The publication of the ISO 5500x Asset Management series has now brought asset management into normal business practice. Use this one day Workshop to develop your strategy for going beyond ISO 5500x towards Asset Management Maturity, consistently boosting and sustaining organisational and customer value.
(more…)Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2024 Excellence Awards. Join us for a fascinating webinar on Birdon Group’s innovative approach to the decommissioning of the ex-naval ship, HMAS Sirius. This project showcases a world-first, environmentally controlled disposal method that addressed a unique challenge in Australia, setting new standards for end-of-life asset management in the maritime sector.
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Trent Raines, Disposals Manager, Birdon Group
Trent Raines, Disposals Manager at Birdon since 2015, brings over 20 years of experience in the metal recycling and disposals industry. Certified in FFE, DISP, and various trades, Trent has expanded Birdon’s services to include Demolition, Deconstruction, and Recycling. His focus on safety, transparency, and reliability ensures successful project delivery for Defence, Government, and Industrial customers. Trent’s career includes roles at Sell & Parker, CMA Recycling, and Riverside Metal Industries. His notable projects involve the recycling of ex HMAS Otama, Sirius, Sydney, and Darwin, and secure destruction at the Woomera Missile Testing range. His dedication to excellence and innovation makes him a valuable asset to Birdon and the industry.
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights into Birdon Group’s pioneering asset management practices and the successful decommissioning of the largest maritime structure in Australia. This webinar is essential for professionals interested in innovative end-of-life asset management solutions and sustainable practices in the maritime industry.
Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2024 Excellence Awards. Join us for an in-depth webinar on Transport for NSW’s (TfNSW) groundbreaking risk assessment methodology for the transportation of dangerous goods (DG) through tunnels. This project, developed in collaboration with Aurecon, sets a new standard for ensuring safety and efficiency in DG transport, addressing a critical need for consistent decision-making in road authorities.
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Vivek Shrivastava and Diana Zagora, Director Civil Engineering Infrastructure, Transport for NSW
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights into Transport for NSW’s pioneering risk assessment methodology for DG transport through tunnels. This webinar is essential for professionals interested in innovative asset management practices and enhancing safety in transport infrastructure.
The Asset Management Council New Zealand Chapter successfully held its annual symposium on 15 August 2024, with the theme “Sustainable Infrastructure for New Zealand’s Future.” Hosted at the Auckland University of Technology Conference Centre, the symposium provided a dynamic platform for discussions on the future of infrastructure in Aotearoa New Zealand.
(more…)Join us for a deep dive into how asset management is addressing the pressing issue of climate change across various industries. In this insightful session, we will explore diverse perspectives from three key sectors. This event welcomes Young Asset Management Professionals who are interested in understanding more about how a career in asset management.
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The Water Corporation has an extensive asset base, servicing communities across Western Australia. Climate change is already impacting the provision of water services. This presentation will provide an overview of the Corporation’s response to date and efforts to better understand the risk to our services in the future. This will inform future asset investment and contingency planning to build the resilience of our water services.
Danielle Higgs, Manager Asset Management System & Risk, Water CorporationDanielle Higgs is an Environmental Engineer with over 25years water industry experience. She has worked across a variety of functions including leadership, strategy, planning, operations and business improvement roles. Danielle is currently leading a team undertaking asset climate risk assessments and improving the Water Corporation’s contingency plans. Danielle is also the Water Corporation’s representative on the Water Services Association of Australia’s Liveable Communities Committee. This Committee is overseeing water industry wide initiatives to respond to the challenge of climate variability in order to achieve the water industry’s vision of supporting thriving and resilient communities.
The University sector has seen a sharp increase in industry-sponsored research projects tackling the effect of climate change on new or mature infrastructure. This presentation will provide a short overview of multi-million dollar research projects from Australia and internationally which aim to unlock new knowledge into designing and maintaining safe and resilient infrastructure in a changing climate.
Cristina Vulpe, Senior Lecturer, The University of Western AustraliaCristina Vulpe is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering at the University of Western Australia. She lectures in Environmental Geotechnics and Risk, Reliability & Safety. These units broaden students’ understanding of how infrastructure and systems impact on and interact with the environment.
Through her research, she provides safe and economic solutions for the deployment and management of onshore and offshore infrastructure throughout their lifecycle, taking into account the effect of the changing climate.
Industry is recognising the need to understand climate risk and invest in resilience measures to ensure acceptable levels of service are maintained into the future. The consulting sector plays a critical role in supporting asset intensive organisations to address the risks presented by climate change. This presentation will provide an overview of the consulting experience applying asset management approaches to address climate change risk.
Adam Rotapel, Manager, KPMGAdam is a Manager in KPMG’s Engineering & Asset Management practice with 15 years of consulting experience across power, water and other utilities sectors. Adam has been involved in all phases of infrastructure projects from asset management strategy and investment planning through to procurement and project delivery. Adam is the Chair of the Asset Management Perth Chapter and recently presented at the OzWater 24 conference on the topic of investing in climate change resilience. In his current consulting role Adam combines engineering, risk, project management and asset management expertise to deliver holistic business improvements to asset intensive organisations.
Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2024 Excellence Awards. Join us for an engaging webinar on Transport for NSW’s (TfNSW) pioneering project, “Transitioning to Sustainable Infrastructure through Future Proofing Asset Management.” This project underscores NSW’s commitment to resilience in asset management by integrating sustainability and future-proofing principles into their asset management practices.
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Presenters: Ash Kesarwani and Diana Zagora, Director Civil Engineering Infrastructure, Transport for NSW
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights into Transport for NSW’s innovative asset management practices and their commitment to sustainable and resilient infrastructure. This webinar is essential for professionals interested in future-proofing asset management and promoting sustainability in the transport sector.
Last Wednesday evening, our Asset Management Council Sydney Chapter hosted an insightful session led by guest speaker Jim Kennedy. The discussion centred on the delicate balance between cost, risk, and performance that asset managers must navigate.
(more…)The convergence of digital and physical asset management is at the heart of the digital age, and Digital Asset Management (DAM) plays a pivotal role in this transformation. Effective DAM enables the systematic management of assets throughout their lifecycle – from creation to utilisation and disposal.
By streamlining digital asset management, companies can unlock benefits like enhanced productivity, reduced costs, and consistent brand experiences across all channels. This aligns with the broader goal of DAM to organise, store, and retrieve rich data while managing physical assets throughout their lifecycle.
Join our upcoming panel event hosted by the Asset Management Council, “Optimising Assets for the Digital Age: The Convergence Imperative” to explore this transformative intersection.
Engage with industry experts and gain actionable insights to drive successful digital transformations in your organisation. Register now to secure your spot.
Anthony Burns, Senior Consultant for Supply and Maintenance at Mayburn. Anthony Burns is a seasoned Supply Chain and Maintenance Management Consultant with over 20 years of experience in the mining and utilities sectors. He specialises in: supply chain and logistics management; maintenance operations and optimisation; data analysis and configuration; and enterprise system implementation (SAP, Pronto, Oracle, Ellipse). Anthony has successfully led SAP migrations at Vueterra, directed testing teams during the Ellipse upgrade at Queensland Urban Utilities, and drove the PRONTO implementation at Senex for Maintenance and Supply. He excels at integrating Digital Asset Management (DAM) principles to optimise both digital and physical asset management, improving efficiency and usability by ensuring high levels of data readiness. In addition to his professional achievements, Anthony is a commercially rated helicopter pilot, showcasing his versatility and commitment to excellence.
Rebekah Utting, Chief Operating Officer at Carbon Logica. Rebekah is an experienced operations professional with a proven track record of excellence in the renewable energy industry. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated a strong commitment to sustainable practices, innovative problem-solving, and operational efficiency. Her in-depth knowledge of the power generation landscape, coupled with a solutions-oriented mindset, allows her to consistently deliver measurable business impact. She has led cross-functional operational and engineering teams in renewable energy generation, waste management, landfill gas, and greenhouse gas management. She holds a Master of Environmental Engineering (M.Eng.) from Griffith University, a Bachelor of Environmental Management from the University of Queensland and is currently undertaking a Master of Power System Engineering through the University of Southern Queensland. As an operations leader, Rebekah thrives in fast-paced, dynamic environments, effectively coordinating cross-functional teams to achieve strategic objectives. With her extensive operations background, Rebekah has developed and implemented asset management strategies for a range of asset types, including mechanical, electrical, gas treatment, and balance of plant. In her role as Chief Operating Officer, she has most recently implemented a comprehensive maintenance management system for her business. This system enhances the reliability and performance of assets, reduces downtime, and minimises operational costs, thereby supporting the company’s long-term sustainability and success.
Jo Kirby, Risk Manager/Senior Process Risk & Safety Engineer at Hatch. Jo Kirby is a charted process engineer with over twenty years’ detailed design experience on turnkey projects in water treatment, chemical installations, CSG (Coal Seam Gas), coal and rare earth processing. Jo is a risk management specialist with focus on risk and hazard analysis including fault tree analysis (FTA), failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), layers of protection analysis (LOPA), quantitative risk analysis (QRA), hazard and operability (HAZOP) study facilitation and quality assurance to deliver risk solutions for her clients. Jo has extensive experience in leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex projects. Creating strategic alliances with business and industry, driving sponsorship programs to support the ongoing development of engineers in the resources industry. A recognised leader and influencer, regularly called on to speak at resources and engineering events.
Christopher Bridge, A/Principal Asset Information & Strategy, Seqwater. Christopher is an Asset Management Leader with 20 years ‘ of experience across the UK and Australia. Around 15 years of this have been directly employed at water utility organisations. Christopher currently leads the Asset Information and Strategy function at Seqwater, a team which oversees the details of over 45,000 operational assets. Christopher is also a project team member on Seqwater’s Digital Engineering Roadmap project which aims to enable the utility to make significant strides in its digital assert management capability. Christopher believes in empowering his teams and those around him to make better asset management decisions. A big part of this is about allowing inclusive leadership and getting the appropriate level of buy-in to team targets and priorities. Chris is keen for those his leads to be positive about their strengths and open about opportunities for improvement. Christopher holds a PhD in drinking water quality management obtained from the University of Birmingham, UK, as well as a first class honours degree in Geology. Chris is Chartered Member of the Institution of Water and Environment (UK) and holds a Certificate from the Institute of Asset Management (UK). Christopher has worked with clients down the east-coast of Australia in Senior Asset Management Consultancy roles – most recently as Tactical Asset Management Lead in the Asset Strategies function at Stantec. Project delivery highlights include development of the first source protection natural asset management plans at Seqwater, leading condition assessment and investment program development for several local councils. Christopher’s industry experience also led to him becoming a key team member in auditing activities for the Essential Services Commission of South Australia and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria). Christopher is based on the Sunshine Coast and loves to spend time in the local areas which he describes as one of the best places to live in the world – so long as you don’t need to do anything after 9pm!
The publication of the ISO 5500x Asset Management series has now brought asset management into normal business practice.
Use this one day Workshop to develop your strategy for going beyond ISO 5500x towards Asset Management Maturity, consistently boosting and sustaining organisational and customer value.
To get the most out of this workshop, you should have a minimum of 5 year’s managerial experience.
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Your Facilitators have both successfully applied the learnings presented in this Workshop and are members of the Living Asset Management Think Tank.
To get the most out of this workshop, you should have a minimum of 5 year’s managerial experience.
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Participation in this workshop involves an investment of $1200, which includes the full course, all necessary materials, and catering for the day, covering morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea.
Join us for an exclusive technical event hosted by the Asset Management Council, where we bring a selection of some of the best presentations from the 2024 AMPEAK National Conference to our Perth members. This event is a unique opportunity to gain insights into the latest trends, innovations, and best practices in asset management. Network with fellow professionals and industry experts while enjoying in-depth presentations that have captivated audiences at the national level. Don’t miss this chance to stay at the forefront of asset management excellence right here in Perth.
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The purpose of this case study is to demonstrate the methodology followed which enabled the optimized execution of complex major rotable component maintenance during planned shutdown windows. In context this methodology draws on the Lean Manufacturing Principle of Single-Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) to optimize maintenance sequencing, to dramatically reduce the time it takes to complete equipment changeover. The essence of SMED is to convert as many changeover steps as possible to “external” (performed while the equipment is running), and to simplify and streamline the remaining “internal” steps. Through the implementation of this method, all machine component movements were clearly mapped and optimized to remove double handling or unnecessary lifts. The detailed understanding of component assembly and disassembly steps also enabled modification of the method to consider and execute contingency scenarios. In conclusions, the use of such methods associated with Lean Manufacturing Principles, are highly transferable to completion of major component maintenance and shutdown tasks, driving continuous improvement in the performance of asset maintenance.
Nyssa MacManus, CLB Maintenance Superintendent, Maintenance Solutions, Rio TintoNyssa is an experienced asset management professional with a wide knowledge base in engineering, maintenance execution, and frontline leadership. She graduated with a double degree in Mechanical and Chemical Engineering in 2014 from Louisiana Tech University.
Her career has stretched from the oil fields of Louisiana to the bauxite hills of Far North Queensland, and the red dirt of Pilbara. While working fulltime she was able to complete her Master of Science in Engineering and Technology Management in 2021, again from Louisiana Tech University.
Nyssa has had exposure to the ‘whole of life’ asset philosophy through her various roles in the industry, which has allowed her to make improvements and decisions that are not only sustainable but focused on good asset stewardship with a people centric approach to providing practical engineering solutions.
The development of Digital Asset Management Plans provide dynamic visualisation of an organisation owns, the current state and performance of their assets and the forecast investment required to meet the defined levels of service while managing risk and cost over the life of the asset. The paper sets out the “How to Guide” on designing, developing, and populating digital and digitally enabled Asset Management Plans. The presentation will be based on GHD’s experience in developing the Digital Asset Class Management Plans for Southern Ports and Fremantle Ports through digital integration of data sets.The advantage of planning the approach to creating the structure of the Digital Asset Management Plans is that it provides the asset managers with an ISO55001 compliant system with automated updated of the state of their assets and future expenditure projections information at the press of a button. The digital collation of data from various data sets to enable informed asset management decisions on strategies and tactics. The dashboards also provide “plan on a page” information for briefing and reporting to managers and executives. And the hierarchy capability of the informational allows operations and maintenance team members to identify problem assets quickly.
Mark Bourhill, Executive Advisor Asset Management, GHDMark is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia and a committee member of the WA Chapter of the AMC. His experience with GHD Advisory Asset Management covers facilities and infrastructure asset consulting services for municipal, state and federal government agencies, property management, resource and minerals miners and processors, and private owners of assets. Mark’s asset management experience includes preparation of Asset Management Plans for all types of facilities and infrastructure assets, reviews and development of maintenance strategies and plans, planning and delivery of condition appraisal programs, and development of lifecycle cost analysis models.
Asset management as a best practice philosophy hit the mainstream in the early 2000’s. Geographic information systems were developed in the 1980’s and have been typically preoccupied with the management and analysis of spatial data in the scientific and planning based industries. It was only 15 years ago that web mapping become widespread with the advent of Google Maps. Cloud and computing similarly became secure, affordable and adoptable at a large scale in the last decade. Mobile devices now have the sophistication, connectivity, and computing power to consume and collect significant volumes of data on-site connecting mobile workers like never before. Finally, computing clusters are capable of processing increasingly vast volumes of data making spatial techniques such as high fidelity 3D photogrammetry modelling able to be applied to very large and complex assets. The coalescence of this technology and the increasing demand from high value asset financiers for more systematic and data-driven approaches to asset management signal a new horizon in this industry.
This paper investigates both the potential and proven uses of spatial technologies to facilitate asset management best practice. One key example being the use of collaborative, trusted, current, and accessible information portals to enable data-driven decision making across the landscape of asset interactions – from the board room to the crib room. Such a solution was designed and implemented for the inspection, scoping and remediation of a large marine asset facilitating three-way collaboration between asset owner, owner’s engineer and remediation contractor. A second example sees WA’s Department of Education utilising spatial data, photogrammetry techniques and the web to carry out statewide condition assessments of over 800 facilities.
Jane Hogben, Digital Assets Lead, DuratecJane has over 20 years of experience in the geospatial data management and analytics space for a range of disciplines including environmental, engineering and asset management. She currently leads Duratec’s reality data delivery programme engaging with our clients to support them gaining maximum value from asset digitisation and digital engineering.
