Applying Digital Asset Management to get the most from our physical and information assets

by | Sep 27, 2022 | Chapter News

Last Tuesday, Perth Asset Management enthusiasts were treated with an excellent session on “Applying Digital Asset Management to get the most from our physical and information assets”.  Asset Management Council would like to thank the speakers Matthew Cheney, Helen Forte & Yvonne Power for sharing their experiences in this field.  Ankur Maheshwari, Asset Management Council’s Perth Chair, led the event.  Ankur mentioned that the event was very well attended by a very diverse audience across multiple sectors.  Audience participation was amazing and the panel session was very lively.

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Realising Value in NZ’s Changing Environment

by | Sep 20, 2022 | Chapter News

Our New Zealand neighbours held their annual asset management symposium last Thursday along the theme of realising value in New Zealand’s changing environment; emerging trends in asset management. Topics included: The New Zealand 30 year infrastructure strategy; Assuring availability of national assets, complex asset management in the Royal New Zealand Navy; A Central Hawke’s Bay District Council case study on adding value by integrating ‘right-sized’ progressive asset management into infrastructure management; The asset management value proposition, an asset owner’s observations; Sustainable buildings and the asset manager’s role; and asset management, how we might take a Te Ao Māori approach.

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Toyota Hydrogen Demonstration Centre

by | Sep 14, 2022 | Chapter News

AMCouncil Melbourne Chapter members were invited to a site tour of the Toyota Hydrogen Demonstration Centre in Altona yesterday where delegates were treated to a guided tour of the education centre and Victoria’s first hydrogen refuelling station. The tour began with a walking presentation to learn all about hydrogen, what it is, where it comes from, how it’s produced, fuel cells and how they work in the context of the Toyota Mirai vehicle, a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, followed by a demonstration of the hydrogen refuelling station when a well-timed Toyota Mirai driver happen to pull up to refuel his vehicle. A very interesting visit.

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