The AMCouncil Liaison Commissioner, Peter Kohler, is the AM Council’s representative on the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) project that is reviewing the GFMAM Maintenance Framework using a strict ISO/Standards type process.
It’s rather obvious to state that maintenance of assets results in a greater reliability of that asset. In asset management circles, a well-oiled machine is not just a metaphor. But with large engineering assets, sometimes the reliability of your asset relies on external providers, such as OEMs, as well as your own business. What happens to your asset maintenance plan when depending on suppliers as part of reliability?
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GFMAM Maintenance Framework Review
Call for Expressions of Interest – Review Team and Convenor – Closes Friday 17th July
The AM Council is seeking expressions of interest from its membership for suitably qualified persons to join an enthusiastic team to review the GFMAM Maintenance Framework Document. Here is a chance to shape the globally recognized maintenance guidance document.
The coronavirus is doing its best to wreak destruction on a wide scale. We’re in lockdown, advised to stay home to flatten the curve, and keep everyone as safe as possible. We’re hearing lots of stories about businesses working hard to provide products to protect our frontline workers: health professionals, delivery drivers, supermarket staff and other essential enterprises.
A bridge in Aulla, in northern Italy, collapsed in early April. The bridge normally experiences high traffic throughout the day, however, due to the coronavirus and its ensuing lockdown status in the country, only two vans were on the bridge at the time. Both drivers were taken to hospital and fortunately survived the incident.
The collapse of the bridge highlights the necessity of maintenance on infrastructure, and particularly in Italy. It is the third bridge to collapse in two years, with forty-five people dying in 2018 after the collapse of the Polcevera Viaduct in Genoa, and in November 2019, a motorway bridge in Liguria collapsed after a landslide.