ years of collective experience, will share how your members can:

Reduce business risks
Increase operational stability
Lower administrative costs
Manage complexity
Improve on-the-ground decision making
Adopt best practice systems and processes

Mick Bennett, Director, Minset
Mick has over 30 years of industry experience across planning, managing, and executing shutdowns. He is a director of Minset, a consulting group working in heavy industry, addressing their clients most important asset management and maintenance problems through practical, implementable solutions.
Ashkan Shamir, Founder and Managing Director, IMMS
Ashkan has worked for some of Australia’s leading miners and has more than two decades of experience in engineering and shutdowns. He is the Founder and managing director of IMMS. IMMS has developed SMSi, a digital shutdown management solution, to provide shutdown teams site with a platform to manage their shutdown process – end to end.
Matt Smith, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, MyPass
Matt has over 20 years of experience, stretching across engineering and technology. He is the CEO and founder of the multi award-winning workforce management software solution, My Pass is designed to track worker on-boarding and competencies in short-term, high-risk, and high compliance sectors.
Simon Anthonisz, Chief Operating Officer, Orcoda
Simon is the Chief Operating Officer at Orcoda with over 20 years’ experience across technology and supply chain management. Orcoda are logistic experts, and their optimisation solutions combine software, management expertise and contracting services so their clients can be more productive and cost effective.

Melbourne - Moving away from reactive maintenance using a systems-based approach
2023-05-17 17:30 - 19:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Hotel Grand Chancellor, 131 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Court Services Victoria (CSV) provides corporate and administrative services that support judicial independence in the administration of justice in Victoria.
When CSV was formed, it inherited a legacy of asset management issues that included an ageing asset base which was not fit for purpose, limited asset information, a largely reactive maintenance strategy, no centralised location for asset information, multiple changes in leadership, and staff who operated predominately in silos.
Solutions to these issues included a fully integrated system-based approach to assist with breaking down barriers of a siloed organisation, utilisation of a hierarchy of Asset Management Systems, focusing on the whole of asset lifecycle and compliance with the Victorian Government’s Asset Management and Accountability Framework (AMAF).
These initiatives assisted CSV to move away from a backlog filled reactive maintenance strategy, where catastrophic failure of critical assets could potentially lead to the shutting down of a justice system, to a proactive 10-year program of works.
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About the speaker:
Vijay Eden, Manager Asset Systems, Court Services Victoria
Vijay is a seasoned asset management professional from an engineering background with a passion for Occupational Health and Safety. He has more than 30 years of leadership experience in strategic asset management both in the public and private sectors. Vijay is proficient at providing high quality service, advice and support in the delivery of whole of asset lifecycle projects and improvements associated infrastructure matters from concept to completion, within a unique and complex portfolio of public buildings across. He has a proven track record in implementing Asset Management Systems, Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), promoting proactive maintenance, leading reliability engineering and OHS management.
Vijay’s expertise includes ensuring compliance with the AMAF annual maturity assessments, Essential Safety Measures (ESM) and Quality Management systems (QMS) and Occupational health and Safety (OHS), supporting sustainability initiatives and Service Level Agreement (SLA) in contracts. He is passionate about stakeholder engagement, change management, ongoing continuous improvement and mentoring new asset management professionals.
Vijay lives in Melbourne with his wife, three pet chicken, and a pond full of goldfish and enthusiastically supports the Richmond Tigers Football Club.

Asset Management Fundamentals - Virtual Classroom
2023-05-15 09:00 - 2023-05-16 13:00, 2023-04-20 09:00 - 2023-04-21 13:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online Live Virtual Classroom
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This training course run over two half-days, each from 9am until 1pm AEST (Melbourne time) and delivered in a live interactive online setting, offers a thorough overview of asset management. The purpose of the Asset Management Fundamentals program is to understand the fundamentals of asset management and how they can provide benefits to the organisation.
Course learning objectives:

Define asset management within the context of ISO 5500x suite, the Asset Management Landscape and AMBoK
Identify the principles that underpin asset management
Identify available asset management tools and techniques that are applicable within organisational context
Identify opportunities to apply these learnings to improve individual and organisational performance.

Course materials provided in conjunction with online course:

Asset Management Fundamentals Workbook: covering the modules and learnings on the course
Living Asset Management, by J Lafria and J Hardwick: whilst touched-upon during the course, this book focuses on the subject of people and the need for good leadership and strategies for developing a high performance culture which ensures excellence in asset management. Click here for more information on Living Asset Management.
Asset Management Council Framework Book: Defines the strategic concepts of which the AM Council’s Asset Management Body of Knowledge (AMBoK) comprises.
AMBoK Publication 001; Companion Guide to ISO 55001

The Online Exam
To recognise and quantify your learning, an online exam is initiated on the day of the course. Should you choose to take and complete the exam, pass the exam, and agree to comply with a Code of Ethics, you will be certified as a Certified Associate in Asset Management (CAAM) – enabling you to offer evidence to your current and future employers of your personal asset management capability and present them with the knowledge that you have a deeper understanding of asset management related topics and issues. Your CAAM is a great step towards furthering your career in asset management.
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Webinar - Career in Assets with Greg Evans
2023-05-10 11:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online
Please join us for the inaugural Career in Assets presentation session with Greg Evans. Greg Evans is a Technical Executive at WSP. Greg’s career began working in various roles with the NSW Roads Agency for 40 years. Greg will present about his lustrous and ongoing career, how he got his start in Asset Management, career learnings and provide meaningful career advice for young professionals in the asset management space.

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About the speaker:
Greg Evans, Technical Executive, WSP
Greg is an experienced Senior Executive, with outstanding leadership capability gained in his various roles with the NSW Roads Agency over his 40 year career. As a Chartered Professional Civil Engineer, he has strong technical skills in road engineering and asset management, particularly in the areas of project management and delivery, road maintenance delivery and systems, pavement and materials engineering, pavement resurfacing and rehabilitation.
Greg’s passion for Work, Health and Safety saw him awarded the Public Service Medal (PSM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2017 ‘For outstanding public service, particularly through improvements to employee safety in the roads and maritime services in NSW.

Virtual Chat - YAMP Introductions and the Year Ahead
2023-04-26 12:00 - 12:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online
Join us for an engaging session where we introduce the YAMP committee members and outline the year ahead. We’ll discuss the exciting events planned for the year and provide an overview of what to expect from each one. This is also your chance to ask questions, suggest new events or share your ideas. We value your input and will ensure your voice is heard. Plus, don’t miss out on our coffee roulette activity, designed to help you expand your network and meet new members.
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Auckland (Hybrid) - Asset Management of Auckland Harbour Bridge
2023-04-20 16:00 - 2023-04-21 18:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | GHD Centre, 27 Napier Street,, Freemans Bay, Auckland
The Auckland Harbour Bridge (AHB) is a unique and complex structure that provides a vital infrastructure link across the Waitemata Harbour for both traffic and utility services. Long term reliability of the AHB is critical to supporting transport operations in Auckland, carrying over 180,000 vehicles per weekday, and providing economic benefit to Auckland and New Zealand.
This presentation provides an overview the structure, how asset management practices on this 63-year-old structure have evolved and improved over time, the key challenges currently faced, and those anticipated in the future.
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About the speaker:
Alex Ingram, Divisional Manager, Auckland Harbour Bridge, SRG Global / Auckland System Management Maintenance Alliance
Alex Ingram is a Chartered Professional Civil and Structural Engineer with 20 years’ experience, specialising in asset management and project management of bridges and civil structures.
Alex manages the Auckland Harbour Bridge department for the ASM, the alliance that operates and maintains Auckland’s Motorway Network. His team of 25 FTEs, includes engineers, inspectors, and trade staff.

Webinar - Asset Management in Support of National Defence
2023-04-13 18:00 - 19:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online
Your local time:
AEST – Sydney time: Thursday 13 April 8am – 9am AEST
EST – Washington, D.C. time: Wednesday 12 April 6pm – 7pm EST
Asset Management in Support of National Defence
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About the speakers:
Rachel Scott, Director of Education and Training, The Asset Management College
Rachel Scott was an officer in the Royal Australian Navy with her last role being the Senior Reliability Engineer for maritime Defence. In this role, she provided technical advice for the asset management of over $100 billion worth of assets and projects, including Submarines, Operational Patrol Vessels, Frigates, Destroyers, Mine Hunters and autonomous vehicles. As a private citizen, she continues to provide specialist support to the RAN and its industry partners in asset and asset management system improvement. Ms. Scott will address strategies and successful implementation of military asset management systems that assure desired outcomes, including significant reduction in resources needed to deliver capability, articulating risk in the face of funding constraints, and more. Ms. Scott is Director of Education and Training at The Asset Management College.

Peter Dodgion, Civil Works Asset Management Chief, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Mr. Dodgion will present on use of a structured approach to asset management to enable the USACE Civil Works mission is to support 25,000-mi of inland and coastal waterways, 926 harbors, 400-mi of shoreline protection, 3 percent of the electrical generation capacity in the United States and more. The mission requires operating and maintaining assets as effectively and efficiently as possible in support of many uses, including potential national defence. Because there is relatively limited annual funding appropriated to the Civil Works Program. Mr. Dodgion will address the USACE asset management system values and benefits as it has evolved since the USACE began studying PAS 55.

The Asset Management Council & Asset Leadership Network invite individuals and organizations to submit their projects for future Values and Benefits from Asset Management Success Stories web programs. Project data will be assessed for public sharing and potential presentation in a future web program. If you are interested, please click here to answer a couple of questions about yourself and your prospective presentation.

Virtual Chat - Coffee with the MRiAM Committee (Maintenance at AMPEAK summary)
2023-04-06 | MS Teams 12pm AEST – Dial in details will be emailed in a calendar invite after registration
Maintenance at AMPEAK Discussion
Thursday 6 April | 12pm – 12.30pm AEST
online event only

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Take a break, grab a coffee and connect with other asset management professionals in a virtual environment.
This session’s topic will be to review and discuss findings and learnings from the four maintenance & reliability streams covered at AMPEAK23 with those who attended.
Facilitated by AMCouncil’s Maintenance & Reliability in Asset Management special interest group committee, you can

join the informal, free-flowing discussion;
meet other AMCouncil members; and
share experiences and find out how other asset managers are tackling current asset management challenges.

Gippsland (Hybrid Event) - Asset Management Workshop
2023-04-04 16:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online 4pm – 5pm AEST or Federation Uni Mt Helen Campus or Federation Uni Churchill Campus
The Asset Management Council Australia, the Engineers Australia Gippsland Committee, and the Centre for Smart Analytics at Federation University present:
Asset Management Workshop
Thursday 6 April | 4pm – 5pm AEST
hybrid event (dial in online or attend in person at one of two Federation University satellite hubs)
This event is free for all guests
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This will be a hybrid event, with option for those to dial in remotely OR to attend in person at one of the following satellite hubs:

Room Y243 Y Building Mt Helen campus Federation University
Room 2W263 Churchill campus Federation University (streamed)

Topics and speakers include:
Maintenance and Asset Management of Industrial Assets: Emerging Trends in Tribological Practices
Professor Raghuvir Pai, President – Asset Management Society of India & Professor of Mechanical Engineering Manipal Academy of Higher Education
The tribological behaviour of rotating and sliding parts in industrial assets plays a decisive role in influencing the life of these parts. Understanding the tribological aspects and behaviour of machine components by maintenance professionals is important to improve performance and productivity. A knowledge of tribological principles helps in developing and applying these tools and techniques necessary for effective maintenance.
A significant impact on maintenance and asset management has been made in recent years by machine learning, data analytics, artificial intelligence, Remote Performance Monitoring and Internet of Things. In this study, the tribological aspects related to maintenance, reliability and asset management are analysed. The outcomes of this study are beneficial to engineers and managers in order to recognise and realize the relationship between tribology, maintenance and reliability for better asset management.

Reliability in Cold Rolling Mills – Hydraulic Group Control
Kevin Naidoo, Reliability Improvement Leader, Bluescope Steel
In this talk Kevin will discuss

the importance of correctly setting pressure relief valves in hydraulic circuits,
the failure modes associated with plant;
and the costs associated with failures.

Kevin will use a real case from the Australian Steel Industry in the presentation. He is Maintenance Team Leader & Reliability Improvement Leader and has 25 years of heavy, medium, and light industry experience on fixed and rotating plant track record of cross collaborative teamwork between departments within organisation to ensure continuous improvement of plant and assets.

AMPEAK 2023
2023-04-02 - 2023-04-05 | Masonic Conference Centre, Sydney Australia
Please click on the banner below to be taken to the dedicated AMPEAK page:

www.ampeak.com.au
Enabling leaders in asset management to achieve excellence in the management of assets AMPEAK23 is the meeting place for asset managers and a place to engage in lively discussion on emerging topics of interest in asset management, share new ideas and knowledge, and find practical solutions to take and use in your workplace.
Come and hear from asset management experts covering lifecycle issues for all assets, take part in interactive sessions, chat to exhibitors and network with professionals across all sectors and industries.

Webinar - Asset Management in Defence
2023-03-23 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | Online (1pm – 2pm AEDT) – Register to be sent your link
Asset Management in Defence
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This is the first of a series of Defence Special Interest Group webinars and its purpose is to discuss:

The unique defence working relationship of Government, Defence, and Industry
The application of Asset Management Systems in the Defence context
Certification Vs non-certification

About the presenters:

Andrei Ezergailis, CCSM Lifecycle Governance Manager, ASC Pty Ltd
Andrei spent nearly 24 years in the Royal Australian Navy as a Weapons Electrical Engineering Officer on Submarines, before joining ASC in August 2017 to lead ASC’s Asset Management efforts.

Jim Riddle, Lead Auditor, BSI Group
Jim has significant experience auditing and working with quality, safety, environment, energy, collaboration management systems, and ISO55001, and is currently Lead Auditor with BSI Group.

For information on other upcoming webinars please visit www.amcouncil.com.au/webinars
